Departments

Research in Department for Materials Chemistry focuses on synthesis, characterization and development of advanced materials for sustainable, low carbon energy solutions. The main research areas comprise (i) advanced battery materials, (ii) coating development and (iii) synthesis and characterization of electrocatalysts. In order to better understand the properties and functioning of these materials, we also develop our own spectroscopic, microscopic and electrochemical methods.

1. BITENC, Jan, LINDAHL, Niklas, VIZINTIN, Alen, ABDELHAMID, Muhammad E., DOMINKO, Robert, JOHANSSON, Patrik. Concept and electrochemical mechanism of an Al metal anode ‒ organic cathode battery. Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 24, 379-383.
2. NOČ, Luka, ŠEST, Ervin, KAPUN, Gregor, RUIZ-ZEPEDA, Francisco, BINYAMIN, Yaniv, MERZEL, Franci, JERMAN, Ivan. High-solar-absorptance CSP coating characterization and reliability testing with isothermal and cyclic loads for service-life prediction. Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 1679-1694.
3. RUIZ-ZEPEDA, Francisco, GATALO, Matija, PAVLIŠIČ, Andraž, DRAŽIĆ, Goran, JOVANOVIČ, Primož, BELE, Marjan, GABERŠČEK, Marjan, HODNIK, Nejc. Atomically resolved anisotropic electrochemical shaping of nano-electrocatalyst. Nano Letters, 2019, 19, 4919-4927.
4. VIZINTIN, Alen, BITENC, Jan, KOPAČ LAUTAR, Anja, PIRNAT, Klemen, GRDADOLNIK, Jože, STARE, Jernej, RANDON-VITANOVA, Anna, DOMINKO, Robert. Probing electrochemical reactions in organic cathode materials via in operando infrared spectroscopy. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 661.
5. ROJAC, Tadej, BENČAN, Andreja, DRAŽIĆ, Goran, SAKAMOTO, Naonori, URŠIČ NEMEVŠEK, Hana, JANČAR, Boštjan, TAVČAR, Gašper, MAKAROVIČ, Maja, WALKER, Julian, MALIČ, Barbara, DAMJANOVIĆ, Dragan. Domain-wall conduction in ferroelectric BiFeO₃ controlled by accumulation of charged defects. Nature Materials, 2017, 16, 322-327.