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.
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
© Deborah Maria Feld 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.
© Faiq Haidar Hamid 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.
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.
© Marek Hüser 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.
© Marc Jaspers 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.
© Nikolaus Urban 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
© Eunjong Ko 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.
© Joshua Krieger 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.
© Florian Neuendorff 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.
© MEET/Lessmann Jan Pleie
Research topic:
Analysis and cell designs of polymer-based hybrid electrolytes.
Team:
Jan Pleie works in the group of Dr. Gunther Brunklaus, Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Publications
Dr. Henning Weinrich, Jan Pleie, Bernhard Schmid, Dr. Hermann Tempel, Dr. Hans Kungl, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger-A. Eichel (2022) In Situ Hydrogen Evolution Monitoring During the Electrochemical Formation and Cycling of Pressed-Plate Carbonyl Iron Electrodes in Alkaline Electrolyte, Batteries & Supercaps 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202100415
Egy Adhitama, Andam Deatama Refino, Tobias Brake, Jan Pleie, Christina Schmidt, Feleke Demelash, Kerstin Neuhaus, Steffen Bornemann, Simon Wiemers-Meyer, Erwin Peiner, Martin Winter, Hutomo Suryo Wasisto and Tobias Placke (2023) On the direct correlation between the copper current collector surface area and ‘dead Li’ formation in zero-excess Li metal batteries https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA00097D
© Nikolaus Urban Ahmed Abdul Qayyum
Research topic:
Calendar aging of Li-ion batteries.
Team:
Ahmed Abdul Qayyum 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.
© Wenzhe Sun 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.
© Nikolaus Urban Anjumole P. Thomas
Research Topic:
Design and development of advanced direct recycling technologies for cathode materials from spent lithium ion batteries.
Team:
Anjumole P. Thomas 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
© Chirag Vankani Chirag Vankani
Research topic:
Design & development of an overall sustainable high energy positive electrode for Lithium Ion batteries.
Team:
Chirag Vankani works in the group of Prof. Dr. Martin Winter, MEET Battery Research Center.
© Linus Voigt 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.
© Philipp Voß 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.
© Christian Walla 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.
© Shangjie Wang 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.
© Markus Wieland 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.