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power and overload processing from the battery storage
system [23].
Testing and Development
Innovative battery technology combined with modular
power converters and advanced control strategies provides
the potential to significantly improve our energy generation
and mobility. Extensive testing is required for proper development
of highly integrated systems under safe and realistic
conditions. There is an increasing number of laboratories
worldwide to provide such an infrastructure environment,
e.g. the BAEW laboratory in Kiel, the CARL infrastructure in
Aachen, Germany and the JCESR infrastructure, U.S.
Acknowledgments
This work was carried out in the interdisciplinary framework
between the materials science department and the
power electronics at the Kiel University of the BAEW-project
funded by the WTSH and the EKSH of Schleswig-Holstein
(LPW-E/1.1.2/1486). Special thanks goes to the EKSH
for funding this project partially through the project " 3D
strukturierte Kohlenstoff-Schwefel Gerüstmaterialien als
neuartiges und nachhaltiges Kathodenmaterial für Hochenergie
Lithium-Ionen Akkus. "
About the Authors
Sandra Hansen (sn@tf.uni-kiel.de) is a postdoctoral and
group leader of the " Battery Materials Development
Group " of the Functional Nanomaterials Group at the Kiel
University, Kiel, Germany. Her research topics are anode
and cathode development, compatible electrolyte design
for Li-ion battery, post-Li generation as well as memristive
materials. In addition to her research, she is involved in
young educator programs to attract young researchers in
their early career.
Frederik Hahn (frha@tf.uni-kiel.de) received the B.Sc.
and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität
zu Kiel (CAU), Kiel, Germany, in
2013 and 2015, respectively. Since 2015, he has been working
toward the Ph.D. degree with the Chair of Power Electronics,
CAU. In 2017, he was a visiting researcher at Aalborg
University, Aalborg, Denmark and in 2018-2019 at the
University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. His current
research interests include modular power converters for
renewable high-power applications, battery integration and
reliability in power electronics.
Helge Krueger is a Ph.D. student in the Functional
Nanomaterials Group at the Kiel University, Germany, since
2018. His research topics are the investigation and development
of new microstructural designs based on functional
nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, graphene or graphene
oxide for the use as electrode materials in Lithium sulfur
batteries, as well as supercapacitors.
Felix Hoffmann received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees
in electrical engineering and business administration from
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ny, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Since 2016, he has been
working toward the Ph.D. degree in the Chair of Power
Electronics at CAU, Kiel, Germany. His current research
interests include high power converters and the utilization
of wide-bandgap semiconductors.
Markus Andresen received the M.Sc. degree in electrical
engineering and business administration in 2012 and the
Ph.D. degree in 2017 from the Chair of Power Electronics at
Kiel University, Germany. In 2010, he was an intern in the
Delta Shanghai Design Center at Delta Electronics (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., China and in 2017 he was a visiting scholar at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His current
research interests include control of power converters and
reliability in power electronics.
Rainer Adelung is a professor at the Chair for Functional
Nanomaterials in the Institute for Materials Science at
the Faculty of Engineering, CAU, Kiel, Germany. Prior to
this appointment at CAU, he was leading a scientifically
independent research group from 2002 to 2007 at the
Chair for Multicomponent Materials at the Faculty of
Engineering, CAU Kiel, Germany, that focused on Nanotechnology.
From 2001 to 2002, he worked as postdoctoral
fellow and research assistant at the Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In 2000, he received
his Ph.D. in Physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences, CAU Kiel, Germany (received award for
the best Ph.D. thesis in the year 2000). His representative
work includes various nanostructures, mainly on the synthesis
and design of porous materials, nanostructured surfaces
and nanowires. Applications range from energy
technology like batteries and supercapacitors to sensor
devices and antiviral agents to advanced adhesion technology
in engineering. From 2013-2019, he was the
spokesperson of the University focus on nanosurface and
interface science.
Marco Liserre (ml@tf.uni-kiel.de) received the M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bari
Polytechnic, Italy, respectively in 1998 and 2002. After a
short stint as associate professor at Bari Polytechnic and
professor in reliable power electronics at Aalborg University,
Denmark, Dr. Liserre joined Kiel University, Germany as
a full professor in 2013. He also holds the Chair of Power
Electronics at Kiel University. He has published over 500
technical papers (1/3 of them in international peer-reviewed
journals) and a book. These works have received more than
40,000 citations. Since 2014, he has been listed in ISI Thomson
report as " The world's most influential scientific minds. "
He has been awarded with an ERC Consolidator Grant for
the project " The Highly Efficient and Reliable Smart Transformer
(HEART), a new Heart for the Electric Distribution
System " . He is a member of IEEE IAS, PELS, PES and IES,
and has been serving all these societies in different capacities.
He received the IES 2009 Early Career Award, the IES
2011 Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award, the 2014 Dr. Bimal
Bose Energy Systems Award, the 2011 Industrial Electronics
Magazine best paper award, and the Third Prize paper
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