During her PhD studies, Rebekka Klemmt investigated the structure of disordered carbons. Disordered carbons are important materials for various applications central for the transition to a greener, sustainable society, like batteries and electrocatalysis. However, limited knowledge about their complex disordered structure makes it challenging to understand structure-property relationships. Rebekka Klemmt developed electron microscopy-based methods to advance structural studies of disordered carbons.

The new research findings resulted in a toolbox of advanced methods able to reveal information about the porous structure and angular arrangements of atoms which are challenging to obtain with other methods.

The PhD study was completed at Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNano), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Wednesday, 04 June 2025 at 09:00
Place: Building 1514, room 213, Lecture Theatre Aud I, Department of chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C
Title of PhD thesis: Developing electron microscopy based methodologies for structural elucidation of disordered carbons
Contact information: Rebekka Klemmt, e-mail: rekl@inano.au.dk, tel.: +49 15256468187
Members of the assessment committee:
Prof. Laure Bourgeois, Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Australia
Prof. Antonius Theodorus Johannes van Helvoort, Department of Physics, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Duncan Stewart Sutherland (chair), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNano), Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor: Prof. Dorthe Bomholdt Ravnsbæk, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor: Ass. Prof. Espen Drath Bøjesen, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNano), Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C