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Based on previous results showing that thioether modification of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), especially coating with a multivalent system, yielded in excellent colloidal stability, the first aim of this thesis was to prove whether functionalization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with thioether also has a comparable or even enhanced stabilization efficacy compared with the gold standard of coating with thiols and, particularly, whether the multivalency of polymers leads to stable AgNPs conjugates. Herein, AgNPs coated with mono- and multivalent thiol- and thioether polymers were prepared to systematically investigate the adsorption kinetics onto the silver surface as well as the colloidal stability after exposure to different conditions relevant for biomedical application. Although the thioether-polymers showed a slower immobilization onto AgNPs, same or mostly even better stabilization was exhibited than for the thiol analogs.
As multivalent thioether-poly(glycidol) (PG) is already proven as a promising candidate for AuNP modification and stabilization, the second aim of this thesis was to examine the stealth behavior of thioether-PG, side-chain functionalized with various hydrophobic (alkyl and cholesteryl) units, to gain a deeper understanding of AuNP surface functionalization in terms of protein adsorption and their subsequent cellular uptake by human monocyte-derived macrophages. For this purpose, citrate-stabilized AuNPs were modified with the amphiphilic polymers by ligand exchange reaction, followed by incubation in human serum. The various surface amphiphilicities affected protein adsorption to a certain extent, with less hydrophobic particle layers leading to a more inhibited protein binding. Especially AuNPs functionalized with PG carrying the longest alkyl chain showed differences in the protein corona composition compared to the other polymer-coated NPs. In addition, PGylation, and especially prior serum incubation, of the NPs exhibited reduced macrophage internalization.
As the use of mammals for in vivo experiments faces various challenges including increasing regulatory hurdles and costs, the third aim of this thesis was to validate larvae of the domestic silkworm Bombyx mori as an alternative invertebrate model for preliminary in vivo research, using AuNPs with various surface chemistry (one PEG-based modification and three PG-coatings with slightly hydrophobic functionalization, as well as positively and negatively charges) for studying their biodistribution and elimination. 6 h and 24 h after intra-hemolymph injection the Au content in different organ compartments was measured with ICP-MS, showing that positively charged particles appeared to be eliminated most rapidly through the midgut, while AuNPs modified with PEG, alkyl-functionalized PG and negatively charged PG exhibited long-term bioavailability in the silkworm body.
The demand for LIB with enhanced energy densities leads to increased utilization of the space within the confinements of the battery housing or to the use of electrode material with increased intrinsic specific energy densities. Both requirements result in more stress on the battery electrodes and separator during cycling or aging. However, the effect of mechanical strain on the cell’s electrochemistry and thus the performance of batteries is rather unexplored compared to the impact of current or temperature, for example. The objective of this thesis was to give a better understanding of the electrochemical and mechanical interplay in current- and next-generation lithium based battery cells. Therefore, the thesis was structured into the investigations on SoA and next-generation LIBs. For SoA LIBs, the investigations of the interplay started at laboratory scale. Here, the expansion of various electrodes and also the impact of mechanical pressure and its distribution on the performance of the cells were
studied. The investigations at laboratory scale was followed by an examination of the electrochemical and mechanical interactions on large format commercial LIBs which are used in BEVs. Accordingly, the effect of bracing and its effect on the performance was studied in an aging and post-mortem study. To gain a deeper understanding of the mechanical changes in LIBs, an ultrasonic study was performed for pouch cells. Here, the mechanical changes were further investigated in dependence of SoC and SoH. The effects of the mechanical stress on the performance for next-generation batteries were studied at laboratory scale. In the beginning, the expansion of next-generation anode materials such as silicon and lithium was compared with today’s anode materials. Furthermore, the effect of mechanical pressure and electrolyte on the irreversible dilation and performance was investigated for lithium metal cells. Overall, it was shown that pressure has a significant effect on the performance of today’s and also future LIBs. The interplay of the electrochemical and mechanical effects inside a LIB has a considerable impact on the lifetime, capacity fading and impedance increase of the batteries.
