Innovative sulfur-based cathode enables the use of more environmentally friendly and sustainable materials in lithium-ion batteries:
A research team at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has achieved a major breakthrough in battery technology. Under the leadership of IRIS Adlershof member Prof. Dr Michael J. Bojdys, an innovative sulfur-based cathode…
CO₂-neutral liquid gas with a great economic, environmental and social impact for southern Africa:
Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel. It aims to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions and to…
Annealing in ambient air does not have an adverse effect on the optoelectronic properties of the semiconductor film, but actually results in fewer defects:
Inorganic perovskite solar cells made of CsPbI3 are stable over the long term and achieve good efficiencies. A team led by Prof. Antonio Abate has now analysed surfaces and interfaces of CsPbI3 films, produced under…
PTB contributed to precise the accurate size characterisation of the particles in its laboratory at BESSY II using small-angle X-ray scattering:
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometer-sized cell-derived particles in body fluids and can be used as potential biomarkers for diseases such as cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease. EVs gained a lot of…
HZB team investigated a new, simple method at BESSY II that can be used to create stable radial magnetic vortices in magnetic thin films:
In some materials, spins form complex magnetic structures within the nanometre and micrometre scale in which the magnetization direction twists and curls along specific directions. Examples of such structures are…
Research team led by Prof. Adelhelm (HZB and Humboldt University) analyses ageing effects of lithium-ion batteries with different charging protocols:
An improved charging protocol might help lithium-ion batteries to last much longer. Charging with a high-frequency pulsed current reduces ageing effects, an international team demonstrated. The study was led by…
Results of research at HZB help to increase the lifetime and efficiency of fuel cells:
The interactions between phosphoric acid and the platinum catalyst in high-temperature PEM fuel cells are more complex than previously assumed. Experiments at BESSY II with tender X-rays have decoded the multiple…
The physicist developed new superconducting thin-film material systems at HZB that enable significant energy savings at accelerator facilities:
Dr Sebastian Keckert has been awarded the Young Scientist Award for Accelerator Physics of the German Physical Society (DPG). The prize is endowed with 5000 euros and was presented to him on 21.03. during the spring…
The 300 GHz detector, developed in a Franco-German cooperation project with PTB, enables secure communication at 6G frequencies:
Until now, it has not been possible to measure the radiated power of millimeter waves in the terahertz spectral range in the so-called H-band with frequencies from 220 GHz to 330 GHz traceable to the International…
The IKZ researcher receives the award for achievements in the field of oxide and fluoride dielectrics and laser crystals:
Oxide and fluoride crystals are pivotal in many different areas of photonics. They are well-suited host materials for laser-active ions, can serve in optical Faraday insulators and also for non-linear frequency…
Germany's largest science and technology park remains an important pillar of Berlin's economy :
The Berlin Adlershof Science and Technology Park continued its positive development in 2023. Revenues and budget funds grew by a solid 7.1 % to € 3.9 billion (2022: € 3.6 billion). The number of employees remained…
The young scientist was honored for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of crystal growth:
This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his…
How simulations and machine learning are helping BAM to do so:
Using simulation and machine learning, Janine George is on the hunt for more efficient materials to advance the transition to clean energy, or Energiewende. Apart from saving her a lot of time, it helps her find new…
Further development of gallium oxide technology promotes optimisation in high-power and high-voltage applications:
The need for advanced power conversion systems increases as the EU ambitiously pursues net zero emissions. To achieve this, it is necessary to optimize the energy transfer from the grid to daily use and to minimize…
Research team manipulates the material’s resistivity with light – a way for opto-electronic ultrafast switching in future microelectronics:
Materials that refuse to fit into theory are often the most fascinating. They challenge researchers to try harder to understand their peculiar behavior, especially when their properties are promising for technological…
The project is investigating nanoparticles that are used as catalysts in the production of "green" hydrogen:
Physicist Dr Robert Seidel has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Over the next five years, he will receive a total of two million euros for his research project WATER-X. Seidel…
Research team redesigns phenoxyl radicals with improved oxidation capacity in the lab:
Nature uses enzymes for various metabolic processes. These biological catalysts are extremely efficient. Biomimetic catalysts based on inexpensive starting materials from the laboratory that can reproduce the…
What the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is planning for the X-ray source in Adlershof:
At the end of February 2024, a team at HZB published an article in Synchrotron Radiation News (SRN). They describe the next development goals for the light source as well as the BESSY II+ upgrade programme and the…
50 participants from Germany and abroad met in Adlershof to discuss materials & devices for power electronics:
Power electronics is a booming industry market due to electromobility in automotive and the ramp up of renewable energy supply. The market is characterized by different materials & device technologies depending very…
Research group at the Department of Chemistry wants to develop molecular machines that produce new materials:
Three young researchers at Humboldt-Universität (HU) have been accepted for Emmy Noether funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr Michael Kathan, who conducts research in the field of synthetic chemistry…