Thin Film Technology Group from KIT at the International Battery Production Conference (IBPC 2026)

04.11. – 05.11.2026, Braunschweig, Germany

It was our pleasure to be part of this year’s International Battery Production Conference (IBPC) in Braunschweig. Doctoral researchers Max Brand and Mika Stricker (picture) represented the Thin Film Technology group at KIT and presented the latest research on battery electrode production with an oral talk and a poster.

M. Brand presented a talk on: “Experimental and Simulative Investigation of the Mass Transport Mechanisms during Jelly Roll Post-Drying”
Authors: M. Brand, P. Barbig, H. Park, P. Scharfer and W. Schabel

Mika Stricker presented a poster on : “Advanced Multilayer Slot-Die Coating of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes” – Authors:  M. Stricker, A. Hoffmann, J. Dörr, P. Scharfer and W. Schabel

The poster of Mika Stricker and his colleagues received the IPBC 2026 best poster award (link), it shows how several electrode layers can be coated simultaneously in a single slot-die step for lithium-ion and all-solid-state battery electrodes (ASSB), and how stable process windows can be predicted with a fast simulation model.

It was a special pleasure to meet our former KIT TFT colleagues and predecessors in our research topics in coating and post Drying, Dr.-Ing. Sandro Spiegel (left) and Dr. -Ing. Thilo Heckmann (right) at the IPBC conference, who are now working at Daimler Truck AG. We enjoyed the exchange and the chance to take this photo together – it shows how our TFT network connects academia and industry even across generations.

Many thanks to the organizers for an excellent conference, exciting contributions from academia and industry, and two days of fruitful exchange!