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In polar regions and at high altitudes the conversion of solar radiation into hydrogen could certainly be worthwhile.
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Solar hydrogen for Antarctica - study shows advantages of thermally coupled... A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Ulm University, and Heidelberg University has now investigated how hydrogen can be produced at the South Pole using sunlight, and which method is the most promising.
The launch event for the opening of the CatLab took place on 21 June. f.l.t.r.: Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech (HZB), Dr. Stefan Kaufmann (BMBF), Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl (MPG)
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CatLab - Starting signal for a new generation of catalysts New joint research platform of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Max Planck Society starts operation
The illustration shows two quantum dots "communicating" with each other by exchanging light.
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How quantum dots can "talk" to each other A group at HZB has worked out theoretically how the communication between two quantum dots can be influenced with light. The team led by Annika Bande also shows ways to control the transfer of energy from one quantum dot to another.
Renske van der Veen has a lot of experience with ultrafast x-ray measurements.
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Renske van der Veen heads new department "Atomic Dynamics in Light-Energy... The chemist is an expert in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy and electron microscopy and studies catalytic processes that enable the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy.
The HZB team was able to determine the photoconductivity in the thin layers of rust using time-resolved microwave measurements; here is a picture of the measurement setup.
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Green hydrogen: "Rust" as a photoanode and its limits Metal oxides such as rust are intriguing photoelectrode materials for the production of green hydrogen with sunlight. They are cheap and abundant, but in spite of decades of research, progress has been limited. Why? This study finds out.
A new instrument at BESSY II can be used to study molybdenum-sulfide thin films that are of interest as catalysts for solar hydrogen production. A light pulse triggers a phase transition from the semiconducting to the metallic phase and thus enhances the catalytic activity.
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Instrument at BESSY II shows how light activates MoS2 layers to become catalysts A new instrument at the Helmholtz-Berlin Zentrum’s BESSY II now shows how a light pulse alters the surface properties of the thin film and activates the material as a catalyst.
TEM-Image of a α-SnWO4 film (pink) coated with 20 nm NiOx (green). At the interface of α-SnWO4 and NiOx an additional interfacial layer can be observed.
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Solar hydrogen: Photoanodes made of α-SnWO4 promise high efficiencies Combined with theoretical methods, the measurement data reveal the presence of an oxide layer that impairs the efficiency of the photoanode.
Part of the IRIS research labs will be equipped for research on catalysts. Photo
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HZB and Humboldt University agree to set up a catalysis laboratory The IRIS research building offers optimal conditions for the research and development of complex material systems.
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CatLab - A beacon for future hydrogen research With CatLab, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and two Max Planck Institutes are building a research platform for catalysis to achieve innovation advances in hydrogen research
The distribution of local pH change (ΔpH) with time in an electrolyte containing 0.5 M K2SO4.
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Green hydrogen: buoyancy-driven convection in the electrolyte A team at HZB has now presented a method to visualise convection in the electrolyte and to reliably simulate it in advance with a multiphysics model. The results can support the design and scaling up of this technology.
Scalable large area BiVO4 photoanode on FTO with Ni current collectors.
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Solar hydrogen: Let’s consider the stability of photoelectrodes This is the first operando stability study of high-purity BiVO4 photoanodes during the photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER). It shows how the stability of photoelectrodes and catalysts can be compared and enhanced.
Integrated PV-EC device during performance tests in the outdoor test bed for realistic operating condition.
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Best electrolyser/photovoltaics combinations demonstrated in test fields One of the most promising ways to increase the availability of solar energy is to convert excess production into hydrogen. The PECSYS project has investigated the best possible material and technology combinations to facilitate such an operation.
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Facts, Research, Expertise: Helmholtz Climate Initiative starts new website New website of the Helmholtz Climate Initiative - www.helmholtz-klima.de
Perovskite oxides are characterized by the molecular formula ABO3, where the elements A (green) and B (blue) are located on specific lattice sites and are surrounded by oxygen (red).
