Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIChristoph Neef is a senior scientist and project manager at Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe Germany. His focus of work lies on the analysis of new technologies and emerging markets in the fields of energy storage, nano-materials and smart production. Christoph Neef did his PhD in the field of solid-state physics and Li-ion batteries (2012-2016). During his post-doc, he was manager of the laboratory for synthesis and crystal growth at the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg (2016-2017) and worked on novel cathode materials for Li-ion batteries and respective synthesis techniques.
Dr. Christoph Neef
Work focus
- Analysis of innovation systems in the field of micro- and nano-technology and materials sciences.
- Technology development of Li-ion Batteries and post-LIB
- Demand and market analysis for energy storage and electric mobility
- Business models for second life usage of traction batteries
- Analysis of innovation systems in the field of micro- and nano-technology
- Research- and technology analysis of Industry 4.0 implementation in the European process industry
Projects
- Ecodesign Preparatory Study for Batteries (https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/en/competence-center/energietechnologien-energiesysteme/projekte/Ecodesign2.html)
- Battery systems in distribution grids (https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/en/competence-center/energietechnologien-energiesysteme/projekte/BatteriespeicherinNetzen.html)
- Industry 4.0: Implementation and perspectives of the European iron and steel industry (https://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/en/competence-center/energietechnologien-energiesysteme/projekte/industrie-4-0-eisen-stahl.html)
- Updating Technology and Innovation Roadmap for the Graphene Flagship
- Begleitmaßnahme zu Batteriematerialien für zukünftige elektromobile und stationäre Anwendungen (BEMA2020)
- Forschungsfertigung Batteriezelle Deutschland FFB
Publications (selection)
Michaelis, S.; Rahimzei, E.; Kampker, A.; Heimes, H.; Lienemann, C.; Offermanns, C.; Kehrer, M.; Thielmann, A.; Hettesheimer, T.; Neef, C. (2018): VDMA Batterieproduktion, Roadmap Batterie-Produktionsmittel 2030, Update 2018. Frankfurt: VDMA Verlag GmbH.
Hergett, W.; Neef, C.; Wadepohl, H.; Meyer, H.-P.; Abdel-Hafiez, M.; Ritter, C.; Thauer, E.; Klingler, R. (2019): High‐pressure optical floating‐zone growth of Li2FeSiO4 single crystals. In: Journal of Crystal Growth 515, pp. 37-43.
Thielmann, A.; Neef, C.; Fenske, C.; Wietschel, M. (2018): Energiespeicher-Monitoring 2018. Leitmarkt- und Leitanbieterstudie: Lithium-Ionen-Batterien für die Elektromobilität, Fraunhofer ISI.
Neef, C.; Hirzel, S.; Arens, M. (2018): Industry 4.0 in the European iron and steel industry: Towards an overview of implementations and perspectives, Fraunhofer ISI.
Thielmann, A.; Neef, C.; Hettesheimer, T.; Döscher, H.; Wietschel, M.; Tübke, J. (2017): Energiespeicher-Roadmap (Update 2017), Fraunhofer ISI.
Neef, C.; Wadepohl, H.; Meyer, H.-P.; Klingeler, R. (2017): High-pressure optical floating-zone growth of Li(Mn,Fe)PO4 single crystals. In: Journal of Crystal Growth 462, pp. 50-59.
Neef, C.; Meyer, H.-P.; Klingeler, R. (2015): Morphology controlled two-step synthesis and electrochemical studies on hierarchically structured LiCoPO4. In: Solid State Sciences 48, pp. 270-277.
Neef, C.; Jähne, C.; Meyer, H.-P.; Klingeler, R. (2013): Morphology and Agglomeration Control of LiMnPO4 Micro- and Nanocrystals. In: Langmuir 29, pp. 8054-8060.
Jähne, C.; Neef, C.; Koo, C.; Meyer, H.-P.; Klingeler, R. (2013): A new LiCoPO4 polymorph via low temperature synthesis. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1, pp. 2856-2862.
- more publications can be found in the database Fraunhofer-Publica (publica.fraunhofer.de)