Dr. Daniel Pritzl

BMW Group, Production of Lithium-Ion Cells


Research Field

Lithium-Ion Battery Research, High-Energy Cathodes, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Surface Properties of Ni-rich Cathode Materials

  • Degradation Mechanism of High-Energy Cathodes (e.g. LNMO, HE-NMC) and Ni-rich Cathode Materials (e.g. NMC811)
  • Impedance Analysis utilizing a µ-Reference Electrode
  • Analysis of Mechanical Stress of Cathode Materials during Charge/Discharge Cycling
  • Analysis and Migitation Stratigies for the Formation of Surface Contaminants on Cathode Materials (with TGA-MS and XPS)

Scientific Contributions

Articles

Operating EC-based Electrolytes with Li- and Mn-Rich NCMs: The Role of O2-Release on the Choice of the Cyclic Carbonate / Teufl, T.; Pritzl, D.; Krieg, P.; Strehle, B.; Mendez, M. A.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2020, 167, 11 (Open Access) - DOI

Novel Method for Monitoring the Electrochemical Capacitance by In Situ Impedance Spectroscopy as Indicator for Particle Cracking of Nickel-Rich NCMs: Part I. Theory and Validation / Oswald, S.; Pritzl, D.; Wetjen, M.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2020, 167, 100511 (Open Access) - DOI

Process for Making a Cathode Active Material for a Lithium Ion Battery / Metzger, M.; Beyer, H.; Sicklinger, J.; Pritzl, D.; Strehle, B.; Gasteiger, H. A.; Sclar, H.; Erickson, E.; Susai, F. A.; Grinblat, J.; Aurbach, D.; Markovsky, B. / 2019 - DOI

Editors' Choice—Washing of Nickel-Rich Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Towards a Mechanistic Understanding - Pritzl, D.; Teufl, T.; Freiberg, A. T. S.; Strehle, B.; Sicklinger, J.; Sommer, H.; Hartmann, P.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166(16), A4056-A4066 (Open Access) - DOI

A Reference Electrode for In Situ Impedance Measurements in Sodium-Ion Batteries / Linsenmann, F.; Pritzl, D.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166(12), A3668-A3674 (Open Access) - DOI

Ambient Storage Derived Surface Contamination of NCM811 and NCM111: Performance Implications and Mitigation Strategies / Sicklinger, J.; Metzger, M.; Beyer, H.; Pritzl, D.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166(12), A2322-A2335 (Open Access) - DOI

Editors' Choice — State of Charge Dependent Resistance Build-Up in Li- and Mn-Rich Layered Oxides during Lithium Extraction and Insertion / Teufl, T.; Pritzl, D.; Solchenbach, S.; Gasteiger, H. A.; Mendez, M. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166(6), A1275-A1284 (Open Access) - DOI

Identifying Contact Resistances in High-Voltage Cathodes by Impedance Spectroscopy / Pritzl, D.; Bumberger, A. E.; Wetjen, M.; Landesfeind, J.; Solchenbach, S.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166(4), A582-A590 (Open Access) - DOI

An Analysis Protocol for Three-Electrode Li-Ion Battery Impedance Spectra: Part II. Analysis of a Graphite Anode Cycled vs. LNMO / Pritzl, D.= ; Landesfeind J.= ; Solchenbach, S. ; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165(10), A2145-A2153 (Open Access, = Equal Contribution) - DOI

Morphological Changes of Silicon Nanoparticles and the Influence of Cutoff Potentials in Silicon-Graphite Electrodes / Wetjen, M. ; Solchenbach, S ; Pritzl, D. ; Hou, J. ; Tileli, V. ; Gasteiger, H.A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165(7), A1503-A1514 (Open Access) - DOI

Lithium Oxalate as Capacity and Cycle-Life Enhancer in LNMO/Graphite and LNMO/SiG Full Cells /  Solchenbach, S ; Wetjen, M ; Pritzl, D ; Schwenke, K. U. ; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165(3), A512-A524 (Open Access) - DOI

Differentiating the Degradation Phenomena in Silicon-Graphite Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries / Wetjen, M.; Pritzl, D.; Jung, R.; Solchenbach, S.; Ghadimi, R.; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2017, 164 (12), A2840-A2852 (Open Access) - DOI

Analysis of Vinylene Carbonate (VC) as Additive in Graphite/LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cells / Pritzl, D. ; Solchenbach, S. ; Wetjen, M. ; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2017, 164 (12), A2625 - A2635 (Open Access) - DOI

An Analysis Protocol for Three-Electrode Li-Ion Battery Impedance Spectra: Part I. Analysis of a High-Voltage Positive Electrode / Landesfeind, J.= ; Pritzl, D.= ; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2017, 164 (7), A1773 - A1783 (= Equal Contribution; Open Access) - DOI

A Gold Micro-Reference Electrode for Potential and Impedance Measurements in Lithium Ion Batteries / Solchenbach, S.; Pritzl, D.; Kong, E.; Landesfeind, J ; Gasteiger, H. A. / J. Electrochem. Soc., 2016, 163 (10), A2265-A2272  (Open Access) - DOI

 

Oral Presentations

Pritzl, D. ; Teufl, T. ; Beyer, H. ; Hartmann, L. ; Sicklinger, J. ; Sommer, H. ; Gasteiger, H. A., Surface Contaminants on Ni-Rich Cathode Active Materials: Influence of the Storage Conditions, AiMES 2018 (September 30th - October 04th, 2018), Cancun (Mexico) - DOI

Pritzl, D. ; Landesfeind, J. ; Solchenbach, S. ; Gasteiger H. A., Analysis of graphite/LNMO cells with a micro-reference electrode: Role of the graphite anode, 233rd Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (May 13th - 17th, 2018), Seattle (USA) - DOI

Pritzl, D. ; Bumberger A. ; Wetjen, M. ; Solchenbach, S. ; Landesfeind, J. ; Gasteiger H. A., Identifying Contact Resistances in High-Voltage Cathodes by Impedance Spectroscopy, 232nd Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (October 1st - 6th, 2017), National Harbor (USA) - DOI

Pritzl, D. ; Landesfeind, J. ; Gasteiger H. A., Analyzing High-Voltage Graphite/LNMO Cells with a Novel Impedance Procedure Utilizing a Micro-Reference Electrode, 231st Meeting of The Electrochemical Society (May 28 - June 1st, 2017), New Orleans (USA) - DOI

Pritzl, D. ; Solchenbach, S. ; Gasteiger H. A., Analysis of VC and FEC in High-Voltage Li-Ion Batteries with Impedance Spectroscopy, PRiME 2016 (October 02-07, 2016) in Honolulu (USA) - DOI


Awards

04/2018: DAAD Travel Grant for an international conference

03/2018: Scholarship "Explore Together" from BASF SE for a stay abroad

03/2018: Member of the "European Talent Pool" of BASF SE