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Catalysts: Efficient hydrogen production via structure In order to produce regenerative hydrogen efficiently by electrolysis of water, researchers also investigate perovskite oxides. Dr. Marcel Risch has been invited to publish an overview article.
The aim of Marcel Risch’s current project at HZB is to investigate the mechanism by which oxygen forms when water is split catalytically.
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FOCUS TOPIC: From MIT to Wannsee For Marcel Risch, it feels like a homecoming: as a student, he had run experiments at BESSY II. After working for several years at MIT and then in Göttingen, he is now establishing his own group at HZB – supported by the European Research Council.
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Development of a miniaturised EPR spectrometer Several research institutions are developing a miniaturized electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) device with industrial partner Bruker to investigate semiconductor materials, solar cells, catalysts and electrodes for fuel cells and batteries.
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? Solar hydrogen could be produced from sunlight in summer as an alternative. Hydrogen has a high energy density, is easy to store, and can be used as fuel when needed later without polluting the environment. Matthias May (HZB) and Kira Rehfeld (Heidelberg ...
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 Dr. Prince Saurabh Bassi was awarded the poster prize at “International Bunsen-Discussion-Meeting on Fundamentals and Applications of (Photo) Electrolysis for Efficient Energy Storage”. He is a postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Sebastian Fiechter in the ...
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 loss Solar cells and photocathodes made of copper oxide might in theory attain high efficiencies for solar energy conversion. In practice, however, large losses occur. Now a team at the HZB has been able to use a sophisticated femtosecond laser experiment to ...
The SEM shows Molybdenum sulfide deposited at room temperature.
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Catalyst research for solar fuels: Amorphous molybdenum sulphide works best Efficient and inexpensive catalysts will be required for production of hydrogen from sunlight. Molybdenum sulphides are considered good candidates. A team at HZB has now explained what processes take place in molybdenum sulphides during catalysis and why ...
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 The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will be further strengthened in its research on solar fuels. Dr. Marcel Risch, who recently obtained an ERC Starting Grants, is moving from Georg August Universität, Göttingen to the HZB. Starting in March 2019, the ...
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HZB to participate in two Clusters of Excellence 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... Climate change: How could artificial photosynthesis contribute to limiting global warming?
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Two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups will start in 2019 New young investigator Groups wanted to investigate catalytic materials and processes.
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 Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize and Innovation Award on Synchrotron Radiation
Doped Diamond Foam.
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Nanodiamonds as photocatalysts Diamond nanomaterials are considered hot candidates for low-cost photocatalysts. They can be activated by light and can then accelerate certain reactions between water and CO2 and produce carbon-neutral "solar fuels". The EU project DIACAT has now doped such ...
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 Six young researchers received a Hanwha Q-Cells Quantsol Award for their self-developed Photovoltaics. This award is presented by the organizers of the international summer school Quantsol together with the industry.
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 Hydrogen will play a central role as a storage medium in sustainable energy systems. An international team of researchers has now succeeded in raising the efficiency of producing hydrogen from direct solar water-splitting to a record 19 per cent. They did so ...
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Kostenloser Download: HZB-Forschung in Spektrum Kompakt Noch bis zum 9. Juli steht das Spektrum Kompakt "Energiewende", herausgegeben vom Spektrum-Verlag, zum kostenlosen Download zur Verfügung. Darin enthalten ist eine 13-seitige Sonderveröffentlichung des HZB, aufgeteilt in drei Beiträge. Nach Ablauf des ...
PCN nanolayers under sunlight can split water.
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Solar–to-hydrogen conversion: nanostructuring increases efficiency of... Polymeric carbon nitrides exhibit a catalytic effect in sunlight that can be used for the production of hydrogen from solar energy. However, the efficiency of these metal-free catalysts is extremely low. A team at the Tianjin University in China, in ...
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 Prof. Benjamin Rotenberg has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for 2018 and will be spending time regularly as a guest researcher at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Rotenberg is a researcher of the ...
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HZB launches Helmholtz International Research School in collaboration with... On 1st February 2018, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has established the Helmholtz International Research School HI-SCORE, which will be oriented towards solar energy research. To accomplish this, HZB is collaborating with the Weizmann Institute in ...
