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Energy Storage: Hope in Hot TemperaturesKIT
Energy Storage: Hope in Hot Temperatures

Heating furnaces with renewable energy would be a quantum leap for the steel and glass industries. Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier is developing a liquid metal heat storage system for temperatures above 700 °C.

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Energy storage: 100 times better heat conduction with liquid metalKALLA, KIT
Energy storage: 100 times better heat conduction with liquid metal

World's first high-temperature heat storage system using liquid metal technology has potential for defossilization of industry

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Resources, Circular Economy, Energy: KIT at the Hannover Messe 2024

From Net-Zero Circular Concrete to Heat Transfer with Liquid Metals to sustainable batteries: KIT will present highlights from technology development from April 22 to 26 in the Future Hub and at the Energy Solutions.

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Girls' Day on April 25 for girls in 5th grade with insights into our work, research and laboratories, e.g. the Battery Technology Center - registration by April 18ITEP, KIT
Girls Day 2024: Vocational Training and Studies at KIT

Girls' Day on April 25 for girls starting from 5th grade with insights into our work, research and laboratories, e.g. the Battery Technology Center - registration by April 18

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Battery Material for the Sodium-ion RevolutionKIT
Battery Material for the Sodium-ion Revolution

Litona, a Startup of KIT, Produces Prussian White Cathode Material for Next-generation Batteries

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Die Batterieforschung beschleunigen zu wollen, damit beschäftigt sich das 2023 gegründete Start-up Litona. Die Ausgründung aus dem KIT stellt dafür Testmaterial im Forschungsbereich für Natrium-Ionen-Batterietechnologien her. KIT
Start-ups at KIT: Litona

Materials for sustainable sodium-ion batteries: accelerating battery research is the goal of the start-up Litona, founded in 2023. The KIT spin-off produces test materials for research into sodium-ion battery technologies.

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KIT coordinates EU project RISEnergy, which aims at cross-technology promotion and networking of all fields of renewable energiesKIT
Accelerating Innovations for Climate Neutrality

KIT coordinates EU project RISEnergy, which aims at cross-technology promotion and networking of all fields of renewable energies

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Perovskite Solar Cells: Vacuum Process Can Lead to Market Readiness; Various production approaches in research and industry – comparative study explores paths to mass productionT. Abzieher
Perovskite Solar Cells: Vacuum Process Can Lead to Market Readiness

Various production approaches in research and industry – comparative study explores paths to mass production

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News 2023

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We mourn the loss of Professor Robert Stieglitz

We mourn the loss of Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert Stieglitz, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 58. Robert Stieglitz was appointed Head of the Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology in 2009.

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Prof. Dittmeyer and the co-founders of ICODOS GmbH were awarded 3rd place in the Lothar Späth Prize 2023 at the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena. It was a great venue! We would like to thank the jury for recognizing the great work that ICODOS has done in such a
KIT and ICODOS win Lothar Späth Prize 2023

Prof. Dittmeyer and the co-founders of ICODOS GmbH were awarded 3rd place in the Lothar Späth Prize 2023 at the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena. It was a great venue!

ICODOS Website
Dr. Claramunt wins Blanc & Fischer Innovation Award 2023KIT, C. Bellamoli
Dr. Claramunt wins Blanc & Fischer Innovation Award 2023

This prize is awarded for the best dissertations from engineering faculties at KIT in recognition of outstanding research in the context of high innovation potential or successful transfer into practice.

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KCOPKIT
Optics and Photonics: High-tech Center for KIT

The Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics, KCOP, sets new standards and uses synergies - interdisciplinarity promotes exchange and innovation.

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AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Production  Artificial intelligence methods show researchers the way to improved manufacturing processes for high-efficiency solar cells - blueprint for other research fieldsKIT
AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Production

Artificial intelligence methods show researchers the way to improved manufacturing processes for high-efficiency solar cells - blueprint for other research fields

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"We are on the way to a new era" Stefanie Dehnen becomes the new President of the GDCh
"We are on the way to a new era" Stefanie Dehnen becomes the new President of the GDCh

Professor Dr Stefanie Dehnen from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will become President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) on 1 January 2024. During her two-year term of office, she would like to...

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Gips-Schüle Research Prize for Negative Emisions Technology; KIT researchers use the NECOC process to convert the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into a high-tech raw material - carbon black.Gips-Schüle-Stiftung
Gips-Schüle Research Prize for Negative Emisions Technology

KIT researchers use the NECOC process to convert the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into a high-tech raw material - carbon black.

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6th Doctoral Colloquium BIOENERGY

at the HAWK in Göttingen took place with active KIT participation. It was 2 productive days filled with networking and the opportunity to exchange the latest findings and research results in the field of bioenergy.

DOC23 website
As part of the Alliance of Science Organizations, KIT stands in solidarity with Israel
As part of the Alliance of Science Organizations, KIT stands in solidarity with Israel

The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany expresses its deepest condolences for the victims of the terrorist attacks on Israel. We stand in solidarity with Israel.

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Carl-Zerbe Prize awarded to TT.-Prof. Dr. Moritz Wolf
Carl-Zerbe Prize was awarded to TT.-Prof. Dr. Moritz Wolf

for his work with the focus of the development of catalysts & processes for the storage of renewable energies in the form of chemical energy carriers & the production of intermediates from synthesis gas (C02/CO and H2).

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Dr. Hannes Radinger was awarded the Helmholtz PhD Prize for his work on carbon-based electrodes for redox flow batteries. Mr. Radinger carried out his work at IAM-ESS in the group 'Carbon based materials for electrochemical energy storage'.D. Marschalsky
Helmholtz doctoral award for work on batteries

Dr. Hannes Radinger wins the 2022 Helmholtz PhD Prize for his work on carbon-based electrodes for redox flow batteries. He works at IAM-ESS in the group 'Carbon based materials for electrochemical energy storage'.

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Prof Tabea Arndt received the IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity (Sept. 11th 2023)IEEE CSC
Prof. Tabea Arndt wins the IEEE Award for Continuing and

Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity (Sept. 11th 2023) for her contributions to numerous high temperature temperature superconducting first-of-a-kind applications. Congratulations!

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KIT researchers see long-term perspective for lithium extraction with geothermal plantsV. Goldberg & F. Nitschke
Sustainable lithium for many decades

KIT researchers see long-term perspective for lithium extraction with geothermal plants

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Biochar-based Alternative to Phosphate Fertilizers  Fast growth or long-term cooperation – Depending on the Biochar fertilizer, plants in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi react molecularly quite differentlyJKIP, KIT
Biochar-based Alternative to Phosphate Fertilizers

Fast growth or long-term cooperation – Depending on the biochar fertilizer, plants in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi react molecularly quite differently. Read the Paper!

