Synchrotrons accelerate corona research
To fight COVID-19, we need vaccines and medicine, and to develop these, we need to know the SARS-CoV-2 virus in detail. The virus cannot be seen... [mehr]
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
VIPERLAB: EU project aims to boost perovskite solar industry in Europe
Perovskite semiconductors enable extremely cheap and powerful solar cells. Many research results on this class of materials are obtained in... [mehr]
Two neutron instruments from HZB move to Munich
Currently the MLZ provides its users with 26 scientific instruments for neutron research in Garching. Four more are still under construction. Now,... [mehr]
Future information technologies: 3D Quantum Spin Liquid revealed
IT devices today are based on electronic processes in semiconductors. The next real breakthrough could be to exploit other quantum phenomena, for... [mehr]
User research at BESSY II: How new materials increase the efficiency of direct ethanol fuel cells
Ethanol has five times higher volumetric energy density (6.7 kWh/L) than hydrogen (1.3 kWh/L) and can be used safely in fuel cells for power... [mehr]
Corona research: Consortium of Berlin research and industry seeks active ingredients
"Berlin combines important large-scale infrastructure with an excellent network of academic and industrial structural biologists and biochemists.... [mehr]
Perovskite solar cells: International consensus on ageing measurement protocols
Commercially available solar modules undergo a series of characterisation procedures that analyse their properties and ensure quality. However,... [mehr]
World record for tandem perovskite-CIGS solar cell
Perovskite-based solar cells have experienced an incredibly rapid increase in efficiency over the last ten years. The combination of perovskites... [mehr]
Energy for Antarctica: solar hydrogen as an alternative to crude oil?
In addition to penguins, it is mostly researchers that live in Antarctica – collecting neutrinos, analysing glaciers and ice cores, and... [mehr]