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 A Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) team together with experts at Ulm University and the University of Stuttgart have designed an electron spin resonance spectrometer that fits a box 10 cm on a side. The team presented the device to a technology jury at the ...
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Solar hydrogen production by artificial leafs: Scientists analysed how a special treatment improves cheap metal oxide photoelectrodes
Schwebendes Ufo bei der Lange Nacht am HZB.
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1130 Besucher bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften am Standort Wannsee Das HZB begrüßte zur "Klügsten Nacht des Jahres" am 24. Juni 2017 mehr als tausend Gäste, darunter viele Kinder und Jugendliche. Quirliges Treiben auf unserer Wissenschaftsstraße, großer Andrang bei den Mitmach-Experimenten und beim Schülerlabor, ...
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New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing a joint lab together with the Max Planck Society (MPS) to study electrochemical phenomenon at solid/liquid interfaces. The Berlin Joint Lab for Electrochemical Interfaces, or BElChem for short, will employ ...
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 At the major international photovoltaics exhibition from 31 May to 2 June 2017, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will be exhibiting solar energy research projects and presenting opportunities for industrial cooperation in the field of photovoltaics (PV).
Nanodiamonds have been modified by attaching different molecules.
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Nanodiamonds as energy materials: tuning the functionalities An international team has shed light onto interactions between nanodiamonds and water molecules. Experiments at synchrotron sources showed how hydrogenated groups on nanodiamond surfaces change the network of hydrogen bonds in the aqueous environment and may ...
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 Newcomers and young scientists in solar energy research can register now for the 10. International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion (Quantsol). The school is organized by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the ...
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 Wannsee... A milestone has been reached in the expansion of energy materials research at the Lise-Meitner Campus: on 23 March 2017, the celebration was held for laying the foundation stone of a laboratory building that will offer a multitude of methods for synthesising ...
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 A team has investigated more than one hundred iron-nickel catalysts containing various admixtures of chromium. At BESSY II, they also analysed the configurations of the electrons in the individual elements. The team showed that an increasing proportion of ...
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... Development of demonstrators measuring up to ten square meters in area planned
Dr. Matthew Mayer
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is establishing a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group... Dr. Matthew T. Mayer from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, will be putting together a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group in the field of energy materials research at HZB. He will be researching into how carbon dioxide and ...
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Wege zur CO2-freien Energieversorgung Sieben Helmholtz-Zentren arbeiten an Systemlösungen für die künftige 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... The storage of excess solar and wind power is one of the greatest challenges in Germany’s energy transition. To address this, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has created the "Power-to-X” (P2X) project under its ...
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 Advancing energy materials research together
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 new... After three years of construction, the Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory (EMIL) is now open. The new laboratory complex for researching energy materials, annexed to BESSY II in Berlin-Adlershof, was ceremonially inaugurated with the involvement of the ...
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 Two Freigeist Fellows are conducting research at the HZB Institute for Methods of Material Development through support received from the Volkswagen Foundation. Theoretical chemist Dr. Annika Bande is modelling fast electron processes, while Dr. Tristan Petit ...
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 Cooperation between Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, is thriving. Now, Monash University has awarded three HZB-scientists with adjunct professorships: Prof. Klaus Lips, Dr. Alexander Schnegg and Prof. Emad Aziz have ...
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 On 23rd June, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the ZSW jointly organised the IW-CIGSTech 7 as a side event of the EU-PVSEC Conference in Munich. About 150 international attendees, mainly from Europe, Asia and North America came together to get an extensive ...
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Helmholtz Innovation Labs: HySPRINT at HZB HZB will be setting up the new Helmholtz HySPRINT Innovation Lab for jointly developing new combinations of materials and processes in energy applications with commercial partners. Silicon and metal-organic perovskite crystals will be the centre point of the ...
