new paper published in ACS Energy Letters on continuous electrochemical lithium-ion extraction. We used a redox electrolyte “engine” to drive the ion transfer (in our case: potassium ferricyanide). Employing a pair of ceramic lithium superionic conductor (LISICON) membranes meant that only Lithium ions were accessible to the redox electrolyte for charge compensation. And to complement […]
New paper published in Materials Futures. Sodium-deficient, P2-type layered oxides are promising cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. Their open sodium cation transport pathways lead to low diffusion barriers and enable high charge/discharge rates. However, a phase transition from P2 to O2 structure occurring above 4.2 V and metal dissolution at low potentials upon discharge results in […]
Behnoosh Bornamehr gives an oral presentation on her research on electrospinning. Her talk is aptly titled “Too fast, too brittle: a study on heat treatment parameters for free-standing vanadium oxide electrodes”.
New paper published in Desalination on the ion selectivity of carbon nanopores. It is well known that electrolyte confinement inside carbon nanopores strongly affects ion electrosorption in capacitive deionization. A thorough understanding of the intricate pore size influence enables enhanced charge storage performance and desalination in addition to ion separation. In subnanometer pores, where the […]
Welcome new Ph.D. student Jean Gustavo De Andrade Ruthes! Jean is from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil, and will be working on MXene / graphene batteries within our Czech-German research collaboration.
Welcome visiting student Esmeralda Lopez Toro! Esmeralda is from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and will work with us on electrospinning.
Welcome to our new student intern, Anna Quinten! Anna is from Saarland University and will be working on ionic liquid supercapacitors.
Welcome new Postdoc Dr. Delvina Japhet Tarimo! Delvina is from University of Pretoria, South Africa, and will be working on nanoporous materials and next-generation batteries.
Chandrasekaran Sakthi Vigneshwaran is a Master student working on next-generation Prussian blue based electrode materials for advanced batteries. Congratulations on being awarded a three month fellowship by the StudienStiftungSaar!
New paper published in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry on “Recent advances in wastewater treatment using semiconductor photocatalysts”. Can’t decide if you like water remediation or photocatalysis/semiconductors more? They both make a great match! Read about synergies and future possibilities in our latest review article in Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. […]
Dr. Samantha Husmann will attend the prestigious 2022 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this week. She is one of only 611 young scientists selected in a highly competitive process from across the globe. This year, the topic is chemistry, perfectly reflected by Samantha’s research on next generation electrochemical materials (including, but not limited to, Prussian blue and Prussian […]
Mohammad Torkamanzadeh gives an oral presentation entitled “MXene for Electrochemical Water Desalination” at the 15th International Ceramics Congress CIMTEC in Perugia, Italy. .
Immensely proud of my former Ph.D. student and now Dr. Yuan Zhang for being awarded the prestigious Feodor Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation! She will join the team of Yury Gogotsi and her work will relate to MXene. Looking forward to strengthening also trilateral opportunities between the US, China, and Germany!
New paper entitled “Spray-dried pneumococcal membrane vesicles are promising candidates for pulmonary immunization” published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics. This collaborative work spearheaded by experts from the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and Saarland University explores optimized vaccine microparticles with a mean particle size of 1–2 µm, corrugated surface, and nanocrystalline nature.
5.3 Million seconds. 87,660 hours. 10 years. But who is counting😅 Time flies by fast when you are busy. Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Energy Materials Group, my work family, and home away from home. Starting after returning from Yury Gogotsi‘s team (where I served as Humboldt Fellow and Research Assistant Professor) on June […]
Stefanie Arnold gives an oral presentation entitled “Design of High-Performance Antimony / MXene Hybrid Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries”. Her talk on June 1st, 3 PM local time, is part of the Symposium A01 on batteries. This work is the latest outcome of our collaboration with the group and team of Riccardo Ruffo (Università degli Studi […]
Welcome visiting Ph.D. student Soghra Ghorbanzadeh! Soghra comes from the Hakim Sabzevari University and will be working on electroactive interfaces of 2D materials in the context of sustainable water technologies.
Welcome new PhD student Cansu Kök! Cansu will be working on electrochemical desalination.
Congratulations to Dr. Emmanuel Pameté! He has received the prestigious ISE Travel Award 2022 by the International Society of Electrochemistry. This Award is in recognition to his excellent career so far and to enable him to participate in an upcoming conference to provide an oral presentation.
After 2 years Covid-hiatus, the open day of Saarland University and the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials returned full swing on May 21st. Our team was all amped up to tell our visitors all about energy materials, water remediation, and why there is no cooler profession than being a material scientist / chemist / engineer. We discussed […]