February 2016Lights on! The picture shows an all-solid-state battery that was assembled by compaction of three different components. In contrast to commercially available lithium ion batteries, where an organic liquid electrolyte comes into operation, a sulfur-based solid is used here to separate the electrodes and prevent a short circuit. Concurrently, this inorganic ion conductor ensures sufficient transport of lithium ions between the electrodes – the LED shines.The Janek group conducts research on all-solid-state batteries within the framework of different research projects, like the BASF scientific network “electrochemistry and batteries“, the LOEWE priority program “STORE-E“ (by the Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts), as well as the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) -granted projects “ProSoLitBat“ and “FELIZIA“. We place our main focus on the elucidation of phenomena that take place at the interfaces between solid electrolyte and the electrodes. (Picture submitted by Dominik Weber and Wenbo Zhang.)https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f08/departments/physchem/janek/gallerypotm/pom2016/BdM0216.jpg/viewhttps://www.uni-giessen.de/@@site-logo/logo.png
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February 2016
Lights on! The picture shows an all-solid-state battery that was assembled by compaction of three different components. In contrast to commercially available lithium ion batteries, where an organic liquid electrolyte comes into operation, a sulfur-based solid is used here to separate the electrodes and prevent a short circuit. Concurrently, this inorganic ion conductor ensures sufficient transport of lithium ions between the electrodes – the LED shines.The Janek group conducts research on all-solid-state batteries within the framework of different research projects, like the BASF scientific network “electrochemistry and batteries“, the LOEWE priority program “STORE-E“ (by the Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts), as well as the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) -granted projects “ProSoLitBat“ and “FELIZIA“. We place our main focus on the elucidation of phenomena that take place at the interfaces between solid electrolyte and the electrodes. (Picture submitted by Dominik Weber and Wenbo Zhang.)
