Mejdeddine Mokthar

Project

Interfaces, charge-transfer and non-adiabatic processes and their exploitation in a frequency-tunable tribogenerator
I investigate basic mechanisms of energy harvesting technology systems, such as tribogenerators and batteries. I develop and use numerical simulations on various scales (density functional theory and molecular dynamics) to study charge transfer over complex interfaces, triboelectricity and interfaces between metals and polymers.

First supervisor

Prof. Dr. Michael Moseler

Publications in livMatS

• Oxidized Mechanoradicals Drive Triboelectricity in Polytetrafluoroethylene: A First Principle Understanding*
  Mayrhofer, L., Mokthar, M., Walter, M., & Moseler, M. (2025). Oxidized Mechanoradicals Drive Triboelectricity in Polytetrafluoroethylene: A First Principle Understanding. J. Phys. Chem. C, 129, 19592−19607. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05695

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