Richard Stockhausen

Battery Cell Specialist

Title of the PhD thesis: "Investigation of the electrochemical electrolyte decomposition in lithium-ion pouch cells by liquid chromatography and gas chromatography" -Assembly of pouch cells and coin cells -Development of a proper method for electrolyte extraction from pouch cells -Application of HPLC, GC, XPS, ICP-OES, SEM, EDX and impedance spectroscopy for the investigation of the decomposition processes during formation and subsequent cycling in lithium-ion battery cells

Work in projects for BMW: -Inductive charging of electric cars: Responsibility for communication between vehicle and infrastructure, development of a communication concept, contribution to relevant standards and the system requirement specification -AC charging of electric cars: Responsibility for AC charging, elaboration of a requirement specification for AC charging and conductance of charging tests -Architecture tickets: Development of solution concepts for problems affecting the on-board power supply

Title of the master thesis: "Degradation in printed polymer:fullerene thin films for organic photovoltaics"

Title of the bachelor thesis: "A documentation about measuring the polymer melt rheology"