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Batterieforschung: Zentrale Akteure zusammenbringen und Fachkräfte aufbauen; Im Rahmen von QualiBattBW werden Qualifizierungsangebote für baden-württembergische Unternehmen entwickelt, um den Standort nachhaltig zu stärkene-mobil BW | touchwert
Connecting key players and building up specialists

Qualification offers for Baden-Württemberg companies are developed within the framework of QualiBattBW in order to strengthen the location sustainably

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Peter and Luise Hager Prize of the KIT Foundation 2023 awardedJ. Dutzi
Peter and Luise Hager Prize of the KIT Foundation 2023 awarded to

Mr. M.Sc. Julian Dutzi for his master thesis on "Further development of the process of biomass gasification in supercritical water with the focus on increasing the gasification efficiency" endowed with 1,000 €. Congratulations!

KIT Stiftung
Advanced analytics for battery production. KIT Researchers Optimize Battery Production by Using Plasma Spectroscopy with the Aim to Reduce Quality Variations.KIT
Advanced analytics for battery production


KIT researchers optimize battery production by using plasma spectroscopy with the aim to reduce quality variations.

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Joint Workshop Topic 3.2 Power based Fuels & Chemicals at FZJ, 20.-21. June 2023FZJ
Joint Workshop Power based Fuels & Chemicals at FZJ

What are the processes & technologies to produce chemicals without fossil sources but with renewable energies? Sharing progress and scientific challenges in our research program.

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Energy Transition with Hydrogen from the Roof. Optimization of artificial photosynthesis for mass application: KIT researchers & partners develop concept for highly efficient photoreactor panels for assembly of low-cost modules.KIT
Energy Transition with Hydrogen from the Roof

Optimization of artificial photosynthesis for mass application: KIT researchers & partners develop concept for highly efficient photoreactor panels for assembly of low-cost modules. OA-paper in Joule!

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Edit RedDot Überschrift der NewsMTET-ESD Workshop "Grid Integration of Electrolysis" with KIT Technology and Grid Experts
Workshop "Grid Integration of Electrolysis" at KIT

Scientists of the Helmholtz programs ESD and MTET discussed scientific and technical issues of the grid integration of electrolysis and subsequent steps on May 12, 2023, at KIT Campus North.

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HGF Innovation Pool Project "Solar Hydrogen - Highly Pure and Compressed" Erlangen, April 27, 2023 - The Helmholtz Innovation Pool project "Highly pure and compressed solar hydrogen" aims to provide essential scientific knowledge and viable technologies fHarting HI ERN
Status Workshop "Solar Hydrogen" at HI ERN Erlangen

The Helmholtz Innovation Pool project aims to provide essential scientific knowledge and viable technologies for the conversion of solar energy into hydrogen with the highest possible value for a sustainable energy system.

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Erneuerbare Flüssigkraftstoffe werden auch bei zunehmender Elektrifizierung für den Schwerlast-, Flug- und Schiffsverkehr dringend gebrauchtKIT
Renewable Fuels from Green Refineries

Alliance of science and industry designs processes and demand scenarios for mass production of synthetic fuels - Federal government provides funding of around 7 M euros. Project „Refineries for Future“ (REF4FU)

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Energy Storage Materials: Lithium from Geothermal Hot Deep Water | Energiespeichermaterialien: Lithium aus heißem Tiefenwasser  Forschende des KIT und der EnBW zeigen Lithium-Ionen-Sieb für geothermale Solen – Lithium-Gewinnung Stromerzeugung WärmeIAM-ESS/KIT
Energy Storage Materials: Lithium from Geothermal Hot Deep Water

Researchers from IAM-ESS and EnBW show lithium-ion sieve for geothermal brines - Lithium recovery can supplement power generation and heat supply. Read the Outstanding Paper in Energy Advances Open Access!

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Katja Haas-Santo informs Winfried Kretschmann about the Energy Lab's research on Power-to-X: Methanation and E-fuels on April 17 at the Hannover Messe at KIT Energy Solutions.KIT
Katja Haas-Santo informs Winfried Kretschmann

about the Energy Lab's research on Power-to-X: Methanation and power-based chemicals and fuels on April 17 at the Hannover Messe at KIT Energy Solutions.

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KIT and partners launch innovation platform Solar TAP and aim to bring multi-purpose photovoltaics into everyday lifeEnCN/Kurt Fuchs
Flexible photovoltaics with printed solar cells

KIT and partners launch Helmholtz innovation platform Solar TAP and aim to bring multi-purpose photovoltaics into everyday life

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On Wednesday, April 5, the Chief Research Manager Energy of the Helmholtz Association visited Energy Lab (PtX Lab & Carbon Cycle Lab), Superconductor research production and the Battery Technology Center.KIT
Egbert Jolie Learns About Energy Research at KIT

On Wednesday April 5, the Helmholtz Chief Research Manager Energy visited the Energy Lab (PtX Lab & Carbon Cycle Lab), Superconductor Research Production and the Battery Technology Center.

https://www.helmholtz.de/en/research/research-fields/
Friedrich Merz Learns About Energy Research at KITKIT
Friedrich Merz Learns About Energy Research at KIT

On Monday, April 3, 2023, the federal chairman of the CDU visited Energy Lab 2.0, Carbon Cycle Lab, and NECOC (NEgative CarbOn dioxide to Carbon) experimental facility.

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KIT Researchers prepare feasibility study on large-scale hydrogen production and carbon capture by gas-phase methane pyrolysisLott, KIT
Sustainable hydrogen production

KIT researchers prepare feasibility study on large-scale hydrogen production and carbon capture by gas-phase methane pyrolysis. Read the OA-paper here!

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InnoFuels - National Project to Accelerate the Production of Synthetic FuelsKIT
National Project to Accelerate the Production of Synthetic Fuels

InnoFuels: Alliance of science, industry and politics links promising activities in research, development and application - federal government funds with 5 million euros

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"Jugend forscht" at KIT decided: Ideas become great thingsKIT
"Jugend forscht" at KIT decided: Congratulations!

In PV systems, the weakest solar cell determines the overall performance. With a combination of electronics & software, the winning team "Technik", balances the power differences between cells and whole modules.

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Ideas for tomorrow are in the focus of the state competition ‘Jugend forscht’ (young researchers) in Baden-Württemberg. 101 young people with 58 projects have qualified for the final at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Most ideas have been developDie Innovationsregion Ulm – Spitze im Süden e.V.
Final of the State Competition “Jugend forscht” at KIT

Competitors of the “Jugend forscht” final in Baden-Württemberg look into the future. Their projects will be presented to the public (31.3.2023). The programm MTET supports the event.

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ERC Advanced Grant for KIT Scientist  Novel nano-inks for customized and low-cost thermoelectric generators: ERC funds Uli Lemmer's project with 2.4 million eurosKIT
ERC Advanced Grant for KIT Scientist Uli Lemmer

Novel nano-inks for customized and low-cost thermoelectric generators: ERC funds Uli Lemmer's project with 2.4 million euros. Congratulations!

