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Battery Electrodes and Cells

The primary goal is the development of a safe, environmentally benign, and cost effective electrochemical energy storage with high energy density. The research work focuses equally on the scientific fundamentals, essential for the development of new technologies, and on the analysis of ageing and safety relevant aspects of current industrial batteries. The investigated systems include both lithium-ion and post-lithium-ion batteries.

  • Metallic Lithium as Negative Electrode
  • Silicon-Carbon Composites
  • NCM Cathode Materials and Interfaces
  • Lithium-Sulphur Batteries
  • Na-ion Battery Materials and Interfaces
  • Confined (Innosuisse)
  • OPINCHARGE
  • HEALING BAT
  • Consular (Innosuisse)
  • New Methods for SoH Determination
2023-11-09
Kumar Yalamanchili2022-2024Oerlikon Surface SolutionsVisiting scientist 
Rahul Parmar2022-2024 PostdocLi-metal batteries
Ionut Mihalcea2023 BNF scientistUpscaling NVP as cathode materials for Na-ion batteries
Nefeli Roufogali2023 IAESTE internElectrolyte impact on sodium plating and stripping
Thi Thu Dieu Nguyen2021-2023 PostdocAging of commercial Li-ion batteries
Justyna Płotek2022-2023AGH University of Science and TechnologyVisiting PhD studentNegative electrodes for Na-ion batteries
Anton Beiersdorfer2023TU MunichSemester studentSynthesis and electrochemical characterization
of NVP as cathode for Na-ion batteries
Anastasia Efthymiadou2022-2023 IAESTE internLithium deposition rate study for battery electrodes by thermal evaporation
Eric Winter2019-2023 PhD thesisFundamental Understanding of Critical Parameters Enabling Lithium Metal Batteries
Lucie Rivet2022CEASemester projectUnderstanding thermal deposition of lithium metal
Mohammed Srout2021-2022 PostdocLi-metal batteries
Laura King2021-2022The University of EdinburghMaster ThesisAnode‑free cells for high performance lithium metal batteries
Samuel Gatti2021-2022University of FreiburgExchange studentNa-ion batteries
Mariano Briccola2021ETH ZurichSemester projectEnabling nitrate additives in carbonate electrolytes for Li metal batteries
Julian Stropp2021ETH ZurichSemester projectNaxLiyMn1-yO2 cathodes and the influence of superstructure on Na-ion battery performance
Leiting Zhang2018-2021 Postdoc 
Hieu Quang Pham2019-2021 Postdoc 
Simon Schneider2018-2021 PhD studentModel-based assessment of stationary energy storage in batteries and implications for materials research
Samuel Steiner2020ETH ZurichSemester projectSynthesis & characterization of Li-doped manganese oxide cathodes for Na-ion batteries
Ambra van Liedekerke2020ETH ZurichMaster ThesisCorrelation Between Crack Formation and Structural Evolutions in Li[NixCoyMny]O2 Layered Oxide Cathode Materials during Charge and Discharge Process
Leon Skarjan2020Heidelberg UniversityIAESTE internSynthesis of novel sodium-ion cathode materials
David McNulty2018-2020 PostdocInverse-opal structures for rechargeable battery applications
Maximilian Schuster2018-2020PSI/ETH ZurichPhD ProjectSodium aqueous batteries
Emanuele Di Giovani2019-2020 EngineerEvaluation of commercial batteries
Chrysi Tsolakidou2019Aristotle University of ThessalonikiIAESTE internOperando gas analysis in Na-ion batteries
Kai-Hsuan Hung2019CSC, TaiwanVisiting scientist 
Christoph Bolli2015-2019 PostdocOEMS applications for positive electro-active materials for Li-ion batteries
André Müller2019TU BraunschweigMaster thesisInvestigation of the Influence of Different Binders on the SEI of a Lithium-ion Battery by Means of OEMS
Eibar Flores2016-2019PSI/ETH ZurichPhD thesisDevelopment of operando diagnostics for Li-ion cathodes by Raman spectroscopy
Fabian Jeschull2017-2019 PostdocSi as capacity enhancing electrode additive; dynamic EIS; Si-graphite composites
Paul Kitz2017-2019PSI/ETH ZurichPhD thesisA New Perspective on Interphase Formation in Li-ion Batteries by Combined EIS & EQCM-D
Robin Bühler2019ETHZSemester projectSurface Modifications on Si Particles for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications
Victor Landgraf2018-2019Imperial College London/ETH ZurichMaster thesisInverse Opal Derived Cathodes for Lithium-Sulfur Cells
Lorenz Olbrich2019ETHZSemester project 
Juliette Bilaud2018 PostdocMetallic lithium anodes
