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09.07.2024

BESSY II shows how solid-state batteries degrade

Solid-state batteries have several advantages: they can store more energy and are safer than batteries with liquid electrolytes. However, they do not last as long and their capacity decreases with…

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01.07.2024

From waste to value: The right electrolytes can enhance glycerol oxidation

When biomass is converted into biodiesel, huge amounts of glycerol are produced as a by-product. So far, however, this by-product has been little utilised, even though it could be processed into more…

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20.06.2024

HySPRINT Photovoltaics Lab inaugurated

After around four years of renovation, photovoltaics research groups moved into their offices in Kekuléstraße on 20 June 2024. With the reopening, the building has also been given a new name that…

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19.06.2024

Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE Jena) Inaugurated

On June 17, 2024, the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE Jena) was officially inaugurated in Jena in the presence of Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister for Economy, Science,…

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18.06.2024

“Research and development in times of war: not only possible, but crucial!”

The Ukraine Recovery Conference took place in Berlin on 11 and 12 June. On a side-event representatives from Helmholtz, Fraunhofer and Leibniz discussed how research can contribute to the sustainable…

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17.06.2024

MXenes for energy storage: Chemical imaging more than just surface deep

A new method in spectromicroscopy significantly improves the study of chemical reactions at the nanoscale, both on surfaces and inside layered materials. Scanning X-ray microscopy (SXM) at MAXYMUS…

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12.06.2024

Chilean President visits Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, visited HZB on 11 June with a delegation of 50 people. Among the highlights of the evening were the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the…

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21.05.2024

Key role of nickel ions in the Simons process discovered

Researchers at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and Freie Universität Berlin have discovered the exact mechanism of the Simons process for the first time. The…

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15.05.2024

Watching indium phosphide at work

Indium phosphide is a versatile semiconductor. The material can be used for solar cells, for hydrogen production and even for quantum computers – and with record-breaking efficiency. However, little…

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25.04.2024

Freeze casting - a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials

Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and…

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23.04.2024

Cooperation with the Korea Institute of Energy Research

On Friday, 19 April 2024, the Scientific Director of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Bernd Rech, and the President of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Yi Chang-Keun, signed a Memorandum of…

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19.04.2024

Clean cooking fuel with a great impact for southern Africa

Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel. It aims to reduce climate-damaging CO…

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08.04.2024

BESSY II: How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries

An improved charging protocol might help lithium-ion batteries to last much longer. Charging with a high-frequency pulsed current reduces ageing effects, an international team demonstrated. The study…

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21.02.2024

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is a bicycle-friendly employer

Since 2017, the German Cyclists' Federation (ADFC) has been awarding the EU-wide "Bicycle-Friendly Employer" certification. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has now been awarded the coveted silver seal…

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07.06.2023

Green Deal Ukraina: HZB launches an Energy & Climate Project

Green Deal Ukraina, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is working with partner institutions in Ukraine and Poland to establish an energy and climate think tank in the…

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15.05.2023

Calculating the carbon footprint of publications

Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert heads the Quantum Computation and Simulation research group, which is jointly funded by Freie Universität Berlin and HZB. The theoretical physicist recently received an Advanced…

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13.03.2023

Superstore MXene: New proton hydration structure determined

MXenes are able to store large amounts of electrical energy like batteries and to charge and discharge rather quickly like a supercapacitor. They combine both talents and thus are a very interesting…

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27.01.2023

Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone

Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage…

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19.12.2022

World record back at HZB: Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency

The current world record of tandem solar cells consisting of a silicon bottom cell and a perovskite top cell is once again at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5 % of the incident solar…

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14.12.2022

On the way to mass production: perovskite silicon tandem cells

In order to transfer tandem solar cells from laboratory scale to production, HZB is cooperating with the solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger, which has great expertise in heterojunction technology…

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23.11.2022

European pilot line for innovative photovoltaic technology based on tandem solar cells

PEPPERONI, a four-year Research and Innovation project co-funded under Horizon Europe and jointly coordinated by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Qcells, will support Europe in reaching its renewable…

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07.11.2022

A perfect match: perovskite meets perovskite

Tandem solar cells, which combine two different perovskite semiconductors, promise high efficiencies and can be produced with very little energy input. Such modules could even be bendable. Together…

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26.10.2022

Batteries without critical raw materials

The market for rechargeable batteries is growing rapidly, but the necessary raw materials are limited. Sodium-ion batteries, for example, could offer an alternative. A joint research group from HZB…

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21.10.2022

The market itself will push this issue - Interview on the role of synthetic kerosene for aviation

In the research consortium CARE-O-SENE, scientists are looking for more efficient ways to produce synthetic kerosene for use in aviation. We interviewed Tobias Sontheimer of HZB and Dirk Schär of the…

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12.10.2022

Prof. Rutger Schlatmann is Chair of the European Platform for Photovoltaics

Rutger Schlatmann is a solar expert from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and professor at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences. At the HZB he heads the Competence Centre for Photovoltaics,…

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12.10.2022

40-million-euro sustainable kerosene research project CARE-O-SENE receives funding

The international research project CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) was granted 30 million euros in funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)…

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11.07.2022

Environmental impact of perovskite-on-silicon solar PV modules lower than silicon alone

Solar photovoltaics is a reliable and sustainable way to generate energy. A study has evaluated for the first time the lifecycle environmental impact of industrially produced perovskite-on-silicon…

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15.06.2022

Hannover Messe ein großer Erfolg

Wir konnten verschiedene Zielgruppen Einblicke in den Arbeiten des Süddeutschen Klimabüros geben.

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24.05.2022

International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 24 May 2022: CARE-O-SENE research project will develop advanced catalysts for sustainable aviation fuels The company Sasol and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will lead a…

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14.04.2022

Presse-Preview Hannover Messe

Inhalte des KIT-Auftritts auf der Messe Hannover 2022 wurden im Presse-Preview vorm Globus des IMK-TRO vorgestellt.

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Ensuring responsible research on ocean-based CO2 removal

Further news from Helmholtz

BESSY II shows how solid-state batteries degrade

From waste to value: The right electrolytes can enhance glycerol oxidation

HySPRINT Photovoltaics Lab inaugurated

Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE Jena) Inaugurated

“Research and development in times of war: not only possible, but crucial!”

MXenes for energy storage: Chemical imaging more than just surface deep

Chilean President visits Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Key role of nickel ions in the Simons process discovered

Watching indium phosphide at work

Freeze casting - a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials

Cooperation with the Korea Institute of Energy Research

Clean cooking fuel with a great impact for southern Africa

BESSY II: How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is a bicycle-friendly employer

Green Deal Ukraina: HZB launches an Energy & Climate Project

Calculating the carbon footprint of publications

Superstore MXene: New proton hydration structure determined

Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone

World record back at HZB: Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency

On the way to mass production: perovskite silicon tandem cells

European pilot line for innovative photovoltaic technology based on tandem solar cells

A perfect match: perovskite meets perovskite

Batteries without critical raw materials

The market itself will push this issue - Interview on the role of synthetic kerosene for aviation

Prof. Rutger Schlatmann is Chair of the European Platform for Photovoltaics

40-million-euro sustainable kerosene research project CARE-O-SENE receives funding

Environmental impact of perovskite-on-silicon solar PV modules lower than silicon alone

Hannover Messe ein großer Erfolg

International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector

Presse-Preview Hannover Messe