EU PVSEC 2015
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Intersolar Europe / EU PVSEC / 7th IW-CIGSTech Workshop 2016 – Munich, 20-24... We cordially invite you to visit the HZB booth during Intersolar Europe - The world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners from 22 to 24 June 2016 in Munich, Germany. Also the online registration is open for the EU-PVSEC and we ...
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 Registration for Quantsol is now open! It is already the ninth time that the International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion (Quantsol) will be held in September 2016 in Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria. The ...
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... To convert solar energy into electricity or solar fuels, you need specialised systems of materials such as those consisting of organic and inorganic thin films. Processes at the junction of these films play a decisive role in converting the solar energy. Now ...
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Young scientist award for Oliver Supplie The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum (DGKK) presented Oliver Supplie with the DGKK Young Scientist Award on 16 March 2016. Supplie works at the TU Ilmenau and at the HZB, and accepted the prize worth 2,500 euros during the "1st ...
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” A team at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels has developed a process for providing sensitive semiconductors for solar water splitting ("artificial leaves”) with an organic, transparent protective layer. The extremely thin protective layer made of carbon ...
Aafke Bronneberg in her lab at HZB Institute for Solar Fuels.
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Marie Curie Fellowship for Aafke Bronneberg Aafke Bronneberg has been working as a postdoc at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels since summer 2013. The physicist has now received one of the sought-after European Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions Research Fellowships. The fellowship supports ...
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 ausgezeichnet Dr. Matthias May erforschte in seiner Promotion am Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), wie man mit Sonnenlicht noch effizienter Wasser spalten und in Form von Wasserstoff speichern kann. Für seine Arbeit erhielt er am 27. Januar 2016 den mit 5.000 Euro dotierten ...
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 graphene Teams at HZB and TU Darmstadt have produced a cost-effective catalyst material for fuel cells using a new preparation process which they analysed in detail. It consists of iron-nitrogen complexes embedded in tiny islands of graphene only a few nanometres in ...
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MacQueen is researching into optical energy converters for generating fuels:... Dr. Rowan W. MacQueen will come in spring 2016 to the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and will receive funding for his research project through the Helmholtz Postdoc Programme. He will be studying the optoelectronic properties at the boundaries of thin organic ...
Dr. Kathrin Aziz-Lange Foto: HZB / B. Schurian
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin expands its solar fuel research: Kathrin Aziz-Lange... Dr. Kathrin Maria Aziz-Lange has won approval to set up a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group (YIG) addressing the topic of solar fuels at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). She will receive 250,000 Euros in annual support for a period of five years, with half ...
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Distinguished Lectures at HZB: Prof. T. Krauss will talk about Photovoltaics... Solar power has the highest potential among all renewable energy sources, it is clean and practically inexhaustible. Despite the already very high performance of silicon solar cells with 25% efficiency and low costs, a lot of research is yet required in order ...
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: Joint project details charge transport in polymeric carbon nitride for first time Polymeric carbon nitride is an organic material with interesting optoelectronic properties. As an inexpensive photocatalyst, it can be used to facilitate water splitting using ...
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Uppsala Berlin Joint Laboratory “Our willingness to cooperate is our strength” Great political interest for the new Uppsala Berlin Joint Laboratory (UBjL): On the 4th of November, Sweden’s ambassador in Germany, Dr. Lars Danielsson, came personally to the HZB where the UBjL is established for the inauguration of the joint project.
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 Die International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion (Quantsol) fand vom 6. bis 13. September 2015 zum achten Mal in Folge im österreichischen Hirschegg/Kleinwalsertal statt. Über 50 angehende Solarforscherinnen ...
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 An international team has now succeeded in considerably increasing the efficiency for direct solar water splitting. They are using a tandem solar cell whose surfaces have been selectively modified. The new record value is 14 % and thus considerably above the ...
Dr. Tristan Petit will broaden his research on nanocarbon materials with the Freigeist Fellowship.
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Freigeist Fellowship for Tristan Petit For his project on nanodiamond materials and nanocarbon, Dr. Tristan Petit has been awarded a Freigeist Fellowship from the VolkswagenStiftung. The grant covers a five-year period and will enable him to establish his own research team. The VolkswagenStiftung ...