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Recycling of Batteries: 70 Percent of Lithium Recovered, KIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive and Environmentally Compatible Mechanochemical Recycling Method – Publication in Nature Communications ChemistryKIT
Battery Recycling: 70 Percent of Lithium Recovered

KIT researchers develop low-cost and environmentally friendly mechanochemical recycling process

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Workshop "Negative Emissions Technologies at KIT"KIT
Workshop "Negative Emissions Technologies at KIT" March 23, 23

Prof. Sabine Fuss is one of the authors of the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C and held a keynote lecture with the title...

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Workshop "Urban Resource Hub" - Challenges of recycling now and in the future?KIT
"Urban Resource Hub" - What are the challenges of recycling now & in the future?

Representatives from industry, environmental authorities and academia met on March 15-16, 2023 to discuss challenges of material cycles in a circular economy.

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MTET Energy Solutions at Hannover Messe 2023
Energy Solutions at Hannover Messe 2023

KIT's Energy Lab 2.0 will be the key issue: Europe's largest research infrastructure for renewable energies will focus on real-time systems for energy techs.

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Forschende des Batterie-Kompetenzclusters FestBatt veröffentlichen detaillierte Analyse zum Entwicklungsstand von FestkörperbatterienJLU/Rolf K. Wegst
Solid state batteries under the spotlight

Researchers of the battery competence cluster FestBatt publish detailed analysis on the development status of solid-state batteries. Nature Energy vol.8, pages 230–240 (2023)

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Battery recycling technologies at a glance - Focus topic battery productionWiley Online Library
Battery recycling technologies at a glance

Lithium-ion batteries represent a major challenge for waste management. But battery waste can also provide an interesting business opportunity...Learn more

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Extraction of raw materials: promotion of lithium from European sourcesKIT
Production of lithium from European sources

Lithium aus europäischen Quellen soll die Rohstoffabhängigkeit durch nachhaltige, energieeffiziente und umweltfreundliche Produktionsketten reduzieren: LiCORNE

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Winfried Kretschmann visits the Cluster of Excellence POLiS. During a visit to Ulm, the Minister President of Baden-Württemberg also informed himself about the joint battery research of KIT and Ulm University.PoLiS
Winfried Kretschmann visits the Cluster of Excellence POLiS

During a visit to Ulm, the Minister President of Baden-Württemberg also informed himself about the joint battery research of KIT and Ulm University.

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Nicolas Zippelius MdB visited the Energy Lab to learn more about research & key issues of PtX technologies, climate-neutral and energy-efficient cirular economy of plastics and negative emission technologies.J. Knebel
Nicolas Zippelius MdB visited the Energy Lab to learn more

about research & key issues of PtX technologies, climate-neutral and energy-efficient cirular economy of plastics and negative emission technologies.

Jutta Paulus MEP visited Carbon Cycle Lab and Energy Lab 2.0 to learn more about research and key issues related to the climate-neutral and energy-efficient circular economy of plastics and Power-to-X technologiesKIT
Jutta Paulus MEP visited Carbon Cycle Lab and Energy Lab 2.0

to learn more about research & key issues related to climate-neutral & energy-efficient circular economy of plastics & Power-to-X technologies.

ERC Consolidator Grant for TT-Professor Ulrich PaetzoldM. Breig, KIT
ERC Consolidator Grant for TT-Professor Ulrich Paetzold

Ulrich W. Paetzold receives funding of about two millionen euros for research on photovoltaics.

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Fabian Nitschke and Valentin Goldberg, guests on "Planet Wissen" in the SWR studio, classify the possibilities of lithium extraction in Germany.SWR
Geothermal: Lithium hype on the Rhine - opportunities and risks

Fabian Nitschke and Valentin Goldberg, guests on "Planet Wissen" in the SWR studio, classify the possibilities of lithium extraction in Germany.

ARD Mediathek in German
New President of the German Society for Materials ScienceKIT
New President of the German Society for Materials Science

Prof. Martin Heilmaier was elected as one of the two presidents of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM). Congratulations!

Interview@DGM.de

News 2022

Climate-friendly batteries for tomorrow's mobility - BatWoMan project aims to reduce production costs and energy consumptionSandra Göttisheim, KIT
Processes for CO2-free battery cell production

Climate-friendly batteries for tomorrow's mobility - BatWoMan project aims to reduce production costs and energy consumption

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In the CaSino joint project, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) work with partners on next-generation batteriesKIT
Battery research: Calcium not lithium

In the CaSino joint project, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) work with partners on next-generation batteries

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New Plant Produces Carbon from Air  The operation of the climate-friendly NECOC process for the production of carbon from the CO2 in the ambient air starts at KITKIT
New Plant Produces Carbon from Air

The operation of the climate-friendly NECOC process for the production of carbon from the CO2 in the ambient air starts at KIT

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Jürgen Janek erhält den ersten Greve-Preis der LeopoldinaR. K. Wegst
Greve Award for Battery Researcher

Prof. Jürgen Janek receives the first Leopoldina Research Award for his contributions to the foundations of sustainable energy supply. Congratulations!

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Recommendations of the Science Platform for Climate Protection on CCS and negative emissionsKIT, WPKS
Climate neutrality is only possible with permanent storage of CO2

A framework will be given in a carbon management strategy in 2023. The impulse paper of the Science Platform WPKS provides recommendations for implementation, e.g. BECCS & DACCS.

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Two of six KIT "Highly Cited Researchers" in MTET Program

Six KIT researchers are among the most cited scientists worldwide this year, Prof. Jürgen Janek (INT) and Prof. Stefano Passerini (HIU) research in the MTET program.

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Thinking big processes small - meet the engineers of CIW IN - Nework of Women EngineersKIT, Kira Heid
Meet the chemical engineers: Sara Claramunt and Laura

Trinkies, both MTET doctoral students, talk about their personal paths to their research areas in an interview with the chemical engineers network CIW-IN and share their experiences at KIT.

Read the Interview in German
"Jugend forscht" Baden-Württemberg Comes to KIT;  Germany's best-known competition for young scientists: The state competition "Jugend forscht" Baden-Württemberg starts into a new round with financial support from MTET.Jugend Forscht e.V.
"Jugend forscht" Baden-Württemberg Comes to KIT

Germany's best-known competition for young scientists: The state competition "Jugend forscht" Baden-Württemberg starts into a new round with financial support from MTET.

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Limits of Lithium Extraction from Thermal Water; A KIT Team Has Analyzed the Extraction of Lithium from Thermal Water Resources in Germany – Feasible Extraction Volumes and Time Horizon Limit the PotentialS. Kelle 2016, https://www.geovol.de/
Limits of Lithium Extraction from Thermal Water

A KIT team has analyzed the extraction of lithium from thermal water resources in Germany – feasible extraction volumes & time horizon limit the potential. PUB-1 & PUB-2

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Sustainable Kerosene: Accelerating Production on an Industrial ScaleTiziana Carambia
Sustainable Kerosene: Accelerating Production on an Industrial Scale

Federal Ministry of Education and Research funds projects for the decarbonization of aviation - KIT contributes expertise in optimizing catalysts

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New electrolysis processes for sustainable chemical productionKIT
New electrolysis processes for sustainable chemical production

In the cluster-4-future ETOS, researchers are developing processes that save energy and resources in the chemical industry and reduce carbon dioxide emissions together with 15 industrial partners.