The detection of smallest mechanical loads plays an increasingly important role in many areas of advancing automation and manufacturing technology, but also in everyday life. In this doctoral thesis, various microparticle systems were developed that are able to indicate mechanical shear stress via simple mechanisms. Using a toolbox approach, these systems can be spray-dried from various nanoscale primary particles (silica and iron oxide) to micrometer-sized units, so-called supraparticles. By varying the different building blocks and in combination with different dyes, a new class of mechanochromic shear stress indicators was developed by constructing hierarchically structured core-shell supraparticles that can indicate mechanical stress via an easily detectable color change. Three different mechanisms can be distinguished. If a signal becomes visible only by a mechanical load, it is a turn-on indicator. In the opposite case, the turn-off indicator, the signal is switched off by a mechanical load. In the third mechanism, the color-change indicator, the color changes as a result of a mechanical load. In principle, these indicators can be used in two different ways. First, they can be incorporated into a coating as an additive. These coatings can be applied to a wide range of products, including food packaging, medical devices, and generally any sensitive surface where mechanical stress, such as scratches, is difficult to detect but can have serious consequences. Second, these shear stress indicators can also be used directly in powder form and for example then applied in 3D-printing or in ball mills. A total of six different shear stress indicators were developed, three of which were used as additives in coatings and three were applied in powder form. Depending on their composition, these indicators were readout by fluorescence, UV-Vis or Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy. The development of these novel shear stress indicator supraparticles were successfully combined molecular chemistry with the world of nano-objects to develop macroscopic systems that can enable smart and communicating materials to indicate mechanical stress in a variety of applications.
The introduction of novel bioactive materials to manipulate living cell behavior is a crucial topic for biomedical research and tissue engineering. Biomaterials or surface patterns that boost specific cell functions can enable innovative new products in cell culture and diagnostics. This study aims at investigating the interaction of living cells with microstructured, nanostructured and nanoporous material surfaces in order to identify distinct systematics in cell-material interplay. For this purpose, three different studies were carried out and yielded individual effects on different cell functions.
Cell migration processes are controlled by sensitive interaction with external cues such as topographic structures of the cell's environment. The first part of this study presents systematically controlled assays to investigate the effects of spatial density and local geometry of micron scale topographic cues on amoeboid migration of Dictyostelium discoideum cells in quasi-3D pillar fields with systematic variation of inter-pillar distance and pillar lattice geometry. We can extract motility parameters in order to elucidate the details of amoeboid migration mechanisms and consolidate them in a two-state contact-controlled motility model, distinguishing directed and random phases. Specifically, we find that directed pillar-to-pillar runs are found preferably in high pillar density regions, and cells in directed motion states sense pillars as attractive topographic stimuli. In contrast, cell motion in random probing states is inhibited by high pillar density, where pillars act as obstacles for cell motion. In a gradient spatial density, these mechanisms lead to topographic guidance of cells, with a general trend towards a regime of inter-pillar spacing close to the cell diameter. In locally anisotropic pillar environments, cell migration is often found to be damped due to competing attraction by different pillars in close proximity and due to lack of other potential stimuli in the vicinity of the cell. Further, we demonstrate topographic cell guidance reflecting the lattice geometry of the quasi-3D environment by distinct preferences in migration direction.
We further investigate amoeboid single-cell migration on intrinsically nano-structured, biodegradable silica fibers in comparison to chemically equivalent plain glass surfaces. Cell migration trajectories are classified into directed runs and quasi-random migration by a local mean squared displacement (LMSD) analysis. We find that directed movement on silica fibers is enhanced in a significant manner by the fibers' nanoscale surface-patterns. Further, cell adhesion on the silica fibers is a microtubule-mediated process. Cells lacking microtubules detach from the fibers, but adhere well to glass surfaces. Knock-out mutants of myosin II migrating on the fibers are as active as cells with active myosin II, while the migration of the knock-out mutants is hindered on plain glass.
