Vega-Paredes, M.; Aymerich Armengol, R.; Scheu, C.: Determining the degradation mechanisms and active species of electrocatalysts by identical location electron microscopy. NRF-DFG meeting “Electrodes for direct sea-water splitting and microstructure based stability analyses”, Korean Institute for Energy Research, Jeju, South Korea (2023)
Vega-Paredes, M.; Arenas Esteban, D.; Garzón-Manjón, A.; Scheu, C.: How can electron tomography be used for studying the catalyst degradation of fuel cells. Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group – Institut Catala de Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia, Bellaterra, Spain (2022)
Vega-Paredes, M.; Garzón-Manjón, A.; Rivas Rivas, N. A.; Berova, V.; Hengge, K. A.; Gänsler, T.; Jurinsky, T.; Scheu, C.: Ruthenium-Platinum Core-Shell Nanoparticles as durable, CO tolerant catalyst for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. 5th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications (ISN2A), Online (accepted)
Vega-Paredes, M.: Degradation mechanisms during operation of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Bachelor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2020)
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.