Members

Expertise of the institute

• Electrode process engineering (LiB, ASSB, LiS)
• Dry and wet coating
• Discontinuous and continuous dry and wet mixing
• Calendering
• Electrode and cell characterization
• Cell and process design
• Safety tests
• Recycling

Expertise of the institute

• Laser cutting and structuring
• Contacting
• Cell sealing
• Binder development

Expertise of the institute

• Automatic cell assembly
• Electrolyte filling
• Cell housing
• Cyberphysical production systems
• Production simulation
• Life Cycle Assessment/Life Cycle Costing
• Digitalization of the production chain

Expertise of the institute

• Formation and aging
• Cell characterization based on electrical and electrochemical measuring methods
• Classification of battery cells and modules

Expertise of the institute

• Design Methods for interdisciplinary engineering (systems engineering)
• Structural and functional integration of battery module and pack (design engineering)
• Knowledge-based CAx (e.g. CAD, CAE) and multiscale product simulation (e.g. FEM, CFD, Phy-Chem)
• Additive Manufacturing (e.g. ASSB-electrodes, cell-housing)

Expertise of the institute

• Lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion-batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, all-solid-state batteries
• Next generation batteries (metal-oxygen, redox-flow)
• Analytical and electrochemical characterization of batteries and their components
• Development and application of operando / in situ characterization techniques in battery research
• Development and characterization of advanced materials for electrochemical energy storage
• Characterization of reactions at the different phase boundaries in batteries

Expertise of the institute

• Operations management
• Production and recycling network planning
• Life cycle sustainability assessment
• Market simulation and analysis

Expertise of the institute

• Precise characterization of surfaces and interfaces

• Exploiting AI for faster data analysis

• Light-matter interaction of single-molecule quantum emitters

Techniques

• Scanning probe microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy

Expertise of the institute

• Alkaline water electrolysis
• Bio-electrical fuel cells
• Gas-diffusion electrodes
• Redox-flow batteries

Expertise of the institute:

• Mineral and waste processing: focus sorting technologies
• Specific focus on flotation and hydrometallurgy
• Combined mechanical, thermal and chemical treatment of EoL batteries a.o. waste streams
• Strategic development of recycling technologies and their chains
• Development of product specific circular economy systems
• Upscaling and plant design

Expertise of the institute:

• Photoredox Catalysis

• Organic Redox-Flow Batteries
• Synthesis and Modification of Carbon Anode Materials
• Materials for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

Expertise of the institute

• Selection of Technologies and Dimensioning Methods for electric Energy Storage Systems

• Design of automotive Energy Systems

• Interlinked Energy and Material Conversion Systems

• Techno-economic Assessment of Business Models

• PEM Water Electrolysis and Fuel Cells

• Lithium-based Battery Technology

Expertise of the institute

• Metrology
• Standardization
• Traceability
• Measurement uncertainty

Expertise of the institute

• Material and Process Development
• Sustainable Factory Systems
• Life Cycle Management