MEET Battery Research Center

The latest publication of Katharina Rudolf, Linus Voigt, Simon Muench, Dr. Lars Frankenstein, Justin Landsmann, Ulrich S. Schubert, Martin Winter, Tobias Placke and Johannes Kasnatscheew appeared on the cover of ChemSusChem magazine. Congratulations! 🎉 The cover picture shows the best way to “prepare” a polymer-based dual-ion battery: It all comes down to the salt. 👩🍳 The study by scientists from MEET Battery Research Center at Universität Münster and the Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena deals with the influence of the #electrolyte on the performance of #dualionbatteries with polymer-based #cathodes. The full study can be found here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dRZKqrij

This evening we were delighted to meet our colleagues from MEET and Helmholtz Institute Münster outside the labs and offices. 😊 At our barbecue we had time to chat and enjoyed some homemade food. 🍻🎉🌭🥗 That was great fun! 🥳

The present visit by the Moroccan delegation from the UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University focused on the exchange about current research in the field of #electrolytes, as well as news from the areas of #recycling and #cellproduction. The president of the university in Morocco, Hicham El Habti, and Prof. Jones Alami, an expert in materials science, visited MEET and Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich to explore opportunities for cooperation and get to know Münster as a #batteryhotspot. 🤝 Münster is a particularly attractive location for joint projects due to its strong battery ecosystem. 🔋💪 A big thank you to all participants for the inspiring exchange!

In order to improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries 🔋, current research is attempting to further increase the energy density of the cells. The coupling of nickel-rich layered oxide cathodes and silicon-based anodes with a simultaneous increase in the upper limit voltage is considered a promising approach. A team from MEET and Helmholtz Institute Münster at Forschungszentrum Jülich has now succeeded in achieving a significantly improved service life for lithium-ion batteries with silicon-based anodes by combining two electrolyte additives. ⚗ 💬 “The novel additive combination stabilizes the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and protects it from attacks by this acid. The anode is thus protected and survives the strong volume changes of the silicon largely unscathed.” - Philip Niehoff Read more: https://lnkd.in/egsya8Ha

Yesterday, we once again hosted young visitors in our labs. The participants of the study information day of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Universität Münster were given practical insights into the world of #batteryresearch. 🔋 Scientists from the Fraunhofer-Einrichtung Forschungsfertigung Batteriezelle FFB and MEET gave them a clear explanation of how a #battery is constructed and what materials are needed for it. In the lab, the students built a Volta Column themselves and explore how the voltage ⚡ changes with each additional layer. 🙏Thanks to Jan-Darius Plöpst, Joana Flanse and Anna Isabella Gerlitz for introducing the students to #batterytechnology! We hope to see one or two of the young scientists in the making again at MEET. 😊 But it wasn't just the students who visited us; the teachers also found out about the current state of battery research and gained exciting insights into our labs and research. We are already looking forward to next year! 🎉 More information about the #infoday can be found here (in German): https://lnkd.in/e-pDP84v

📣 A pioneering step for electromobility and energy storage: E-Lyte opens first German production plant for electrolyte solutions in Kaiserslautern! With a production volume of up to 20,000 tons of electrolyte per year, E-Lyte Innovations GmbH is setting a significant milestone in the production of high-performance electrolytes for #lithiumionbatteries, sodium-ion batteries and #supercapacitors. 🔋 A large proportion of this production is made available directly to the market for battery electric vehicles. 👏 We would like to congratulate the MEET spin-off E-Lyte on this success and look forward to further promising developments in the future! 🎉

Last chance‼️ Register now for the BACCARA Power Day, organized by our International Graduate School BACCARA : https://lnkd.in/eYqnkvbY The successful one-day event on the world of #batteries will take place this year on 7 November at the castle of Münster. Top-class speakers will provide insights into #industry and #academia: 👉 Prof. Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham 👉 Prof. Anja Henß, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen 👉 Prof. Wolfgang Zeier, Universität Münster 👉 Dr Daria Mikhailova, IFW Dresden 👉 Dr Martin Schulz-Dobrick, PowerCo You can look forward to exciting poster presentations and a PhD Poster Pitch. Take the opportunity to connect 🤝 and expand your network. You can also meet many of our scientists there. 💪 Participation is free of charge.

The electrolyte is a crucial parameter for further improving lithium-ion #batteries. 🔋 The importance of the #electrolyte quantity has not been sufficiently investigated. Using comprehensive post mortem analyses, a team from MEET and the Technische Universität München has now examined how the electrolyte quantity affects the aging process. 🔎 👉 “We examined each individual component in detail. The results show that the absolute additive amount in particular depends sensitively on the electrolyte volume added.”  ~ Christian Lechtenfeld 👉 “By adjusting both the composition of the electrolyte and its volume based on the cell-specific properties, we can further increase the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries.” ~ Julius Buchmann, International Graduate School BACCARA Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTjWuBUq

After the European Football Championship and the Olympics, the next sports highlight of the year took place last Friday: the ChemCup, a soccer ⚽️ competition between the chemical institutes of the Universität Münster. Our three teams scored well: 2nd place: Celltic FC (Division #CellSystem) 11th place: 1. FC Kasnaslautern (Division #Materials) 14th place: AAS Nowako (Division #Analytics & #Environment) The winners are our neighbors from Helmholtz Institute Münster. 🏆 Congratulations! 👏

To recover phosphate from existing sources such as wastewater or farm manure and reuse it in lithium-ion #batteries, we initiated the project SuSyPhos (short for: #Sustainable #Synthesis and #Recycling ♻️ of Phosphorus-containing Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries). Together with the FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer-Einrichtung Forschungsfertigung Batteriezelle FFB, the Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy (IfbM) at the Universität Münster and Betebe GmbH, we will be investigating the entire supply chain of the raw material over the next three years. 🤝 The project covers the recycling of the phosphate, its processing and its use in batteries. 🔋 It is being funded with around 2.5 million euros as part of the innovation competition “GreenEconomy.IN.NRW”. The Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Regional Development Fund provide equal amounts of funding. 🇪🇺 EFRE/JTF in NRW #efrenrw #EUinmyRegion Read more: https://lnkd.in/eyAxfXNM