Joined February 2017
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Christian Prehal retweeted
The Prehal lab at the University of Salzburg (@PLUS_1622) is looking for a post-doc and two PhD students in materials physics. Apply now! oepg.at/index.php?page=news&… #Job #Career

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We are #hiring! We are looking for motivated Ph.D. candidates with a background in #MaterialsScience, #Physics, or #Chemistryto work on the #ERCStartingGrant project SOLIDCON and establish the fundamentals of #sustainablemetal-sulfur #batteries. (1/4)
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2. You are working on an exciting research project: The #ERCStGproject SOLIDCON will use real-time SAXS/SANS, cryo-TEM, machine learning, and electrochemical methods to establish the basis of future high-energy #batteries. (3/4)
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3. You are working at @PLUS_1622 in a new lab building with fantastic facilities for materials research. You are located in Salzburg (Austria), a great place to pursue outdoor activities and enjoy cultural life. More info: prehal-lab.eu/jobs (4/4)

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Key facts: 1. You are joining an interdisciplinary research group (prehal-lab.eu) in its start-up phase with significant funding from the European Research Council (ERC) (2/4)

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I am excited to announce that I have received an ERC Starting Grant and 2.3 M Euro funding (1.5 M base 0.8 M infrastructure) to work on next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries. The SOLIDCON project will focus on developing new metrologies, advanced data analysis methods, (1/3)
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and understanding the fundamentals of solid-liquid-solid and solid-state sulfur conversion. Based on mesoscopic structuring (1-1000 nm), we aim to realize stable high-energy lithium-sulfur batteries. A big thank you to everyone who supported me in recent years, (2/3)
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to @PLUS_1622, and to the @ERC_Research for funding curiosity-driven fundamental research. More details and announcements coming soon. #ERCStG #SOLIDCON #lithiumsulfurbatteries #SAXS #SANS #cryoem #stochasticmodelling (3/3)
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Christian Prehal retweeted
📣 NEW 🔋 PAPER OUT 📣 Congratulations to @ChrisPrehal and co-authors from @ETH_en @kemijski @tugraz @ILLGrenoble @ISTAustria for their research work on the structural evolution of Li-S #batteries discharge products via operando scattering measurements nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Christian Prehal retweeted
#Lithium #sulfur batteries could be the future of non-aqueous Li-based batteries 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 Small Angle #Neutron Scattering helps tracking the nucleation, growth & dissolution of solid deposits from atomic to sub-micron scales during real-time Li-S cell operation 🔋➡️🪫
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Christian Prehal retweeted
Freunberger, Prehai and cowrkers describe a unified O2 reduction mechanism, which can explain all found capacity relations and Li2O2 morphologies with exclusive solution discharge. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Read this #preprint on @researchsquare: Mechanism of Li2S formation and dissolution in Lithium-Sulphur batteries researchsquare.com/article/r…

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Properties and function of next-gen energy storage are not only rooted in the chemistry but at least as much in the nanoscale structure and transport. Check out our latest results on Li-air batteries @PNASNews: pnas.org/content/118/14/e202… #TUGraz #ETHZürich #ISTAustria #SAXS
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Christian Prehal retweeted
Would you like to know how redox mediators in aprotic alkali metal-oxygen batteries affect singlet oxygen formation? Have a read @NatureChemistry: nature.com/articles/s41557-0… - thank you for having me on board, Stefan Freunberger! #TUGraz #battery #1O2
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Looking for a PhD position in an interdisciplinary project across the fields of materials science, physics and electrochemistry? Apply now: made.ee.ethz.ch/the-group/op…

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Christian Prehal retweeted
7 Oct 2020
In the search for #alternative #electrochemical #energy storage systems for use in e-mobility and for storing energy from #renewable sources, a combination of battery and capacitor is very promising: the "hybrid supercapacitor": tugraz.at/en/tu-graz/service…
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Why next-generation electrochemical energy storage demands for in situ experimental exploration: check out our surprising results on @NatureComms. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

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Christian Prehal retweeted
26 Dec 2019
A Revised O2 Reduction Model in Li-O2 Batteries as Revealed by in Situ Small Angle X-Ray Scattering by Stefan Freunberger & co-workers doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.11…
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What parameters determine ion charge storage mechanisms in nanoporous supercapacitors? Our latest work is online now: disq.us/t/371mnim

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