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The idea: during summer, a module with photovoltaic and catalytic materials is splitting molten ice into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen. The H2 is stored.

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Energy for Antarctica: solar hydrogen as an alternative to crude oil?

Bassi presented results on new phases in the quaternary Fe-Ti-W-O system for application as photoelectrocatalyst in light-assisted water splitting.

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Posterprize for HZB postdoc Prince Saurabh Bassi

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The HZB at INTERSOLAR in Munich

$A green laser pulse initially excites the electrons in the Cu2O; just fractions of a second later, a second laser pulse (UV light) probes the energy of the excited electron.$

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Copper oxide photocathodes: laser experiment reveals location of efficiency...

The SEM shows Molybdenum sulfide deposited at room temperature.

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Catalyst research for solar fuels: Amorphous molybdenum sulphide works best

Dr. Marcel Risch has been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant and will continue his research at HZB.

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Marcel Risch to form research group at the HZB with an ERC Starting Grant

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HZB to participate in two Clusters of Excellence

The atmosphere can be compared to a bathtub that can only be filled to its rim if global warming is to be limited to a certain level. We could create another small outward flow with negative emissions. However, there is no way around turning off the tap.

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Climate change: How could artificial photosynthesis contribute to limiting ...

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Two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups will start in 2019

The Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize went to Dr. Victoriia Saveleva (right) for her work on catalysts.

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Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize and Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Award

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Nanodiamonds as photocatalysts

Alejandra Villanueva Tovar, Pavlo Perkhun, Erin Looney, Tom Veeken, Gizem Birant, Harald Reinhold (from left) have been awarded with an HQCQ 2018.

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Hanwha Q-Cells Quantsol Awards 2018

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Kostenloser Download: HZB-Forschung in Spektrum Kompakt

The transparent anti-corrosion layer contains Rhodium nanoparticles as a catalyst. Credit ACS Energy Letters.

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New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

PCN nanolayers under sunlight can split water.

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Solar–to-hydrogen conversion: nanostructuring increases efficiency of metal...

Benjamin Rotenberg is a guest researcher at the HZB-Institute for Solar Fuels in 2018.

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Guest researcher at HZB: Bessel Prize Winner Benjamin Rotenberg

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HZB launches Helmholtz International Research School in collaboration with ...

ESR spectrometers usually require a lot of space. The ESR-on-a-chip fits a box 10 cm on a side.

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Miniaturised spectrometer wins first prize at international conference

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Solar hydrogen production by artificial leafs:

Schwebendes Ufo bei der Lange Nacht am HZB.

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1130 Besucher bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften am Standort Wannsee

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New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II

Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners and takes place annually at the Messe München exhibition center in Munich, Germany.
© Solar Promotion GmbH

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Intersolar Europe in Munich: HZB research meets solar industry

Nanodiamonds have been modified by attaching different molecules.

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Nanodiamonds as energy materials: tuning the functionalities

Learning about solar fuels and photovoltaics goes green. The summerschool takes place from 3. to 10. september 2017 in the idyllic Kleinwalsertal, Austria.

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Registration open for Quantsol Summer School

Prof. Dr. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol, Dirk Mielke, Dr. Catherine Dubourdieu andMonica Wurfbaum (from left to right). Photo: HZB/J. Bierbaum

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Foundation stone laying ceremony for an energy research laboratory on Wanns...

Chromium enhances the current density which is directly related to catalytic activity.

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Finding and understanding low cost catalysts: it all comes down to the iron

Scientists from all participating organisations together with the project officers from FCH2 JU met in January 2017 to start off the project.

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Solar based hydrogen generation: EU-project PECSYS aiming for technological...

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is establishing a Helmholtz Young Investigator Gro...

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Wege zur CO2-freien Energieversorgung

The new Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory (EMIL) offers direct access to hard and soft synchrotron x-ray radiation to investigate the chemical and electronic properties of catalysts and other energy materials.

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Research for Germany’s energy transition: EMIL@BESSY II approved for the Ko...

ANSTO: Adi Paterson and Simone Richter, HZB: Prof Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla and Thomas Frederking.

