Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio study of H-vacancy interactions in fcc metals: Implications for the formation of superabundant vacancies. Physical Review B 89 (14), 144108 (2014)
Nazarov, R.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: First-principles study of the thermodynamics of hydrogen-vacancy interaction in fcc iron. Physical Review B 82 (22), pp. 224104-1 - 224104-11 (2010)
Hickel, T.; McEniry, E.; Nazarov, R.; Dey, P.: Ab initio basierte Simulation zur Wasserstoffversprödung in hoch-Mn Stählen. Seminar der Staatlichen Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt, Institut für Werkstoffkunde, Darmstadt, Germany (2020)
Dey, P.; Nazarov, R.; Yao, M.; Friák, M.; Hickel, T.; Neugebauer, J.: Adaptive C content in coherently strained kappa-carbides - An ab initio explanation of atom probe tomography data. 2nd German-Austrian Workshop on "Computational Materials Science on Complex Energy Landscapes", Kirchdorf, Austria (2015)
Hickel, T.; Nazarov, R.; McEniry, E.; Dey, P.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab initio insights into the interaction of hydrogen with precipitates in steels. Workshop on Hydrogen Embrittlement and Sour Gas Corrosion 2015, Düsseldorf, Germany (2015)
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)
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.