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Progress report on German battery cell research 💡Brief insight from PEM RWTH Aachen University into the fourth sub-project of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB in Münster. The latest sub-project focuses on solid-state battery (SSB) research as part of the wider overall goals to improve general battery technology. At the same time the sub-project should lead to an integration of new key technologies to achieve product and especially production optimizations. Solid-state batteries are widely regarded as a technology that potentially enables much higher energy densities in batteries, thus leading to longer EV ranges. SSBs could for example favor the integration of a Lithium metal based Anode but their production process differs drastically from currently common Lithium-Ion cells. ❗️In general the Forschungsfertigung Batteriezelle, short FFB, is one of the most exciting German research projects funded for battery cell research. #SolidStateBattery #Lithium #PEM #RWTH #BatteryResearch #Production #Germany

Leipzig research team develops process for biobased nylon - Electrons and microbes are the key helpers here 🦠 Until now, the production of #nylon has been based on petroleum-based raw materials. This is harmful to the #environment because fossil resources are used, a lot of #energy is required and climate-damaging nitrous oxide is emitted during production. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Universität Leipzig has developed a process in the laboratory that can be used to produce adipic acid, one of two basic materials of #nylon, from phenol by means of electrochemical synthesis and the use of #microorganisms. They also succeeded in showing that phenol can be replaced by waste materials from the #wood #industry. This could be used to produce bio-based nylon. The research work was published in the journal Green Chemistry. More background info here: https://lnkd.in/epmy3tQm #sciencenews #technology #microorganisms #industry #waste

I'm proud to be coauthoring this Nature Communications paper with Simon Wieland, Anja Ramsperger, Wolfgang Gross, Thomas Witzmann, Anja Caspari, Martin Obst, Stephan Gekle, Günther Auernhammer, Andreas Fery, Christian Laforsch, Prof. Dr. and Holger Kress! Huge effort by everyone, and finally published! 🖖😎📃 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVS5CnwR I contributed #FluidX3D #CFD simulations and theoretical calculations to assess drag forces on #microplastic particles in a rectangular microchannel, so the experimentalists could infer forces based on flow rate.

Today’s LI paper again provides insight into the potential for improving the performance of energy storage devices through material development. For his dissertation, Ion-Matei Lazar invented new materials for use in organic energy storage systems, including organic batteries and double-layer capacitors. One focus was on increasing the capacity of organic energy storage devices using a new redox-active polymer based on a hydroxamic acid on a polymethacrylate backbone, resulting in an 84% increase in charge density. The covalent attachment of poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) to different carbon materials such as graphene and CNTs was also explored, functionalizing a wide range of carbon materials by a simple synthesis with P3HT. The LUMiSizer® was applied in the determination of comparative instability involving different solvents (o-xylene and NMP). The development of electrode materials for organic energy storage based on electrochemically active polymers and graphene is an active area of research. Continued efforts in this field could lead to the development of high-performance, low-cost energy storage devices with a wide range of applications. #LUM #LUMGmbH #EnergyStorage #Battery #Energy #OrganicBatteries #Polymer #Graphen #Instability #ElectrodeMaterial

Next-generation battery materials and novel catalysts - we cordially invite you to the Glatt Powder Technology Colloquium! Get a comprehensive overview of the entire process chain of the production of nanoscale high-performance powders Meet us on 29./30.11.2023 in Weimar: Prof. Martin Oschatz: "From molecule to functional material in energy storage and catalysis" Prof. Arno Kwade / Prof. Carsten Schilde: "Modelling and Simulation of Mixing, Dispersion and Comminution Processes" Dr. Martin Finsterbusch and Dr. Christoph Roitzheim: "Oxide-based solid electrolytes and active materials for future battery technologies – influence of calcination and sintering" ... and many more experts Prof. Stefan Heinrich, Prof. Michael Stintz, Dr. Sabine Begand, Dr. Johannes Buchheim and Dr. Viktor Drescher with exciting topics from the world of nanopowders! More information about the program and registration: #pulversynthese #pulver #funktionalisierung #glatt

Exciting news! Our team's latest work in collaboration with WebberLab @NDCBE has been published in #ACSAMI. Led by Fei Fan and Bo Su, we present "HA Hydrogels with Phototunable Supramolecular Cross-Linking for Spatially Controlled Lymphatic Tube Formation." Check out the full article at https://lnkd.in/gEr5GsU8 #research #biomaterials #lymphaticsystem