Congratulations to our alumni Dr. Simon Fleischmann (PhD 2018) for winning the 2020 YESS Award to carry out research to investigate the transition from Faradaic to non-Faradaic energy storage (RS2E French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Dr. Pattarachai Srimuk (PhD 2019) for winning the 2020 UMSICHT Award for work on desalination batteries (Fraunhofer UMSICHT).
Category: News
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).
Welcome new Postdoc David Aradilla
Welcome to our team! Dr. David Aradilla has obtained his PhD from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering in 2013. Among others, he worked at the CEA Grenoble (2013-2018) and the Georg August Universität Göttingen (2018-2020). Among others, he is an expert in electrochemistry, electrode materials, and energy storage technologies. He will enrich our team’s expertise and contribute towards the development of new generations of electrochemical energy storage devices.
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 review article on pseudocapacitors published in Chemical Reviews
New review article published in Chemical Reviews on pseudocapacitors, their science, material perspectives, and applications. This work was done in collaboration with Veronica Augustyn (NC State University), Cheng Zhan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and De-en Jiang (University of California).
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).
