Verena Küpers

KÜPERS, Dr. Verena

MEET - Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology
Room: C2.2.14
Wilhelm-Schickard-Straße 8
D-48149 Münster

Phone: +49 251 83-38707
verena.kuepers@uni-muenster.de

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0193-1088

Position: Postdoc

Bereich / Gruppe: Materials

Articles

Weiling, Matthias, Lechtenfeld, Christian, Stuckenberg, Silvan, Pfeiffer, Felix, Wang, Jian-Feng, Nowak, Sascha, Küpers, Verena, and Baghernejad, Masoud. 2025. “Drawing from the Old - The First Ever Sultone as Electrolyte Additive in High-voltage NMC811 || AG+SiOx Multilayer Pouch Cells.” Small 21 (41) e07089. doi: 10.1002/smll.202507089.
Das, Ankita, Pfeiffer, Felix, Arifiadi, Anindityo, Weiling, Matthias, Kupers, Verena, Baghernejad, Masoud, Winter, Martin, and Glorius, Frank. 2025. “Bifunctional Electrolyte Additive Enabling Simultaneous Interphase Formation on Both Electrodes in High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Small 21 e05772. doi: 10.1002/smll.202505772.
Weiling, Matthias, Pfeiffer, Felix, Lechtenfeld, Christian, Stuckenberg, Silvan, Fehlings, Nick, Frankenstein, Lars, Küpers, Verena, Wang, Jian-Fen, Nowak, Sascha, and Baghernejad, Masoud. 2024. “Comprehensive Study on Cell Components in High-Voltage Pouch Cells with Lithium Perchlorate: Decomposition, Transesterification, Chlorination, Deposition, and Self-Discharge.” Batteries & Supercaps 8 (4) e202400568. doi: 10.1002/batt.202400568.
Stuckenberg, Silvan; Bela, Marlena Maria; Lechtenfeld, Christian-Timo; Mense, Maximilian; Küpers, Verena; Ingber, Tjark Thorben Klaus; Winter, Martin; Stan, Marian Cristian. 2023. “Influence of LiNO3 on the Lithium Metal Deposition Behavior in Carbonate-Based Liquid Electrolytes and on the Electrochemical Performance in Zero-Excess Lithium Metal Batteries.” Small 2305203: 1–10. doi: 10.1002/smll.202305203.
Stuckenberg, Silvan, Bela, Marlena Maria, Lechtenfeld, Christian-Timo, Mense, Maximilian, Küpers, Verena, Ingber, Tjark Thorben Klaus, Winter, Martin, and Stan, Marian Cristian. 2023. “The influence of LiNO3 on the electrochemical performance of anode-free LMBs with carbonate-based electrolytes.” contributed to the 1st #BatteryCityMünster PhD-Day, Münster.
Herbers, Lukas, Minar, Jaroslav, Stuckenberg, Silvan, Küpers, Verena, Berghus, Debbie, Nowak, Sascha, Winter, Martin, and Bieker, Peter. 2023. “The Influence of Polyethylene Oxide Degradation in Polymer-Based Electrolytes for NMC and Lithium Metal Batteries.” Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 4 (12) 2300153. doi: 10.1002/aesr.202300153.
Küpers, Verena, Kolek, Martin, Bieker, Peter, Stan, Marian, Placke, Tobias, and Winter, Martin. 2022. “Negative Sulfur-Based Electrodes and their Application in Battery Cells: Dual-Ion Batteries as an Example.” Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 26: 2077–2088. doi: 10.1007/s10008-022-05215-w.
Küpers, V, Dohmann, JF, Bieker, P, Winter, M, Placke, T, and Kolek, M. 2021. “Opportunities and Limitations of Ionic-Liquid- and Organic Carbonate Solvent-Based Electrolytes for Mg-Ion-Based Dual-Ion Batteries.” ChemSusChem 14 (20): 4480–4498. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202101227.
Bieker, G, Küpers, V, Kolek, M, and Winter, M. 2021. “Intrinsic differences and realistic perspectives of lithium-sulfur and magnesium-sulfur batteries.” Communications Materials 2: 37.. doi: 10.1038/s43246-021-00143-0.
Dohmann, JF, Horsthemke, F, Küpers, V, Bloch, S, Preibisch, Y, Kolesnikov, A, Kolek, M, Stan, MC, Winter, M, and Bieker, P. 2021. “Galvanic Couples in Ionic Liquid‐Based Electrolyte Systems for Lithium Metal Batteries—An Overlooked Cause of Galvanic Corrosion?” Advanced Energy Materials 2101021. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202101021.
Dohmann, JF, Horsthemke, D, Küpers, V, Krueger, B, Kolesnikov, A, Kolek, M, Wittstock, G, Winter, M, and Bieker, P. 2021. “Galvanic Corrosion as a Challenge for the Application of Ionic Liquids in O2ǁLi Cell Chemistries.” contribution to the Advanced Battery Power - Kraftwerk Batterie 2021, Online
