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Florian Deißenbeck defends his dissertation with distinction

Florian Deißenbeck completed his PhD in October 2024 with the Ab initio Energy Materials group under Prof. Stefan Wippermann. His work focused on creating novel molecular dynamics algorithms for simulating electrochemical processes vital to sustainable energy solutions. Florian introduced the Fully Solvated Electrode (FSE) and Thermopotentiostat techniques, which enable constant potential simulations in standard ab initio simulation packages. These developments led to new insights into the dynamics of water at electrified interfaces and its role in electrochemical reactions. Using these advances, Florian’s work reveal for the first time the precise mechanistic details of the anomalous anodic hydrogen evolution on magnesium, a question that has been hotly debated for more than 150 years.