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The energy transition presents us all with major challenges. We need not only electricity from renewable sources, but also storage solutions. At the Wannsee site, Yan Lu's team is researching novel lithium-sulphur batteries that can store much more energy than conventional batteries. The laboratory is unique in the Berlin-Brandenburg research landscape. In the cover story, the head of department tells us what motivates her about her work.
Rutger Schlatmann from the Photovoltaics Competence Centre PVcomB is also concerned with how the transformation of the energy system can succeed. Since autumn 2022, he has been chairman of the European advisory platform ETIP-PV and advises politicians on what framework conditions the solar industry needs in Europe. "The pressure to act is great," he admits in the interview.
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Content
- cover story: Research for the batteries of the future
- Video interview of Bernd Rech
- “We are currently in a decisive phase for photovoltaics” Interview of Rutger Schlatmann
- page 12: New Ombudspeople at HZB
- page 13: BESSY III reaches first Milestone
- page 14: Interview of HZB Social Media Manager Stefanie Kodalle
- page 15: HZB in numbers: Who reads our news?
- page 16: Florian Wichert, Head of Finance at HZB, about his new job
- page 17: Alternatives to Windows, Office and Co.
- page 20: Receipes from all over the world: Chilaquiles verdes by Lucero Yazmin Cobos Becerra
- Georg Forster Research Fellow explores photocatalystsDr. Moses Alfred Oladele is working on photocatalysis for CO2 conversion in a joint project with the group of Dr. Matt Mayer, HZB, and Prof. Andreas Taubert at the University of Potsdam. The chemist from Redeemer's University in Ede, Nigeria, came to Berlin in the summer of 2024 with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and will work at HZB for two years.
- Perovskite solar cells: New Young Investigator Group funded by BMBF at HZBIn the COMET-PV project, Dr Artem Musiienko aims to significantly accelerate the development of perovskite solar cells. He is using robotics and AI to analyse the many variations in the material composition of tin-based perovskites. The physicist will set up a Young Investigator Group at HZB. He will also have an affiliation with Humboldt University in Berlin, where he will gain teaching experience in preparation for a future professorship.
- Strategisches Positionspapier zur Stärkung der SolarindustrieFrankfurt, 06. März 2025 – Die führenden deutschen Solarforschungseinrichtungen, die Fachabteilung „Photovoltaik Produktionsmittel“ des Industrieverbands VDMA und das Produktionsplanungs-Unternehmen RCT Solutions, haben ein gemeinsames Positionspapier zur Stärkung der deutschen und europäischen Solarindustrie veröffentlicht. Dieses wird nun an die Parteien übermittelt, die nach der Bundestagswahl im Bundestag vertreten sind. Ziel ist es, die vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen in die Koalitionsverhandlungen einzubringen und damit die Grundlage für eine widerstandsfähige und wettbewerbsfähige Solarindustrie in Deutschland zu schaffen.