We investigate the influence of the intrinsically nano-patterned surface of nanoporous glass membranes on the behavior of mammalian cells. Three different cell lines and primary human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) proliferate readily on nanoporous glass membranes with mean pore sizes between 10 nm and 124 nm. In both proliferation and mRNA expression experiments, L929 fibroblasts show a distinct trend towards mean pore sizes > 80 nm. For primary hMSCs, excellent proliferation is observed on all nanoporous surfaces. hMSC on samples with 17 nm pore size display increased expression of COL10, COL2A1 and SOX9, especially during the first two weeks of culture. In upside down culture, SK MEL-28 cells on nanoporous glass resist the gravitational force and proliferate well in contrast to cells on flat references. The effect of paclitaxel treatment of MDA MB 321 breast cancer cells is already visible after 48 h on nanoporous membranes and strongly pronounced in comparison to reference samples.
The studies presented in this work showed novel and distinct effects of micro- and nanoscale topographies on the behavior of various types of living cells. These examples display how versatile the potential for applications of bioactive materials could become in the next years and decades. And yet this variety of different alterations of cell functions due to topographic cues also shows the crucial part of this field of research: Carving out distinct, robust correlations of external cues and cell behavior is of utmost importance to derive definitive design implications that can lead to scientifically, clinically and commercially successful products.
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden neue Materialien für die additive Fertigung für opti-sche Anwendungen entwickelt. Hierbei wurde zunächst ein ORMOCER® Harz für den LCD/DLP 3D-Druck synthetisiert und charakterisiert. Das Material zeigte eine gute Druckbarkeit, gute optische Eigenschaften und eine hohe Stabilität gegenüber Belas-tungen mit UV-Licht, Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit. Die prozessbedingte Stufenbil-dung für gekrümmte Oberflächen beim LDC/DLP Druck erforderte eine Weiterentwick-lung zu einem Harz, das auch mittels Inkjet-Verfahren gedruckt werden kann. Hierfür mussten die Viskosität des ORMOCER®s und die Einflüsse darauf untersucht werden. Zu diesem Zweck wurde die Synthese entsprechend verändert und die Produkte cha-rakterisiert. Variationen des Wasseranteils, des Katalysators, der Reaktionszeit, der Re-aktionsführung und der Edukte wurden durchgeführt. Harze mit resultierender niedriger Viskosität dürfen zusammenfassend nur zweifach anorganisch vernetzende Edukte mit niedrigem Reibungskoeffizienten beinhalten. Ein H2O-Verhältnis von 0,5 zu den vorlie-genden Si-O-Gruppen resultiert in akzeptablen Viskositäten und einer ausreichenden Stabilität. Als zuverlässiger Katalysator stellte sich HCl heraus. Die Reaktionszeit muss so gewählt werden, dass die Sol-Gel-Synthese abgeschlossen ist. Kürzere Zeiten füh-ren zwar zu kleineren Viskositäten, jedoch auch zu eventuell schlechter Langzeitstabili-tät. Veränderungen in der Reaktionsführung, durch Zutropfen der Edukte, resultierten jedoch vorwiegend zur Erhöhung der Viskositäten. Mit diesen Erkenntnissen wurde an-schließend ein Harz synthetisiert, das erfolgreich ohne weitere Verdünnungsschritte am Inkjet-Drucker prozessiert werden konnte. Dieses Harz ist zusätzlich auch am LCD/DLP Drucker einsetzbar.
Als ergänzender Schritt konnte im Anschluss noch gezeigt werden, dass Partikel in Harze zusätzliche Eigenschaften, wie Fluoreszenz, einbringen können.
