Welcome new Master Student Wyatt Bellville
Welcome new Master Student Wyatt Bellville! Wyatt is enroled at the AMASE program and will carry out his 6 month Master thesis in our team on the topic of MXene derived electrode materials.
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Volker Presser presents work at the Chemistry Colloquium of Missouri S&T
Broadcasted online and free to join, Volker Presser is presenting work on electrochemical desalination at the Chemistry Colloquium of Missouri S&T; see online for more details:
Google scholar
I gratefully acknowledge that today, my google scholar h-index reached a new, round number: 60! This is a great achievement and testament the hard work of our team and to our many collaborators! https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=mLEj95MAAAAJ
New paper published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications on pH responsive opal structures
New paper published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications on mechanochromic and pH dependend properties of dye loaded opal structures. This work was done in collaboration with Markus Gallei (Saarland University).
New paper published in ChemSusChem on nanoscale defect engineering and carbon nanohybridization of titanium niobium oxide
New paper published in ChemSusChem on the use of carbide-derived oxide for high performance lithium-ion battery application. The mechanochemical synthesis of the carbide is of particular interest because of potentially environmentally friendly processing route. This work was done in collaboration with Lars Borchardt (RUB).
New paper published on antimony desalination batteries in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
New paper published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on the use of antimony for water desalination. This may sound, at first, like a contradiction when considering that Sb is not stable in water; yet, the use of a ceramic membrane and an organic electrolyte environment engulfing the antimony electrode allows the stable and high-performance […]
Welcome new Postdoc Sarah Saleem
Welcome new Postdoc Sarah Saleem! An alumna from Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Sarah will be working on the RAG-funded MERLIN project on Li-recovery.
New paper published on greigeite / graphene electrodes in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
New paper published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A on the use of metal sulfide / graphene electrodes for use in ionic liquid supercapacitors. This work was done in collaboration with colleagues from the Czech Republic (among others: Palacky University and University of Pardubice) and spearheaded by Aristides Bakandritsos and his Ph.D. student Smita […]
Media coverage of our Lithium recovery project
Our Li-recovery project MERLIN enjoys media coverage by the Saarlandian TV (Aktueller Bericht, 30.10.2020), Saarbrücker Zeitung (24.11.2020), and SR Radio (SR3, 10.12.2020). We are grateful to the RAG Foundation for providing funding.
New paper published on hydrogen storage via carbon nanopores in Carbon
New paper published in Carbon on the effect of pore geometry on hydrogen storage. This work was done in collaboration with several groups from UK, France, and Singapore and lead by the team from University of Bristol (Velaska Ting).
Hwirim Shim successfully defends her thesis
Congratulations to Dr. Hwirim Shim! Hwirim has successfully defended her thesis entitled “Nano-design of metal oxide electrodes for Li- and Na-ion hybrid energy storage” today. The committee included Guido Kickelbick, Tobias Kraus, and Frank Aubertin.
New paper published on ion transport kinetics in carbon nanopores in Nature Communications
New paper published in Nature Communications on the ion transport in carbon nanopores. The charge storage kinetics (and discharge process) of ionic liquid supercapacitors can significantly be enhanced when employing non-conventional charge/discharge profiles – and: slower is faster! This work was done in collaboration with colleagues from Stuttgart (both MPI for Intelligent Systems and University […]
New paper published in Energy Technology on carbon onion / lithium titanate hybrid electrodes
New paper published in Energy Technology on the benefits (and design considerations) of carbon onion / lithium titanate hybrid electrodes for advanced lithium-ion battery applications.
Welcome new student intern Fabian Schmitt
Welcome to our team! Fabian Schmitt will support our research activities related to environmentally friendly energy storage technologies. Florian is enrolled at the materials science and engineering bachelor program ATLANTIS, which is a binational program between Saarland University and the Oregon State University.
New paper published in Carbon on tracking the sp3 to sp2 transition of carbon
New paper published in Carbon on monitoring the thermally induced transition from sp3-hybridized into sp2-hybridized. This work was done in collaboration with the group of Bernd Smarsly (Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Germany).
New paper published in Nature Communications on the energy storage mechanism of iodide electrolytes
New paper published in Nature Communications on the energy storage mechanisms of iodide redox electrolytes. This work was done in collaboration with TU Graz (among others: Christian Prehal & Qamar Abbas).
New paper published in Advanced Science on Ag-MXene materials for water desalination
New paper published in Advanced Science on the enhanced desalination performance of Ag-MXene hybrid electrode materials operated as an membrane desalination device. This work was done in collaboration with Jie Ma (Tongji University).
New paper published on novel MXene synthesis in Chemical Communications
New paper published in Chemical Communications on the novel synthesis of MXene via ionic liquids. This process replaces the use of HF or LiF/HCl mixtures. The work was done in collaboration with Michael Naguib (Tulane University) and the Leibniz INP (Greifswald).
Welcome new EEIGM students Lola Bieber and Marie Besch!
Welcome to our team! Marie Besch and Lola Bieber are enrolled in the EEIGM program, an international (European) Master program. Marie will be supporting our research activities related to MXene and Lola will work on electrodes for selective ion recovery.
New article published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces on self-sustained, solar electrochemical desalination
New article published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces with the title “Self-sustained visible-light-driven electrochemical redox desalination”. This work was highly collaborative, including T. D. Waite (UNSW Sidney), and as lead scientist Fuming Chen (South China Normal University).