The European Ceramic Society

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Austria

Graz University of Technology

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials

Director : Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. H. Martin R. WILKENING

Email : karin.krasser@tugraz.at

Phone : +43 316 873 32331

Address : Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz

Website : https://www.tugraz.at/institutes/ictm/institute

Research topics :

Dynamics in Ceramics: Probing dynamic parameters such as short-range diffusion and long-range ion transport properties in nanocrystalline (nanoglassy), layered and amorphous materials for energy storage, development of solid electrolytes (oxides, sulfides and thiophosphates); study of nano-size effects and dynamic correlation effects; key methods: Time-domain NMR and broadband conductivity spectroscopy.

Contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. H. Martin R. WILKENING

Tel.: +43 316 873 32330; wilkening@tugraz.at

    

Functional oxides: Solid-state synthesis and characterization of relaxor materials and donor doped ferroelectrics (electromechanical properties, grain boundary effects, defect chemistry)

Functional thin films: Sol-gel processing of ceramic thin films for sensors or corrosion protection, compositional design, characterization of electrical properties (electrical resistance, activation energy, resistance drift).

Contact: Ao.-Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus REICHMANN

Tel.: +43 316 873 32321; k.reichmann@tugraz.at

    

Advanced Electrochemistry - Nanostructured Materials: Nanostructured materials prepared by advanced electrochemical techniques to explore their suitability as active components in both Li-ion and Na-ion batteries.

Hybrid Systems: combination of photovoltaic cells and batteries into a single hybrid device.

Contact: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Ilie HANZU

Tel.: +43 316 873 32329; hanzu@tugraz.at

         

Solid-state batteries: Investigation of concepts to improve and to understand (interfacial) electrochemical processes in all-solid-state lithium-based batteries

Contact: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Daniel RETTENWANDER

Tel.: +43 316 873 32356; rettenwander@tugraz.at

Exceptional facilities :

  • Solid-state NMR (300 MHz, 500 MHz) and broadband conductivity spectroscopy.
  • Electromechanical characterization, solid-state electrochemistry
  • Mechanochemical synthesis (of nanostructured materials)

Financial support programmes :

European fundings : Horizon 2020, National fundings: FFG, FWF, CDG

Latest news

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024

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