Group Leader:
Dr. Zhirong Zhao-Karger

ORCID: 0000-0002-7233-9818

ISI Web of Science/Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26536967700

Group Members:
Dr. Christian Bäucker
Dr. Sibylle Riedel
Dr. Sebahat Topal
Reona Imura

The group investigates advanced battery materials for post-Lithium energy-storage such as Mg and Ca batteries.

Funded by the projects:

POLiS - Post-Lithium Storage Cluster of Excellence
https://www.postlithiumstorage.org/en/


Special thanks to the POLiS Cluster as well as the DFG for funding part of our research.

 

CaSino - Calcium – Sulphur innovative material development for sustainable batteries

https://www.kit.edu/kit/31698.php

January 2015, Vol. 5          June 2017, Vol. 5            December 2019, Vol. 12      August 2020, Vol. 16      July 2023, Vol. 13          July 2023 Vol. 6

· Recent Advances in Electrolytes for Magnesium Batteries: Bridging the Gap Between Chemistry and Electrochemistry, S. Riedel, L. Wang., M. Fichtner, Z. Zhao-Karger, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202402754. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402754

· Challenges and progress in anode-electrolyte interfaces for rechargeable divalent metal batteries, S. Riedel, L. Wang., Z. Zhao-Karger, Adv. Energy Mater., 2024 2402157. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202402157

· Recent developments and future prospects of magnesium–sulfur batteries, L. Wang, S. Riedel, J. Drews, Z. Zhao-Karger, Front. Batter. Electrochem., 2024. DOI: 10.3389/fbael.2024.1358199

· Advancing Reversible Magnesium−Sulfur Batteries with a Self-Standing Gel Polymer Electrolyte, L. Wang, S. Riedel, A. Welle, S. Vincent, S. Dinda, B. Dasari, J. M. Garcia Lastra, B. Esser, Z. Zhao-Karger, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.4c01049

· Cathode Materials and Chemistries for Magnesium Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities), Z. Li, J. Häcker, M. Fichtner, Z. Zhao-Karger, Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2300682. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202300682 

· Anion Storage Chemistry of Organic Cathodes for High-Energy and High-Power Density Divalent Metal Batteries, Y. Xiu, A. Mauri, S. Dinda, Y. Pramudya, Z. Ding, T. Diemant, A. Sarkar, L. Wang, Z. Li, W. Wenzel, M. Fichtner and Z. Zhao-Karger, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202212339. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212339

· Calcium-tin alloys for ultra-stable rechargeable calcium batteries, Z. Zhao-Karger, Y. Xiu, Z. Li, A. Reupert, T. Smok, M. Fichtner, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 3849. DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-31261-z

· The Metamorphosis of Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries, R. Mohtadi, O. Tutusaus, T. Arthur, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, Joule, 2021, 5, 1-37

· Performance Study of MXene/Carbon Nanotube Composites for Current Collector- and Binder-Free Mg-S Batteries, H. Kaland, F. Håskjold Fagerli, J. Hadler-Jacobsen, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, K. Wiika and N. P. Wagner, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 1-11

· Investigation on the Formation of Mg metal Anode/Electrolyte Interfaces in Mg/S Batteries with Electrolyte Additives, B.P. Vinayan, Zh. Zhao-Karger, T. Diemant, M. Jäckle, A. Gross, R.J. Behm, M. Fichtner, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 22098-23010

· Insights into self-discharge of lithium and magnesium sulfur batteries, R. Richter, J. Häcker, Zh. Zhao-Karger, T. Danner, N. Wagner, M. Fichtner, K. Friedrich, and A. Latz, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 8457-8474

· Rechargeable calcium-sulfur batteries enabled by an efficient borate-based electrolyte, Z. Li, B. P. Vinayan, T. Diemant, R. J. Behm, M. Fichtner, Zh. Zhao-Karger, Small, 2020, 16, 2001806 COVER ARTICLE

· Modeling of ion agglomeration in magnesium electrolytes and its impacts on the battery performance, J. Drews, T. Danner, P. Jankowski, T. Vegge, J.M. Garcia-Lastra, R. Liu, Z. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, A. Latz, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 3599-3604

· Multi-electron reactions enabled by anion-participated redox chemistry for high-energy multivalent rechargeable batteries, Z. Li, B. P. Vinayan, P. Jankowski, C. Njel, A. Roy, T. Vegge, J. Maibach, J.M. García Lastra, M. Fichtner, Zh. Zhao-Karger, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2-10.