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden ORMOCER®-basierte Materialsysteme für dentale Versorgungen entwickelt, die additiv mittels Digital Light Processing (DLP) verarbeitbar sind und ein hochwertiges, auf die vorgesehene Zielanwendung abgestimmtes Eigenschaftsprofil besitzen. Zunächst wurden grundlegende Untersuchungen zum DLP-Druck des Harzsystems und einfachen Kompositen durchgeführt, um auftretende Herausforderungen zu identifizieren und die weitere Vorgehensweise festzulegen. Ausgehend davon konzentrierte sich die Arbeit neben der Vermeidung der klebrigen Sauerstoffinhibierungsschicht auf der Bauteiloberfläche einerseits darauf, die Maßhaltigkeit bei DLP-gedruckten Bauteilen mit überhängenden Strukturen zu steigern. Insbesondere wurde das Augenmerk hier auf die Verwendung von organischen Lichtabsorbern zur Realisierung von hochtransluzenten Harz-basierten Bauteilen gelegt. Andererseits lag ein weiterer Schwerpunkt der Arbeit auf der Entwicklung von DLP-druckbaren Kompositen mit hoher Transluzenz. Die dafür nötige Brechzahlanpassung von Harzsystem und Füllstoff wurde zum einen durch die Synthese neuer, höherbrechender Harzsysteme und zum anderen durch die Verwendung hochbrechender ZrO2-Nanopartikel realisiert. Die resultierenden hochtransluzenten Komposite wurden umfassend mechanisch charakterisiert sowie erfolgreich DLP-gedruckt.
Motivated by the great potential offered by the combination of additive manufacturing technology and hydrogels, especially in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, a series of novel hybrid hydrogel inks were developed based on the recently described thermogelling poly(2-oxazoline)s-block-poly(2-oxazine)s diblock copolymers, which may help to expand the platform of available hydrogel inks for this transformative 3D printing technology (Fig. 5.1).
In the present thesis, the first reported thermogelling polymer solely consisting of POx and POzi, i.e., the diblock copolymer PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi comprising a hydrophilic block (PMeOx) and a thermoresponsive block (PnPrOzi), was selected and used as a proof-of-concept for the preparation of three novel hybrid hydrogels. Therefore, three batches of the diblock copolymers with a DP of 100 were synthesized for the study of three different hybrid hydrogels with a special focus on their suitability as (bio)inks for extrusion-based 3D printing. The PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi diblock copolymer solution shows a temperature induced reversible gelation behavior above a critical polymer concentration of 20 wt%, as described for the Pluronic F127 solution but with a unique gelation mechanism, working through the formation of a bicontinuous sponge-like structure from the physically crosslinked vesicles. Specially, its intrinsic shear thinning behavior and excellent recovery property with a certain yield point make it a promising ink candidate for extrusion-based printing technology.
Increasing the polymer concentration is the most traditional approach to improve the printability of an ink material, and serve as the major strategy available to improve the printability of PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi systems prior to this work. From the analysis of rheological properties related to printability, it came a conclusion that increasing the copolymer concentration does improve the hydrogel strength and thus the printability. However, such improvement is very limited and usually leads to other problems such as more viscous systems and stringent requirements on the printers, which are not ideal for the printing process and applications especially in the cell-embedded biofabrication field.
POx-b-POzi/clay Hybrid Hydrogel
An alternative method proposed to improve the printability of this thermoresponsive hydrogel ink is through nanoclay (Laponite XLG) addition, i.e., the first hybrid hydrogel system of PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi/clay (also named shortly as POx-b-POzi/clay) in this thesis. To optimize the viscoelastic properties of the ink material, Laponite XLG acted as a reinforcement additive and a physically crosslinker was blended with the copolymers. Compared with the pristine copolymer solution of PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi, the hybrid PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi/clay solution well retained the temperature induced gelation performance of the copolymers.
The obtained hybrid hydrogels exhibited a rapid in situ reversible thermogelation at a physiological relevant Tgel of around 15 ℃ and a rapid recovery of viscoelastic properties within a few seconds. More importantly, with the addition of only a small amount of 1.2 wt% clay, it exhibited obviously enhanced shear thinning character (n = 0.02), yield stress (240 Pa) and mechanical strength (storage modulus over 5 kPa). With this novel hybrid hydrogel, real three-dimensional constructs with multiple layers and various geometries are generation with greatly enhanced shape fidelity and resolution. In this context, the thermogelling properties of the hybrid hydrogels over a copolymer concentration range of 10-20 wt% and a clay concentration of 0-4 wt% were systematically investigated, and from which a printable window was obtained from the laboratory as a reference.