KIT news in German
What is EERA JP on Energy Storage?EERA
What is EERA JP on Energy Storage?

The EERA Joint Programme Energy Storage coordinated by KIT officially launched its video at @EUSEW Energy Fair 2022. Currently, 39 research institutions and universities from 15 European countries are involved.

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Energy Transition Days 2022 in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe KIT
Energy Transition Days 2022 in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe

The Energy Lab 2.0 and Geothermal are represented with a booth at two Energy Transition Days: On Sept. 24 in Stuttgart in front of the Opera House / Upper Schlossgarten and two days later at Campus South of KIT.

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On the Way to CO2-Neutral Flying  In the KEROGREEN project, researchers have developed an innovative production process for sustainable aviation fuel and built a research facilityKIT
On the Way to CO2-Neutral Flying with KEROGREEN

In the KEROGREEN project, researchers have developed an innovative production process for sustainable aviation fuel and built a research facility. KEROGREEN closing event: Tuesday, 27 Sep. 2022, from 08:45 a.m. at KIT campus north.

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Gamechanger in fight against climate change: reFuels suitable for everyday useKIT
Gamechanger in fight against climate change: reFuels suitable for everyday use

Synthetic fuels from renewable energies can be produced in large quantities and can already now be used in almost all vehicles

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wind turbine rotor bladesKIT
Linking climate protection with circular economy from the outset

MTET scientist involved in UBA study describing a 1st comprehensive technical, legal & organizational recycling concept for rotor blades of wind turbines in Germany.

UBA news in German
FINEST FINEST
Helmholtz selects FINEST in Helmholtz Sustainability Initiative

New project FINEST MINERAL ADDITIVES develops & demonstrates mixed value chains for mineral & plastic waste recycling in a consortium of HZDR, KIT, HZB, UFZ, TUBAF & Uni Greifswald. HZDR press release

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Material recycling: old batteries become new onesKIT
Material recycling: old batteries become new ones

Joint project LiBinfinity aims at energy-efficient recycling concept for lithium-ion batteries - KIT takes over evaluation of recyclates

KIT news in German
Winfried Hermann informierte sich über die Forschung am KIT, dabei standen regenerative Kraftstoffe, Speichertechnologien, elektrische Antriebe und mehr auf dem ProgrammKIT
Minister of Transport Hermann visits

the Energy Lab 2.0 - the largest research infrastructure for renewable energy in Europe - at KIT's Campus North. Topics: Batteries, power-to-X, regenerative fuels.

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Net-Zero CO2 Germany - A Retrospect From the Year 2050HCI, T. Hildebrandt
"Making it a Success" Net-Zero CO2 Germany 2050

A Retrospective From 2050, 37 authors from all Helmholtz research fields dared to take a fictitious look at the year 2050, a year marked by the successful climate turn-around. >> OA-Paper

 

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ETOS is a winner of the 2nd Clusters4Future competition; This innovation network of research & industry establishes the electrification of technically relevant syntheses for production of basic & fine chemicals (power-to-chemicals)
The ETOS innovation network is a winner of the 2nd

Clusters4Future competition. ETOS establishes the electrification of technically relevant syntheses for production of basic & fine chemicals (power-to-chemicals) for sustainable chemical industry.

 

 

BMWK press release 18.7.22
Staatssekretärin Judith Pirscher (BMBF) visits the Energy Lab 2.0 at KITKIT
Judith Pirscher (BMBF) visits the Energy Lab 2.0 at KIT

to learn about the progress of research and innovation in the fields of energy transition, climate neutral defossilized chemical products & hydrogen economy. BMBF website

BMBF@Twitter 13.7.2022
In the ViPro research project, a cross-process production control system is being developed for the battery factory of the future KIT
Battery production: Virtual production system

A cross-process production control system for the battery factory of the future will reduce production waste and lower costs

KIT news in German
Scalable two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar modules with a 19.1% efficiencyB. A. Nejand, KIT
Fully Scalable Perovskite-perovskite Tandem Solar Panels

Targeted light management, high-throughput laser structuring & use of established coating processes pave the way to market readiness | Read Open Access paper in Nature Energy 2022!

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Bioeconomy: Alternative Sustainable Feedstocks from Biomass Can Replace Fossil Raw Materials  KIT Researchers Investigate How Substitutes for Fossil Raw Materials Can be Obtained from Agricultural WasteD. Neukum / D. Wüst, KIT
Alternative Sustainable Feedstocks from Biomass Replace Fossil Raw Materials

Bioeconomy! KIT researchers investigate how substitutes for fossil raw materials can be obtained from agricultural waste. Read the Open Access paper in ChemSusChem 2022!

KIT news in German
Local, emission-free and base-load capable: Geothermal energy is considered an essential building block of the energy transition. With GeoLaB, a new and unique research infrastructure directly underground, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the KIT
GeoLaB: Future with Geothermal Energy

MTET Scientists from KIT and Research Partners Build the World's First Underground Reservoir Simulator for Deep Geothermal Energy Research!

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Hanns Hofmann Award 2020 Presentation of the certificate of the Hanns-Hofmann-Prize KIT
Hanns Hofmann Prize 2020 awarded to IMVT scientist Dr.-Ing. Michael Rubin

for his pioneering work on the development of hierarchically structured materials and their linkage with innovative reactor concepts. Congratulations!

IMVT homepage
KIT Researchers Develop Perovskite/CIS Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency of Almost 25 Percent - Material Combination Enables Mobile ApplicationsM. A. Ruiz-Preciado, KIT
Thin-film Photovoltaics: Efficient and versatile in a Double Pack

KIT scientists develop perovskite/ CIS tandem solar cells with efficiency of almost 25 percent - enabling mobile applications; Read ACS Energy Letters!

KIT news in German
KIT helps the transformation - President Holger Hanselka: "We intensively promote start-ups" - Read the article in DIE ZEITKIT
Pioneer for World Changers

KIT helps the transformation - President Holger Hanselka: "We intensively promote start-ups" - Read the article in DIE ZEIT

DIE ZEIT web site
International Research Project CARE-O-SENE Develops New Catalysts to Accelerate Economic Production of Green KeroseneSasol
International consortium wants to boost the defossilization of aviation

International Research Project CARE-O-SENE Develops New Catalysts to Accelerate Economic Production of Green Kerosene

KIT news in German
Congress #KEEF22 in Berlin on Energy Efficiency; Energy Efficiency Research for Industry was discussed by 250  participants at the Tagungswerk Berlin organized by accompanying research EE4InG and PTJ on behalf of BMWK.KIT
Congress #KEEF22 in Berlin on Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Research for Industry was discussed by 250  participants at the Tagungswerk Berlin organized by accompanying research EE4InG and PTJ on behalf of BMWK.