Yuri Surace2017-2018 PostdocHigh Capacity Carbon-Based Composite Anode Active Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes
Flora Scott2018University of Manchester & University of British ColumbiaIAESTE internCarboxylic acids as buffers in aqueous silicon electrode slurries – electrochemistry and infrared studies
Reto Suter2018ETH ZurichSemester projectMorphology and Electrochemistry of Graphite Electrodes with Silicon as Capacity Enhancing Additive
Rokas Paulius Petrauskas2017Vilnius UniversityIAESTE intern/Master thesisSi–C Composites for High-Energy Li-ion Battery Negative Electrodes
Neal Cardoza2017Purdue UniversityThinkSwiss internshipPolysulphide analysis in catholytic Li–S cells
Tiphaine Schott (Poux)2014-2017 PostdocLi–S Battery; Mettalic lithium anodes; Silicon–graphite and tin-oxide–graphite composites
Jan Dundálek2016University of Chemistry and TechnologyIAESTE internshipUnderstanding the Role of Carbon Properties for Enhanced Li–S Battery Performance
Joanna Conder2013-2016PSI/ETH ZurichPhD thesisAsymmetrically Functionalized Separator for Lithium–Sulfur Battery with Polysulfide Barrier Properties
Hai-Jung Peng2013-2016PSI/ETH ZurichPhD thesisUnravelling the Cell Aging Phenomena in Aprotic Lithium-Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese-Oxide batteries
Markus Gehring2016RWTH Aachen UniversitySemester projectPolysulphide-based Li–S Battery
John Boland2015The University of Dublin, Trinity College DublinSenior Sophister projectFinding the Perfect Carbon for Li–S Batteries
Maximilian Tornow2015ETH ZurichSemester projectSynthesis of Tunable Porous Carbons and Their Application in Batteries
Iván García Torregrosa2012Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse IIIInternshipInvestigation of Polymer Electrolytes for Li–S Batteries

 

For motivated students we can always offer a possibility to perform their Semester and Master project on the one of the topics listed above under Projects. For more information please contact Dr. Sigita Trabesinger.

  • Winter E, Briccola M, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Enabling LiNO3 in carbonate electrolytes by flame-retardant electrolyte additive as a cosolvent for enhanced performance of lithium metal batteries
    Applied Research. 2024; 3(1): e202200096 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.202200096
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Zhang L, Kondracki Ł, Scott F, Trabesinger S
    Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 1: performance and gas evolution
    Journal of Physics: Energy. 2023; 5(2): 025003 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acbbed
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Pham HQ, Ghamlouche A, Thakur PK, Trabesinger S, Maibach J
    Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 2: a photoelectron spectroscopy study
    Journal of Physics: Energy. 2023; 5(2): 025002 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acbbee
    DORA PSI
  • Srout M, Carboni M, Gonzalez J-A, Trabesinger S
    Insights into the importance of native passivation layer and interface reactivity of metallic lithium by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
    Small. 2023; 19(7): 2206252 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202206252
    DORA PSI
  • Surace Y, Jeschull F, Novák P, Trabesinger S
    Performance-determining factors for Si-graphite electrode evaluation: the role of mass loading and amount of electrolyte additive
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2023; 170(2): 020510 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acb854
    DORA PSI
  • Winter E, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Potentiostatic lithium plating as a fast method for electrolyte evaluation in lithium metal batteries
    Electrochimica Acta. 2023; 439: 141547 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141547
    DORA PSI
  • Dalkilic M, Schmidt A, Schladt TD, Axmann P, DuMont J, Travis J, et al.
    Tantalum oxide coating of Ni-rich cathode active material via atomic layer deposition and its influence on gas evolution and electrochemical performance in the early and advanced stages of degradation
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(11): 110537 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/aca2e5
    DORA PSI
  • Garcia A, Biswas S, McNulty D, Roy A, Raha S, Trabesinger S, et al.
