Publications

Journal Articles

L. Sieuw, T. Lan, E. Svaluto-Ferro, F. Vagliani, S. Kumar, W. Ding, A. Turconi, D. Basso, A. Pozzi, C. Battaglia, M. V. F. Heinz, Influence of precursor morphology and cathode processing on performance and cycle life of sodium-zinc chloride (Na-ZnCl2) battery cells. Energy Storage Materials, 64, 103077 (2024).
S. Kumar, W. Ding, R. Hoffmann, L. Sieuw, M. V. F. Heinz, N. Weber, A. Bonk, AlCl3-NaCl-ZnCl2 Secondary Electrolyte in Next-Generation ZEBRA (Na-ZnCl2) Battery. MPDI Batteries, 9/8, 401 (2023).
M. V. F. Heinz, L. Sieuw, T. Lan, A. Turconi, D. Basso, F. Vagliani, A. Pozzi, C. Battaglia, Cell design strategies for sodium-zinc chloride (Na-ZnCl2) batteries, and first demonstration of tubular cells with 38 Ah capacity. Electrochimica Acta, 464, 142881 (2023).
A. Baggio, F. D’Isanto, F. Valenza, S. Gambaro, V. Casalegno, M. Salvo, F. Smeacetto, The Joining of Alumina to Hastelloy by a TiZrCuNi Filler Metal: Wettability and Interfacial Reactivity. MDPI Materials, 16/5, 1976 (2023).
J. Lee, G. Monrrabal-Marquez, M. Sarma, T. Lappan, Y. J. Hofstetter, P. Trtik, S. Landgraf, W. Ding, S. Kumar, Y. Vaynzof, N. Weber, T. Weier, Membrane‐Free Alkali Metal‐Iodide Battery with a Molten Salt. Energy Technology, 2300051 (2023).
A. De Angelis, P. Carbone, F. Santoni, M. Vitelli, L. Ruscitti, On the Usage of Battery Equivalent Series Resistance for Shuntless Coulomb Counting and SOC Estimation. MDPI Batteries, 9/6, 286 (2023).
T. Lan, G. Graeber, L. Sieuw, E. Svaluto-Ferro, F. Vagliani, D. Basso, A. Turconi, C. Battaglia, M. V. F. Heinz, Planar Sodium-Nickel Chloride Batteries with High Areal Capacity for Sustainable Energy Storage. Advanced Functional Materials, 2302040 (2023).
O. E. Godinez-Brizuela, D. Niblett, K. E. Einarsud, Microstructural Analysis of Effective Electrode Conductivity in Molten Salt, Na-ZnCl2 Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169/9 (2022).
P. Personnettaz, T. S. Klopper, N. Weber, T. Weier, Layer coupling between solutal and thermal convection in liquid metal batteries. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 188, 122555 (2022).
N. Weber, C. Duczek, G. M. Horstmann, S. Landgraf, M. Nimtz, P. Personnettaz, T. Weier, D. R. Sadoway, Cell voltage model for Li-Bi liquid metal batteries. Applied Energy, 309, 118331 (2022).
S. Bénard, N. Weber, G. M. Horstmann, S. Landgraf, T. Weier, Anode-metal drop formation and detachment mechanisms in liquid metal batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 510, 230339 (2021).

Book Chapters

N. Weber, T. Weier, Liquid Metal Batteries. In: S. Beale, W. Lehnert. Electrochemical Cell Calculations with OpenFOAM, Springer, 193-212 (2022).

PhD Thesis

P. Personnettaz, Simulations of mass transport in liquid metal electrodes. PhD Thesis, TU Dresden (2022).

Master Thesis

M. Farouk, Development of Molten Salt Electrolytes in Na-ZnCl2 All Liquid Battery for Electrical Grid Storage. Master Thesis, TU Berlin (2022).
C. Buntoengpesuchsakul, Sodium-Zinc solid electrolyte batteries – the enabler of low-cost energy storage? Master Thesis, Imperial College London (2022).
S. Kumar, Development of molten chloride salt electrolytes in Na-ZnCl2 batteries for large-scale energy storage. Master Thesis, University of Stuttgart / German Aerospace Center (2021).
R. Berridge, Investigating the investment and operational costs of the Na-Zn molten salt battery and evaluating how cost competitive it will be against other technologies in the future. Master Thesis, Imperial College London (2021).

Posters / Publications in Conference proceedings

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