Industrial Energy Research
3 MTET Highlights @KIT innovation day NEULAND
3 MTET Highlights @ NEULAND – The innovation day at KIT

3 key topics for 2050s energy system are highlighted by Thomas Jordan, Roland Dittmeyer & Dieter Stapf together with aspects of technology transfer & business start-ups.

Register HERE! JULY 6TH 2022
3 MTET Energy Solutions at Hannover Messe 2022KIT
3 MTET Energy Solutions at Hannover Messe 2022

KIT's startup ICODOS, the Carbon CycleLab & NECOC provide solutions for circular economy of plastics, NET ZERO technology & efficient P2X technogy.

KIT news
KIT Junior Research Group of Dr. Niedermeier certified. The group "Liquid Metal-Based Heat Storage - Key to CO2-Free High-Temperature Processes" has been recognized by the KIT Presidium as an official KIT junior research group. KIT
KIT Junior Research Group of Dr.-Ing. Niedermeier certified

The group "Liquid Metal-Based Heat Storage - Key to CO2-Free High-Temperature Processes" was recognized by KIT presidium as an official KIT junior research group.

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Plastics Recycling & Circular (Carbon) Economy were the key topics of the visit of Harald Ebner, Member of the German Bundestag and Chairman of the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety & Consumer Protection at KIT.KIT
Plastics Recycling & Circular (Carbon) Economy

were key topics of the visit of Harald Ebner, MP and Chairman of the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety & Consumer Protection at KIT.

New research approach for ultra-fast charging of batteriesSpringer Nature
New research approach for ultra-fast charging of batteries

Manipulation of nanogeometry in electrode material could significantly improve batteries. Read the perspective article Nature Energy volume 7, pages 222–228 (2022)

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Holger Hanselka, President of KIT, Vice President for the Research Field Energy of the Helmholtz Association, on the dependence on Russian oil and gas, the alternatives, and what he would like to see from politicsKIT
"The crisis must not be an excuse for less climate protection"

Holger Hanselka, Vice President for the Helmholtz Research Field Energy, on the dependence on Russian oil & gas, the alternatives, and what he would like to see from politics

www.helmholtz.de | in German
FVEE recommendations for the next phase of energy transition
FVEE recommendations for the next phase of energy transition

Prof. Jörg Sauer (MTET) and Prof. Veith Hagenmeyer (ESD) contribute to the statement regarding technological aspects, digitalization and energy system design.

Document in German
Prof. Christoph Kirchlechner wins ERC Consolidator GrantKIT
Prof. Christoph Kirchlechner wins ERC Consolidator Grant

Resilient metals for hydrogen applications: The effect of hydrogen embrittlement, which is fatal for a future hydrogen economy, is being investigated in the TRITIME project.

Learn more | KIT news (German)
 IAM-MMI installs unique FIB microscopeKIT
IAM-MMI installs unique FIB microscope

An focused ion beam microscope installed for in situ micromechanics activities. It enables studies on properties of materials across multiple length scales.

more@MMI website
In the MEFBatt Research Project, a Pilot Plant for Mass Production of Electrodes for Solid State Batteries is Being Built at KITKIT
Solid state batteries: Facility for industrial production

In the MEFBatt research project, a pilot plant for mass production of electrodes for solid-state batteries is being built at KIT

Learn more | KIT news (German)
Baden-Württemberg's Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy Thekla Walker has appointed Thomas Jordan, Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety, to the newly established advisory board for the Hydrogen Roadmap Baden-Württemberg.
MTET Scientist in the Advisory Board "BW Hydrogen Roadmap"

BW Minister Thekla Walker has appointed Professor Dr. Thomas Jordan to the newly established advisory board for the Hydrogen Roadmap BW.

Ministry website in German
Der Europaabgeordnete der Grünen, Malte Gallée, besuchte das KIT, um sich über die Forschung zur Lithiumförderung aus Thermalwässern sowie über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Batterieforschung zu informierenKIT
What are current developments in sustainable battery research?

Green Party MEP Malte Gallée visited KIT to learn about research on lithium extraction from thermal waters and about current developments in battery research, Feb. 21, 2022.

ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Dominic Bresser – Charging batteries faster thanks to innovative anode materialsPeter Neher
Dr. Dominic Bresser wins an ERC Starting Grant - Congratulations!

For the development of novel electrode materials in the RACER research project, Dr. Dominic Bresser receives an ERC Starting Grant  video@youtube | group website

HIU website
 privat
Dr. Julia Maibach appointed as tenure-track professor at KIT

The T.-T. Professorship for "Interfacial Processes" strengthens research activities at IAM-ESS where she leads the group "Designed interfaces for electrochemical energy storage".

group website
Combined method of X-ray nanomicroscopy and nanotomography visualizes changes in the 3D pore structure of materialsWeber, KIT
Materials research: watch catalyst materials

Combined method of X-ray nanomicroscopy and nanotomography visualizes changes in the 3D pore structure of materials. Read the Open Access Paper!

KIT news (in German)
Eine neue High-Tech-Forschungsanlage beim Exzellenzcluster POLiS beschleunigt die Batterieentwicklung – Besuch der Wissenschaftsministerin Theresia Bauer zum StartKIT
Battery Research: Launch of the First Fully Automated Laboratory

A new high-tech research facility at the POLiS cluster of excellence accelerates battery development - Visit by the Minister of Science on the occasion of the launch

KIT news (in German)
Solarzellen als Baumaterial? Ein Forschungsteam am KIT entwickelte mit der Firma SUNOVATION Perowskit-Solarmodule in Marmoroptik für Gebäudefassaden.KIT
Perovskite Solar Modules in Marble Optics

KIT researchers of the MTET program have developed colored perovskite solar modules for building facades or roofs | Read the paper!

KIT news (in German)
GeoLaB stellt ein generisches geowissenschaftliches Untertagelaboratorium im kristallinen Grundgebirge bereit. Ziel der Forschung ist eine sichere und ökologisch nachhaltige Nutzung der wichtigsten Geothermieressourcen in Deutschland. KIT
Geothermal energy is essential for the heat transition

A joint roadmap by Helmholtz centers (KIT, UFZ, GFZ) and Fraunhofer institutes identifies fields of action for a sustainable heat supply.

KIT news (in German)
KIT researchers develop continuous-flow reactor setup for operando x-ray absorption spectroscopy of high pressure heterogeneous liquid–solid catalytic processesIMVT, KIT
Process Engineering: Increasing the Efficiency of Catalysts

KIT researchers develop continuous-flow reactor setup for operando x-ray absorption spectroscopy of high pressure heterogeneous liquid–solid catalytic processes | Paper doi

KIT news in German
Energy Campus 2021Privat
Damaris Krust wins Energy Campus 2021

with her work "Microalgae in the electric chair" on energy-efficient extraction of Alge Chlorella proteins using bioelectric methods.

website Foundation Energy & Climate Protection in German
Energy Campus 2021Privat
Valentin Goldberg wins Energy Campus 2021

with his work on "Selective precipitation of dissolved minerals from geothermal brines" prepared at KIT and Univerisdad de Chile (UCH).

website Foundation Energy & Climate Protection in German
Chlorella-vulgaris KIT Mikroalgen
Biotechnology: Microalgae under shock

New method developed at KIT: Electrical pulses can be used to extract high-quality nutrients from algae in an energy-efficient way

KIT news in German
Lothar Späth Award
ITC & ARCUS Greencycling Tech. win Lothar Späth Award 2021 for

chem. recycling of mixed plastic waste - currently non-recyclable on industrial scale. Pyrolysis oil to be used directly in industry. 1st industrial test plant at Industriepark Höchst...

