Department Structure and Dynamics of Energy Materials

Programme-oriented funding (POF)

Since the Helmholtz Association's foundation in Autumn 2001, all the research has been strategically restructured. Programme-oriented funding is the centrepiece of these reforms. We no longer invest our resources in individual institutions, but rather fund centre-embracing Research Programmes that compete with each other for funding. In accordance with the core objectives of the Pact for Research and Innovation, activities now concentrate primarily on achieving top-flight results through cooperation and competition.  Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft 

POF-themes of Working Group Structure and Dynamics of Energy Materials

• Diffraction and EXAFS at the X-ray beamline KMC-2
• Continuously upgrading and constructing instruments at the research reactor BER II
• Structure-function relationships in chalcopyrite based solar absorber materials for energy conversion
• Investigations of structure-function relationships in energy conversion materials