In fact, the printing performance of an ink is not only determined by the intrinsic physicochemical properties of the material, but is also influenced by the external printing environments as well as the printer parameter settings. All the printing experiments in this study were conducted under a relatively optimized conditions obtained from preliminary experiments. In future work, the relationship between material rheology properties, printer parameters and printing performance could be systematically explored. Such a fundamental study will help to develop models that allows the prediction and comparison of printing results from different researches based on the parameters available through rheology, which is very beneficial for further development of more advanced ink systems.
Although the printability has been significantly improved by the addition of nanoclay Laponite XLG, the hybrid hydrogels and their printed constructs still suffer from some major limitations. For example, these materials are still thermoresponsive, which will cause the printed constructs to collapse when the environment temperature changes below their Tgel. In addition, the formed hydrogel constructs are mechanical too weak for load-bearing applications, and the allowed incubation time is very limited during media exchange/addition as it will lead to dissolution of the hydrogels due to dilution effects. Therefore, it is essential to establish a second (chemical or physical) crosslinking mechanism that allows further solidification of the gels after printing. It should be kept in mind that the second crosslinking step will eliminate the thermoresponsive behavior of the gels and thus the possibility of cell recovery. In this case, besides through the traditional approach of copolymer modification to realize further crosslinking, like one of the well-known post-polymerization modification approach Diels-Alder reaction,[430] designing of interpenetrating networks (IPN) hydrogels serves as one of the major strategy for advanced (bio)ink preparation.[311] Therefore, the second hybrid hydrogel system of PMeOx-b-PnPrOzi/PDMAA/clay (also named shortly as POx-b-POzi/PDMAA/clay) was developed in this thesis, which is a 3D printable and highly stretchable ternary organic-inorganic IPN hydrogel.
POx-b-POzi/PDMAA/clay Hybrid Hydrogel
The nanocomposite IPN hydrogel combines a thermoresponsive hydrogel with clay described above and in situ polymerized poly(N, N-dimethylacrylamide). Before in situ polymerization, the thermoresponsive hydrogel precursors exhibited thermogelling behavior (Tgel ~ 25 ℃, G' ~ 6 kPa) and shear thinning properties, making the system well-suited for extrusion-based 3D printing. After chemical curing of the 3D-printed constructs by free radical polymerization, the resulting IPN hydrogels show excellent mechanical strength with a high stretchability to a tensile strain at break exceeding 550%. The hybrid hydrogel can sustain a high stretching deformation and recover quickly due to the energy dissipation from the non-covalent interactions. With this hybrid hydrogel, integrating with the advanced 3D-printing technique, various 3D constructs can be printed and cured successfully with high shape fidelity and geometric accuracy.
In this context, we also investigated the possibility of acrylic acid (AA) and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) as alternative hydrogel precursors. However, the addition of these two monomers affected the thermogelation of POx-b-POzi in an unfavorable manner, as these monomers competed more effectively with water molecules, preventing the hydration of nPrOzi block at lower temperatures and therefore, the liquefaction of the gels. Furthermore, the influence of the printing process and direction on the mechanical properties of the hydrogel was investigated and compared with the corresponding bulk materials obtained from a mold. No significant effects from the additive manufacturing process were observed due to a homogeneously adhesion and merging between sequentially deposited layers. In the future, further studies on the specific performance differences among hydrogels fabricated at different printing directions/speeds would be of great interest to the community, as this allows for a more accurately control and better predict of the printed structures.
