Jelena Popovic-Neuber

Associate Professor

Jelena Popovic-Neuber

Contact

Telephone: 51832295

Email: jelena.popovic-neuber@uis.no

Department

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering

About me

Jelena Popović-Neuber is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Electrochemistry at University of Stavanger.  

Career and education:

  • Associate Professor at University of Stavanger (since January 2023)
  • Taught courses on electrochemical energy storage at MSc. level, Faculty of Chemistry and Faculty of Energy, Process, and Bioengineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany (2018 - 2022)
  • Staff scientist/group leader at Department of Physical Chemistry of Solids, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany (2011 - 2022)
  • Visiting scientist at MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering, US (2018)
  • PhD in Colloid Chemistry, University of Potsdam/Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany (2011)
  • Visiting PhD student at Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides de Picardie, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France (2010)
  • Dipl.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2008)
  • Research intern at Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, TU Graz, Austria (2007)

Courses:

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Professional commitments:

  • Lead organizer of symposium on lithium-ion batteries, 76th annual International Society of Electrochemistry meeting (2025)
  • Work package leader in FME Battery - national centre for next generation and improved circular sustainable battery technology value chain, Norway (2025 - 2032)
  • Editorial Board Member at Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Energy (since 2024)
  • Scientific Advisory Board member for the topic of “Energy”, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany (since 2024)
  • International Expert Council, EU Doctoral Network StoreAGE (since 2023)
  • Study program director of Batteri- og energiteknologi – bachelor at University of Stavanger (since 2023)
  • Scientific Advisory Board member of International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (since 2018)

 

Publications

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Saeed Behjat; Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Modeling of effective cationic transference number in soft matter battery electrolytes based on conservative ensemble theory. I: Electrochimica Acta. ISSN 0013-4686. Volum 518. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.145792

Jonas Grill; Qaphelani Ngulube; Jonas Mindemark; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Methodology for precise measurement of ion transport properties of semi-solid polymer electrolytes. I: Electrochimica Acta. ISSN 0013-4686. Volum 526. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146208

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Bulk and interphase properties of W-doped K3SbS4 solid-state electrolyte. I: Journal of Energy Chemistry. ISSN 2095-4956. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.07.057

Siddharth Sareen; Håvard Haarstad; Huiwen Gong; Gerald Aiken; Tomas Moe Skjølsvold; Benjamin Ronald Silvester; Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Mateusz Bartlomiej Stopa; Peter Mathias Lindkvist; Micol Pezzotta; Lea Marie Sasse; Shayan Shokrgozar; Bård Torvetjønn Haugland; Oluf Langhelle; Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg (2024) Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities. I: Progress in Environmental Geography. Online ISSN 2753-9687. DOI: 10.1177/27539687241287795

Mario Löw; Jonas Grill; Matthias May; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Magnesium and Aluminum in Contact with Liquid Battery Electrolytes: Ion Transport through Interphases and in the Bulk. I: ACS Materials Letters. Online ISSN 2639-4979. Volum 6. s.5120-5127. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01589

Jonas Grill; Simon K. Steensen; Diana Lucia Quintero Castro; Ivano E. Castelli; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Solid-state inorganic electrolytes for next generation potassium batteries. I: Communications Materials. Online ISSN 2662-4443. Volum 5. DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00568-3

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Long term porosity of solid electrolyte interphase on model silicon anodes with liquid battery electrolytes. I: Communications chemistry. Online ISSN 2399-3669. Volum 7. DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01381-2

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Cation Conducting Binders: From Liquid to Solid-State Batteries. I: ACS Energy Letters. Online ISSN 2380-8195. Volum 9. s.4465-4474. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01684

Kyungmi Lim; Marion Hagel; Kathrin Küster; Bernhard Fenk; Jürgen Weis; Ulrich Starke; Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Joachim Maier (2023) Chemical stability and functionality of Al2O3 artificial solid electrolyte interphases on alkali metals under open circuit voltage conditions. I: Applied Physics Letters. ISSN 0003-6951. DOI: 10.1063/5.0123535

Yuqi Li; Qiunan Liu; Siyuan Wu; Lin Geng; Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Yu Li; zhao chen; Haibo Wang; Yuqi Wang; Tao Dai; Yang Yang; Haiming Sun; Yaxiang Lu; Liqiang Zhang; Yongfu Tang; Ruijuan Xiao; Hong Li; Liquan Chen; Joachim Maier; Jianyu Huang; Yong-Sheng Hu (2023) Unraveling the Reaction Mystery of Li and Na with Dry Air. I: Journal of the American Chemical Society. ISSN 0002-7863. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13589

Kyungmi Lim; Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Joachim Maier (2023) Ion Transport and Growth Behavior of Solid Electrolyte Interphases on Li and Na with Liquid Electrolytes Based on Impedance Analysis. I: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. ISSN 2050-7488. DOI: 10.1039/D2TA09189E

Bøker og kapitler

Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Saeed Behjat (2024) Modelling of ion and electron transfer processes in rechargeable batteries. Universitetet i Stavanger.

