Insights into magnesium batteries using calorimetry

Abstract

Insights into magnesium batteries using calorimetry Dr Carlos Ziebert, Leader of the Group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety, KIT, explains how generated heat and self-discharge of magnesium batteries can be studied through calorimetry. In 2019, the KIT, the University of Ulm, the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden- Württemberg, and the University of Giessen jointly launched the POLiS - Cluster of Excellence for Battery Research Post Lithium Storage, funded by €47 million over seven years. Such post-lithium batteries use more abundant and environmentally friendly materials, such as Sodium, Magnesium or Calcium, instead of Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt. The work in the group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety at the Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) started with coin cells that were provided by the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) and the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT).