Baris Cem Alpay
Research topic:
Synthesis and characterization of compositionally complex Ni-rich cathode active materials
Team:
Baris Cem Alpay works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
PhD Students
Linus Altemöller
Research topic:
Supramolecular and Macromolecular Concepts for Redox-Flow Battery Systems
Team:
Linus Altemöller works in the group of Prof Dr Bart Jan Ravoo, Institute for Organic Chemistry of University of Münster.
Chinwendu Nancy Anabaraonye
Research topic:
Application of machine learning techniques in the simulation of electrolytes
Team:
Chinwendu Nancy Anabaraonye works in the group of Prof Dr Andreas Heuer, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster.
Bärbel Arling
Research topic:
Interface design for (quasi-)solid-state Li-S batteries
Team:
Bärbel Arling works in the group of Dr Gunther Brunklaus, Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Elias Bodin
Research topic:
Layered MnO2 as active material at the positive electrode in zinc-metal batteries: effect of preintercalation and electrolyte modification
Team:
Elias Bodin works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
Julius Buchmann
Research topic:
Comprehensive analytical investigations and sustainable approaches for battery waste management and recycling
Team:
Julius Buchmann works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
Publications
Marco Joes Lüther, Shi-Kai Jiang, Martin Alexander Lange, Julius Buchmann, Aurora Gómez Martín, Richard Schmuch, obias Placke, Bing Joe Hwang, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew (2024) Systematic “Apple-to-Apple” Comparison of Single-Crystal and Polycrystalline Ni-Rich Cathode Active Materials: From Comparable Synthesis to Comparable Electrochemical Conditions, Small Struct. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202400119
Maike Michelle Gnutzmann, Ardavan Makvandi, Bixian Ying, Julius Buchmann, Marco Joes Lüther, Bianca Helm, Peter Nagel, Martin Peterlechner, Gerhard Wilde, Aurora Gomez-Martin, Karin Kleiner, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew (2024) Direct Recycling at the Material Level: Unravelling Challenges and Opportunities through a Case Study on Spent Ni-Rich Layered Oxide-Based Cathodes, Adv. Energy Materials https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400840
Christian-Timo Lechtenfeld, Julius Buchmann, Jan Hagemeister, Marlena M. Bela, Stefan van Wickeren, Sandro Stock, Rüdiger Daub, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak (2024) Analyzing the Effect of Electrolyte Quantity on the Aging of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Science 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405897
Maike Michelle Gnutzmann, Ardavan Makvandi, Bixian Ying, Julius Buchmann, Marco Joes Lüther, Bianca Helm, Peter Nagel, Martin Peterlechner, Gerhard Wilde, Aurora Gomez-Martin, Karin Kleiner, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew (2024) Direct Recycling at the Material Level: Unravelling Challenges and Opportunities through a Case Study on Spent Ni-Rich Layered Oxide-Based Cathodes, Adv. Energy Mater. 36/2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202470150
Marco Joes Lüther, Shi-Kai Jiang, Martin Alexander Lange, Julius Buchmann, Aurora Gómez Martín, Richard Schmuch, Tobias Placke, Bing Joe Hwang, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew (2024) Systematic “Apple-to-Apple” Comparison of Single-Crystal and Polycrystalline Ni-Rich Cathode Active Materials: From Comparable Synthesis to Comparable Electrochemical Conditions, Small Structures Vol. 5, Issue11, https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202470055
Julius Buchmann, Yixin Song, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak (2024) Novel Quantification Method for Lithium Ion Battery Electrolyte Solvents in Aqueous Recycling Samples Using Solid-Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection, https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400311
Anindityo Arifiadi, Lennart Wichmann, Tobias Brake, Christian Lechtenfeld, Julius Buchmann, Feleke Demelash, Peng Yan, Gunther Brunklaus, Isidora Cekic-Laskovic, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew (2024) Evaluation of Alternative Lithium Salts for High-Voltage Lithium Ion Batteries: Higher Relevance of Plated Li Morphology Than the Amount of Electrode Crosstalk, Nano Micro small 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410762
© Nikolaus Urban Insa de Vries
Research topic:
Analysis of ion transport and thermal conductivity in solid-state electrolytes using (ab initio) molecular dynamics
Team:
Insa de Vries performs her research in the group of Prof Dr Nikos Doltsinis, Institute of Solid State Theory of University of Münster.
