Qin, Y.; Li, J.; Herbig, M.: Microstructural origin of the outstanding durability of the high nitrogen bearing steel X30CrMoN15-1. Materials Characterization 159, 110049 (2020)
Srikakulapu, K.; Qin, Y.; Sreekala, L.; Morsdorf, L.; Herbig, M.: On the decomposition resistance of carbonitride precipitates during high-pressure torsion in X30CrMoN15-1 bearing steel. High Nitrogen Steel conference, HNS 2021, online, Shanghai, China (2021)
Qin, Y.; Mayweg, D.; Tung, P.-Y.; Pippan, R.; Herbig, M.: Mechanism of cementite decomposition in 100Cr6 bearing steels during high pressure torsion. MSE Congress 2020, virtual, Sankt Augustin, Germany (2020)
Qin, Y.: Effect of post-heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of SLM-produced IN738LC. Master, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (2017)
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.
In order to develop more efficient catalysts for energy conversion, the relationship between the surface composition of MXene-based electrode materials and its behavior has to be understood in operando. Our group will demonstrate how APT combined with scanning photoemission electron microscopy can advance the understanding of complex relationships…