Ed Cohen Travel Awards for 2 KIT PhD Students for funding their travel cost and to present their selected research studies in USA@ISCST

The ISCST's Ed Cohen Travel Award was granted to David Burger and Philipp Quarz, PhD students from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Thin Film Technology, to present their research at the 22nd International Coating Science and Technology Symposium (ISCST), held from September 8-11, 2024, in Atlanta, USA. The ISCST is a leading international conference in the field of Coating Science & Technology.

David Burger presented his work titled "Structural Optimization for Drying of Sodium-Ion-Battery (SIB) Electrodes". His research investigates multilayer structural optimizations and new processes for coating and drying Sodium-Ion-Battery (SIB) electrodes, drawing comparisons with Lithium-Ion Battery technologies. The work is part of the collaboration between KIT's TFT group and the IAM ESS group, within the Post Lithium Storage Cluster of Excellence (POLiS).

POLiS News (postlithiumstorage.org)

Philipp Quarz presented his research titled "Mass Transport Phenomena in Decal and Membrane Direct Coating in Fuel Cell CCM Production," which explores mass transfer during the drying of catalyst-coated membranes (CCM) for fuel cells. His work is essential for understanding the drying processes of fuel cells better, a key issue in controlling the process.

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