Mission We strive to solve industry-relevant challenges for sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies through materials and device innovation.

Expertise Our laboratory possesses strong competencies in the synthesis and processing of functional electronic and ion conducting materials, the characterization of their structural, electronic, ionic and thermal transport properties, as well as their integration and performance assessment in operational devices.

Research Our research aims at developing fundamental knowledge through experiment and modeling enabling new materials and processes that improve device performance, stability, cost, and sustainability. We focus on the following application-driven topics: batteries for short-term energy storage and electrochemical fuels for long-term energy storage.

News

January 2025: We welcome Andrea and Karin as new member of our lab.

November 2024: We welcome Claudia as new member of our lab.

October 2024: We welcome Finn as new member of our lab.

September 2024: We welcome Alan, Rohat, Lina, Clea, and Florian as new member of our lab.

August 2024: We are ready for the Swiss Battery Days 2024 and are looking forward to three days of stimulations presentations and discussions. More information here.

August 2024: Fun new video about our fantastic new battery labs in the new laboratory building on Empa TV. Watch the video here. 

July 2024: Fire proof batteries! Read the interview with Meike, who is leading our molten-salt battery research in the latest edition of the Empa Quarterly here.

June 2024: Congratulations to Alessandro and coauthors at Empa and Agilent for getting their paper on CO2 electrolysis published in Nature Catalysis. Read the article here. Press release is here.

June 2024: We welcome Carlota as new member of our lab.

Mai 2024: Our lab on national radio RTS in the science broadcast CQFD. Listen the broadcast here.

April 2024: We welcome Devin and Florian as new members of our lab.

April 2024: Our lab on national television RSI in the infotainment show Trend: l’economia di un mondo che cambia. Watch the broadcast here.

March 2024: We welcome Efe as new member of our lab.

March 2024: Congratulations to Hugo, his paper on hydroborate solid-state batteries made it on the cover page of the January issue of ACS Energy Letters and  is among to most read articles for the past month. Read the article here.

March 2024: Where batteries are not an option! Read the interview with Alessandro, who recently launched his SNF Ambizione project on CO₂ conversion. More information here.

March 2024: Our lab on national TV RTS in the 19:30 news. Watch the broadcast here.

February 2024: Our lab on national TV SRF1 in the infotainment broadcast Einstein. Watch the broadcast here.

February 2024: We welcome Graham, Michael and Talia as new members of our lab.

December 2023: We welcome YeonJu, Maximinio and Josep as new members of our lab.

November 2023: Congratulations to our lab head Corsin Battaglia for being appointed Ambassador of the Canton of Uri. More information here.

November 2023: Flow batteries? Read the interview with David, who recently returned from the US and launched his SNF Ambizione project on flow batteries. More information here.

October 2023: Our lab on national radio SRF in the infotainment broadcast Treffpunkt. Listen to the podcast here.

October 2023: We welcome Lina and Tommaso as new members of our lab.

October 2023: We welcome our new departement head Nathalie Casas and wish her a good start in her new role.

September 2023: Accelerating battery research with robots. Read the interview with Enea, our robot whisperer! More information here.

September 2023: Congratulations to our lab head Corsin Battaglia for being appointed Adjunct Professor at EPFL. More information here.

September 2023: Congratulations to David for receiving the 2023 Battery Division Postdoctoral Associate Research Award at the 244th Electrochemical Society Meeting in Göthborg. 

September 2023: Congratulations to Alessandro for winning a SNF Ambizione Grant.

September 2023: Congratulations to Arndt for winning the best poster award at the 4th International Sodium Battery Symposium in Dresden..

September 2023: Congratulations to Francesco for winning the best poster award of the Swiss Chemical Society and Helvetica Chimica Acta at the International Summer School "Electrocatalysis meets Electrosynthesis" in Interlaken.

September 2023: We welcome Sanja, Raphael and Alessio as new members of our lab.

August 2023: We welcome Nicolas and David as new members of our lab.

June 2023: Congratulations to Edouard and Sajad for winning the 1st prize at this year's Empa Summer Party Challenge.

June 2023: Congratulations to our former PhD student David for winning the 2023 ECS  Postdoctoral Associate Research Award. David will start his SNF Ambizione project in August in our lab.

May 2023: We welcome Sajad as new member of our lab.

April 2023: We welcome Cédric as new member of our lab.

April 2023: Our lab on national radio SRF in the infotainment broadcast Echo der Zeit. Listen to the podcast here.

March 2023: Congratulations to Lukas and coauthors. Their paper "Unraveling the voltage-dependent oxidation mechanisms of poly(ethylene oxide)-based solid electroyltes for solid-state batteries" was among the top downloaded articles in Advanced  Materials Interfaces 2022. Link to the paper here.

March 2023: Congratulations to our lab head Corsin Battaglia for being appointed Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich. More information here.

March 2023: We welcome Nukorn and Jonas as new members of our lab.

February 2023: Our lab head Corsin Battaglia elected vice-president of the Swiss Battery Association iBAT. More information here.

February 2023: We welcome Thibault as new member of our lab.

January 2023: We welcome Antonino as new member of our lab.