Innovative materials for high-performance lithium batteries
Thomas Fässler receives the Arfvedson Schlenk Award
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) awards Professor Dr. Thomas Fässler, Technical University of Munich, the Arfvedson Schlenk Award, which is endowed with 7,500 euros. The award, sponsored by Albermarle Germany GmbH, honors scientists for outstanding work in the field of lithium chemistry. Fässler receives the award for his outstanding contributions to lithium-rich intermetallic compounds that could contribute to efficient and safe high-performance lithium batteries in the future. The award ceremony will take place on September 4th as part of the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry (WiFo) in Leipzig.
In his research, Fässler deals with the synthesis, characterization and theoretical description of materials based on inorganic solids and molecular compounds. Starting with substance classes of intermetallic compounds and Zintl phases with soluble Zintl ions, he investigates novel main-group element-based materials at the transition from molecular compounds to solids. The investigated material classes have potential applications in the areas of energy storage and energy conversion materials as well as solar cells and superconductors as well as catalysts.
Fässler received the Arfvedson Schlenk Award for his important contributions to the field of Zintl phases, in particular to lithium-rich intermetallic compounds. In the future, these innovative materials can be of great use as solid-state ion conductors for safe, high-performance lithium batteries. The selection committee emphasized that Fässler had set international standards for the development of new, lithium-rich compounds and lithium ion conductors through his groundbreaking research work in the field of lithium-containing compounds and had provided significant impetus for further development in both solid-state and molecular chemistry.
Thomas Fässler, born in 1959, studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Constance and received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. After a post-doctoral stay at the University of Chicago, USA, he habilitated at ETH Zurich. He began his teaching career with a professorship at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Since 2003 he has held the chair for inorganic chemistry with a focus on new materials at the Technical University of Munich. Fässler has headed the elite Advanced Materials Science course since 2004 and was Dean of Studies from 2007 to 2010.
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