This newly developed hybrid IPN hydrogel is expected to expand the material toolbox available for hydrogel-based 3D printing, and may be interesting for a wide range of applications including tissue engineering, drug delivery, soft robotics, and additive manufacturing in general. However, in this case, the low toxicity from the monomer DMAA and other small molecules residuals in the polymerized hydrogels made this hybrid hydrogel not ideal for bioprinting in the field of biofabrication. For this problem, cyto-/biocompatible monomers such as polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) can be used as an alternative, while the overall properties of the hydrogels including mechanical properties should be re-evaluated accordingly. Moreover, the swelling behavior of the hydrogels should also be taken into account, as it may most likely affect the mechanical strength and geometry size of the printed scaffold, but is often be overlooked after printing. For example, regarding the specific hybrid hydrogel POx-b-POzi/PDMAA/clay in this work, an equilibrium swelling ratio of 1100% was determined. The printed hydrogel cuboid experienced a volume increasing over 6-fold after equilibrium swelling in water, and became mechanical fragile due to the formation of a swollen hydrogel network absorbing large amount of water.
POx-b-POzi/Alg/clay Hybrid Hydrogel
In the final part of this dissertation, to enable the cell-loaded bioprinting and long-term cell culture, the third hybrid hydrogel system POx-b-POzi/Alg/clay was introduced by replacing the monomer DMAA to the natural polysaccharides alginate. Initially, detailed rheological characterization and mechanical tests were performed to evaluate their printability and mechanically properties. Subsequently, some simple patterns were printed with the optimized hydrogel precursor solutions for the preliminary filament fusion and collapse test before proceeding to more complex printings. The fibers showed a sufficient stability which allows the creation of large structures with a height of a few centimeters and a suspended filament up to centimeter. Accordingly, various 3D constructs including suspended filaments were printed successfully with high stackability and shape fidelity. The structure after extrusion was physical crosslinked easily by soaking in CaCl2 solution and, thereafter exhibited a good mechanical flexibility and long-term stability. Interestingly, the mechanical strength and geometry size of the generated scaffolds were well maintained over a culture period of weeks in water, which is of great importance for clinical applications. In addition, the post-printing ionic crosslinking of alginate could also be realized by other di/trivalent cations such as Fe3+ and Tb3+.
Subsequently, the cell-laden printing with this hybrid hydrogel and post-printing crosslinking by Ca2+ ions highlighting its feasibility for 3D bioprinting. WST-1 assay of fibroblast suggested no-dose dependent cytocompatibility of the hydrogel precursor solution. The cell distribution was uniform throughout the printed construct, and proliferated with high cell viability during the 21 days culture. The presented hybrid approach, utilizing the beneficial properties of the POx-b-POzi base material, could be interesting for a wide range of bioprinting applications and potentially enabling also other biological bioinks such as collagen, hyaluronic acid, decellularized extracellular matrix or cellulose based bioinks. Although the results look promising and the developed hydrogel is an important bioink candidate, the long-term in vitro cell studies with different cell lines and clinical model establishment are still under investigation, which remains a long road but is of great importance before realizing real clinical application.
Last but not least, the improvement to the printability of thermogelling POx/POzi-based copolymers by the clay Laponite XLG was also demonstrated in another thermogelling copolymer PEtOx-b-PnPrOzi. This suggests that the addition of clay may be a general strategy to improve the printability of such polymers. Despite these advances in this work which significantly extended the (bio)material platform of additive manufacturing technology, the competition is still fierce and more work should be done in the further to reveal the potential and limitations of this kind of new and promising candidate (bio)ink materials. It is also highly expected for further creative works based on the thermogelling POx/POzi polymers, such as crosslinking in Ca2+ solution containing monomer acrylamide to prepare printable and mechanically tough hydrogels, research on POx-based support bath material, and print of clinically more relevant sophisticated structures such as 3D microvascular networks omnidirectionally.
