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Materials Science - Innovation - 17.03.2023

Muenster researchers work together with battery cell manufacturer
Unique Cooperation between LG Energy Solution, MEET Battery Research Center and Helmholtz Institute Münster Since the middle of last year, MEET Battery Research Center at the University of Münster and Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS) of Forschungszentrum Jülich cooperate with LG Energy Solution (LGES), a leading international manufacturer of battery cells.

Materials Science - Chemistry - 23.02.2023

New study takes close look at energy storage
Researchers from Giessen and Münster publish detailed analysis of prospects for the development of solid-state batteries / Review in Nature Energy Research into electrochemical energy storage devices and their development are among those fields of material sciences in which most work is being done worldwide.

Physics - Materials Science - 14.02.2023

Solid-state battery: New material class with excellent ion conductivity
Neutrons make movement of ions visible A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered a material class with above-average conductivity. This is a decisive step forward in the development of high-performance solid-state batteries. Investigations conducted at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) made an essential contribution to the discovery.

Materials Science - 31.01.2023

Raw material bark
Stable boards can be made from a waste product of the wood industry without glue Tree bark may be suitable as a similarly versatile material as wood. A research team at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam has pressed tree bark into boards that have similar mechanical properties to particleboard, but do not contain any adhesive.

Materials Science - Chemistry - 10.01.2023

Customized Electrolyte Additives Boost Battery Cell Performance
Phosphazene-Based Electrolyte Additives Stabilize Silicon-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries Silicon (Si) is considered a promising anode material in next-generation lithium-ion batteries (LIB). Its practical application has so far been hindered by challenges such as capacity losses during battery operation.

Materials Science - Social Sciences - 15.12.2022

Risk of population disruption as a result of decarbonisation
Researchers including Göttingen University analyse resources, demographics and disruption in energy transition Research led by University of Queensland (UQ) and including the University of Göttingen analysed the effects of decarbonisation strategies by linking global resource inventories with demographic systems to generate a matrix showing the risks and benefits.

Physics - Materials Science - 01.12.2022

Detecting defects in semiconductors at the atomic level
Modern solar cells work with thin layers of semiconductors that convert sunlight into electrical energy. The key to increasing their efficiency even further lies in the composition and structure of the material. Due to the way the material is manufactured, it can have defects that have a disruptive effect.

Physics - Materials Science - 23.11.2022

Watching light beams go out
A team from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has set up a new streak camera on ID16B, which can measure very fast kinetic phenomena present in light emission after receiving an X-ray pulse. The camera is now available to the user community to study complex carrier dynamics with spatio-temporal resolutions.

Materials Science - Electroengineering - 03.11.2022

New material will make locally flexible diodes possible
Researchers find new material with significant potential for electronics applications Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made out of two materials with different characteristics. A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered a material that makes it possible to create a diode with a simple change in temperature.

Materials Science - Computer Science - 11.10.2022

With artificial intelligence to new materials
In a pilot project, machine learning is helping to develop materials for hydrogen storage, for example. Artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities in the development of new materials. Particularly in the search for materials for special applications such as high-entropy alloys, which contain several components in roughly equal proportions, machine learning could support research.

Materials Science - Chemistry - 04.10.2022

Microscopic Octopuses from a 3D Printer
Although just cute little creatures at first glance, the microscopic geckos and octopuses fabricated by 3D laser printing in the molecular engineering labs at Heidelberg University could open up new opportunities in fields such as microrobotics or biomedicine. The printed microstructures are made from novel materials - known as smart polymers - whose size and mechanical properties can be tuned on demand and with high precision.

Physics - Materials Science - 30.09.2022

Quantum matter: entanglement of many atoms detected for the first time
New insights into quantum phenomena at phase transitions In the past, quantum phenomena could be investigated only in the realm of just a few atoms. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) has now discovered conditions for which quantum entanglement dominates on much larger scales.

Materials Science - Chemistry - 02.09.2022

Mechanism and Effects on Battery Cell Processes Elucidated
In order to exploit the promising potential of silicon (Si) as anode material in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), it is necessary to overcome existing challenges such as capacity losses during battery operation. A team from MEET Battery Research Center, BACCARA International Graduate School at the University of Münster, and Helmholtz Institute Münster of Forschungszentrum Jülich demonstrated that coating silicon thin-film anodes with aluminum fluoride (AlF 3 ) leads to an enhanced cycling stability.

Physics - Materials Science - 17.08.2022

Building blocks of the future for photovoltaics
Research team led by Göttingen University observes formation of "dark" moiré interlayer excitons for the first time An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has, for the first time, observed the build-up of a physical phenomenon that plays a role in the conversion of sunlight into electrical energy in 2D materials.

Materials Science - Innovation - 09.08.2022

New Battery Line for Processing of Lithium Metal at MEET Battery Research Center
Lithium metal and solid-state batteries are considered as batteries of the future. While scientists continue to develop the technology of the different battery types, their production still involves numerous challenges. A new production line at MEET Battery Research Center at the University of Münster now enables cell construction of these new battery types and expands production research at the site.

Chemistry - Materials Science - 04.07.2022

On the way to cell-type materials
Molecular machines control a sizeable number of fundamental processes in nature. Embedded in a cellular environment, these processes play a central role in the intracellular and intercellular transportation of molecules, as well as in muscle contraction in humans and animals. In order for the entire organism to function, a well-defined orientation and arrangement of the molecular machines is essential.

Materials Science - 17.06.2022

Stimulate light emission and measure temperature with ultrasound
If mechanoluminescent materials are subjected to mechanical stress from outside, they emit visible or invisible light. Such excitation can occur, for example, through buckling or gentle pressure, but also completely contact-free via ultrasound. In this way, the effect can be triggered remotely and light can be brought to places that normally tend to be in the dark - for example, in the human body.

Materials Science - Chemistry - 08.06.2022

On the road to the super-battery
A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has taken an in-depth look at the internal workings of batteries during charging and discharging. Their findings may help optimize charging processes. When an electric car is being charged, the charge indicator moves quickly at first, be then much more slowly at the end.

Physics - Materials Science - 01.06.2022

Sharp X-ray images despite imperfect lenses
Research team at Göttingen University develops new method for X-ray microscopy X-rays make it possible to explore inside human bodies or peer inside objects. The technology used to illuminating the detail in microscopically small structures is the same as that used in familiar situations - such as medical imaging at a clinic or luggage control at the airport.

Physics - Materials Science - 13.05.2022

Quantum one-way street in topological insulator nanowires
Very thin wires made of a topological insulator could enable highly stable qubits, the building blocks of future quantum computers. Scientists see a new result in topological insulator devices as an important step towards realising the technology's potential / publication in 'Nature Nanotechnology' An international group of scientists have demonstrated that wires more than 100 times thinner than a human hair can act like a quantum one-way street for electrons when made of a peculiar material known as a topological insulator.