Group activities – Energy Materials

Volker Presser elected Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry

vpresser — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:26:06 +0000

Prof. Dr. Volker Presser has been elected Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). This distinction recognizes his scientific contributions to electrochemical materials and technologies. The ISE Fellowship is awarded to a small group of active researchers for continuing scientific and technical achievements in electrochemistry. Within ISE, Fellows represent only a small fraction of the active membership, and typically only a few new Fellows are elected each year.

Delvina Tarimo listed as outstanding 2025 reviewer for RSC Energy Advances

vpresser — Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Congratulation to Delvina Tarimo for being recognized as an outstanding reviewer for the RSC Journal Energy Advances in 2025!

Welcome new student intern Louisa Schöndorf

vpresser — Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Welcome new student intern Louisa Schöndorf, who will be working on next generation battery materials and technologies

Several poster presentations at the Ph.D. day of Saarland University

vpresser — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

As tradition over the last almos 15 years, our team presents our work at the Ph.D. day of Saarland University. This year, we had the following presenters:

Peter Burger: Electrochemical lithium-ion recovery from battery recycling process water

Jean Gustavo de Andrade Ruthes: Electrochemical Behavior of metal and covalent organic frameworks – toward tunable redox-active materials

Cansu Kök: Composite membrane-based lithium-ion extraction from brines and seawater

Liying Xue: Hierarchical MoO₂/Mo₂C nanoflowers for lithium-ion batteries anodes

Anna Seltmann and Stefanie Arnold presented work at the EEIGM International Conference in Nancy, France.

vpresser — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Anna Seltmann and Stefanie Arnold presented work at the 13^th EEIGM International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (AMR) in Nancy, France. Anna Seltmann presented a poster with the title “Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes in Supercapacitors” and Stefanie Arnold gave a talk on “Hybrids for Electrochemical Technologies: From Batteries to Desalination and Closed-Loop Recycling”.

Welcome new student intern Matthew Lowson

vpresser — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Welcome new student intern Matthew Lowesome, who will be working on next-generation battery materials and technology

Anna Seltmann, Nicolas Huth, and Volker Presser at the MNU Federal Congress of the German Association for the Promotion of Mathematics and Science Education in Saarbrücken

vpresser — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:14:04 +0000

Anna Seltmann, Nicolas Huth, and Volker Presser were involved with the 116^th MNU Federal Congress of the German Association for the Promotion of Mathematics and Science Education in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Volker Presser gave a seminar talk with the title “Quo vadis BatterienMythen, Fakten und Entwicklung”.

Anna and Nicolas provided a hands-on workshop to build your own battery (BYOB) to create (and test) functional coin cells.

Anna Seltmann and Nicolas Huth present our group’s profile at the TraWeBa event “Trendsetter Battery” in Spiesen-Elversberg

vpresser — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Anna Seltmann and Nicolas Huth represent our team and outline our team’s profile at the TraWeBa event “Trendsetter Battery“.

Nikolaos Papadopolous present collaborative work on modelling of Si-electrodes for lithium-ion battery applications

vpresser — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Nikolaos Papadopolous gives an oral presentation at the 22^nd Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation
of Electrochemical Energy Technologies (ModVal 2026) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The presentation has the title “Electrochemical Modeling of Silicon in Lithium-Ion Batteries Using a Multi-Species, Multi-Reaction Framework with Atomistic Insights”.

Dr. Stefanie Arnold inducted into the Young Academy

vpresser — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Congratulations to Stefanie to be admitted to the Young Academy (Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz)! Since 2016, The Young Academy | Mainz has been the Academy’s dedicated programme for supporting emerging talent. Membership gives selected scientists, writers, and musicians the chance to build an interdisciplinary network and engage across fields. A key principle is the full and equal involvement of Young Academy members in the Academy’s activities. Active participation in meetings and events – and regular exchange with members of the established scholarly society – are therefore central to the programme. Members are also encouraged to shape the agenda themselves by organising events and launching new initiatives, especially through interdisciplinary working groups that pursue timely research questions developed independently by the members.