Laboratory for ElectroCatalysis

🔋 New publication with a contribution from ElectroCat! 😼⚡️😎👌
We are happy to share that our colleague Marjan Bele contributed to a new article in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, together with our colleagues and collaborators working upstairs in the field of battery materials.
The work focuses on Li- and Mn-rich layered cathode materials for Li-ion batteries and shows how synthesis chemistry can influence their structure and performance.
Maybe this could be also good electrocatalysts 😉 as they contain Ni and Co...
Congratulations to all authors! 👏
📄 Read more: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.5c19987⁠

Impact of Chelating Agent Choice on Growth Kinetics and Defect Chemistry in Sol–Gel-Synthesized Li- and Mn-Rich Layered Cathodes The electrochemical performance and structural stability of Li- and Mn-rich layered oxide cathodes are critically influenced by synthesis conditions, yet the roles of chelating agents and defect chemistry remains elusive. In this study, we systematically investigate Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 cathode...

😼 Even when we think we can not get rid of these cats… they always somehow find their way onto the whiteboard.🐈
Marjan in deep scientific thought, surrounded by electrochemical curves, catalyst ideas, and — inevitably — cats. 🐈‍⬛️
Because apparently, in our lab, we simply cannot think without them. 😸🐱😽
Science is serious business, but a little whiteboard chaos makes the ideas flow better.😻

Our Blaž published in Nature!!! 🤩

🎉 Huge congratulations for his excellent Tools of the Trade piece in Nature Reviews Clean Technology: “Pulsed electrolysis for stable electrocatalysis.”
In this article, Blaž highlights how pulsed electrolysis can help address one of the key challenges in electrocatalysis: maintaining catalyst performance and stability under operating conditions. By using controlled redox-driven reconstruction, pulsed electrolysis offers an exciting route toward dynamically stable catalyst surfaces and more durable electrochemical processes.
We are super proud od Blaž ⚡️😼😎 and to see Blaž’s work featured in a Nature journal series that gives early-career researchers a platform to present the tools, methods and ideas shaping the future of clean technology.
👏 Congratulations, Blaž — very well deserved!
🔗 Read the article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44359-026-00176-z.epdf?sharing_token=wUqV4IqX2Fq9M-Gi7fIXWNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nd6vFglWmU-USREOtJRHgKTYu0kBcQHSm2VwZlJecwSOuz6eRy77QD2xc0a7d6lIfmn69Rf2g1q_hW0naJJnIe5A5D3fX6Kx1-kgdOyc0FdIq7I9Os1qkmyiGk5nLte9g%3D

Pulsed electrolysis for stable electrocatalysis - Nature Reviews Clean Technology Blaž Tomc explains how pulsed electrolysis can be used to stabilize electrocatalytic reactions.

🎉 We are pleased to share our newly published article:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.6c01369

Congratulations to Mitja ⚡😸😎 on this excellent work! 👏🔬
Really cool paper! Respect!

Realistic Fuel Cell Catalyst Degradation via Automated Identical Location SEM-PSD Analysis with the GDE Half-Cell Setup A realistic evaluation of electrocatalyst stability requires experimental setups that accurately reproduce the coupled chemical and transport environments of membrane-electrode assemblies. Conventional GDE half-cells, however, are typically operated without a proton-exchange membrane, exposing the c...

What time in history was it more fun to be a research group ⚡😸😎🤣 and when was also more groundbreaking research done! 2025, 1980, 1930 or 1960?

Attention🚨🎓⚡ We have a new PhD!

Congratulations to our doctoral student Nik Maselj ⚡😸😎, who has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Development of Electrode Surfaces for Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of Furfural.”

Nik, congratulations on your excellent work, perseverance, and significant research contribution in the field of electrocatalysis. We are proud of you and wish you great success in your future path, which we hope will continue in collaboration with us! 👏



https://fkkt.uni-lj.si/obvestila/zagovor-doktorske-disertacije-nika-maslja

Congrats🎉 to our Milutin for this award: Inovativni materiali za proizvodnjo zelenega vodika! ⚡️😼😎
https://www.stajerskagz.si/podeljena-priznanja-za-najboljse-inventivne-resitve-na-podrocju-kroznega-gospodarstva-2025/

Is is based in this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894725050399 🤩

Podeljena priznanja za najboljše inventivne rešitve na področju krožnega gospodarstva 2025 - Štajerska gospodarska zbornica Na Brdu pri Kranju je v torek, 14. aprila potekala slovesnost Podelitev priznanj za najboljše inventivne rešitve na področju krožnega gospodarstva 2025, osrednji nacionalni dogodek, namenjen prepoznavanju, strokovni validaciji in promociji inovativnih rešitev, ki prispevajo k sistemskemu prehod...

Photoshoot of the whole D10 Odsek za kemijo materialov KI / Department of materials chemistry NIC at our terrace and also our lab on a staircase...