PI Herrenknecht.com
Feststoffbatterie BMBF KompetenzclusterJLU, Elisa Monte
The Next Step in Solid State Batteries

BMBF competence cluster for solid-state batteries starts into the second funding phase - characterization platform to be continued and coordinated by KIT

KIT news (in German)
Happy new year 2022M. Schäfer
Happy new year 2022!

We wish all scientists, technicians, engineers, students and employees in the MTET Helmholtz program as well as our project partners a good start to a successful year 2022!

News 2021

Intelligent Battery Cell ProductionKIT
Intelligent Battery Cell Production

Federal Ministry of Education and Research funds competence cluster for intelligent battery cell production with a total of around 44 million euros - first results available.

KIT news (in German)
Enabling Net Zero: a new Graduate School at KIT
Enabling Net Zero - What is it all about?

Supervisors & students of all KIT faculties from energy research are invited to this event to learn about  research topics, quali concept, & how to become active ENZo member

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Peter and Luise Hager Prize 2021H. Kirsch, privat
Dr.-Ing. Hannah Kirsch wins Peter and Luise Hager Prize

...2021 for her outstanding work on systematic investigation of process integration of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis & hydrocracking with a view to the simplest possible ...more

 

 

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NET ZERO 2050 WEB ATLAS
NET ZERO 2050 WEB ATLAS

...shows project results that are important for CO2 neutral Germany up to 2050. Net-Zero-2050 is intended to promote the public & political debate on CO2 neutrality on various levels.

https://atlas.netto-null.org/
 StoRIES – Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System kicks off on 25 November in Ulm, Germany
StoRIES kicks off on 25 November in Ulm, Germany

Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System, the 4 year H2020 project funded by EU Commission is led by KIT. Read the full...Press release

StoRIES website
From research 2 application - with green H2 to climate neutrality

9 MTET speakers/co-authors from KIT participate & show how fossil GHG emissions can be reduced to zero in 10-20 years including green H2 technologies.

FVEE website
Wissenschaftliche Begleitforschung deckt Energieforschungsbedarfe in Industrie und Gewerbe auf; EE4InG, Energieeffizienz
EE4InG Project Uncovers Demand for Energy Research in Industry & Trade

EE4InG researchers, representatives from BMWi & Projektträger Jülich met for the final meeting at the ETA factory of TU Darmstadt.

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Simultaneous Process Accelerates Electrode Production Drying times significantly reduced without any loss of battery capacity - Results published in Energy Technology
Simultaneous Process Accelerates Electrode Production

Drying times significantly reduced without any loss of battery capacity - Results published in Energy Technol. 2021

KIT news (in German)
Sektorenkopplung als Schlüssel für eine klimaneutrale Energieversorgung – KIT erprobt neue Strategien und Technologien im Reallabor – BMBF stockt Förderung aufBreig, KIT
Energy Transition: New Technologies for Sector Coupling

Sector coupling is the key to a climate-neutral energy supply. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research increases funding.

KIT news (in German)
m Modellprojekt GECKO werden die Bedenken und das Wissen Betroffener frühzeitig in die Entwicklung einer Tiefengeothermie-Anlage eingebrachtK. Heid, KIT
Geothermal energy: Join the heat revolution!

The GECKO project explores new ways of stakeholder & citizen participation in the development of infrastructure facilities for the energy transition. Scenario workshop 15 Oct. 21

KIT news (in German)
4th DOC2021 Doctoral Colloquium Bioenergy was organized on September 13-14, 2021 by the Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) A. Böhm, KIT
4th Doctoral Colloquium Bioenergy at KIT | DOC2021

...serves qualification of young scientists & offers the opportunity for networking, scientific exchange of the latest results & progress in all areas along the biomass conversion chain.

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Research for Safe Solid State BatteriesKIT
Research for Safe Solid State Batteries

In the ALANO project, industry & science develop innovative concepts for batteries with lithium metal anode - KIT researchers investigate electrochemical aspects.

KIT press release (in German)
StoRIES: New Push for Energy Storage Research in EuropeKIT
StoRIES: New Push for Energy Storage Research in Europe

In line with the “Green Deal” in Europe, a new European research consortium on energy storage starts work at KIT, involving many MTET scientists.

KIT news (in German)
Photovoltaics: New Material Combination for Perovskite Solar Cells Increases EfficiencyBreig, KIT
Photovoltaics: New Material Combination Increases Efficiency

KIT team develops method to minimize material defects. Higher efficiency of perovskite tandem solar cells possible: open access study.

KIT news (in German)
KIT participates in all 3 BMBF Hydrogen Flagship Projects: H2Mare, H2Giga, TransHyDEBreig, KIT
KIT participates in all 3 BMBF Hydrogen Flagship Projects

H2Mare, H2Giga, TransHyDE: Research to accelerate production, transport, and utilization of green hydrogen in the MTET program.

KIT news (in German)
Battery Research: Carus Medal goes to KIT ScientistP. Neher
Battery Research: Carus Medal goes to KIT Scientist

Dr. Dominic Bresser receives the Leopoldina award for his significant contributions to battery research in the field of alternative electrode materials & electrolyte systems.

KIT news (in German)
BMBF Appoints MTET Scientist in Advisory Board "Battery Research Germany"
Congratulations! Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Krewer

from IAM-ET, was appointed to the advisory board "Battery Research Germany" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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BMBF Leitprojekt H2GigaPtJ, BMBF
KickOff BMBF Flagship Project H2Giga 26.8.2021

The Electrolysis Technology Platform aims to scale up H2 production to GW scale via industrialization of H2O electrolysis. Involved: MTET scientists from IAM-ET & ISTM.

more @youtube (in German)
Record-breaking Lithium-metal CellAB, KIT
Record-breaking Lithium-metal Cell

Ni-rich cathode and ionic liquid electrolyte enable extremely heigh energy density & good stability. Published open access Wu et al. Joule 2021: Capacity keeps 88 % after 1000 Cycles!

KIT news
Synthetic Fuels at KIT: Modular Plant in Successful Coupled OperationKIT
Synthetic Fuels: Modular Plant in Successful Coupled Operation

Power-to-Liquid facility at KIT's Energy Lab 2.0 with optimized reactor design directly combines synthesis gas production from CO2 with fuel production.

