Sebastian Büchele

Founder of Litona, Passion for battery cells & battery cell production

Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Looking for ways to improve the world and move humanity forward.

Experience

  • Founder & CTO at Litona GmbH
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Researcher at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Sep 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS) Synthesis and scale-up of cathode active material for Na-ion battery cells

  • Visiting Graduate Research Student at Dalhousie University
    Nov 2021 - May 2022 · 7 mos

    Battery cell research under the supervision of Prof. Michael Metzger and Prof. Jeff Dahn with the industrial partner Tesla Research on Na-ion cathode active material and self-discharge in Li-ion cells. Our results led to the retooling of the global Li-ion battery cell production (see press releases).

  • Master Thesis at Fraunhofer IPA
    Feb 2021 - Oct 2021 · 9 mos

    Title: "Sintering of solvent-free solid electrolyte-cathode composites and creation of lithium-ion all-solid-state battery cells" Based on the promising results, this approach is now being further investigated (see press releases).

  • Working Student at CUSTOMCELLS®
    Oct 2020 - Jun 2021 · 9 mos

    Process Engineering Helping to set up an automated variable Li-ion battery cell production facility. Co-responsible for the production of the factory's first cells. (20 h/week, as of Feb. 2021: 16 h/week)