Publications
Insa F. de Vries , Helena Osthues , Nikos L. Doltsinis (2023) Thermal conductivity across transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers, ¡Science, Vol. 26, Issue 4, 106447, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106447
© BACCARA Deborah Maria Feld
Research topic:
Investigation of ion transport in polymer- and post-Lithium-based electrolytes using electrophoretic NMR and further NMR techniques
Team:
Deborah Maria Feld performs her research in the group of Prof Monika Schönhoff, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Sandhra Ganesh
Research topic:
Hybrid Machine Learning Framework for predicting cyclical ageing in Lithium ion cell
Team:
Sandhra Ganesh performs her research in the group of Prof Dr Andreas Heuer, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Faiq Haidar Hamid
Research topic:
The Interplay of SiOx Content and Electrolyte Volume on the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Team:
Faiq Haidar Hamid works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© Marie Heidler Marie Heidler
Research topic:
Recycling and Analysis of LFP based Batteries
Team:
Marie Heidler works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Leon Hensmann
Research topic:
Investigation of Alkali Metal-Based Solid Electrolytes and Cathode Materials by Solid State NMR Spectroscopy
Team:
Leon Hensmann works in the group of Prof Dr Michael Ryan Hansen, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Steffen Heuvel
Research topic:
Design and Synthesis of Novel Active Materials for Lithium Batteries – From Cathode Materials to Electrolyte Solvents to Film-Forming Electrolyte Additives
Team:
Steffen Heuvel works in the group of Prof Dr Frank Glorius, Institute for Organic Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Marek Hüser
Research topic:
Size-dependent behavior of silicon nanoparticles in a MXene matrix as anode material for lithium-ion batteries
Team:
Marek Hüser works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Athulya Jaison
Research topic:
Hard carbon anodes for alkali-ion batteries: synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical evaluation in sodium- and lithium-ion systems
Team:
Athulya Jaison works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Marc Jaspers
Research topic:
Design and Investigation of Structure-Activity Relationships in Electrolytes and Additives for Advanced Battery Systems
Team:
Marc Jaspers works in the group of Prof Dr Frank Glorius, Institute for Organic Chemistry of University of Münster.
© Alina Karbach Alina Karbach
Research topic:
Automated analysis of batteries and their decomposition due to aging processes
Team:
Alina Karbach performs her research in the group of Prof Dr Uwe Karst, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Lukas Ketter
Research topic:
Investigating transport properties of all-solid-state cathode composites
Team:
Lukas Ketter works in the group of Prof Dr Wolfgang Zeier, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Münster.
Publications
Grace Wang, Lukas Ketter, Tong Zhao, Elina Nazmutdinova, Marvin A. Kraft, Wolfgang G. Zeier (2024) High Areal Capacity Cation and Anionic Redox Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Transition Metal Sulfide Conversion, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07252
Lukas Ketter, Niklas Greb, Tm Bernges, Wolfgang G. Zeier (2024) Using resistor network models to predict the transport of solid-state battery composites, ChemRxiv®, doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-zm8kx-v2
© BACCARA Eunjong Ko
Research topic:
The Business Case for Battery Recycling: Exploring Sustainable Business Models in the Global Recycling Industry
Team:
Eunjong Ko works in the group of Prof Dr Stephan von Delft, Institute of Business Chemistry of the University of Münster.
© Jędrzej Kondek Jędrzej Kondek
Research topic:
Characterizing Cation Dynamics in Solid-State Electrolytes from Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy
Team:
Jędrzej Kondek works in the group of Prof Dr Michael Ryan Hansen, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Joshua Krieger
Research topic:
Modeling Electron Transfer at Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces
Team:
Joshua Krieger performs his research in the group of Prof Dr Andreas Heuer, Institute for Physical Chemistry of University of Münster and in the group of Dr Johannes Tölle, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg.
