TY - JOUR A1 - Naumann, Kathrin A1 - Tichter, Tim A1 - Nielsen, Rasmus S. A1 - Seger, Brian A1 - Hansen, Ole A1 - Chorkendorff, Ib A1 - Vesborg, Peter C. K. T1 - Protection Materials on III–V Semiconductors for Photoelectrochemical CO Reduction N2 - Tantalum oxide (TaOx) and amorphous titanium dioxide (TiO2) are employed as protection materials for commercial GaInP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cells to facilitate the unbiased photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide on nanostructured copper particles. It has been found that a photoelectrode protected by a 150 nm-thick layer of TiO2, capped with 8 nm TaOx, and decorated with copper nanocubes in the size of 150 nm can successfully drive the photoelectrochemical conversion of carbon monoxide to ethylene. Implemented into a photoelectrochemical flow reactor, which continuously supplies the active interface with CO-saturated electrolyte, the device achieves a faradaic efficiency of 24% under AM1.5G conditions. Direct attachment of the copper nanocubes to a protection layer of TiO2 in the absence of TaOx results in a strong hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and no CO reduction products are found. This unexpected loss in selectivity is studied via post-operando X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and ion-scattering spectroscopy. No modifications in the redox state of TiO2 orsigns of H intercalation are found, while the preferential redeposition of small Cu nanoparticles is considered possible. This increasein HER appears specific for TiO2, as additional, purely electroanalytical experiments using tantalum oxide or carbon as a support layer for Cu nanocubes can produce ethylene effectively. KW - Photoelectrochemistry KW - Carbon Monoxide Reduction KW - Protection Material KW - Multi‐junction KW - Copper Catalyst PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-618712 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04782 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - American Chemical Society (ACS) AN - OPUS4-61871 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Anita T1 - Certification and approvals of dangerous goods packaging in Germany N2 - Germany and China cooperate in a GIZ project - initiated and supported by the BMDV - in comparing their systems of dangerous goods packagings. T2 - Sino-German Workshop on Dangerous Goods Packaging CY - Online meeting DA - 24.11.2023 KW - Dangerous goods packagings KW - Transport KW - ADR PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prenner, Stefanie A1 - Part, Florian A1 - Jandric, Aleksander A1 - Bordes, Arnaud A1 - Leonhardt, Robert A1 - Jung-Waclik, Sabine A1 - Huber-Humer, Marion ED - Djebali, Ridha T1 - Enabling Circular Business Models: Preconditions and Key Performance Indicators for the Market Launch of Repurposed Second‐Life Lithium‐Ion Batteries From Electric Vehicles N2 - With the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and thus lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), the number of end‐of‐life (EoL) LIBs after their first life in EVs is about to increase significantly. These end‐of‐first‐life (EoFL) EV LIBs still have sufficient energy density for less‐demanding second‐life applications like stationary battery energy storage systems (BESSs) or mobile applications (e.g., forklifts, tools). Repurposing EoFL EV LIBs extends their lifespan, offering sustainability benefits and supporting several United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, prevailing market entry barriers, such as high repurposing costs, little information on battery history and aging, or lacking performance indicators, hinder the widespread implementation of second‐life applications. Thus, this study aims to identify preconditions for considering and selecting useful EoFL LIBs and to determine key performance indicators (KPIs) to minimize economic risks for a successful second‐life market launch. KPIs were rated according to importance using a Likert scale, and reference values were introduced. A mixed‐methods approach, using expert interviews, an exploratory workshop, and an online survey, was applied. Twelve important preconditions were identified, with the “availability of information on battery specification” and “compliance with standards and regulations” considered very important. In addition, 12 KPIs were derived, covering six economic, three environmental, and three technical and safety‐related indicators. The KPIs “state of safety (SoS)” and “resource savings (Rsav)” were rated as highly important. Overall, the findings provide performance measurement guidance for repurposing companies, facilitating the market launch and adoption of second‐life applications. Future research can build on these results and investigate variations among different battery types, ultimately promoting a circular economy. KW - Lithium-Ion battery KW - Key performance indicators KW - Circular economy KW - Electric vehicle KW - Sustainability PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-619167 DO - https://doi.org/10.1155/er/8331870 SP - 1 EP - 19 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-61916 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Anita T1 - Rechtliche Grundlagen und Entwicklungen im Bereich des Transports von Lithiumbatterien N2 - Als zuständige Behörde im Bereich des Transports von Lithiumbatterien und Ressortforschungsanstalt ist die BAM sowohl an der