The European Ceramic Society

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Austria

Institut für Chemische Technologien und Analytik – Technische Universität Wien

Bridging the gap between chemistry, technology, analytics, and materials science.

Director : Prof. Martina Marchetti-Deschmann

Email : martina.marchetti-deschmann@tuwien.ac.at

Phone : +43 1 58801 15160

Address : Getreidemarkt 9/164, 1060 VIENNA

Website : https://www.tuwien.at/en/tch/cta

Research topics :

  • Solid State Ionics: Ionic transport in solids, defect thermodynamics and kinetics, fundamentals of electrochemical electrode kinetics, impedance spectroscopy

Contact: Prof. Jürgen FLEIG

Tel : +43 1 58801 15800

juergen.fleig@tuwien.ac.at

 

  • Electrochemical Energy Conversion: materials for solid oxide electrochemical cells, reaction kinetics of H2O and CO2 electrolysis on oxide electrodes, in-situ characterisation of surface chemistry on ceramic electrodes under electrochemical operation, (electro-)catalytic activity of mixed conducting oxide ceramics

Contact: Associate Prof. Dr. Alexander OPITZ

Tel : +43 1 58801 15860

alexander.opitz@tuwien.ac.at

 

  • Functional Ceramics: mixed ionic electronic conductors (O2-, Li+, …), thin films (in-situ growth & analysis), photoionics, structure-property relations, defects and strain, surfaces & interfaces

Contact: Assistant Prof. Dr. Markus KUBICEK

Tel : +43 1 58801 15821

markus.kubicek@tuwien.ac.at

 

  • Structural Ceramics and Ceramics Processing: novel processing approaches for dense and porous ceramics; processing and application of polymer-derived ceramics (including additive manufacturing); porous ceramics for energy-related and environmental applications

Contact: Associate Prof. Dr. Thomas KONEGGER

Tel : +43 1 58801 16161

thomas.konegger@tuwien.ac.at

Exceptional facilities :

  • Ceramics Processing and Characterization Laboratory (Hot Press, Hot-Isostatic Press, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, Gas permeability testing). Contact: Thomas Konegger: Tel. +43 1 58801 16161, Email: thomas.konegger@tuwien.ac.at

  • Thin film preparation laboratory for fabrication of ceramic model systems (pulsed laser deposition with two deposition chambers and option for electrochemical in-situ characterization of film growth, RF and magnetron sputtering, photolithography, ion beam etching). Contact: Markus Kubicek: Tel. +43 (1) 58801 15821, Email markus.kubicek@tuwien.ac.at

  • Electrochemical Laboratory (various setups for electrochemical characterization of micro- and macro electrodes as well as SOFC/SOEC button cells; for all setups flexible and modular equipment for gas supply and gas analysis; impedance analysers for ac and potentiostats for dc measurements). Contact: Alexander Opitz: Tel. +43 1 58801 15860, Email: alexander.opitz@tuwien.ac.at

  • X-Ray Center of TU Wien (qualitative and quantitative phase analysis including in-situ methods, X-ray based stress and texture analysis, single-crystal structural analysis, elemental analysis). Contact: Klaudia Hradil: Tel. +43 1 58801 406620, Email: klaudia.hradil@tuwien.ac.at

  • Analytical Instrumentation Center of TU Wien (AFM, TOF-SIMS, XPS, UPS, AES, chemical trace analysis). Contact: Annette Foelske: Tel: +43 1 58801 406640, Email: annette.foelske@tuwien.ac.at 

Financial support programmes :

  • European fundings:  Horizon 2020
  • National fundings: Christian-Doppler-Gesellschaft, FFG (Produktion der Zukunft, Bridge), FWF

 

Latest news

Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.

Mar 13, 2025
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!

Dear Ceramic Community,

We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!

Mar 12, 2025

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