Prof. Dr. Volker Presser

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Electrochemistry,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsEnergy Storage, Recycling, Batteries, Materials Science, Water remediation
Honours and awards

2022: Zhaowu Tian Prize for Energy Electrochemistry, International Society of Electrochemistry

2020: Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry

2016: Award for Research Cooperation and High Excellence in Science, MINERVA

2015: Foundation Award, Prof. Lenz Foundation

2015: Innovator of the Year Award, TR35

2013: Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize, German Research Foundation

2013: Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society

2010: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2009: Hanns Bruno Geinitz Prize, Senckenberg Gesellschaft

2008: Bernd Rendel Prize, German Research Foundation

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CitySaarbrücken
InstitutionLeibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien gGmbH (INM)
InstituteEnergie-Materialien

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Yury GogotsiDepartment of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2010

Programme(s)

2009Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012V. Presser, M. Naguib, L. Chaput, G. Hug, M. W. Barsoum: First-order Raman scattering of the MAX phases: Ti2AlN, Ti2AlC0.5N0.5, Ti2AlC, (Ti0.5V0.5)2AlC, V2AlC, Ti3AlC2 and Ti3GeC2. In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2012, 168-172
2012Y. Gao, V. Presser, L. Zhang, J. J. Niu, J. McDonough, H. Lin, H. Fong, Y. Gogotsi: High power supercapacitor electrodes based on flexible TiC-CDC nano-felts. In: Journal of Power Sources, 2012, 368-375
2012L. He, S. M. Chathoth, Y. B. Melnichenko, V. Presser, J. McDonough, Y. Gogotsi: Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Characterization of the Structure of Nanoporous Carbons for Energy-Related Applications.. In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2012, 46-54
2012H. Zhou, P. Ganesh, V. Presser, M. C. F. Wander, P. Fenter, P. R. C. Kent, D.-E. Jian, A. Chialvo, J. McDonough, K. Shuford, Y. Gogotsi: Understanding controls on interfacial wetting at epitaxial graphene: Experiment and theory . In: Physical Review B, 2012, 035406-1-035406-11
2011P. F. Fulvio, R. T. Mayes, X. Wang, S. M. Mahurin, J. C. Bauer, V. Presser, J. McDonough, Y. Gogotsi, S. Dai: 'Brick and mortar' self-assembly approach to graphitic mesoporous carbon nanocomposites,' Advanced Functional Materials, in press (2011). . In: Advanced Functional Materials, 2011, 2208-2215
2011C. Berthold, V. Presser, N. Huber, K. G.Nickel: 1 + 1 = 3: Coupling µ-XRD2 and DTA. New insights in temperature dependent phase transitions. The gypsum – bassanite – anhydrite system as an example. In: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2011, 917-923
2011V. Presser, A. Loges, K. G. Nickel: A Novel Approach for Oxide Scale Growth Characterization: Combining Etching with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). In: B. Bhushan, Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.. Springer Verlag, 2011. 355-383
2011R. Lin, S. Fantini, P.-L. Taberna, V. Presser, C. R. Perez, F. Malbosc, N. L. Rupeshinge, K. Teo, Y. Gogotsi, P. Simon: Capacitive Energy Storage from -50 to 100°C Using an Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011, 2396-2401
2011V. Presser, M. Heon, Y. Gogotsi: Carbide-Derived Carbons – From Porous Networks to Nanotubes and Graphene. In: Advanced Functional Materials, 2011, 810-833
2011K. Jost, C. R. Perez, J. McDonough, V. Presser, G. Dion, Y. Gogotsi: Carbon Coated Textiles for Flexible Energy Storage. Energy and Environmental Sciences 4 (12): 5060 - 5067. . In: Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2011, 5060-5067
2011V. Presser, J. McDonough, S.-H. Yeon, Y. Gogotsi: Effect of Pore Size on Carbon Dioxide Sorption by Carbide Derived Carbon. In: Energy and Environmental Sciences , 2011, 3059-3066
2011C. Vakifahmetoglu, V. Presser, S.-H. Yeon, P. Colombo, Y. Gogotsi: Enhanced hydrogen and methane gas storage of silicon-oxycarbide derived carbon. In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2011, 105-112
2011V. Presser, L. Zhang, J. J. Niu, J. McDonough, H. Fong, Y. Gogotsi: Flexible Nano-Felts of Carbide-Derived Carbon with Ultra-High Power Handling Capability. In: Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 423-430
2011H. Zhang, V. Presser, C. Berthold, K. G. Nickel, Y. C. Zhou: Hydrothermal oxidation behavior of bulk titanium aluminum carbide. In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2011, 3460-3466
2011M. M. Hantel, V. Presser, R. Kötz, Y. Gogotsi: In situ Electrochemical Dilatometry of Carbide Derived Carbons. In: Electrochemical Communications, 2011, 1221-1224
2011V. Presser, O. Krummhauer, A. Kailer, K. G. Nickel: In situ monitoring and depth-resolved characterization of wet wear of silicon carbide. In: Wear, 2011, 2665-2672
2011V. Presser, S. Schultheiß, C. Kohler, C. Berthold, K. G. Nickel, A. Vohrer, H. Finckh, T. Stegmaier: Lessons from nature for the construction of ceramic cellular materials for superior energy absorption. In: Advanced Engineering Materials, 2011, 1042-1047
2011M. Naguib, V. Presser, D. Tallman, J. Lu, L. Hultman, Y. Gogotsi, M. W. Barsoum: On the Topotactic Transformation of Ti2AlC into a Ti-C-O-F Cubic Phase by Heating in Molten Lithium Fluoride in Air. In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2011, 4556-4561
2011M. Shamma, V. Presser, B. Clausen, D. Brown, O. Yeheskel, S. Amini, M. W. Barsoum: On the response of titanium sulfo carbide to stress studied by in situ neutron diffraction and the elasto-plastic self-consistent approach . In: Scripta Materialia, 2011, 577-580
2011L. He, S. M. Chathoth, Y. B. Melnichenko, V. Presser, J. McDonough, Y. Gogotsi: Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Characterization of the Structure of Nanoporous Carbons for Energy-Related Applications. In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2011, 46-54
2011M. Naguib, V. Presser, N. J. Lane, D. Tallman, Y. Gogotsi, J. Lu, L. Hultman, M. W. Barsoum: Synthesis of a New Nanocrystalline Titanium Aluminum Fluoride Phase by Reaction of Ti2AlC with HF. In: RSC Advances , 2011, 1492-1499
2011M. Naguib, M. Kurtoglu, V. Presser, J. Lu, L. Hultman, J. Niu, M. Heon, Y. Gogotsi, M. W. Barsoum: Two-Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti3AlC2' Advanced Materials, 23[37]: 4248 - 4253 (2011). [cover story]. In: Advanced Materials, 2011, 4248-4253
2011J. J. Niu, V. Presser, C. J. Karwacki, Y. Gogotsi: Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles with the size controlled by the pores of carbide-derived carbon. In: Materials Express , 2011, 259-266
1V. Presser, M. Deluca, C. Berthold, K. G. Nickel: Sliding Wear of Silicon Carbide: Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity via Raman Spectroscopy. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, 1, 1143-1144