Rechtsfortentwicklung beteiligt als auch an der hierfür benötigten Forschung. Aktuelle Themen, Forschungsprojekte und deren Ergebnisse werden vorgestellt. T2 - 1. Fachkonferenz Transport von Lithiumbatterien CY - Munich, Germany DA - 12.07.2024 KW - LIthiumbatterien PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62329 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Anita T1 - Transport von defekten Lithiumbatterien: Umsetzungspraxis der neuen Rechtsvorschriften, Wo besteht Forschungsbedarf? N2 - Transport von defekten Lithiumbatterien - die BAM setzt die Vorschriften des internationalen Gefahrguttransportrechts für defekte Lithiumbatterien um. Um die Kompetenz hierfür sicherzustellen, bedarf es eigener Forschungstätigkeit. Auch im zuständigen UN Gremium werden Untersuchungen durchgeführt, an denen die BAM beteiligt ist. T2 - Fachkonferenz Lithiumbatterien CY - Göttingen, Germany DA - 22.01.2020 KW - Lithiumbatterien KW - Gefahrguttransport KW - ADR PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-50806 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prenner, Stefanie A1 - Part, Florian A1 - Jung-Waclik, Sabine A1 - Bordes, Arnaud A1 - Leonhardt, Robert A1 - Jandric, Aleksander A1 - Schmidt, Anita A1 - Huber-Humer, Marion T1 - Barriers and framework conditions for the market entry of second-life lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles N2 - Transition to circular economy for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles requires integrating multiple stages of the value cycle. However, strategies aimed at extending the lifetime of batteries are not yet sufficiently considered within the European battery industry, particularly regarding repurposing. Using second-life lithium-ion batteries (SLBs) before subsequent recycling can offer several advantages, such as the development of sustainable business models, the reduction of emissions, and alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals 7, 12, and 13. Using expert and problem-centred interviews along with an exploratory workshop, this study guides stakeholders in the battery sector by illustrating the necessary changes for a more holistic circular economy. Moreover, an extended political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal, and additionally safety-related (PESSTEL) analysis approach is carried out, which has not yet been used in this context. In this process, barriers, as well as necessary institutional framework conditions and organisational requirements for a successful market entry of SLB applications are investigated. Among others, key barriers relate to the competition with first-life applications and safety concerns. SLBs require high manual labour costs for repurposing, along with expenses for expired warranties and re-certifications. Ownership structures in traditional business models often result in SLBs and their corresponding usage data staying under the control of the manufacturers. Market viability, however, requires a level playing field for both first-life and second-life operators as well as circular battery and data-sharing business models. Gathering data on the ageing performance and performing improved safety testing according to test protocols facilitates the reliable assessment of SLBs. KW - Electric vehicle KW - Circular economy KW - Market entry barrier KW - Repurposing KW - Second-life lithium-ion battery KW - Second-life battery energy storage system PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-614543 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37423 VL - 10 IS - 18 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-61454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caianiello, Carlo A1 - Tichter, Tim A1 - Arenas, Luis F. A1 - Wilhelm, René T1 - Toward Symmetric Organic Aqueous Flow Batteries: Triarylamine‐Based Bipolar Molecules and Their Characterization via an Extended Koutecký–Levich Analysis N2 - Symmetric organic flow batteries (SOFBs) can potentially address membrane crossover problems by employing bipolar redox‐active organic molecules (BROMs). Herein, a triarylamine (TAA) skeleton was chosen as a posolyte moiety for a new class of bipolar molecules for pH‐neutral aqueous flow batteries (FBs). Pyridinium and viologen derivatives were tethered to the posolyte moiety, and the new compounds were characterized. Cyclic voltammetry revealed that only viologen with a highly hydrophilic substituent, connected to the TAA moiety via a Zincke reaction, could be reversibly reduced. Varying the supporting electrolyte concentration on the selected derivative revealed water solubility as a challenge for further development. The selected derivative, MeO‐TPA‐Vi‐DMAE, was subjected to hydrodynamic voltammetry, and a modified Koutecký–Levich analysis was developed to investigate the observed potential‐dependent currents at the hydrodynamically dominated region, which are often seen with redox‐active organic molecules. This model discarded a purely Ohmic effect, showing a useful Levich slope at a certain overpotential before the onset of a secondary reaction. TAA‐based BROMs hold promise for pH‐neutral aqueous SOFBs, and the results will guide the design of new derivatives. The three‐term Koutecký–Levich relation here introduced will be useful not only to develop BROM‐based FBs but will most likely appeal to a much broader audience. KW - Redox Flow Batteries KW - Koutecký-Levich Analysis KW - Rotating Disc Electrode KW - Redox-active Bipolar Molecules KW - Electrode Kinetics PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-631476 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500815 SN - 1521-3765 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag AN - OPUS4-63147 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Anita T1 - Umgang mit defekten Lithiumbatterien - Transport und Lagerung N2 - Während es umfangreiche Transportvorschriften für Lithiumbatterien und auch defekte Lithiumbatterien gibt, gibt es aktuell keine Lagervorschriften. Jedoch sind hier einige Aktivitäten und Ansätze zu verzeichnen, die ebenfalls vorgestellt werden. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf e-bike Akkus. T2 - VdS-Fachtagung "Lithium-Batterien: Brand- und Arbeitsschutz" CY - Collogne, Germany DA - 17.09.21 KW - Lithium Batterien KW - Transport KW - Lagerung KW - E-bike Akkus PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54180 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tichter, Tim T1 - Thermal Investigations on Battery Safety N2 - The transportation and storage of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) — damaged or in an undefined state — is a major safety concern for regulatory institutions. Damaged LIBs pose the risk of a so-called thermal runaway (TR), a strongly exothermic reaction with the formation of gases, flames or even an explosion of the battery. The relevance of this issue is underlined by the number of fires that have occurred at recycling centers in the recent past. One solution to circumvent a TR is given by thermal passivation (i.e. deep-freezing) of batteries. Practically, this method is already used and temperatures below -60 °C are considered safe. In this talk, the parameter battery safety is revisited under the premise of heat-transfer and activation energies. At first, mechanically initiated TRs are compared for different cell chemistries, cell sizes, and temperatures, revealing that the threshold of thermal passivation is vastly system specific. Combining these results with differential scanning calorimetry underlines that the hazard potential of a battery is not necessarily eliminated by freezing the electrolyte. Instead, the potential for a TR needs to be regarded as a multivariant function of energy content, cell-voltage, chemical stability, and electrokinetic performance. Since the latter parameter is known to be vastly temperature-dependent, it is addressed in detail by a low-temperature electrokinetic study of different types of LIB. In this context, it is demonstrated that batteries are kinetically active even at temperatures well below the freezing point of the electrolyte and that their instantaneous power output is resembled sufficiently via Arrhenius´ law. To get a detailed understanding of cell-specific heat release during and prior to a TR, data from accelerated rate calorimetry will be discussed for various cell types at different state of charge and state of health. This will eventually provide a conclusive picture how a cell-internal TR-propagation takes place and which parameters need to be deliberately tuned under the premise of battery safety. T2 - 26. Kalorimetrietge CY - Leipzig, Germany DA - 11.06.2025 KW - Thermal passivation of batteries KW - Critically defective batteries KW - Differential scanning calorimetry KW - High-speed nail penetration KW - Accelerated rate calorimetry PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tichter, Tim T1 - Analytical solutions for the impedance of symmetrically distributed relaxation processes N2 - Distribution of relaxation times (DRT) analysis of impedance data is a powerful tool for unravelling entangled relaxation processes. However, reconstructing the DRT function from experimental data is an ill-posed inversion problem which suffers from noisy input and, hence, assigns a pseudo-signal to any kind of noise. To circumvent the resulting overfitting, different methods have been proposed, which are usually based on regularization. Alternatively, carefully selected distributed basis functions (e.g. Gauss-type, Cauchy-type, Matern-type) can be included in the algorithm of DRT reconstruction. This concept originates from the work of Cuicci and coworkers and has been implemented in their great software package DRT-tools. While this works exceptionally well for minimizing the demand on regularization, it must be kept in mind that the impedance of real-world relaxation processes of the constant phase element type is not represented by any of the resulting DRT functions. Bridging this gap was therefore the motivation for the present study. We derived analytical solutions for the impedance of several different types of distribution functions. The resulting impedances are compared with classical relaxation models and special features are pinpointed. The choice of an optimized basis function for reconstructing the DRT from experimentally acquired impedance data will improve electrochemical analysis in future work. Additionally, analytical solutions may be used for assigning a physical origin to the distributed behaviour in the impedance of certain types of electrodes. T2 - Bunsentagung CY - Leipzig, Germany DA - 17.03.2025 KW - Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy KW - Distribution of Relaxation Times KW - Cauchy Distribution KW - Gaussian Distribution KW - Cole-Cole Relaxation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62894 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -