Faculty Profile of Oliver Clemens

The group works on a broad range of materials synthesis and characterization aspects. The development and synthesis of materials for novel battery systems (including there structural characterization and determination of structure-property relationships), among them fluoride ion batteries and solid state batteries is a key topic in this aspect. But we reach out far beyond the pure battery aspects. For materials used within fluoride ion batteries as electrode materials, the intercalation and deintercalation of fluoride ions leads to a change of electronic properties, and can induce novel magnetic phenomena or superconductivity. The development of catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction is further connected to the chemistry of oxyfluoride compounds. Beyond this, PLD-based synthesis of oxide materials and their subsequent topochemical modification has reached current attention in our research. In addition, we target the determination of sustainability aspects of materials for solid state batteries, considering their suitability for circular economy. Here, we try to develop innovative separation processes to keep the materials as functional as possible. Methods used in the group comprise solid state and wet-chemical synthesis routes, thin film deposition (including pulsed laser deposition or spin coating) as well as topochemical low-temperature routes, combined with structural, electrochemical and magnetic characterization and compositional analysis.

In case you want to apply for my group, please also provide your application documents in addition to imprs-clemens@imw.uni-stuttgart.de. Since our working topics are within a broad context, please also provide information on which research subfield attracts you most.