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HZB and ANSTO have extended their Memorandum of Understanding

from left: Prof. Robert Schlögl, Prof. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Prof. Johanna Wanka, Prof. Otmar Wiestler, Dr. Jutta Koch-Unterseher, Thomas Frederking; Photo: HZB/D. Ausserhofer

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EMIL, a 2000-square-metre laboratory complex, has opened for research into ...

Fabian Weber (right) is investigating the dynamics of electron processes within graphene-oxide quantum dots as a member of the team headed by Dr. Annika Bande (left). Quantum dots like these as catalysts could help make solar water splitting more efficient. Using Weber’s theoretical model, a much greater amount of information can be obtained from the empirical data gathered by the group headed by Dr. Tristan Petit.

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Two Freigeist Fellows interweave their research at HZB

Prof. Klaus Lips, Prof. Emad Aziz and Dr. Alexander Schnegg (f.l.t.r) have been awarded with adjunct professorships by Monash-University.

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Monash University awards three HZB-scientist with adjunct professorships

Opening Ceremony of the CIGSTech Workshop
Photo: Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

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Helmholtz Innovation Labs: HySPRINT at HZB

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Intersolar Europe / EU PVSEC / 7th IW-CIGSTech Workshop 2016 – Munich, 20-2...

Learning about solar fuels and photovoltaics goes green: Last year’s Quantsol students come from all over the world to meet solar energy experts in Kleinwalsertal, in the Austrian Alps. The location offers space for 56 students.

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Registration open: Quantsol Summer School on solar energy conversion

Illustration of the initial charge transfer step in a dye sensitized solar cell. A photon from the sun is absorbed and excites the dye molecule. Subsequently, an electron can is injected into the ZnO-Layer where it can be trapped by so called interface-states.

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Riddle of missing efficiency in zinc oxide-based dye-sensitised solar cells...

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Young scientist award for Oliver Supplie

The illustration shows the structure of the sample: n-doped silicon layer (black), a thin silicon oxide layer (gray), an intermediate layer (yellow) and finally the protective layer (brown) to which the catalysing particles are applied. The acidic water is shown in green.

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Solar fuels:a refined protective layer for the “artificial leaf”

Aafke Bronneberg in her lab at HZB Institute for Solar Fuels.

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Marie Curie Fellowship for Aafke Bronneberg

Preisträger des Helmholtz-Doktorandenpreises 2015 mit Otmar D. Wiestler (Mitte), Präsident der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, und Stephanie Dittmer (rechts), Bereichsleiterin Strategie/ Impuls- und Vernetzungsfonds der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, auf dem Neujahrsempfang 2016. Foto: Simone M. Neumann/helmholtz

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Matthias May mit dem Doktorandenpreis der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft ausgezeich...

Nano-island of graphene in which iron-nitrogen complexes are embedded. The FeN4 complexes (shown in orange) are catalytically active.

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An alternative to platinum: iron-nitrogen compounds as catalysts in graphen...

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MacQueen is researching into optical energy converters for generating fuels...

Dr. Kathrin Aziz-Lange
Foto: HZB / B. Schurian

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin expands its solar fuel research: Kathrin Aziz-Lang...

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Distinguished Lectures at HZB: Prof. T. Krauss will talk about Photovoltaic...

Charge carriers in polymeric carbon nitrides always take paths perpendicular to the sheets, as Merschjann’s group has now shown. Light creates an electron-hole pair. The opposite happens when an electron and hole meet under certain conditions (forming a singlet exciton) and emit light (fluorescence). A graphene lattice is shown in the background.

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New class of materials for organic electronics:

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Uppsala Berlin Joint Laboratory “Our willingness to cooperate is our streng...

Lernen mit Blick auf die Alpen: 53 Teilnehmende aus aller Welt lernten bei der Quantsol-Sommerschule Grundlagen der Photovoltaik und solaren Brennstofferzeugung. Foto: HZB

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Quantsol Sommerschule 2015 – erfolgreich im 8. Jahr

New efficiency record: This small device is able to convert 14 percent of the incoming solar energy into hydrogen.

