Research

The research focus of the chair includes the following topics:
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• Digital and analog electronics and functional system architecture for monitoring and safe, robust and reliable operation of batteries (including redox flow batteries), but also hybrid systems (i.e., combination of battery and fuel cell)
• Electrical management, cell balancing (passive and active charge balancing between battery cells), safety circuitry, galvanic isolation, and fault detection in battery systems and/or hybrid systems
• Embedded software and software architecture (e.g., for microcontrollers, FPGA, system-on-chip) for distributed systems, actuators (e.g., power antifuse as electrical bypass element in case of crash or fault) and sensors (e.g., use of calibration-free current sensors based on quantum technology), safety systems and battery management systems (e.g., use and further development of the foxBMS® platform in its 2nd generation)
• Development and validation of battery management systems and battery systems using hardware or software-in-the-loop concepts, electronic interfaces including human-machine interfaces, information systems and intelligent communication systems
• Resilient electronic systems with focus on functional safety (i.e., safety: from "fail-safe" to "fail-operational" to "fail-aware"), reliability and availability of electrical components (e.g., electromechanical contactors, electromagnetic fuse, galvanically isolated current sensor) and electronic assemblies (e.g., hardware and software of the BMS) for energy storage systems