Todorova, M.: Future directions in materials from modelling. Future directions in materials research in Europe organised by the Materials Australia VIC-TAS Branch/RMIT Europe, Online (2024)
Todorova, M.; Surendralal, S.; Deißenbeck, F.; Wippermann, S. M.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab Initio Calculations for electrified solid/liquid interfaces – Challenges, insights and Opportunities. GRC Aqueous Corrosion: Corrosion Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Transition, New London, NH, USA (2024)
Neugebauer, J.; Deißenbeck, F.; Wippermann, S. M.; Todorova, M.: Getting the Electrochemical Interface into an Ab Initio Supercell. CECAM workshop "Electrochemical Interfaces in Energy Storage: Advances in Simulations, Methods and Models", Lausanne, Switzerland (2024)
Todorova, M.; Surendralal, S.; Yang, J.; Neugebauer, J.: Using ab initio calculations to unravel atomistic processes at electrified solid/ liquid interfaces. 63rd Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, FL, USA (2024)
Todorova, M.; Surendralal, S.; Deißenbeck, F.; Wippermann, S. M.; Neugebauer, J.: Insights into Electrified Solid/Liquid Interfaces from Ab initio and Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations. CECAM - Young Researchers' School on Theory and Simulation in Electrochemical Conversion Processes, Paris, France (2023)
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.