2019

Xi's work on stretchable Li-ion batteries is published in Advanced Materials.

Our former group member Haijian publishes together with Markus his review on pseudocapacitive materials and non-aqueous hybrid capacitors in Nanoscale.

The work of our former member Haijian about a new cathode material for fast Li-ion storage recently appeared in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Our former guest Erlantz published his work on chiral nematic structures composed of black titania in Advanced Functional Materials.

Our former member Long publishes his work on layered cobald hydrotalcite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 

Marco publishes his work about new poly(phenylene methylene)-based co-polymers for corrosion protection in Applied Science (MDPI).

Xi's work on stretchable batteries was featured on the ETH news and attracted a lot of attention from newspapers, magazines and news channels. Congratulations!

Christian publishes in collaboration with our former guest Erlantz his work on cellulose based single ion conductors for Li-ion batteries in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Long published his work about Ta₂O₅ aerogels for Li⁺ and Na⁺ storage in Electrochimica Acta.

Xi successfully defended his PhD on "Materials Development and Design Integration Towards a Stretchable Lithium-Ion Battery". Congratulations!

Haijian successfully defended his PhD on "Pseudocapacitive Materials for High-power Li⁺/Na⁺ Storage" - Congratulations!

Prof. Markus Niederberger's article on microwave synthesis ranks among the top 20 most cited reviews published in Nanoscale since the launch of the journal in 2009. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Murielle and Xavier who won the first prize at this year's MaP Graduate Symposium Best Image Contest!

Tian wins the Poster Award at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2019 for her poster about transparent and flexible thin film supercapacitors/hybrid supercapacitors. Congratulations!

We opened our doors for colleagues from EPFL and PSI at this year's "Visit Each Other" event of the Swiss Association of Young Chemists.

Haijian's article about layered metal vanadates for high-rate Na-ion storage recently appeared in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Our former member Andy publishes his work on fibers, films, foams and microspheres made of multifunctional poly(phenylene methylene) in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.

Alessandro publishes in collaboration with the Complex Materials group a paper about the first platelet-reinforced composite that combines high transparency, high strength, and slow and stable crack propagation in Nature Communications.

Haijian publishes his work on nitrogen-doped carbon fibers for Na-ion capacitors together with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute in Advanced Functional Materials.

Our former student Mirco publishes his work on aligned copper nanowires embedded in polyethylene films as potential NIR polarization filters in ACS Omega.

Our former guest Erlantz publishes his work about mesoporous cellulose films coated with platinum nanoparticles for catalytic applications in the Journal of Cellulose.

Our former student Fabio published his work on bright light-emitting inorganic platinum polymers in collaboration with colleagues from UAB Campus and Imperial College in ACS Omega.

Nicolas published his work about stable immobilization of enzymes in a macro- and mesoporous silica monolith in ACS Omega.

Despite rain, snow and hail, everyone did their best to achieve a good result in this year's SOLA Race 2019. Congratulations to our team "Need a Burger"!

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Ana Clara Marques as an academic guest in our group. During her stay, Ana Clara will work on the application of metal oxide nanoparticles in photocatalytic reactions in liquid phase.

We are happy to welcome Nemanja Cvjetan as a new member of our team! During his PhD, Nemanja will work on vesicles as microreactor for organic reactions.

Our former guest Erlantz published his work on the self-assembly of peroxotitanate and cellulose nanocrystals into chiral nematic composite films in Chemistry of Materials.

Prof. Niederberger’s project “Nanoparticle-based aerogels for photocatalytic gas phase reactions” was awarded with an Excellence Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

We have a new group picture!

We would like to welcome Roman as a new member of our team. Roman will work on metal-ligand complexes for the bonding of polymers.

Murielle's review article on Photocatalytic Gas Phase Reactions is featured on the front cover of Chemistry of Materials.

Neeru is part of the Young Researchers' Exchange Programme between Korea and Switzerland. Congratulations!

Christian published his work on hierarchically porous ionomer membranes as Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Zn²⁺ and Mg²⁺ conductors in ACS Omega. 

We are pleased to welcome Xabier, who joins our group to work on biodegradable batteries.

Our former member Felix published together with collegues from the Complex Materials group their work about mesoporous TiO₂ particles for Lithium-ion batteries in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Dipan published together with his former master student Pascal their work about cathode materials for aqueous zinc batteries in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Our aerogels are part of the Rethinking Design Exhibition of ETH Zurich at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos.

Haijian publishes his work about High‐Performance Na‐Ion Hybrid Capacitor in Advanced Energy Materials.