Dr.-Ing Oliver Fitz

Head of Group "Battery Cell Technology", Division Electrical Energy​ Storage

Research focus

  • Zinc-ion battery
  • Sodium-ion battery
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Battery electrode manufacturing
  • Battery cell development
  • Battery module development
  • Battery electrolyte development

Curriculum vitae

since 08/2023 Head of group Battery Cell Technology, Fraunhofer ISE
06/2019 – 07/2023

PhD student (Dr.-Ing.), Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy

Systems (ISE)

Department Electrical Energy Storage/ Group Battery Cell Technology

(First supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Peter Birke, Institute for Photovoltaics, University 

of Stuttgart), Doctoral scholarship by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

10/2018 – 05/2019

full-time student assistant, Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy 

Systems (ISE)

Department Electrical Energy Storage/ Group Battery Cell Technology

10/2015 – 09/2018

Student, Energy Engineering M. Sc., University of Stuttgart

Master’s thesis topic: Investigating the rechargeability of acidic electrolyte zinc-ion 

cells for stationary applications (First supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Peter Birke, 

Institute for Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart)

10/2011 – 09/2015

Student, Environmental Engineering B. Sc., University of Stuttgart

Bachelor’s thesis topic: Modification of a test bench for determining the gas 

permeabilities and diffusion coefficients of fuel cell components (First supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. K. Andreas Friedrich, Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, 

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Stuttgart

Awards & Outstanding Achievements

06/2019-07/2022 Doctoral fellow at the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

Major Projects

VORAN Innovative Sodium-Ion Battery Storage for Stationary and Mobile Applications
PRONTO Production of Sodium-Ion Batteries in Baden-Württemberg
WinZIB2 Globally Applicable, Innovative Zinc Ion Battery System
INFAB Zinc-Ion Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage -Manufacturing and Assembly

Publications

External publication list on Google Scholar

Publication list from the Fraunhofer-Publica database:

Jahr
Year
Titel/Autor:in
Title/Author
Publikationstyp
Publication Type
2024 Resilienz durch Energiespeicher
Kümmel, Anna; Barchmann, Theo; Naumann, Karin; Henke, Martin; Vandersickel, Annelies; Zunft, Stefan; Achtziger-Zupancic, Peter; Nitz, Peter; Fluri, Thomas; Fitz, Oliver; Eisele, Leo; Schill, Eva
Konferenzbeitrag
Conference Paper
2023 Post-Lithium Batteries with Zinc for the Energy Transition
Pross-Brakhage, Julia; Fitz, Oliver; Bischoff, Christian; Biro, Daniel; Birke, Kai Peter
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Introducing a Concept for Designing an Aqueous Electrolyte with pH Buffer Properties for Zn-MnO2 Batteries with Mn2+/MnO2 Deposition/Dissolution
Fitz, Oliver; Wagner, Florian; Pross-Brakhage, Julia; Bauer, Manuel; Gentischer, Harald; Birke, Kai Peter; Biro, Daniel
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2023 Entwicklung einer Zink-Ionen-Batteriezelltechnologie mit wässrigen Elektrolyten für stationäre Anwendungen
Fitz, Oliver
Dissertation
Doctoral Thesis
2021 Comparison of Aqueous- and Non-aqueous-based Binder Polymers and the Mixing Ratios for Zn//MnO2 Batteries with Mildly Acidic Aqueous Electrolytes
Fitz, Oliver; Ingenhoven, Stefan; Bischoff, Christian; Gentischer, Harald; Birke, Kai Peter; Saracsan, D.; Biro, Daniel
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2021 Akustische Rastermikroskopie (SAM) als zerstörungsfreie Prüfung für die Visualisierung von internen Strukturen in flachen Batteriezellen
Pitta Bauermann, Luciana; Bischoff, Christian; Fitz, Oliver; Drews, Mathias; Biro, Daniel; Mesquita, L.V.; Heuer, Adrian
Poster
2021 Electrolyte Study with in Operando pH Tracking Providing Insight into the Reaction Mechanism of Aqueous Acidic Zn//MnO2 Batteries
Fitz, Oliver; Bischoff, Christian; Bauer, Manuel; Gentischer, Harald; Birke, Kai Peter; Henning, Hans-Martin; Biro, Daniel
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Scanning Acoustic Microscopy as a Non-Destructive Imaging Tool to Localize Defects inside battery cells
Pitta Bauermann, Luciana; Mesquita, L.V.; Bischoff, Christian; Drews, Mathias; Fitz, Oliver; Heuer, Adrian; Biro, Daniel
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2020 Revealing the Local pH Value Changes of Acidic Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries with a Manganese Dioxide Electrode during Cycling
Bischoff, Christian; Burns, Jordan; Fitz, Oliver; Bauer, Manuel; Birke, Kai Peter; Gentischer, Harald; Henning, Hans-Martin; Biro, Daniel
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2019 Investigation of the Kinetics of rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries
Bischoff, Christian; Fitz, Oliver; Gentischer, Harald; Biro, Daniel; Henning, Hans-Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
2018 Investigating the impact of particle size on the performance and internal resistance of aqueous zinc ion batteries with a manganese sesquioxide cathode
Bischoff, Christian; Fitz, Oliver; Schiller, Christian; Gentischer, Harald; Biro, Daniel; Henning, Hans-Martin
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Journal Article
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