17.04.2026 Disputation: Tabita Pothmann

Picture: Dennis Körmer.

Congratulation Tabita Pothmann on passing your disputation for your thesis on 'Investigation of Ion Correlations and Transport in Highly Concentrated Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries' (original german title: "Untersuchung von Ionenkorrelationen und Transport in hochkonzentrierten Flüssigelektrolyten für Lithiumionen-Batterien").

Papers with Tabita Pothmann as main author:

  • T. Pothmann, B. Roling, 'Monte Carlo Simulations of Ion Correlations and Transport in Highly Concentrated Liquid Electrolytes', submitted to Phy. Chem. Chem. Phys 2026.
  • H. Kilian, T. Pothmann, M. Lorenz, M. Middendorf, S. Seus, M. Schönhoff, B. Roling, 'Quantification of vehicular versus uncorrelated Li+–solvent transport in highly concentrated electrolytes via solvent-related Onsager coefficients', Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27 (2025), 1593. doi: 10.1039/d4cp04209c
  • T. Pothmann, M. Middendorf, C. Gerken, P. Nürnberg, M. Schönhoff, B. Roling, 'Overdetermination method for accurate dynamic ion correlations in highly concentrated electrolytes', Faraday discussions 253 (2024), 100. doi:10.1039/d4fd00034j

The successful disputation was celebrated with cakes and pizza.