Materials for Energy Conversion
Mission We strive to solve industry-relevant challenges for sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies through materials and device innovation.
Expertise Our laboratory possesses strong competencies in the synthesis and processing of functional electronic and ion conducting materials, the characterization of their structural, electronic, ionic and thermal transport properties, as well as their integration and performance assessment in operational devices.
Research Our research aims at developing fundamental knowledge through experiment and modeling enabling new materials and processes that improve device performance, cost and reliability. We are currently working on the following application-driven topics:
News
July 2018 We welcome Ilan as new member of our lab.
May 2018 Congratulations to David for winning the outstanding student poster award at the 233rd ECS Meeting in Seattle.
April 2018 We welcome Alexander and Francesco as new members of our lab.
March 2018 We welcome Arash as new member of our lab.
February 2018 Our lab in the radio. Listen here.
February 2018 Congratulations to David for winning one of this year's MDPI Technologies Travel Awards. David will present his work on aqueous batteries and supercapacitors at the 233rd ECS Meeting in Seattle.
January 2018 Our lab is representing Switzerland at the European Battery Cell Research & Innovation Workshop organized by the European Commission in Brussels.
January 2018 Yinglu's paper on the impact of the Ni content on Half-Heusler thermoelectrics was accepted for publication in Energy & Environmental Science and can be found here.
January 2018 The press release featuring Ruben and David's work on aqueous electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries can be found here. The corresponding paper published in ACS Energy Express can be found here. The corresponding article in the Tagesanzeiger can be found here.
January 2018 We welcome Ryo as new member of our lab.
November 2017 Congratulations to Léo for winning a poster award at this year’s Empa PhD symposium. His paper on a 3 V solid-state battery was accepted in the journal Energy & Environmental Science and can be found here. The corresponding press release can be found here. The corresponding article in Le Temps can be found here.
November 2017 We welcome Jia En as new member of our lab.
Oktober 2017 We welcome Camilla and Daniel as new members of our lab.
August 2017 We welcome Yeojeong as new member of our lab.
July 2017 Congratulations to David and Ruben for winning the 1st poster prize at the 5th International Symposium on Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors in Jena, Germany. Their paper can be found here. The corresponding paper can be found here.
June 2017 We welcome Serkan as new member of our lab.
Mai 2017 We welcome Gwansik as new member of our lab and congratulate him on winning the Korean-Swiss Science and Technology Programme grant.
Mai 2017 The Swiss National Science Foundation published a press release on our novel ionic conductors. The papers of Elsa, Léo, and Yigang and Ruben can be found here.
Seminars and Events
05.06.2018 11:00 David Reber, Empa, Highlights: 233rd ECS 2018, LA 373.
28.05.2018 08:30 1st International Symposium on Solid-State Batteries organized by our lab, Empa Akademie, registration is open now.
23.05.2018 08:00 1st Swiss and Surrounding Battery Days co-organized by our lab, Baden, registration is open now.
22.05.2018 11:00 Stefano Passerini, Helmholtz Institute Ulm / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Non-Graphitic Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, VE 102.
08.05.2018 11:00 David Reber, Empa, A high-voltage aqueous electrolyte for sodium-ion batteries, LA 373.
01.05.2018 11:00 Léo Duchêne, Empa, Highlights: MRS 2018, LA 373.
27.03.2018 11:00 Dr. Daniel Chartouni, ABB, Battery storage offerings from an industrial solution provider, VE 102.
20.03.2018 11:00 Léo Duchêne, Empa, A 3 V stable closo-borate electrolyte for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries, LA 373.
13.02.2018 11:00 Yinglu Tang, Empa, Impact of Ni content on the thermoelectric properties of Half-Heusler thermoelectrics, LA 373.
06.02.2018 11:00 Yeojeong Yun, Empa & Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, IAESTE traineeship presentation, LA 373.
30.01.2018 11:00 Meike Heinz & Ulrich Vogt, Empa, Highlights: 42nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, LA 373.
23.01.2018 11:00 Serkan Sevinc, Empa & Gebze Technical University, internship presentation
16.01.2018 11:00 Ulrich Vogt, Empa, Recent developments of cellular ceramics for energy and environmental applications, LA 373.
09.01.2018 11:00 Meike Heinz, Empa, Recent advances in β'' alumina electrolytes for sodium batteries, LA 373.