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Solar cells: Losses made visible on the nanoscale
Researchers from HZB and University of Utah, USA, have shown how contact layers of silicon solar cells generate loss currents and what their physical origin is:
Solar cells made of crystalline silicon achieve peak efficiencies, especially in combination with selective contacts made of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). However, their efficiency is limited by losses in these contact…
GILUPI and SCIENION announce Collaboration for the Development of Single-Cell CTC Analysis
GILUPI GmbH and SCIENION AG announced that the companies intend to intensify their collaboration in the field of single circulating tumor cell (CTC) analysis. CTCs are rare cells that can be found in the peripheral…
HZB re-certified as a compatibility-friendly company again
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has been awarded the seal of quality for its corporate compatibility policy since 2011:
HZB has been certified as a family-friendly employer since 2011. Now the research centre has successfully completed the re-auditing process and developed further measures to promote a life phase conscious working…
HZB team researches inexpensive catalysts for the production of hydrogen
With a new instrument at BESSY II, they show how light activates MoS₂ layers to become catalysts:
Thin films of molybdenum and sulfur belong to a class of materials that can be considered for use as photocatalysts. Inexpensive catalysts such as these are needed to produce hydrogen as a fuel using solar energy.…
Terahertz waves from electrons oscillating in liquid water
Researchers at Max-Born-Institute have observed radiation in the terahertz range which is initiated during the electron localization process:
Ionization of water molecules by light generates free electrons in liquid water. After generation, the so-called solvated electron is formed, a localized electron surrounded by a shell of water molecules. In the…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2021
How time flies… The Technology Park is turning 30:
There's still room for development: 30 isn't old! // How to succeed: Starting a business – then and now // “Cardboardience” instead of audience: Rost Werbetechnik produces the row fillers // …
Adlershof puts you in a good mood: Why kitchenettes and water coolers are vital places for high technology
Essay by Joachim Fahrun, chief reporter at Berliner Morgenpost:
“Adlershof?” said my chief editor. “That’s a bit overcovered.” In the early 2010s, many people, including me, had reported so much on the Technology Park in Berlin’s South East that some eager media consumers thought…
The keeper of the maps and plans of the Science City Adlershof
In conversation with Heike Böhme:
In the late 1980s, she was well on her way to becoming an inventor. Today she is the keeper of the maps and plans of the Science City Adlershof. During the post-reunification period, the 420-hectare area was the last…
The data accelerator
Stefan Meister produces chips for faster internet in Adlershof:
The goddess of wind of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Oya, is also responsible for transformation. “She tears away the old,” says Stefan Meister, who could indeed compare his work to hers. The doctor of physics has…
All grown up: the Technology Park Adlershof turns 30
An entrepreneur, a scientist, and a project manager take a look back and a look ahead:
Has it really been 30 years?! Yes, indeed. The science and business location Adlershof is having a milestone birthday in March. An entrepreneur, a scientist, and a project manager from Adlershof look back, take stock,…
Accelero Receives EU Eurostars Funding Supporting a Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Lypodystrophy
Accelero Bioanalytics GmbH (“Accelero”) is awarded EUR 136,500 in project grants to support research and development of a gene therapy targeting lypodystrophy. The project called CGT2 is headed by Scandinavian’s…
Experiment reveals new options for synchrotron light sources
SSMB source combines advantages of synchrotron light with the benefits of FEL pulses:
An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are. Accelerator experts from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), the German…
Starting a business – then and now
What Bestec CEO Rainer Hammerschmidt can pass on to the team of the start-up JUNA:
Rainer Hammerschmidt was one of the first entrepreneurs of the Technology Park Adlershof. He enjoys passing on his experience to prospective business founders. Adlershof, thirty years ago. German reunification:…
Spooky materialisation where light beams meet
New processes from Adlershof-based xolo GmbH are revolutionising 3D printing:
The young Adlershof-based xolo GmbH is launching a novel 3D printing process. Their xolography is based on molecules that are fused to form high-precision components under the influence of light beams of different…
Aerospace research has been shaping Adlershof for more than 100 years
In view of the development of the science and technology location, Andreas Schütz, DLR's spokesperson, speaks of “an incredible success”:
Even after 30 years, Andreas Schütz, spokesperson of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), is still amazed when he arrives in Adlershof coming from his office in Berlin-Mitte. While he was working for DLR in Adlershof…
Precision landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars
DLR Adlershof is contributing a wide range of scientific expertise:
On 18 February 2021, NASA initiated the most precise landing ever attempted on the Red Planet. A spacecraft with the Perseverance rover on board entered the Martian atmosphere at just under 19,500 kilometres per hour.…
Knowing what’s inside
The Adlershof-based ASCA GmbH signed a cooperation agreement with the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM):
Drug residues in drinking water, food contaminated with pesticides, UV blockers in the Baltic Sea: Residues of chemical substances are found everywhere. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)…
30 isn't old!
Psychology professor Jule Specht explores how personalities change over the course of life:
It was long believed that personality development is mostly completed at 30. However, results from psychology research show: There is a lot going on beyond one’s 30th birthday – people go through considerable changes,…
An incisive experience in the company's 30-year history
Rost Werbetechnik is fighting for survival and created the “Cardboardience”:
At first glance, it seems like the TV studio is full. Every second audience member, however, is made of cardboard. Since mid-March 2020 well-known German TV shows have been shooting without an audience for safety…
The perfect recipe for efficient perovskite solar cells
HZB team improved the composition of material inks for the simple and cost-effective production of solar cells:
A long-cherished dream of materials researchers is a solar cell that converts sunlight into electrical energy as efficiently as silicon, but that can be easily and inexpensively fabricated from abundant materials.…