Rafael Berk

PhD Student

Chair of Technical Electrochemistry

Department of Chemistry
Technische Universität München and BASF SE Ludwigshafen

E-mail: rafael-benjamin.berk@basf.com
 


Research Field

Lithium-Ion Battery Research, Synthesis of precursor for active cathode materials

  • Synthesis and characterization of precursor for active cathode materials
  • Precipitation mechanism of mixed metal hydroxides
  • Tailoring morphology of precursor materials by additives

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience:

7/2018–9/2018 Working Student, Alantum Europe GmbH

6/2017–2/2018 Working Student, Alantum Europe GmbH

Education:

since 1/2020: PhD Student at BASF SE Ludwigshafen in cooperation with Prof. Hubert A. Gasteiger (Chair of Technical Electrochemistry, TU München) “Examination of the Mechanism and the Critical Parameters Governing the Precipitation Kinetics of Mixed-Metal Hydroxides”

2016–2019: M.Sc. in Chemistry, TU München, Thesis “Contributions to the Precipitation Kinetics of Mixed-Metal Hydroxides”

09/2018–3/2019: Nagoya University Exchange semester, Japan, TUMexchange, Research Internship at Seki’s Laboratory on “Photoinduced Surface Relief Grating generated by Surface PAz on Photoinert PCPBz6A Film”

2013–2016: B.Sc. in Chemistry, TU München, Thesis “Alkylation of Pyrolysis Oil Model Compounds over Zeolite in Condensed Phase”

Scholarship:

10/2018 – 03/2019: Deutschlandstipendium