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Kim, S.-H.; Dong, K.; Zhao, H.; El-Zoka, A.; Zhou, X.; Woods, E.; Giuliani, F.; Manke, I.; Raabe, D.; Gault, B.: Understanding the Degradation of a Model Si Anode in a Li-Ion Battery at the Atomic Scale. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13 (36), pp. 8416 - 8421 (2022)
If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO2 emissions
Alper Kasirga wins the Max Planck Apprenticeship Award and the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials is recognised as an excellent training institution