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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Exceptional facilities :
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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!
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