Casino, S, Beuse, T, Küpers, V, Börner, M, Gallasch, T, Winter, M, and Niehoff, P. 2021. “Quantification of aging mechanisms of carbon-coated and uncoated silicon thin film anodes in lithium metal and lithium ion cells.” Journal of Energy Storage 41: 102812.. doi: 10.1016/J.EST.2021.102812.
Perner, V, Diddens, D, Otteny, F, Küpers, V, Bieker, P, Esser, B, Winter, M, and Kolek, M. 2021. “Insights into the Solubility of Poly (vinylphenothiazine) in Carbonate-Based Battery Electrolytes.” ACS applied materials & interfaces 13 (10): 12442–12453. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20012.
Sun, Wei, Wang, Fei, Zhang, Bao, Zhang, Mengyi, Küpers, Verena, Ji, Xiao, Theile, Claudia, Bieker, Peter, Xu, Kang, Wang, Chunsheng, and Winter, Martin. 2021. “A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry.” Science 371 (6524): 46–51. doi: 10.1126/science.abb9554.
Küpers, V, Weintz, D, Mück-Lichtenfeld, C, Bieker, P, Winter, M, and Kolek, M. 2020. “Approaching Electrochemical Limits of MgxClyz+ Complex-Based Electrolytes for Mg Batteries by Tailoring the Solution Structure.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 167 (16): 160505.. doi: 10.1149/1945-7111/abc7e4.
Meister, P, Küpers, V, Kolek, M, Kasnatscheew, J, Pohlmann, S, Winter, M, and Placke, T. 2021. “Enabling Mg-Based Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Hybrid Dual-Ion Capacitors.” Batteries & Supercaps 4: 504–512. doi: 10.1002/batt.202000246.
Kuepers, V, Kolek, M, Bieker, P, Winter, M, and Brunklaus, G. 2019. “In situ 7Li-NMR analysis of lithium metal surface deposits with varying electrolyte compositions and concentrations.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21: 26084–26094. doi: 10.1039/C9CP05334D.
Küpers, Verena, Kolek, Martin, Bieker, Peter, Winter, Martin, and Brunklaus, Gunther. 2019. “In Situ NMR Analysis of Lithium Metal Surface Deposits from Electrolytes with Varying Salt Concentrations.” contribution to the Electrochemical Conference on Energy and the Environment: Bioelectrochemistry and Energy Storage, Glasgow, Scotland
Bieker, Georg, Kolek, Martin, Küpers, Verena, Kolesnikov, Aleksei, Betz, Johannes, Bieker, Peter Maria, Stan, Marian, and Winter, Martin. 2019. “Magnesium and Lithium Metal Anodes: Future Battery Technologies Side-by-Side?” contribution to the Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications ABAA 12, Ulm, Germany
Bieker, Peter, Liebenau, Dominik, Stan, Marian, Kolek, Martin, Kolesnikov, Aleksei, Zhang, Mengyi, Küpers, Verena, Li, Meirong, and Winter, Martin. 2019. “Lithium: Protection, Modification and the Use in Different Battery Systems.” contribution to the Workshop "Lithium Metal Anodes: Processing and Integration in (Solid-State) Batteries", Dresden, Germany
Küpers, Verena, Bieker, Georg, Bieker, Peter, Winter, Martin, and Kolek, Martin. 2018. “Evaluation of Pyr1,4TFSI as a (Co-)Solvent for Mg-Based Cell Systems.” contribution to the 2nd International Symposium on Magnesium Batteries, Ulm, Germany
Küpers, Verena Brunklaus Gunther, Kolek, Martin Becking Jens, and Winter, Martin Bieker Peter. 2018. “Investigation of lithium metal surface deposition phenomena by 7Li-NMR.” contribution to the Kraftwerk Batterie 2018, Münster

Börner, Markus; Stan, Marian; Kolek, Martin; Küpers, Verena; Noll, Pascal; Winter, Martin 2020: “Chancen und Herausforderungen bei der Modifizierung und Verarbeitung von Lithium-Metall-Folien”. Batterietag NRW 2020, Essen (online), Deutschland, Sep 28, 2020.
Küpers, Verena; Bieker, Georg; Bieker, Peter; Winter, Martin; Kolek, Martin 2019: “Increased Oxidative Stability of Electrolytes for Mg-Based Batteries Using Ionic Liquids as (Co-)Solvents”. German Israeli Battery School 2019, Berlin, Deutschland, May 14, 2019.
Küpers, Verena; Kolek, Martin; Bieker, Peter; Winter, Martin; Brunklaus, Gunther 2018: “In Situ 7Li-NMR Analysis of Lithium Metal Surface Deposits”. Electrochemistry 2018, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, Sep 24, 2018.