    One-step grown carbonaceous germanium nanowires and their application as highly efficient lithium-ion battery anodes
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2022; 5(2): 1922-1932. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c03404
    DORA PSI
  • Pham HQ, Kondracki Ł, Tarik M, Trabesinger S
    Correlating the initial gas evolution and structural changes to cycling performance of Co-free Li-rich layered oxide cathode
    Journal of Power Sources. 2022; 527: 231181 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231181
    DORA PSI
  • Seidl L, Grissa R, Zhang L, Trabesinger S, Battaglia C
    Unraveling the voltage-dependent oxidation mechanisms of poly(ethylene oxide)-based solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries
    Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2022; 9(8): 2100704 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100704
    DORA PSI
  • Surace Y, Leanza D, Mirolo M, Kondracki Ł, Vaz CAF, El Kazzi M, et al.
    Evidence for stepwise formation of solid electrolyte interphase in a Li-ion battery
    Energy Storage Materials. 2022; 44: 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.10.013
    DORA PSI
  • Winter E, Schmidt TJ, Trabesinger S
    Identifying pitfalls in lithium metal battery characterization
    Batteries and Supercaps. 2022; 5(1): e202100145 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202100145
    DORA PSI
  • Zhao W, Zou L, Zhang L, Fan X, Zhang H, Pagani F, et al.
    Assessing long-term cycling stability of single-crystal versus polycrystalline nickel-rich NCM in pouch cells with 6 mAh cm−2 electrodes
    Small. 2022; 18(14): 2107357 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202107357
    DORA PSI
  • Baster D, Kondracki Ł, Oveisi E, Trabesinger S, Girault HH
    Prussian blue analogue-sodium-vanadium hexacyanoferrate as a cathode material for Na-Ion batteries
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2021; 4(9): 9758-9765. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01832
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Trabesinger S
    Fast-charge limitations for graphite anodes with Si as capacity-enhancing additive
    Batteries and Supercaps. 2021; 4(1): 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202000177
    DORA PSI
  • Pham HQ, Nguyen MT, Tarik M, El Kazzi M, Trabesinger S
    Cross-talk-suppressing electrolyte additive enabling high voltage performance of Ni-rich layered oxides in Li-Ion batteries
    ChemSusChem. 2021; 14(11): 2461-2474. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202100511
    DORA PSI
  • Zhang L, Müller Gubler EA, Tai C-W, Kondracki Ł, Sommer H, Novák P, et al.
    Elucidating the humidity-induced degradation of Ni-Rich layered cathodes for Li-ion batteries
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021; 14(11): 13240-13249. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c23128
    DORA PSI
  • Zhang L, Tsolakidou C, Mariyappan S, Tarascon J-M, Trabesinger S
    Unraveling gas evolution in sodium batteries by online electrochemical mass spectrometry
    Energy Storage Materials. 2021; 42: 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.07.005
    DORA PSI
  • Armand M, Axmann P, Bresser D, Copley M, Edström K, Ekberg C, et al.
    Lithium-ion batteries - current state of the art and anticipated developments
    Journal of Power Sources. 2020; 479: 228708 (26 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228708
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Surace Y, Zürcher S, Lari G, Spahr ME, Novák P, et al.
    Graphite particle-size induced morphological and performance changes of graphite-silicon electrodes
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2020; 167(10): 100535 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab9b9a
    DORA PSI
  • Mcnulty D, Landgraf V, Trabesinger S
    Simplifying the synthesis of carbon inverse opals
    RSC Advances. 2020; 10(40): 24108-24114. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra03693e
    DORA PSI
  • Mcnulty D, Landgraf V, Trabesinger S
    The importance of sulfur host structural preservation for lithium-sulfur battery performance
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2020; 8(48): 26085-26097. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ta08690h
    DORA PSI
  • Pham HQ, Mirolo M, Tarik M, El Kazzi M, Trabesinger S
    Multifunctional electrolyte additive for improved interfacial stability in Ni-rich layered oxide full-cells
    Energy Storage Materials. 2020; 33: 216-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2020.08.026
    DORA PSI
  • Ting M, Burigana M, Zhang L, Finfrock YZ, Trabesinger S, Jonderian A, et al.
