Jens Peters
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Karlsruhe
Title: The environmental impact of Li-Ion batteries and the role of key parameters
Biography
Biography: Jens Peters
Abstract
Jens Peters holds a Diploma degree (Dipl. Ing.) in Electrical Engineering (communication technologies) from the Technical University of Munich. He worked several years as R&D Engineer and Project Leader in the automotive industry (Ingolstadt, Barcelona) in the development of electronic components. After finishing his MSc in Renewable Energies and Fuel Cells at UIMP/CSIC in Madrid, he started working in the field of System Analysis of Energy Processes at Instituto IMDEA Energía, Madrid. In 2015, he finished his dissertation at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) on “Environmental, economic and thermodynamic assessment of pyrolysis processes for the production of biofuels and biochar”. Since 2015, he is part of the research group ‘Resources, Recycling, Environment & Sustainability’ at HIU, where he is working on the modeling and assessment of novel electrochemical energy storage technologies, with a special focus on material issues and sustainability of new battery systems (eco-design).