KIT press release (in German)
reFuels suitable for general useKIT
reFuels Are Suitable for Wide Use

Field tests show positive results for exhaust emissions - Life cycle assessment (LCA) shows significant CO2 reduction potential of reFuels

KIT press release (in German)
KIT joined 5 consortia of National Research Data InfrastructureBreig, KIT
National Research Data Infrastructure - 8 Consortia...

with KIT participation funded since 2020: NFDI4Cat focuses on catalysis research. MTET scientists Olaf Deutschmann (Co-Speaker), Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, and Felix Studt are involved.

 

KIT news (in German)
European Geothermal Workshop 2021
9th EGW 2021 in Karlsruhe!

The main focus of EGW in 2021 is on high-temperature thermal energy storage. The EGW provides a platform for scientific exchange, especially between PhD students and scientists.

 

 

more @AGW website
Project BrineMineGoldberg, KIT
Sustainable Geothermal Raw Material Extraction in Chile

BrineMine project: KIT researches the gentle extraction of energy, raw materials and drinking water from geothermal sources (BMBF project)

KIT press release (in German)
Software „EYCALC"KIT
Photovoltaics: open source tools for yield simulation

The license-free software "EYCALC" from the KIT allows precise calculation of the energy yield of complex perovskite-based tandem solar cells!

KIT press release (in German)
Helmholtz Climate Initiative
What we know about the climate today!

It is done! The updated fact paper of the Helmholtz Climate Initiative is online: On 26 pages... Learn more now! @Twitter & showyourstripes.info

Basis facts on climate change 06/21
reFuels @Effekte Festival Karlsruhe
reFuels - Panel Discussion @Effekte Festival 2021

How we will move from A to B in a CO2-neutral way is a fundamental question for the future. The project "reFuels - rethinking fuels" is one of the building blocks to find a solution.

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Webinar Computational Modelling for Future Research in Geoenvironmental SciencesPixabay
1st webinar on "Discrete Element Method" on 14 July 2021, 9 am

Prof. Sergio Galindo Torres will give a lecture on the topic above as part of the series "Computational Modelling for Future Research in Geoenvironmental Sciences".

Registration is required here
Influence of variable CO/CO2/H2 synthesis gas in the direct DME synthesis
Mr. Stefan Wild wins the Best Poster Award for his paper

"Influence of variable CO/CO2/H2 synthesis gas in the direct DME synthesis" at the "Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering" of ProcessNet (Würzburg, 12 May 2021).

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Helmholtz Workshop CO2 Electroconversion 2021
6th July 2021 | The Helmholtz Workshop CO2 Electroconversion

aims to present the scope of research in our different groups, share both knowledge & experiences and initiate opportunities for networking & co-operation between Helmholtz Centers.

KIT bioliq plant is featured on the cover of the current CIT issueKIT
KIT bioliq plant featured on cover of the current CIT issue

The Special Issue deals with Circular Economy as a key topic in Chemical Reaction Engineering.  A study shows how artificial neural networks are used to model the direct synthesis of DME.

more@ Chem. Ing. Tech.
Is the energy transition almost complete? Britta Nestler will speak on this topic as part of KIT21, the virtual KIT "Open Day" from 12 to 18 June as part of the Karlsruhe Science Festival EFFEKTE.
Is the energy transition almost complete?

Britta Nestler will speak & answer questions on this topic as part of KIT21, the virtual KIT "Open Day" from 12 to 18 June as part of the Karlsruhe Science Festival EFFEKTE.

7 days 7 questions 7 formats
With new methods from AQua, the quality of the electrode coating can be checked automatically.Westermann, KIT
A quality offensive for better batteries

In the AQua battery competence cluster, KIT optimizes the mass production of high-quality lithium-ion batteries with automatic defect detection. BMBF website (German)

KIT news (in German)
Unlocking synergy in bimetallic catalysts by core–shell design
Unlocking synergy in bimetallic catalysts by core–shell design

Scientists from Uni Utrecht & KIT combine expertise in synthesis & theory to understand the catalytic behavior of bimetallic Pd-Au core-shell nanorods using quantum chemical calculations. (IKFT news)

https://www.nature.com/...
200 Years of Hermann von Helmholtz - 200 Challenges
200th birthday of Hermann von Helmholtz - 200 challenges

On this occasion, we will be presenting 200 major scientific challenges of our time - the challenges (@twitter) that our researchers work on every day.

www.helmholtz200.de (German)
Dr. Silke Behrens Appointed as KIT ProfessorKIT
Dr. Silke Behrens Appointed as KIT Professor

She strengthens the MTET topics "Chemical Energy Carriers" & "Power-based Fuels and Chemicals" with her contributions on model systems & functional nano materials in catalysis.

more @ IKFT website
In the future, the University of Hohenheim will conduct joint research at its biorefinery pilot plant with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).M. Kovalenko Uni Hohenheim
Biorefinery on the Farm of the Future - Closing Cycles on Site

KIT & UHOH research in a joint pilot plant - residual biomass can be refined into new materials & energy sources. The biorefinery farm aims at economic & sustainable tech solutions on site.

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In the bioliq facility at KIT's North Campus, AI methods are used to optimize production processes.Bramsiepe, KIT
AI: More efficient production processes - algorithms do the job

Process plants of small and medium-sized enterprises could save costs and reduce their emissions with the help of artificial intelligence.

AI methods used @ bioliq facility
Perovskite solar modulesBramsiepe, KIT
Perovskite Solar Modules: High Efficiency on a Large Area

KIT researchers combine serial interconnection by laser with vacuum processing of all solar cell layers - upscaling paves the way from laboratory to industry

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Update Workshop of the Cross-Cutting Activity BioeconomyB. Schäfer, KIT
Update Workshop of the Cross-Cutting Activity Bioeconomy

Scientists from UFZ Leipzig, FZ Jülich & KIT have presented research results on the bioeconomy to join forces in a network of future activities.

SOMA @UFZ Leipzig
Bioeconomy was the subject of KIT's 2021 anniversary celebrationKIT
Bioeconomy was the subject of KIT's 2021 anniversary celebration

Almuth Arneth, Christine Rösch & Jörg Sauer discussed the contributions of sustainable bioeconomy for a CO2-neutral society.

more @youtube @31:30 min
LimelisaKIT
Renewable Energies: Towards large-scale thermal storage

KIT scientists & partners conduct research into inexpensive & highly efficient thermal storage systems of the next generation in the BMWi-Project LIMELISA. Grant: 03EE5050C

KIT news
Battery Research - More CapacityGrafik: Wiley-VCH GmbH, 2021
Battery Research: More Capacity (chosen as Hot Paper by Editors)

MTET researchers have shown how improved oxygen chemistry enhances the durability of lithium-ion batteries.
Take a look at the open access "HOT PAPER" in Angewandte Chemie.

KIT news
BMBF Appoints MTET Scientist in Advisory Board "Battery Research Germany"
New KIT Members in the Advisory Board Battery Research Germany

Prof. Helmut Ehrenberg was appointed by the Federal Ministry of Education & Research to the advisory board "Battery Research Germany" & joins as KIT's third MTET scientist.

