People

Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer

Spokesperson

Co-Coordinator Research Area A
Principal Investigator Research Areas A and B

Full Professor, Functional Anorganic Materials
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy | Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
University of Freiburg

Phone: +49 761 203 95098 | +49 761 203 8717
Email: anna.fischer@ac.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of Expertise

Nanostructured functional materials – synthesis and characterization | Electrochemistry | Electrocatalysis | Photoelectrocatalysis

Projects within livMatS

Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

Graduated Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

Dr. Jan Büttner

Postdoctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

Postdoc Project (first supervisor)

Dr. Taisiia Berestok

Publications in livMatS

Understanding Postdeposition Treatments of Hole-Transporting Self-Assembling Molecules for Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Landgraf, J. B., Gupta, Y., Prasetio, A., Lange, S., Messmer, C., Schwarz, C., Fischer, O., Chanthalavong, S., Er-raji, O., Camarada, M. B., De Wolf, S., Schulze, P. S. C., Fischer, A., Glunz, S. W., Borchert, J. (2025). Understanding Postdeposition Treatments of Hole-Transporting Self-Assembling Molecules for Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, e08186. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202508186
Toward Realistic Full Cells with Protected Lithium-Metal-Anodes: The Effect of an Adaptive Self-healing Artificial SEI*
Burger, S., Skrotzki, J., Büttner, J., Beichel, W., Klose, P., Welle, A., Fischer, A., & Krossing, I. (2025). Toward Realistic Full Cells with Protected Lithium-Metal-Anodes: The Effect of an Adaptive Self-healing Artificial SEI. Advanced Energy Materials, 15(13), 2403195. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202403195
Tailoring Porous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres for 3D Bottom-Up Electrode Design: A Versatile Synthesis Toolbox for Particle Size Independent Pore Size Control*
Ortlieb, N., Berestok, T., Elsässer, P., Thomann, R., Knäbbeler-Buß, M., & Fischer, A. (2025). Tailoring Porous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres for 3D Bottom-Up Electrode Design: A Versatile Synthesis Toolbox for Particle Size Independent Pore Size Control. Small, 21(2), 2407235. doi: 10.1002/smll.202407235
Improving the Capacity Retention of Poly(vinylphenothiazine) as Battery Electrode Material by Pore Size Engineering of Porous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres as Conductive Additive* early view
Ortlieb, N., Tengen, B., Perner, V., Winter, M., Esser, B., Bieker, P., & Fischer, A. (2025). Improving the Capacity Retention of Poly(vinylphenothiazine) as Battery Electrode Material by Pore Size Engineering of Porous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres as Conductive Additive. Advanced Functional Materials, 2422302. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202422302
Ultrathin Film Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Prevents [NiFe] Hydrogenase Inactivation at High Electrode Potentials*
Davis, V., Frielingsdorf, S., Hu, Q., Elsäßer, P., Balzer, B. N., Lenz, O., Zebger, I., & Fischer, A. (2024). Ultrathin Film Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide Prevents [NiFe] Hydrogenase Inactivation at High Electrode Potentials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(34), 44802–44816. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c08218
Adsorptive and photo-Fenton properties of bimetallic MIL-100(Fe,Sn) and MIL-100(Fe,Ir) MOFs toward removal of tetracycline from aqueous solutions
Mirbagheri, N. S., Heizmann, P. A., Trouillet. V., Büttner, J., Fischer, A. & Vierrath, S. (2024). Adsorptive and photo-Fenton properties of bimetallic MIL-100(Fe,Sn) and MIL-100(Fe,Ir) MOFs toward removal of tetracycline from aqueous solutions. Materials Advances. doi: 10.1039/D4MA00196F
Mesoporous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres as Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries with High Rate Capability and Superior Power Densities
Rützler, A., Büttner, J., Oechsler, J., Balaghi, S. E., Küspert, S., Ortlieb, N. & Fischer, A. (2024). Mesoporous N-Doped Carbon Nanospheres as Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries with High Rate Capability and Superior Power Densities. Advanced Functional Materials. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202401188