    Impact of nickel substitution into model Li-rich oxide cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
    Chemistry of Materials. 2020; 32(2): 849-857. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04446
    DORA PSI
  • Yin W, Grimaud A, Rousse G, Abakumov AM, Senyshyn A, Zhang L, et al.
    Structural evolution at the oxidative and reductive limits in the first electrochemical cycle of Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2
    Nature Communications. 2020; 11(1): 1252 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14927-4
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Surace Y, Zürcher S, Spahr ME, Novák P, Trabesinger S
    Electrochemistry and morphology of graphite negative electrodes containing silicon as capacity-enhancing electrode additive
    Electrochimica Acta. 2019; 320: 134602 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134602
    DORA PSI
  • Jeschull F, Scott F, Trabesinger S
    Interactions of silicon nanoparticles with carboxymethyl cellulose and carboxylic acids in negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries
    Journal of Power Sources. 2019; 431: 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.05.036
    DORA PSI
  • Surace Y, Jeschull F, Schott T, Zürcher S, Spahr ME, Trabesinger S
    Improving the cycling stability of SnO2-graphite electrodes
    ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019; 2(10): 7364-7374. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01344
    DORA PSI
  • Berg EJ, Trabesinger S
    Viability of polysulfide-retaining barriers in Li-S battery
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2018; 165(1): A5001-A5005. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0021801jes
    DORA PSI
  • Conder J, Bouchet R, Trabesinger S, Marino C, Gubler L, Villevieille C
    Direct observation of lithium polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries using operando X-ray diffraction
    Nature Energy. 2017; 2: 17069 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.69
    DORA PSI
  • Conder J, Villevieille C, Trabesinger S, Novák P, Gubler L, Bouchet R
    Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of a Li-S battery: part 1. Influence of the electrode and electrolyte compositions on the impedance of symmetric cells
    Electrochimica Acta. 2017; 244: 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.05.041
    DORA PSI
  • Conder J, Villevieille C, Trabesinger S, Novák P, Gubler L, Bouchet R
    Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of a Li-S battery: part 2. influence of separator chemistry on the lithium electrode/electrolyte interface
    Electrochimica Acta. 2017; 255: 379-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.09.148
    DORA PSI
  • Schott T, Robert R, Ulmann PA, Lanz P, Zürcher S, Spahr ME, et al.
    Cycling behavior of silicon-containing graphite electrodes, part A: effect of the lithiation protocol
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017; 121(34): 18423-18429. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05919
    DORA PSI
  • Schott T, Robert R, Pacheco Benito S, Ulmann PA, Lanz P, Zürcher S, et al.
    Cycling behavior of silicon-containing graphite electrodes, part B: effect of the silicon source
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017; 121(46): 25718-25728. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08457
    DORA PSI
  • Schott T, Gómez-Cámer JL, Novák P, Trabesinger S
    Relationship between the properties and cycle life of Si/C composites as performance-enhancing additives to graphite electrodes for Li-ion batteries
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2017; 164(2): A190-A203. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0701702jes
    DORA PSI
  • Schott T, Gómez-Cámer JL, Bünzli C, Novák P, Trabesinger S
    The counterintuitive impact of separator–electrolyte combinations on the cycle life of graphite-silicon composite electrodes
    Journal of Power Sources. 2017; 343: 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.055
    DORA PSI
  • Conder J, Forner-Cuenca A, Gubler EM, Gubler L, Novák P, Trabesinger S
    Performance-enhancing asymmetric separator for lithium-sulfur batteries
    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2016; 8(29): 18822-18831. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b04662
    DORA PSI
  • Peng H-J, Villevieille C, Trabesinger S, Wolf H, Leitner K, Novák P
    Mechanism of the carbonate-based-electrolyte degradation and its effects on the electrochemical performance of Li1+x(NiaCobMn1-a-b)1-xO2 cells
    Journal of Power Sources. 2016; 335: 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.10.031
    DORA PSI
  • Poux T, Novak P, Trabesinger S
    Pitfalls in Li-S rate-capability evaluation
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2016; 163(7): A1139-A1145. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0181607jes
    DORA PSI
  • Berg EJ, Villevieille C, Streich D, Trabesinger S, Novák P
    Rechargeable batteries: grasping for the limits of chemistry
    Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2015; 162(14): A2468-A2475. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0081514jes
    DORA PSI