Formidling

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Electrolytes and interphases in alkali metal batteries. 1st Potassium-based batteries International Conference (KIC-25); 2025-09-24 - 2025-09-25.

Kaan Kizmaz; Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Understanding interphases in alkali metal batteries with focus on potassium. 1st Potassium-based batteries International Conference (KIC-25); 2025-09-24 - 2025-09-25.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Ionics and electrodics challenges in battery materials. Scientific talk; 2025-09-03.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Electrochemistry of sustainable lithium and post-lithium battery materials. Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS25) ; 2025-03-03 - 2025-03-07.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Electrochemical materials for batteries: An odyssey. FME Battery Academy; 2025-05-12 - 2025-05-13.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber; Cato Brede (2025) Batteridagen 2024. I: Kjemi. ISSN 0023-1983.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Battery ionics: A tour through relevant liquid, soft matter, and solid-state materials. Seminar at Debye Institute of Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University; 2025-03-19.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Solid state ionics approach in developement, improvement and understanding of post-lithium battery materials. ACS Spring 2025 Meeting & Expo; 2025-03-23 - 2025-03-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Concentrated polymer electrolytes: Effective cationic transference numbers and interphase stability. 2nd European Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes for Battery Applications (ESPE-2); 2025-06-09 - 2025-06-11.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Passivation layers on metal electrodes (and beyond). Grenoble energy conversion & storage winter school; 2025-02-24 - 2025-02-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2025) Interface and Interphase Characterization of Battery Electrodes By Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. 247th ECS Meeting; 2025-05-18 - 2025-05-22.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Electrolytes and interfaces in batteries: Why are they important, how do we improve and control them?. Njord Seminar; 2024-02-15.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Batteries from the perspective of modern electrochemistry and new materials. Graduate School Electrochemical Energy Storage (GS-EES) Summer School; 2024-07-23.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Ion transport in battery electrolytes and related interphases. Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS24); 2024-03-04 - 2024-03-08.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Electrochemical methods for elucidating ion transport in battery materials. 11th National Meeting on Inorganic and Materials Chemistry ; 2024-02-27 - 2024-02-28.

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy as a tool to study battery interfaces. 11th National Meeting on Inorganic and Materials Chemistry; 2024-02-27 - 2024-02-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Current understanding of solid electrolyte interphase evolution on metal anodes in contact with liquid battery electrolytes. Swiss battery days; 2024-08-26 - 2024-08-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Insights on ion transport and growth of high-energy Na battery interphases. 5th International Sodium Battery Symposium; 2024-09-23 - 2024-09-25.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Insights on high-energy battery interphases from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. 5th International Symposium on Magnesium Batteries; 2024-09-18 - 2024-09-20.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Ion transport in soft matter battery electrolytes and related interphases. Seminar at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University; 2024-02-01.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Interfacial chemistry and electrolyte approaches for enabling metal anode batteries. 48th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC 2024); 2024-01-28 - 2024-02-02.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Insights on ion transport and growth of high-energy battery interphases from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. 18th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-18); 2024-06-23 - 2024-06-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Ion transport in battery electrolytes and related interphases. 87th Annual Conference of the German Physical Society, KFM 24: Focus Session: Battery Materials – Ion Transport, Impurity Effects and Modelling (joint session KFM/MM); 2024-03-17 - 2024-03-22.

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Solid electrolyte interphases on model Si electrodes studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. NordBatt 2024; 2024-09-24 - 2024-09-27.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2024) Materials and electrochemistry for improved and new batteries. UiS Faculty of Science and Technology Fagdag; 2024-11-05.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2023) Cation Conducting Binders: From Liquid to Solid-State Batteries. 244th ECS Meeting; 2023-10-08 - 2023-10-12.

Jonas Grill; Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2023) Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy as a tool to study battery interfaces. Lorentz workshop on electrochemical energy storage in 2D and layered materials; 2023-11-14 - 2023-11-17.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2023) Ion transport in soft matter battery electrolytes and related interphases. Oxford Battery Modelling Symposium (OBMS); 2023-03-27 - 2023-03-28.

Jelena Popovic-Neuber (2023) Ion transport in battery electrolytes and related interphases. 74th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE); 2023-03-27 - 2023-03-28.

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