Ultrasmall and Highly Dispersed Pt Entities Deposited on Mesoporous N-doped Carbon Nanospheres by Pulsed CVD for Improved HER
Küspert, S., Campbell, I. E., Zeng, Z., Balaghi, S. E., Ortlieb, N., Thomann, R., Knäbbeler-Buß, M., Allen, C. S., Mohney, S. E. & Fischer, A. (2024). Energy Harvesting and Storage with a High Voltage Organic Inorganic Photo-Battery for Internet of Things Applications. Small. doi: 10.1002/smll.202311260
Energy Harvesting and Storage with a High Voltage Organic Inorganic Photo-Battery for Internet of Things Applications
Büttner, J., Delgado Andrés, R., Wessling, R., Wang, Y., Esser, B., Würfel, U. & Fischer, A. (2024). Energy Harvesting and Storage with a High Voltage Organic Inorganic Photo-Battery for Internet of Things Applications. Energy Technology. doi: 10.1002/ente.202301421
Organic photo-battery with high operating voltage using a multi-junction organic solar cell and an organic redox-polymer-based battery
Delgado Andrés, R., Wessling, R., Büttner, J., Pap, L., Fischer, A., Esser, B., & Würfel, U. (2023). Organic photo-battery with high operating voltage using a multi-junction organic solar cell and an organic redox-polymer-based battery. Energy & Environmental Science. doi: 10.1039/d3ee01822a
On a high-capacity aluminium battery with a two-electron phenothiazine redox polymer as positive electrode
Studer, G., Schmidt, A., Büttner, J., Schmidt, M., Fischer, A., Krossing, I., & Esser, B. (2023). On a high-capacity aluminium battery with a two-electron phenothiazine redox polymer as positive electrode. Energy & Environmental Science, doi: 10.1039/D3EE00235G
Immobilization of O2-tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator on Tin-rich Indium Oxide Alters the Catalytic Bias from H2 Oxidation to Proton Reduction*
Davis, V., Heidary, N., Guiet, A., Zerball, M., Schulz, C., Michael, N., von Klitzing, R., Hildebrandt, P., Frielingsdorf, S., Lenz, O., Zegber, I. & Fischer, A. (2023). Immobilization of O2-tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenase from Cupriavidus necator on Tin-rich Indium Oxide Alters the Catalytic Bias from H2 Oxidation to Proton Reduction. ACS Catalysis, 13, 6312-6327. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06334
Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)*
Speck, T., Schulz, M.E., Fischer, A., Rühe, J. (2023). Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS). In: Dröder, K., Vietor, T. (eds) Future Automotive Production Conference 2022. Zukunftstechnologien für den multifunktionalen Leichtbau. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-39928-3_18
Rhenium-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting*
Ramírez, A. M., Heidari, S., Vergara, A., Aguilera, M. V., Preuss, P., Camarada, M. B.,, & Fischer, A. (2023). Rhenium-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. ACS Materials Au. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.2c00077
Immobilizing Poly(vinylphenothiazine) in Ketjenblack-Based Electrodes to Access its Full Specific Capacity as Battery Electrode Material*
Tengen, B., Winkelmann, T., Ortlieb, N., Perner, V., Studer, G., Winter, M., Esser, B., Fischer, A., & Bieker, P. (2023). Immobilizing Poly (vinylphenothiazine) in Ketjenblack‐Based Electrodes to Access its Full Specific Capacity as Battery Electrode Material. Advanced Functional Materials, 2210512. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202210512
Are Halide-Perovskites Suitable Materials for Battery and Solar-Battery Applications–Fundamental Reconsiderations on Solubility, Lithium Intercalation, and Photo-Corrosion*
Büttner, J., Berestok, T., Burger, S., Schmitt, M., Daub, M., Hillebrecht, H., Krossing, I., & Fischer, A. (2022). Are Halide‐Perovskites Suitable Materials for Battery and Solar‐Battery Applications–Fundamental Reconsiderations on Solubility, Lithium Intercalation, and Photo‐Corrosion. Advanced Functional Materials, 2206958. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202206958
Size Effect in SnO2/Al2O3 Core/Shell Nanowires after Battery Cycling*
Bürger, J., Lee, S., Penn, A., Gutsch, S., Kolhep, M., Büttner, J., Fischer, A., Ross, F. M., Zacharias, M. (2022). Size Effect in SnO2/Al2O3 Core/Shell Nanowires after Battery Cycling. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research. doi: 10.1002/aesr.202200098
A New Figure of Merit for Solar Charging Systems: Case Study for Monolithically Integrated Photosupercapacitors Composed of a Large-Area Organic Solar Cell and a Carbon Double-Layer Capacitor*
