PUBLICATIONS

Papers

1. Blasius, J. and Kirchner, B. (2023) ‘Selective chirality transfer to the bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide anion of an ionic liquid’, Chemistry – A European Journal, 29, e202301239.
   https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301239
2. Frömbgen, T., Drysch, K., Zaby, P., Dölz, J., Ingenmey, J. and Kirchner, B. (2024) ‘Quantum cluster equilibrium theory for multicomponent liquids’, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20(5), pp. 1838–1846.
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00799
3.  Blasius, J., Drysch, K., Pilz, F.H., Frömbgen, T., Kielb, P. and Kirchner, B. (2023) ‘Efficient prediction of mole fraction related vibrational frequency shifts’, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(47), pp. 10531–10536.
   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02761
4. Geysens, P., Tie, D., Vlad, A., Fransaer, J. and Binnemans, K. (2023) ‘Fluorine-free organic electrolytes for the stable electrodeposition of neodymium metal’, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, pp. 21397–21407.
   https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP01262J
5. Zhou, Z., Xie, S., Cai, H., Colli, A.N., Monnens, W. and Zhang, Q. et al. (2024) ‘A synchronous-twisting method to realize radial scalability in fibrous energy storage devices’, Science Advances, 10, eado7826.
   https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado7826
6. Zhang, X.L., Ma, L., Cai, Y.P., Fransaer, J. and Zheng, Q. (2024) ‘A low-Fermi-level current collector enables anode-free lithium metal batteries with long cycle life’, Matter, 7, pp. 583–602.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.11.017
7. Beaujean, P. (2024) ‘Solvent effects on the prediction of redox potentials: application to nitroxides’, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 414(Part B), 126207.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.126207
8. Li, Z., Li, Y., Zhan, Y., Lin, X., Yao, Y. and Zhao, T. et al. (2025) ‘On the origin of capacity increase in rechargeable magnesium batteries with manganese oxide cathodes and copper metal current collectors’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, e202416960.
   https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416960
9. Bakuru, V.R., Apostol, P., Rambabu, D., Pal, S., Lin, X. and Markowski, R. et al. (2025) ‘A hexaanionic carboxyphenolate framework for high energy alkali cation storage’, Energy & Environmental Science, 18, pp. 6131–6140.
   https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EE05701E
10. Tie, D., Apostol, P., Du, M., Li, Z., Lin, X. and Pal, S. et al. (2025) ‘Performance limitations of CaCoSO as a positive electrode material for calcium storage’, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8(6), pp. 3688–3697.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c03288
11. Rambabu, D., Goossens, T., Bakuru, V.R., Apostol, P., Mairesse, F. and Steenhaut, T. et al. (2025) ‘Mixed proton-electron conductivity in a dynamic 3D metal-organic framework’, Chem, 11(10), 102590.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102590
12. Beaujean, P. and Champagne, B. (2025) ‘Binding energies of molecules grafted onto calcium surfaces: a periodic DFT investigation’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129(19), pp. 9189–9205.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c01160
13. Guo, X., Markowski, R., Black, A., Apostol, P., Rambabu, D. and Lužanin, O. et al. (2025) ‘Amorphous coordination polymers for versatile Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺, and Zn²⁺ cation storage’, Energy & Environmental Science, 18, pp. 9114–9124.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EE02567B
14. Kachmar, A., Markowski, R., Purkait, T., Rambabu, D., Apostol, P. and Tie, D. et al. (2026) ‘A fluorine-free electrolyte for calcium metal batteries’, EES Batteries, 2, pp. 138–146.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EB00162E
15. Geysens, P., Heyns, R., Markowski, R., Ingenmey, J., Van Meervelt, L. and Vlad, A. et al. (2026) ‘Solvation structures of potassium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide–glyme highly concentrated electrolytes and cycling on organic cathodes’, Dalton Transactions, 55, pp. 3346–3362.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT02781K
16. Monnens, W., Markowski, R., Kachmar, A., Zhou, Z., Heyns, R. and Vlad, A. et al. (2026) ‘Substrate-dependent calcium plating on late-transition and p-block metals’, EES Batteries, 2, pp. 700–708.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D6EB00039H
17. Markowski, R., Rambabu, D., Ramackers, A. and Vlad, A. (2026) ‘Decoupling ion size from electrochemistry: cation-size-independent accommodation of Li⁺ to Cs⁺ in an amorphous sulfonamide coordination polymer’, Chemical Science, 17, pp. 6924–6930.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D6SC00585C
18. Heyns, R., Markowski, R., Ingenmey, J., Monnens, W., Vlad, A., Kirchner, B., Fransaer, J. and Binnemans, K. (2026) ‘Cyclic ether-based electrolyte solutions for potassium metal batteries’, Energy Advances, accepted manuscript.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D6YA00089D
    

    19. Markowski, R., Purkait, T., Rambabu, D. and Vlad, A. (2026) ‘How improper use of activated carbon leads to biased data interpretation in post-Li battery systems’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advance Article.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D6TA02368A