© Ibrahim Lawan Ibrahim Lawan
Research topic:
Solid state polymer electrolyte for Sodium-ion Battery
Team:
Ibrahim Lawan works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Florian Neuendorff
Research topic:
Hazard characterisation of new battery materials focusing on adverse outcome pathways (AOPs)
Team:
Florian Neuendorff works in the group of Prof Dr Melanie Esselen, Institute of Food Chemistry of University of Münster.
© Nikolaus Urban Sathiya Priya Panjalingam
Research topic:
Investigations on organic full cells based on organic polymers
Team:
Sathiya Priya Panjalingam works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© Nikolaus Urban Aleksei Sadykov
Research topic:
Polysulfide shuttling in lithium-organosulfur batteries
Team:
Aleksei Sadykov works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
Publications
Aleksei Sadykov, Yannick P. Stenzel, Martin Winter, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Sascha Nowack (2024) Determination of polysulfide anions and molecular sulfur via coupling HPLC with ICP-MS, Royal Society of Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1039/d4ja00231h
© Karin Sowa Karin Sowa
Research topic:
Development of new organic redox materials for use in non-aqueous redox flow battery systems
Team:
Karin Sowa works in the group of Dr Mariano Grünebaum, Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
© BACCARA Wenzhe Sun
Research topic:
Development of cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries with high energy density and sustainability
Team:
Wenzhe Sun works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© Jesper Frost Thomsen Jesper Frost Thomsen
Research topic:
Techno-economic modeling of the battery value chain and sustainability of transport paths in the value chain
Team:
Jesper Frost Thomsen works in the group of Prof Dr Simon Lux, Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
Publications
Sebastian Puls, Elina Nazmutdinova, Fariza Kalyk, Henry M. Woolley, Jesper Frost Thomsen et al. (2024) Benchmarking the reproducibility of all-solid-state battery cell performance, Nature Energy 2024, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01634-3
© BACCARA Max Vinzelberg
Research topic:
The Influence of Temperature on Performance and Degradation of SiOx Containing Lithium Ion Batteries
Team:
Max Vinzelberg works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Linus Voigt
Research topic:
Towards longer cycle Life of Anode-free sodium metal battery: Failure Diagnosis and Measures
Team:
Linus Voigt works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Philipp Voß
Research topic:
Scale-up research and techno-economic analyses of sodium-ion and solid-state batteries
Team:
Philipp Voß works in the group of Prof Dr Simon Lux, Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
Publications
Philipp Voß, Benedikt Gruber, Miriam Mitterfellner, Jan-Darius Plöpst, Florian Degen, Richard Schmuch and Simon Lux (2025), “Benchmarking state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery cells – modeling energy density and carbon footprint at the gigafactory-scale”, Royal Society of Chemistry, DOI:10.1039/D5EE00415B.
© BACCARA Christian Walla
Research topic:
Development of stimuli-responsive carriers for advanced battery systems
Team:
Christian Walla works in the group of Prof Dr Bart Jan Ravoo, Institute for Organic Chemistry of University of Münster.
© BACCARA Shangjie Wang
Research topic:
Development of Si-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries
Team:
Shangjie Wang works in the group of Prof Dr Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© BACCARA Markus Wieland
Research topic:
Multimodal Imaging to Identify and Localize Reaction Products on Battery Electrode Surfaces
Team:
Markus Wieland performs his research in the group of Prof Dr Uwe Karst, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of University of Münster.
Publications
Ozone-mediated breakdown of microplastics in aqueous environments J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2025,40, 2870-2878, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5JA00226E.
© Jingxuan Zhang Jingxuan Zhang
Research topic:
Investigating the interface between Si-based anodes and solid-state electrolytes
Team:
Jingxuan Zhang works in the group of Prof Dr Wolfgang Zeier, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Münster.