Zendegani, A.; Körmann, F.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of thermodynamic properties of the Q-phase in Al–Cu–Mg–Si. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Zhang, X.; Hickel, T.; Rogal, J.; Drautz, R.; Neugebauer, J.: Atomistic origin of structural modulations in Fe ultrathin films on Cu(001). 2nd German-Austrian Workshop, Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Hickel, T.: Understanding complex materials at finite temperatures by ab inito methods. Colloquium at Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Universtität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.: Ab initio basierte Methoden der mechanismen-orientierten Werkstoffentwicklung. Colloquium at Salzgitter-Mannesmann-Forschung GmbH, Duisburg, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of light elements on interface properties in steels. CECAM workshop “Modeling Metal Failure Across Multiple Scales”, Lausanne, Switzerland (2014)
Hickel, T.: Understanding complex materials at finite temperatures by ab inito methods. Physikalisches Kolloquium der TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany (2014)
Hickel, T.; Körmann, F.; Bleskov, I.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Based Modelling of Stacking Fault Energies in High-Strength Steels. International Seminar on Process Chain Simulation and Related Topics, Karlsruhe, Germany (2014)
Bleskov, I.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of Local Magnetism on Stacking Fault Energies: A First Principles Investigation for fcc Iron. Condensed Matter - Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (2014)
Bleskov, I.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Impact of Local Magnetism on Stacking Fault Energies: A First Principles Investigation for fcc Iron. TMS 2014, San Diego, CA, USA (2014)
Dey, P.; Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio study of hydrogen trapping by kappa-carbides in an austenitic Fe matrix. DPG Frühjahrstagung, Dresden, Germany (2014)
Dutta, B.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Coupling of lattice dynamics and magnetism in magnetic shape memory alloys: Consequences for phase diagrams. Asia Sweden meeting on understanding functional materials from lattice dynamics (ASMFLD) conference, Indian Institute of technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India (2014)
Hickel, T.; Glensk, A.; Grabowski, B.; Körmann, F.; Neugebauer, J.: Thermodynamics of materials up to the melting point: The role of anharmonicities. Asia Sweden Meeting on Understanding Functional Materials from Lattice dynamics, Guwahati, India (2014)
Water electrolysis has the potential to become the major technology for the production of the high amount of green hydrogen that is necessary for its widespread application in a decarbonized economy. The bottleneck of this electrochemical reaction is the anodic partial reaction, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which is sluggish and hence…
This project targets to exploit or develop new methodologies to not only visualize the 3D morphology but also measure chemical distribution of as-synthesized nanostructures using atom probe tomography.
The mission of our group is to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of deformation and degradation in battery systems and to leverage mechanical principles to design damage-resilient energy storage systems.
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
The group aims at unraveling the inner workings of ion batteries, with a focus on probing the microstructural and interfacial character of electrodes and electrolytes that control ionic transport and insertion into the electrode.
The full potential of energy materials can only be exploited if the interplay between mechanics and chemistry at the interfaces is well known. This leads to more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.