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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 radiation into…
HZB cooperates with solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger
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 (HJT) for silicon…
FBH involved in research fab for quantum and neuromorphic computing
Germany-wide cooperation »FMD-QNC« has started:
The Germany-wide cooperation of FMD (Research Fab Microelectronics Germany) with other partners on quantum and neuromorphic computing (FMD-QNC) has started. The development of the necessary technical and structural…
Dr. Eike Köhnen from HZB is honoured with the Tiburtius Prize
The award honors his outstanding dissertation and his research work on tandem solar cells with perovskites:
On Tuesday, 6 December 2022, Dr. Eike Köhnen received the Tiburtius Prize (First Place) for outstanding dissertations. Eike Köhnen has contributed to significantly increasing the efficiency of tandem solar cells made…
Nanodiamonds can be activated as photocatalysts with sunlight
Research team at HZB investigated nanodiamond materials that might be able to convert CO₂ into hydrocarbons or N₂ into ammonia in the future:
Nanodiamond materials have potential as low-cost photocatalysts. But until now, such carbon nanoparticles required high-energy UV light to become active. The DIACAT consortium has therefore produced and analysed…
Kathrin Goldammer becomes member of German-Japanese Energy Transition Council
The council aims to promote scientific exchange on energy transition issues between the two countries:
The German Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC) has appointed RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer as a member. At the council’s recent meeting in Berlin on November 28-29, she will attend the meeting for the…
New Leibniz Junior Research Group at Max Born Institute
Dr Daniel Schick is in charge of investigating fundamental aspects of ultrafast magnetization dynamics on the nanoscale using laser-driven soft-X-ray sources:
Starting in January 2023, the research portfolio of the Max Born Institute will be complemented by a new Junior Research Group led by Dr. Daniel Schick. His proposal “Following Complex Spin Structures in Time and…
Tomography shows high potential of copper sulphide solid-state batteries
Researchers from HZB, Hereon, HU and BAM succeed in observing solid-state batteries during charging and discharging:
Solid-state batteries enable even higher energy densities than lithium-ion batteries with high safety. A team led by Prof. Philipp Adelhelm and Dr. Ingo Manke succeeded in observing a solid-state battery during…
BAM investigates pharmaceutical production without solvents and CO₂ emissions
The IMPACTIVE joint project aims to demonstrate the advantages of mechanochemistry for more environmentally friendly pharmaceutical production:
The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is developing a more sustainable process to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients in a major EU project: The pilot project is intended to demonstrate the…
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Qcells jointly coordinate four-year research and innovation project PEPPERONI
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 energy target of…
Intense femtosecond light pulses in the mid-infrared for spectroscopic and technical applications
Researchers from the Max Born Institute report on a new light source that delivers ultrashort infrared pulses beyond 10 µm wavelength with record parameters:
A new light source generates ultrashort infrared pulses at wavelengths around 12 µm with previously unattained peak intensity and stability. First experiments in vibrational spectroscopy on water demonstrate the high…
IKZ team develops novel fluoride crystal for laser cooling of solids
IKZ researchers identify a novel crystalline material to boost all-solid-state optical cryocoolers:
Laser cooling of solids by anti-Stokes fluorescence is a unique technology enabling noncontact compact, lightweight, and vibration free cooling systems, so-called all-solid-state optical cryocoolers. Special crystals…
Our roof
RoofUz creates living space through sustainable rooftop extensions:
The start-up team of RoofUz wants to create additional living space in cities without sealing more surfaces. It does so through sustainable extensions of existing rooftops. In this way, 70,000 residential units could…
“I like clear lines and shapes”
Simon Eichmann’s impressive photos of the Technology Park:
For his final project after studying photography, Simon Eichmann chose subjects from the Technology Park Adlershof and baffled everybody with impressive photos with unusual perspectives. Simon Eichmann discovered his…
Blacker than coal and bound to Jupiter
Stefano Mottola investigates far-away celestial bodies. A recent mission focused on so-called trojans:
When Stefano Mottola talks about his research objects, it is enormously challenging to one’s imagination. Between a few dozen and up to 100 kilometres in size and blacker than black paper or coal, asteroids circle the…
Expo – Airship – Tiny House
MOC Simulation is breaking new ground:
It’s where pilots learn to fly, train drivers fine-tune their skills, safely steering hundred tons of steel across the tracks, and amusement park visitors can experience the most unusual situations up close – we’re…
“I want to be a role model for other women scientists”
About the career paths of two alumni of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Two former chemists of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) tell us about their path into STEM fields, how they deal with prejudice, and why they finally ended up in the private sector. A…
Who dares wins
How innovative companies think about error and risk-taking culture:
A common lament is that the error and risk-taking culture in this country is not particularly developed. As these examples will show, they cannot be talking about the innovative companies from Adlershof. A good idea,…
The enabler
Nicole Münnich manages seven Leibniz institutes:
One hour on the folding bike, 20 kilometres from Potsdam to Halensee station, morning after morning. Podcasts while cycling and, on the S-Bahn to Adlershof, working on the laptop. This is how Nicole Münnich’s workdays…
First risk-prone, then self-confident
A team of researchers has investigated how the personality of executives changes before and after being promoted:
People with executive tasks typically exhibit certain distinctive characteristics – this has been shown in several studies. As yet, it hasn’t been traced how executives change in the years before and after being…