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: Horizon 2020 invests 3.9 million Euro in research project to convert CO2 into fuels using sunlight and diamond materials
Frostige Wissenschaften: Experimente mit flüssigem Stickstoff
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Eine lange Nacht geballtes Wissen tanken Führungen an der Neutronenquelle, Experimente zur Energie für Groß und Klein, Licht-Show und vieles mehr
A short filmclip demonstrates the production of the photocathode with ILGAR method.
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Artificial photosynthesis: New, stable photocathode with great potential A team at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels has developed a new composite photocathode for generating hydrogen with high quantum efficiency using sunlight. This enables solar energy to be stored chemically.The photocathode consists of a thin film of ...
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... Converting solar energy and storing it in form of solar fuels, is one of the great scientific and technological challenges today to enable the transition into a more sustainable future powered by renewable energies. Scientists at the HZB institute for Solar ...
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 Bonding behaviour of iron pentacarbonyl experimentally decoded. Application as a catalyst for storing solar energy.
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 The International Summer School Quantsol will inform on basics in photovoltaics and solar energy conversion
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... Im Februar 2015 haben Uni-Rektor Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer, Uni-Kanzler Dr. Stephan Becker und die Geschäftsführer des HZB, Professorin Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla und Thomas Frederking eine Vereinbarung über die Zusammenarbeit unterschrieben. ...
Artificial catalysts imitate natural photo-synthesis.Image
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The path to artificial photosynthesis HZB researchers describe efficient manganese catalyst capable of converting light to chemical energy
Logo der Jahrestagung FVEE 2014
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Jahrestagung des ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien Unter dem Motto "Forschung für die Energiewende – Phasenübergänge aktiv gestalten" fand am 7. und 8. November die Jahrestagung des ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE) im Umweltforum Berlin statt. Vertreter aus Wissenschaft und Politik ...
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 Vizerektor und Dekan der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät besuchte mehrere Institute des HZB
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 Please save the date to participate on 11. November 2014 at "Adlershof Science Forum" (AFF) of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and IGAFA. The event is meant to encourage exchange and communication between scientists working at Adlershof.
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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 ...
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 Scientists at EMPA in Zürich and University of Basel have developed a photoelectrochemical cell, recreating a moth’s eye to drastically increase its light collecting efficiency. The cell is made of cheap raw materials – iron and tungsten oxide. ...
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Matthias May receives the Poster Prize at the Wilhelm und Else-Heraeus Seminar Matthias May, PhD student at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels, was awarded a Poster Prize at the 562nd WE Heraeus Seminar "From Sunlight to Fuels” for his scientific work. From 11 to 16 May 2014, the participants of the WE Heraeus seminar concentrated ...
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 Am 4. April 2014 lud das Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg (HI ERN) zu seiner ersten wissenschaftlichen Veranstaltung ein. Beim internationalen Symposium "Recent Achievements and Future Trends in Electrocatalysis" präsentierten zehn führende ...
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 Within just three years, research partners of the EU project PECDEMO are planning on developing a practical system capable of converting over eight percent of solar energy into hydrogen. This could prove a real breakthrough in terms of practical ...
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The International Summer School Quantsol will inform on basics in photovoltaics... Registration now open! For the seventh time already young solar energy researchers are invited to attend the International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion (Quantsol). The school will be held from September ...
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Producing high performance solar cells at lower cost Dr. Sebastian Brückner graduates "summa cum laude” on solar cells made from III-V semiconductors
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 can we hope to store solar energy in form of hydrogen with an efficient and cheap solution? What is motivating young people to get involved into science these days? And how does is come that many scientists really love to work, even after the official ...
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 Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen. This is a major feat as the design of the solar cell is much ...
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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 Materialien und Energie ...
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International summer school Quantsol conveys basics of photovoltaics and solar... For the sixth year in a row, future solar researchers are invited to attend the HZB’s International Summer School on Photovoltaics and New Concepts of Quantum Solar Energy Conversion – Quantsol. The summer school program is scheduled for September ...