Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics (Elektrochemistry)
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The Solid State Electrochemistry and Electroceramics Laboratory deals with mass and charge transport in ceramics (e.g. ion conduction) and electrochemical reactions in/on ionic solids. Thus two core topics of the field of solid state ionics are in our focus of research. The main goals can be summarized as follows:
- Contributing to a better fundamental understanding of electrochemical reactions on oxides such as oxygen reduction, hydrogen oxidation or water splitting
- Improving the knowledge on charge transport and defect chemistry in complex ionic materials such as oxide thin films or ferroelectric ceramics.
Even though a substantial part of our work is basic research aiming at an in-depth understanding of materials properties, there are strong links to numerous applications such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), gas sensors, ferroelectric devices, memristors, etc.
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Main ingredients of our research activities
- High level experimental equipment
- Continuous development of novel or improved measurement techniques and experimental tools
- Cooperations with experienced partners at TU Wien and worldwide enabling direct access to many sophisticated additional experimental tools
- In-depth experience in modeling by finite element methods of equivalent circuits
- Creative, open-minded and communicative working atmosphere