Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Elektronenspeicherring BESSY II
Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) is researching into complex material systems that will help us to achieve humanity’s challenging goals, such as the Energiewende – Germany’s ambitious transition to renewable energies. Important research topics include solar cells, solar fuels, thermoelectrics and novel materials for developing a new and energy-efficient form of information technology (spintronics). Research into these energy materials heavily involves the operation and continuous advancement of the electron storage ring BESSY II, which produces high-brilliancy synchrotron radiation in the terahertz to soft X-ray frequency range.
Partners from industry and research have many opportunities for cooperating with HZB. Together with universities, HZB runs several graduate schools, where young researchers can complete their doctoral theses.
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HZB team was able to improve the charge carrier transport and the stability of the solar cells
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and two Max Planck institutes want to achieve leaps of innovation in hydrogen research
HZB research team studies new compositions of perovskite materials for solar energy
The material could allow data processing with significantly less energy input
HZB team discovered density fluctuations in amorphous silicon
The Berlin-South Employment Agency awarded the Certificate for Young Talent Promotion 2019/2020 to the HZB
New experimental methods will be developed and the analysis of data from experiments performed at BESSY II will be significantly improved