Delgado Andrés, R., Berestok, T., Shchyrba, K., Fischer, A., & Würfel, U. (2022). A New Figure of Merit for Solar Charging Systems: Case Study for Monolithically Integrated Photosupercapacitors composed of a Large Area Organic Solar Cell and a Carbon Double‐Layer Capacitor. Solar RRL. doi: 10.1002/solr.202200614
A Monolithic Silicon-Mesoporous Carbon Photosupercapacitor with High Overall Photoconversion Efficiency*
Berestok, T., Diestel, C., Ortlieb, N., Glunz, S. W., & Fischer, A. (2022). A Monolithic Silicon‐Mesoporous Carbon Photosupercapacitor with High Overall Photoconversion Efficiency. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2200237. doi: 10.1002/admt.202200237
Electrochemical Stability of Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on N-Doped Hydrothermal Carbon Aerogels as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction*
Martin, J., Melke, J., Njel, C., Schökel, A., Büttner, J., & Fischer, A. (2021). Electrochemical Stability of Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on N‐Doped Hydrothermal Carbon Aerogels as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemElectroChem, 8(24), 4835-4847. doi: 10.1002/celc.202101162
Spruce Hard Carbon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries*
Drews, M., Büttner, J., Bauer, M., Ahmed, J., Sahu, R., Vierrath, S., Fischer, A. & Biro, D. (2021). Spruce Hard Carbon Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries. ChemElectroChem. doi: 10.1002/celc.202101174
Rapid wet-chemical oxidative activation of graphite felt electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries*
Shanahan, B., Seteiz, K., Heizmann, P. A., Koch, S., Büttner, J., Ouardi, S., Vierrath, S., Fischer, A., & Breitwieser, M. (2021). Rapid wet-chemical oxidative activation of graphite felt electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries. RSC Advances, 11(51), 32095-32105. doi: 10.1039/D1RA05808H
High-Efficiency Monolithic Photosupercapacitor – A Smart Integration of a Perovskite Solar Cell with a Mesoporous Carbon Double-Layer Capacitor*
Berestok, T., Diestel, C., Ortlieb, N., Büttner, J., Matthews, J., Schulze, P. S., Goldschmidt, J., Glunz, S. W., & Fischer, A.(2021). High‐Efficiency Monolithic Photosupercapacitor–A Smart Integration of a Perovskite Solar Cell with a Mesoporous Carbon Double‐Layer Capacitor. Solar RRL. doi: 10.1002/solr.202100662
Ultra-Thin Protective Coatings for Sustained Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with Mo:BiVO4*
Beetz, M., Häringer, S., Elsässer, P., Kampmann, J., Sauerland, L., Wolf, F., Günther, M., Fischer, A., & Bein, T. (2021). Ultra‐Thin Protective Coatings for Sustained Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with Mo: BiVO4. Advanced Functional Materials, 2011210. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202011210
Hydrophobic AlOx Surfaces by Adsorption of a SAM on Large Areas for Application in Solar Cell Metallization Patterning*
Hatt, T., Bartsch, J., Davis, V., Richter, A., Kluska, S., Glunz, S. W., Glatthaar, M. & Fischer, A. (2021). Hydrophobic AlOx Surfaces by Adsorption of a SAM on Large Areas for Application in Solar Cell Metallization Patterning. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(4), 5803-5813. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20134
Fluorination of Ni‐Rich Lithium‐Ion Battery Cathode Materials by Fluorine Gas: Chemistry, Characterization, and Electrochemical Performance in Full‐cells*
Breddemann, U., Sicklinger, J., Schipper, F., Davis, V., Fischer, A., Huber, K., Erickson, E. M., Daub, M., Hoffmann, A., Erk, C., Markovsky, B., Aurbach, D., Gasteiger, H. A., & Krossing, I. (2020). Fluorination of Ni‐rich Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials by Fluorine Gas: Chemistry, Characterization and Electrochemical Performance in Full‐cells. Batteries & Supercaps. doi: 10.1002/batt.202000202
Investigating the Effect of Microstructure and Surface Functionalization of Mesoporous N-doped Carbons on V4+/V5+ Kinetics*
Melke, J., Martin, J., Bruns, M., Hügenell, P., Schökel, A., Montoya Isaza, S., Fink, F., Elsässer, P., Fischer, A. (2020). Investigating the Effect of Microstructure and Surface Functionalization of Mesoporous N-doped Carbons on V4+/V5+ Kinetics. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(12), 11627-11640. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01489

* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807