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'Materials for Hybrid Energy Storage - Creating an Ecosystem for Innovation'
EERA Workshop on Materials for Hybrid Energy Storage

will take place next week April 14, 2021, 10-12 pm (CET) with speakers from academia, industry, and politics to share knowledge, experiences & discuss future scenarios.

Register @ EERA website
The KIT with reFuels in “Energy Solutions“ @Hannover Messe 2021
reFuels is an “Energy Solution“ of KIT @Hannover Messe 21

On 14.04.2021 | 10:30 - 10:55 we will present our most important exhibits on the topic "Energy Solutions" in a live stream. One of them is reFuels with news on renewable fuels (yt in 150s).

What is CO2-neutral mobility?
MoNiKa power plant technology centre: Sustainable Power Generation with Low TemperaturesKIT
Sustainable Power Generation at Low Temperatures

MoNiKa power plant technology hub: Industry & science work on energy-efficient technologies converting low-temperature heat into electricity

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Kickoff Research Field Energy BS, KIT
...will take place online as a vidco on July 2, 2021

All contributors in the Research Field Energy are invited to the Helmholtz-internal kickoff event... join us for the cross-program thematic workshops!

Junior Professor Ulrich W. Paetzold appointedM. Breig, KIT
Dr. Ulrich W. Paetzold appointed as tenure-track professor at KIT

The tenure-track professorship "Next Generation Photovoltaics" strengthens the activities in the field of perovskite photovoltaics starting March 1, 21.

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Project KickOff: Solar H2 - Pure and Compressed
Helmholtz KickOff Meeting: March, 5 2021, 3-5 pm

KIT scientists & Helmholtz colleagues are jointly investigating solar-based production pathways of H2 regarding required pressure & purity of various applications.

Innenansicht des SmartBatteryMakers mit zentralem Roboter und den drei Produktionsmodulen zum Stapeln (links), Kontaktieren (Mitte) und Verpacken (rechts). (Foto: Robert Fuge)R. Fuge, KIT
Agile Production: More than 14 M€ for Battery Research

KIT coordinates Agilobat2: Novel production system for battery cells, flexible in formats, materials & quantities, BMBF funds 2nd period.

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StoRIES: proposal for an unique Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System
Proposal for Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System

KIT, as project coordinator, submitted a proposal to address European Green Deal challenges in the field of hybrid energy storage. Youtube

eera-energystorage.eu/stories
 M. Breig, KIT
Renewable Energy: CO2 Splitting by Microwave Plasma

KIT researchers show in ACS Energy Letters that high efficiency is possible not only in vacuum but also at atmospheric pressure.

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Boysen Award 2021S. Schäfer, KIT
Friedrich and Elisabeth Boysen Award 2021 | Congratulations!

Dr.-Ing. Marion Börnhorst won the Award for her outstanding doctoral thesis "Urea-Water Sprays in NOx Emission Control Systems".

more@KIT library
Expert Workshop on 3D Printing for Process Industry
Exploiting Efficiency Potential of 3D Printing in Process Industry

Workshop of industry, science & policy makers about innovative products & technical solutions reducing energy consumption & CO2 emissions.

EE4InG website
Girls Day 2021
Girls Day 2021 - On April 22!

We offer girls from 8th grade onwards exciting insights into our work & labs: Fuels from air & green energy @IMVT, H2 a sustainable energy storage @ITCP/IKFT, Battery empty?! @BTC

more@Girls' Day Radar
Serpens wins NEULAND Innovation ContestN. Li, KIT
IHM wins NEULAND Innovation Award (Most Innovative Idea)

Dr. Li, Dr. Link & Prof. Jelonnek (IHM) developed efficient & rapid prototype 3D microwave printing system SERPENS. Interview | R2B offer 688

more@Research2Business
Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups – Call 2021
Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups – Call 2021

Apply as outstanding young scientist (2 to 6 yrs of posdoc & documented internat. research experience) We are looking for you! Helmholtz website

Deadline 4 KIT nominees 28.2.21
Ein Blick ins Innenleben der Geothermieanlage BruchsalEnBw, U. Deck
UnLimited: Lithium from the Upper Rhine Graben for Batteries

Congratulation: BMWi-funded joint project UnLimited kicks off with studies on geothermal lithium production: 12/2020-11/2024.

 

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Operando X-ray spectroscopy shows what happens in each single part of a working catalyst.Dmitry Doronkin, KIT
Three-dimensional View of Catalysts in Action

Operando X-ray Spectroscopy brings new opportunities for materials and reaction diagnostics: Published in Nature Catalysis.

 

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Im Projekt „BiFlow“ wird das Studierendenwohnhaus STAGE76 in Bruchsal mit einem innovativen Energiespeicher ausgestattet, der die Bewohner mit Wärme und Strom versorgt.
Energiewende: Decentralized energy supply - innovative combined heat&power generation

Field test for redox flow/ Li-ion battery pair: Efficient & long-lasting power & heat supply. KIT Battery Technology Center involved in Project BiFlow!

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TrackActITCP/ KIT
Congratulations! MTET scientists participate in new collaborative research center at KIT

DFG funds new Collaborative Research Center "TrackAct" to understand catalytic processes at active centers in heterogeneous catalysts for emission control.

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Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bronislava Gorr to the IAM-AWP in October 2020

MTET subtopics Thermal Energy Storage & Concentrating Solar Power are strengthened by her contributions in the field of material behavior under extreme environmental conditions.

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 Markus Breig, KIT
KIT and Audi Work on Recycling Method for Automotive Plastics

Closed cycles: Engineering plastic waste can first be converted into pyrolysis oil and then into new plastic materials.

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 NKT Cables Group
Stromtransport: Das längste Hochspannungs-Supraleiterkabel der Welt

In München soll das längste Supraleiterkabel der Welt realisiert und wirtschaftlich eingesetzt werden. Das KIT ist an dem Projekt beteiligt.

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Gecko
Join in shaping the regional heat transition!

What role does geothermal energy play for you? The DeepStor accompanying project GECKO has been launched!

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 Florian Maurer, KIT
Noble Metal Clusters Can Enhance Performance of Catalysts and Save Resources

Lower-cost Production Thanks to Optimized Distribution of Atoms – Publication in Nature Catalysis

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 Daniel Messling, KIT
Neues EU-Projekt soll Batterieentwicklung beschleunigen

Die neuartige Entwicklungsstrategie der europäischen Initiative BATTERY 2030+ startet unter Beteiligung der Forschungsplattform CELEST mit KIT und Uni Ulm

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CO2-neutral eFuels from renewable electricity and CO2 from the air

The entry for the Fast Forward Science web video competition shows that e-fuels can be used to make rapid progress in an environmentally friendly way.

more @youtube (in German)
 Moritz Leg
Vom Treibhausgas zum Hightech-Rohstoff im Projekt NECOC

Technologien für negative THG-Emissionen: Am KIT entsteht eine Versuchsanlage zur Umwandlung von CO2 aus der Umgebungsluft in festen Kohlenstoff

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