Sarfraz, A.; Posner, R.; Lange, M. M.; Lill, K. A.; Erbe, A.: Role of intermetallics and copper in the deposition of ZrO2-based conversion coatings on AA6014. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161 (12), pp. C509 - C516 (2014)
Iqbal, D.; Moirangthem, R. S.; Bashir, A.; Erbe, A.: Study of polymer coating delamination kinetics on zinc modified with zinc oxide in different morphologies. Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion 65 (4), pp. 370 - 375 (2014)
Auinger, M.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Blümich, A.; Erbe, A.: Effect of surface roughness on optical heating of metals. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications 9, pp. 14004-1 - 14004-13 (2014)
Sun, Z.; Xie, K.; Li, Z. A.; Sinev, I.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Erbe, A.; Farle, M.; Schuhmann, W.; Muhler, M.; Ventosa, E.: Hollow and Yolk-Shell Iron Oxide Nanostructures on Few-Layer Graphene in Li-Ion Batteries. Chemistry  A European Journal 20, pp. 2022 - 2030 (2014)
Hans, M.; Erbe, A.; Mathews, S.; Chen, Y.; Solioz, M.; Mücklich, F.: Role of copper oxides in contact killing of bacteria. Langmuir 29 (52), pp. 16160 - 16166 (2013)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: In situ infrared spectroscopic investigation of intermediates in the electrochemical oxygen reduction on n-Ge(100) in alkaline perchlorate and chloride electrolyte. Electrochimica Acta 106, pp. 472 - 482 (2013)
Chen, Y.; Schneider, P.; Liu, B. J.; Borodin, S.; Ren, B.; Erbe, A.: Electronic structure and morphology of dark oxide on zinc generated by electrochemical treatment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (24), pp. 9812 - 9822 (2013)
Zuo, J.; Chen, Y.; Lin, C.-J.; Erbe, A.: An Investigation of Thin Films Formed on Zinc by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Journal of Electrochemistry 19 (5), pp. 409 - 417 (2013)
Nayak, S.; Biedermann, P. U.; Stratmann, M.; Erbe, A.: A mechanistic study of the electrochemical oxygen reduction on the model semiconductor n-Ge(100) by ATR-IR and DFT. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (16), pp. 5771 - 5781 (2013)
Chen, Y.; Fernandes, A. A.; Erbe, A.: Control of shape and surface crystallography of gold nanocrystals for electrochemical applications. Electrochimica Acta 113, pp. 810 - 816 (2013)
If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO2 emissions
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials have developed a carbon-free, energy-saving method to extract nickel for batteries, magnets and stainless steel.
Max Planck scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step. Their results are now published in the journal Nature.