Publications

Journal Articles

• T. Lan, E. Svaluto-Ferro, N. Kovalska, G. Graeber, F. Vagliani, D. Basso, A. Turconi, M. Makowska, G. Blugan, C. Battaglia, M. V. F. Heinz, Scaling of Planar Sodium-Nickel Chloride Battery Cells to 90 cm2 Active Area. Batteries & Supercaps, e202400447 (2024).
• M. Sarma, J. Lee, W. Nash, T. Lappan, N. Shevchenko, S. Landgraf, G. Monrrabal, P. Trtik, N. Weber, T. Weier, Reusable Cell Design for High-Temperature (600 °C) Liquid Metal Battery Cycling. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171/4, 040531 (2024).
• F. D’Isanto, A. Baggio, M. Salvo, D. Basso, D. Gaia, F. Smeacetto, Glass-based sealants for joining α to β’’-Al2O3 in Na–Zn batteries. Ceramics International, 50/9, Part A, 14542-14549 (2024).
• C. Duczek, N. Weber, O. Godinez-Brizuela, T. Weier, Simulation of potential and species distribution in a Li||Bi liquid metal battery using coupled meshes. Electrochimica Acta, 437, 141413 (2023).
• 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).
• O. E. Godinez-Brizuela, C. Duczek, N. Weber, W. Nash, M. Sarma, K. E. Einarsrud, A continuous multiphase model for liquid metal batteries. Journal of Energy Storage, 73, 109147 (2023).
• 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

• W. Ding, S. Kumar, A. Bonk, M. Heinz, N. Weber, T. Bauer, Molten Salt Electrolyte in Na-ZnCl2 Solid Electrolyte Battery for Electricity Storage. International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, 20 – 22 September 2022, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• C. Buntoengpesuchsakul, I. Staffell, O. Schmidt, Sodium Zinc solid electrolyte batteries – the enabler of low cost energy storage? Sustainable Energy Futures Conference 2022, 16 September 2022, Imperial College London, UK.
• O. E. Godinez Brizuela, D. Niblett, K. E. Einarsrud, Pore-Scale Micro-Structural Analysis of Electrode Conductance in Metal Displacement Batteries. 241st ECS Meeting, 29 May – 2 June 2022, Vancouver, Canada.

Open Data

• T. Lan, E. Svaluto-Ferro, N. Kovalska, G. Graeber, F. Vagliani, D. Basso, A. Turconi, M. Makowska, G. Blugan, C. Battaglia, M. V. F. Heinz, Scaling of Planar Sodium-Nickel Chloride Battery Cells to 90 cm2 Active Area. ZENODO, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11126765.
• T. Weier, W. Nash, P. Personnettaz, N. Weber, Yamdb – Yet Another Materials DataBase. HZDR RODARE, https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.2548.
• T. Weier, W. Nash, P. Personnettaz, N. Weber, Goma – using Yamdb material databases from the commandline. HZDR RODARE, https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.2546.
• 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. ZENODO, https://zenodo.org/records/8249437.
• O. Godinez-Brizuela, C. Duczek, N. Weber, W. Nash, M. Sarma, K. E. Einarsrud, A continuous multiphase model for liquid metal batteries. RODARE, https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.2597.
• 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. ZENODO, https://zenodo.org/records/8249437.
• C. Duczek, N. Weber, O. Godinez-Brizuela, T. Weier, Simulation of potential and species distribution in a Li||Bi liquid metal battery using coupled meshes. HZDR RODARE, https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.2313.
• M. Heinz, Cell design strategies for sodium-zinc chloride (Na-ZnCl2) batteries, and first demonstration of tubular cells with 38 Ah capacity. ZENODO, https://zenodo.org/record/7357347.
• M. V. F. Heinz, T. Lan, G. Graeber, E. Svaluto-Ferro, F. Vagliani, D. Basso, A. Turconi, C. Battaglia, Planar sodium-nickel chloride batteries with high areal capacity for sustainable energy storage. ZENODO, https://zenodo.org/record/7625714.
• 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. HZDR RODARE, https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.2192.
• P. Personnettaz, N. Weber, T. Weier, hmctFOAM – heat mass concentration transport FOAM (Version 0.1.0). HZDR RODARE, http://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.1828.
• 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. HZDR RODARE, https://dx.doi.org/10.14278/rodare.1368.