Bitzek, E.: The Origin of Deformation-Induced Topological Anisotropy in Silica Glass. International Conference on the Strength of Materials ICSMA 19, Metz, France (2022)
Meier de Andrade, A.; Bitzek, E.: Fracture in the Presence of Hydrogen - Influence of the Potential. The 11th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Prague, Czech Republic (2024)
Meier de Andrade, A.; Bitzek, E.: Fracture in the Presence of Hydrogen - Influence of the Potential. The XXII Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) Meeting 2024, Santos, Brazil (2024)
Atila, A.: Influence of Structure and Topology on the Deformation Behavior and Fracture of Oxide Glasses. Dissertation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (2023)
Poul, M.; Huber, L.; Bitzek, E.; Neugebauer, J.: Systematic Structure Datasets for Machine Learning Potentials: Application to Moment Tensor Potentials of Magnesium and its Defects. arXiv (2022)
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.