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Hydrogen from sunlight: new efficiency record for artificial photosynthesis

Dr. Tristan Petit will broaden his research on nanocarbon materials with the Freigeist Fellowship.

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Freigeist Fellowship for Tristan Petit

Sunlight activates the catalytic behavior of diamond materials, thus helping to convert carbon dioxide into fine chemicals and fuels.

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Green solutions with diamond materials:

Frostige Wissenschaften: Experimente mit flüssigem Stickstoff

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Eine lange Nacht geballtes Wissen tanken

A short filmclip demonstrates the production of the photocathode with ILGAR method.

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Artificial photosynthesis: New, stable photocathode with great potential

At the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels, also nanostructures in metal oxides are explored as efficient catalyst materials for artificial photosynthesis.

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Success rate 100 percent: HZB teams get third party funding for Solar Fuel ...

An ultrashort laser pulse activates iron pentacarbonyl as a catalyst. Scientists could observe the subsequent ultrafast processes experimentally by mapping the outer orbitals with an x-ray free electron laser and interpret the obtained energy maps using quantum chemical calculations.Illustration: SciStyle Thomas Splettstößer

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Femto-snapshots of reaction kinetics

Learning in green surroundings: In 2014 the summer students came from all over the world to meet solar energy experts.

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Registration now open! Summer School Quantsol

Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Thomas Frederking, Gerhard Sagerer und Stephan Becker (v. l.) unterzeichnen den Kooperationsvertrag.Foto: Universität Bielefeld

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Universität Bielefeld und HZB kooperieren zu Nanoschichten und komplexen Ma...

Artificial catalysts imitate natural photo-synthesis.Image

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The path to artificial photosynthesis

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Jahrestagung des ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien

Das HZB beteiligt sich am Aufbau zweier Studiengänge an derTürkisch-Deutschen Universität in Istanbul. www.tau.edu.tr

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Deutsch-Türkische Universität am HZB zu Gast

The Adlershof Science Forum is encouraging exchange among scientists in Adlershof.

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SAVE THE DATE: Adlershofer Science Forum on 11.11.2014 with Poster Session

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German Society for Materials Science awards publication with HZB scientist as co-author

At its annual conference on September 22, 2014, the German Society for Materials Science (DGM), presented the Werner Köster Award for best publication. The work, whose authors include HZB scientist Dr. Michael Tovar and which has been published in the International Journal of Materials Research, examine ...

Ammonium tungstate/PSS film surface: (a) SEM picture before pyrolysis; (b & c) SEM picture after pyrolysis.

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Collecting light with artificial moth eyes

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Matthias May receives the Poster Prize at the Wilhelm und Else-Heraeus Semi...

In den Pausen tauschten sich die Teilnehmer angeregt über die Vorträge und ihre eigenen Forschungsarbeiten aus. Foto: FAU

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Das ganze Spektrum der Elektrokatalyse an einem Tag

Roel van de Krol, head of the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels, coordinates the global research project PECDEMO.Photo: P.Dera/HZB

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PECDEMO: sunlight to hydrogen

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The International Summer School Quantsol will inform on basics in photovolt...

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Producing high performance solar cells at lower cost

Prof. Dr. Harry Tuller, MIT, was a guest-scientist at the institute for solar fuels.

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Interview with MIT-Expert Harry Tuller

When light hits the system, an electrical potential builds up. The metal oxide layer acts as a photo anode and is the site of oxygen formation. It is connected to the solar cell by way of a conducting bridge made of graphite (black). Since only the metal oxide layer is in contact with the electrolyte, the silicon solar cell remains safe from corrosion. A platinum spiral serves as the cathode where hydrogen is formed.

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The best of two worlds: Solar hydrogen production breakthrough

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin stärkt Aktivitäten zur Forschung an solaren Brennstoffen in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Gestern hat der Senat der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft seine Zustimmung gegeben für die Ansiedlung eines neuen Helmholtz-Instituts zur Erforschung Erneuerbarer Energien in Erlangen und Nürnberg, kurz HI ERN. Das Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialie ...

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International summer school Quantsol conveys basics of photovoltaics and so...

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