The development of novel fibrous biomaterials and further processing of medical devices is still challenging. For instance, titanium(IV) oxide is a well-established biocompatible material, and the synthesis of TiO\(_x\) particles and coatings via the sol-gel process has frequently been published. However, synthesis protocols of sol-gel-derived TiO\(_x\) fibers are hardly known. In this publication, the authors present a synthesis and fabrication of purely sol-gel-derived TiO\(_x\) fiber fleeces starting from the liquid sol-gel precursor titanium ethylate (TEOT). Here, the α-hydroxy-carboxylic acid lactic acid (LA) was used as a chelating ligand to reduce the reactivity towards hydrolysis of TEOT enabling a spinnable sol. The resulting fibers were processed into a non-woven fleece, characterized with FTIR, \(^{13}\)C-MAS-NMR, XRD, and screened with regard to their stability in physiological solution. They revealed an unexpected dependency between the LA content and the dissolution behavior. Finally, in vitro cell culture experiments proved their potential suitability as an open-mesh structured scaffold material, even for challenging applications such as therapeutic medicinal products (ATMPs).
Diese Doktorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Wirkmechanismus der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit in Blei-Säure-Batterien. Obwohl ihm eine zentrale Rolle beim „Kohlenstoff-Effekt“ zugeordnet wird, ist der Wirkmechanismus der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit bislang vergleichsweise wenig untersucht worden und konnte dementsprechend noch nicht vollständig aufgeklärt werden. Mit dem Anspruch, diese Forschungslücke zu schließen, zielt die vorliegende Doktorarbeit darauf ab, den Einfluss der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit auf die Performance der Blei-Säure-Batterie systematisch herauszuarbeiten und so einen Beitrag zur Generierung neuer Entwicklungsansätze zu leisten, z. B. in Form von maßgeschneiderten Additiven. Bislang ist noch unklar, ob allein die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des Aktivmaterials relevant ist oder diese auch durch Additive beeinflusst wird. Das liegt vor allem daran, dass geeignete Messmethoden fehlen und deshalb der Einfluss von Additiven auf die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des Aktivmaterials wenig untersucht wurde. Deswegen zielt diese Arbeit auch darauf ab, eine neuartige Messmethode zu entwickeln, um die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des Aktivmaterials im laufenden Betrieb bestimmen zu können. Aufgrund der Vorkenntnisse und Vorarbeiten am Fraunhofer ISC werden die Untersuchungen dabei auf die negative Elektrode limitiert. Insgesamt unterteilt sich die Doktorarbeit in die zwei Abschnitte.
Im ersten Abschnitt werden elektrisch isolierende Stöber-Silica als Additive im negativen Aktivmaterial eingesetzt, um den Einfluss der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit des Additivs auf die elektrochemischen Eigenschaften der Batterie herauszustellen. Untersucht wird dabei die u.a. die Doppelschichtkapazität, die Wasserstoffentwicklung und die dynamische Ladeakzeptanz.
Im zweiten Abschnitt steht die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des negativen Aktivmaterials im Fokus. Es wird zunächst eine neue Messmethodik entwickelt, die ihre in-situ- und operando-Bestimmung ermöglicht. Nach einer umfassenden Evaluierung und der Betrachtung verschiedener Betriebsparameter wird die Methodik für eine erste proof-of-concept-Messreihe angewendet, um den Einfluss von Additiven auf die elektrische Leitfähigkeit des negativen Aktivmaterials zu untersuchen.
Here, a postpolymerization modification method for an α-terminal functionalized poly-(N-methyl-glycine), also known as polysarcosine, is introduced. 4-(Methylthio)phenyl piperidine-4-carboxylate as an initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of N-methyl-glycine-N-carboxyanhydride followed by oxidation of the thioester group to yield an α-terminal reactive 4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl piperidine-4-carboxylate polymer is utilized. This represents an activated carboxylic acid terminus, allowing straightforward modification with nucleophiles under mild reaction conditions and provides the possibility to introduce a wide variety of nucleophiles as exemplified using small molecules, fluorescent dyes, and model proteins. The new initiator yielded polymers with well-defined molar mass, low dispersity, and high end-group fidelity, as observed by gel permeation chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy. The introduced method can be of great interest for bioconjugation, but requires optimization, especially for protein conjugation.