Members of our laboratory have received the following awards since 2008:
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Poster Prize Winner M. Mirolo, C. A. F. Vaz, P. Novák, M. El Kazzi Electrodes surface evolution and cross-talk processes in a full cell NCA vs. LTO revealed by XPEEM |
| 2018 | PRIMA grant 2018 Claire Villevieille The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) awarded Dr. Claire Villevieille, Group Leader of the Battery Materials team (Electrochemistry Laboratory, ENE), with a prestigious PRIMA grant of 1.4 MCHF to support her research on solid-state Li-ion batteries. PRIMA (Promoting Women in Academia) grants are aimed at excellent women researchers who show a high potential for obtaining a professorship. |
| 2018 | 2nd Poster Prize Winner B. Pribyl, A. Pătru, T. Binninger, T.J. Schmidt Efficient CO2 reduction from gas phase at low temperatures in a bipolar like co-electrolysis cell configuration |
| 2018 | International Battery Association (IBA) Award 2018 Claire Villevieille In recognition of her outstanding scientific accomplishments in fundamental electrochemical research at an early career stage. |
| 2017 | PSI-Impuls-Preis 2017 Sebastian Eberhardt For his PhD Thesis Phosphoric acid electrolyte redistribution and loss in high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells |
| 2017 | Poster Award F. Oldenburg, T.J. Schmidt, L. Gubler Novel membrane design strategies towards high performance vanadium flow batteries |
| 2017 | Best Poster Prize Winner G. Ferraresi, M. El Kazzi, C.L. Tsai, S. Uhlenbruck, P. Novák, C. Villevieille All-solid-state Li battery based on c-Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte and alloy anode materials |
| 2017 | The 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad Minglong He China Scholarship Council, Beijing, P.R. China, January 25, 2017 |
| 2016 | ISE Prize for Electrochemical Materials Science Claire Villevieille In recognition of her contributions to synthesis and characterization of electroactive materials for energy storage application |
| 2016 | RS2E, Young Energy Storage Scientist Award (YESS) Claire Villevieille In recognition of her innovative quality of the project regarding neutron diffraction applied to batteries and the impressive scientific background of the applicant |
| 2015 | Best Oral Presentation Award M. He, K. Fic, E. Frąckowiak, P. Novák, E.J. Berg In situ gas release investigation of active carbon based supercapacitors with an aqueous electrolyte |
| 2015 | Best Poster Prize Winner Stability of radiation grafted polymer electrolyte membranes for water electrolysis cells |
| 2015 | 2nd Poster Prize Winner X. Cheng, E. Fabbri, M. Nachtegaal, I.E. Castelli, M. El Kazzi, R. Haumont, N. Marzari, T.J. Schmidt Oxygen evolution reaction: correlation between electronic property and OER activity for La1-xSrxCoO3 (0≤x≤1) perovskite oxides |
| 2015 | Best Poster Prize Winner S.M. Taylor, A. Pătru, T.J. Schmidt Influence of carbon surface modification on vanadium (V) reduction for redox flow cell applications |
| 2015 | Best Poster Prize Winner M. Geormezi, P.A. Patapis, L. Bonorand, T.J. Schmidt, L. Gubler Electrochemical characterization of catalyst-coated radiation grafted membranes under different LT-PEFC operating conditions |
| 2014 | Best Poster Prize Winner A. Albert, T.J. Schmidt, L. Gubler Radiation grafted polymer electrolyte membranes for water electrolysis cells – characterization of key membrane properties |
| 2014 | Best Poster Prize Winner P. Bleith, H. Kaiser, P. Novák, C. Villevieille Combined in situ XRD and XAS studies on materials for Li-ion batteries |
| 2014 | Best Poster Award T. Engl, T.J. Schmidt, L. Gubler Think different! Novel carbon corrosion mitigation strategy in high temperature PEFC |
| 2014 | ETH Medaille Moritz M. Hantel Graphite oxide and graphene oxide based electrode materials for electrochemical double layer capacitors |
| 2014 | Umicore Scientific Award 2014 Mehtap Özaslan for her PhD work in the field of catalytic properties of cathode fuel cell electrocatalysts |
| 2013 | Best Oral Presentation Award Emiliana Fabbri Advanced cathode materials based on Pt-oxide systems for application in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) |
| 2013 | Best Poster Award Christa Bünzli Experimental Challenges of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Practical Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries |
| 2013 | Alumni-Preis 2013 der Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik Tobias Binninger University of Freiburg, Best Master Thesis, July 5, 2013 |
| 2013 | EFCE Student Mobility Award 2013 Sandra Temmel 9th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, April 24, 2013, Hague, The Netherlands ....more |
| 2012 | Graduate Student Award of EMRS Kaewta Jetsrisuparb Synthesis and properties of chemically modified membranes by radiation co-grafting of styrene and its comonomers |
| 2012 | Kepler Prize 2012: "NEW (NANO-)MATERIALS IN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY" Emiliana Fabbri European Academy of Science, University of Liège, Belgium, October 26, 2012 ....more |
| 2012 | Young Investigator Award of IMLB Claire Villevieille Aging of Overlithiated NMC Cathode Material upon Exposure to Water Vapor |
| 2011 | PSI-Impulse-Prize for the best PhD thesis in the year 2010 Pierre Boillat Advanced characterization of polymer electrolyte fuel cells using high resolution neutron imaging |
| 2011 | ISE Young researcher award for the best oral presentation Moritz M. Hantel Partially reduced graphite oxide: A graphene like material for supercapacitor electrodes |
| 2011 | Watt d'Or 2011 J. Bernard, M. Hofer, U. Hannesen, N. Hayek, P. Dietrich, F.N. Büchi Potenzial einer kostengünstigen Brennstoffzelle für Autos aufgezeigt |
| 2010 | Swisselectric Research Award 2010 A. Hintennach Wegweisende Verbesserungen von Lithium-Ionen Batterien |
| 2010 | SCS Metrohm Prize H. Schneider Combined in situ FTIR and Raman microscopy of electrode materials - a new tool for battery scientiscts |
| 2010 | SCS 2010 Poster Award L. Klüpfel, M. Nachtegaal, H. Schulenburg, T. Engl XAS studies of leached PtCo catalysts for PEMFCs |
| 2010 | Progress MEA 2010 Poster Award H. Schulenburg, B. Schwanitz, J. Krbanjevic, T. Engl 3D imaging of PEFC electrode degradation |
| 2009 | Christian Friedrich Schoenbein Medal of Honour Günther G. Scherer In recognition of his distinguished contributions to the science and technology of fuel cells |
| 2008 | The Oronzio and Niccolo de Nora Foundation Young Author Prize 2008 of the International Society of Electrochemistry Patrick Ruch In situ X-ray diffraction of the intercalation of (C2H5)4N+ and BF4- into graphite from acetonitrile and propylene carbonate based supercapacitor electrolytes |
| 2008 | ABB Forschungspreis 2008 Holger Kuhn In Situ Charakterisierung von Polymer-Elektrolyt Brennstoffzellen mittels Elektrochemischer Impedanzspektroskopie |
| 2008 | Best Poster Award B.C. Seyfang, P. Boillat, G.G. Scherer, T. Lippert, A. Wokaun Micro-Structuring of glassy carbon for micro polymer electrolyte fuel cells: Ns-shadowgraphy during laser ablation |
| 2008 | Premio di Laurea "PhotoAnalytical srl" of the Divisione di Elettrochimica della Societa' Chimica Italiana Dario Cericola Meteriali carboniosi e liquidi ionici per supercapacitori a doppio strato |