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Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoffknecht

Topics of research

Operando characterization

– Sodium-sulfur batteries

– Solid-state batteries 

Educational background

Doctoral degree

2017 – 2024

MEET Battery Research Center 

University of Münster, Germany

Thesis topic: Cyano-substituted Anions for Lithium Battery Electrolytes

Supervisor: Prof. Martin Winter & Prof. Elie Paillard

Master’s degree in chemistry

2013 – 2017

University of Münster

Thesis at Helmholtz Institute Münster (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Thesis topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic Liquids for the Application in Lithium Ion Batteries

Supervisor: Prof. Martin Winter & Prof. Elie Paillard


Awards & Accomplishments

Selected as participant of the Helmholtz COMPASS program (2024 – 2026)


Publications

2023

J.-P. Hoffknecht, A. Wettstein, J. Atik, C. Krause, J. Thienenkamp, G. Brunklaus, M. Winter, D. Diddens, A. Heuer, E. Paillard, Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, DOI 10.1002/aenm.202202789.

2021

J.-P. Hoffknecht, J. Atik, C. Krause, J. Thienenkamp, G. Brunklaus, M. Winter, E. Paillard, Green Chem. 2021, 23, 9935–9944.

2017

J.-P. Hoffknecht, M. Drews, X. He, E. Paillard, Electrochim. Acta 2017, 250, 25–34.

Professional Career

September 2024 – present: 

Visiting Scholar

Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Department of Chemistry

Supervisor: Prof. P. Adelhelm

February 2024 – present:

Postdoctoral researcher

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Department of Chemistry

Supervisor: Dr. S. Risse

September 2017 – August 2020:

Research Associate

MEET Battery Research Center

University of Münster, Germany

Supervisors: Prof. M. Winter, Prof. Elie Paillard

June 2017 – August 2017:

Research Assistant

MEET Battery Research Center

University of Münster, Germany

June 2016 – May 2017:

Student Assistant

Helmholtz Institute Münster

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

May 2015 – January 2016:

Student Assistant

MEET Battery Research Center

University of Münster, Germany

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