Khan, T. R.; Vimalanandan, A.; Marlow, F.; Erbe, A.; Rohwerder, M.: Existence of a lower critical radius for incorporation of silica particles into zinc during electro-codeposition. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 4 (11), pp. 6221 - 6227 (2012)
Khan, T. R.; Erbe, A.; Auinger, M.; Marlow, F.; Rohwerder, M.: Electrodeposition of zinc-silica composite coatings: Challenges in incorporating functionalized silica particles into a zinc matrix. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 12 (5), 055005 (2011)
Khan, T. R.; de la Fuenta, D.; Rohwerder, M.: Electrolytic co-deposition of SiO2 nanoparticles with zinc for improvement of corrosion protection. 59th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Seville, Spain (2008)
Khan, T. R.; Vimalanandan, A.; Rohwerder, M.; Marlow, F.: Electrodeposition of Zinc-Silica Coatings for Smart Corrosion Protection. EUROCORR 2011, the European Corrosion Congress “Developing Solutions For The Global Challenge”, Stockholm, Sweden (2011)
Khan, T. R.: Nanocomposite coating: Codeposition of SiO2 particles during electrogalvanizing. Dissertation, Fakultät für Maschinenbau der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2011)
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.