· Copper Porphyrin as a Stable Cathode for High Performance Rechargeable Potassium Organic Batteries, S. Lv, J. Yuan, Z. Chen, P. Gao, H. Shu, X. Yang, E. Liu, S. Tan, M. Ruben, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 2286-2294

· Investigation of Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, J. Häcker, C. Danner, Zh. Zhao-Karger, B. Sievert, N. Wagner, K. A. Friedrich, Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 338, 135787

· Halide-based materials and chemistries for rechargeable batteries: a review, X. Zhao, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, and X. Shen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 5902 –5949.

· Insights into the electrochemical processes of rechargeable magnesium-sulfur batteries with new cathode design, B.P. Vinayan, H. Euchner, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M-A. Cambaz, Z. Li., T. Diemant, R.J. Behm, M. Fichtner, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 25490-25502

· Towards stable and efficient electrolytes for room-temperature rechargeable calcium batteries, Z. Li, O. Fuhr, M. Fichtner, Zh. Zhao-Karger, Energy & Environ. Sci., 2019, 12, 3496-3501 COVER ARTICLE

· MgSc₂Se4 – a magnesium solid ionic conductor for all-solid-state Mg batteries, L. Wang, Z. Zhao-Karger, F. Klein, J. Chable, T. Braun, A. R. Schür, C. Wang, Y. Guo, and M. Fichtner, ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 1-9

· New Organic Electrode Materials for Ultrafast Electrochemical Energy Storage, Zh. Zhao-Karger, P. Gao, T. Ebert, S. Klyatskaya, Z. Chen, M. Ruben and M. Fichtner, Adv. Mater., 2019, 1806599

· Beyond Intercalation Chemistry for Rechargeable Mg Batteries: A Short Review and Perspective, Zh. Zhao-Karger and M. Fichtner, Front. Chem. 2019, 6, 656

· Fast multivalent intercalation enabled by solvated Mg2+ ions into self-established metallic layered materials, Z. Li, X. Mu, Zh. Zhao-Karger, T. Diemant, R.J. Behm, Ch. Kübel, and M. Fichtner, Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 5115

· Towards Highly Reversible Magnesium-sulfur Batteries with Efficient and Practical Mg[B(hfip)₄]₂ Electrolyte, Zh. Zhao-Karger, R. Liu, W. Dai, Z. Li, T. Diemant, B. P. Vinayan, C. Bonatto Minella, X. Yu, A. Manthiram, R.J. Behm, M. Ruben, M. Fichtner, ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 2005-2013

· Magnesium–sulfur battery: its beginning and recent progress, Zh. Zhao-Karger and M. Fichtner, MRS Communications, 2017, 7, 770-784

· Porphyrin complex as self-conditioned electrode material for high performance energy storage, P. Gao, Z. Chen, Zh. Zhao-Karger, J.E. Mueller, Ch. Jung, S. Klyatskaya, T. Diemant, O. Fuhr, T. Jacob, R.J. Behm, M. Ruben, M. Fichtner, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2017, 129, 1-7

· New class of non-corrosive, highly efficient electrolytes for rechargeable magnesium batteries, Zh. Zhao-Karger, E.G. Bardaji, Olaf Fuhr, and M. Fichtner, J. Materials Chem. 2017, A 5, 10815-10820 COVER ARTICLE

· Selenium and selenium-sulfur based cathode materials for rechargeable magnesium batteries, Zh. Zhao-Karger, X. Lin, Ch. Bonatto Minella, D. Wang, T. Diemant, R. J. Behm and M. Fichtner, J. Power Sources, 2016, 323, 213-219

· Performance study of magnesium-sulfur battery using graphene based sulfur composite as cathode electrode and non-nucleophilic Mg electrolyte, B. P. Vinayan, Zh. Zhao-Karger, T. Diemant, R. J. Behm, M. Fichtner, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 3296

· Magnesium sulfur battery with improved non-nucleophilic electrolyte” Zh. Zhao-Karger, X. Zhao, D. Wang, T. Diemant, M. Fichtner, Adv. Energy Mater. 2015, 5, 1401155 COVER ARTICLE

· Corrosion Resistance of Current Collector Materials in Bisamide Based Electrolyte for Magnesium Batteries, C. Wall, Zh. Zhao-Karger, M. Fichtner, ECS Electrochem. Lett., 2014, 4, C8–C10

· Novel transmetalation reaction for electrolyte synthesis for rechargeable magnesium batteries, Zh. Zhao-Karger, J. E. Mueller, O. Fuhr, M. Fichtner, RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 26924–26927

· Bisamide based Non-nucleophilic Electrolytes for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries, Zh. Zhao-Karger, X. Zhao, O. Fuhr and M. Fichtner, RSC Adv., 2013, 3,16330–16335