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The energy transition presents us all with major challenges. We need not only electricity from renewable sources, but also storage solutions. At the Wannsee site, Yan Lu's team is researching novel lithium-sulphur batteries that can store much more energy than conventional batteries. The laboratory is unique in the Berlin-Brandenburg research landscape. In the cover story, the head of department tells us what motivates her about her work.
Rutger Schlatmann from the Photovoltaics Competence Centre PVcomB is also concerned with how the transformation of the energy system can succeed. Since autumn 2022, he has been chairman of the European advisory platform ETIP-PV and advises politicians on what framework conditions the solar industry needs in Europe. "The pressure to act is great," he admits in the interview.
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Content
- cover story: Research for the batteries of the future
- Video interview of Bernd Rech
- “We are currently in a decisive phase for photovoltaics” Interview of Rutger Schlatmann
- page 12: New Ombudspeople at HZB
- page 13: BESSY III reaches first Milestone
- page 14: Interview of HZB Social Media Manager Stefanie Kodalle
- page 15: HZB in numbers: Who reads our news?
- page 16: Florian Wichert, Head of Finance at HZB, about his new job
- page 17: Alternatives to Windows, Office and Co.
- page 20: Receipes from all over the world: Chilaquiles verdes by Lucero Yazmin Cobos Becerra
- Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE Jena) InauguratedOn June 17, 2024, the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE Jena) was officially inaugurated in Jena in the presence of Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister for Economy, Science, and Digital Society of the Free State of Thuringia. The institute was founded by the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy (HZB) in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. It is dedicated to developing sustainable polymer materials for energy technologies, which are expected to play a key role in the energy transition and support Germany’s goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2045.
- Chilean President visits Helmholtz-Zentrum BerlinThe President of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, visited HZB on 11 June with a delegation of 50 people. Among the highlights of the evening were the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Chilean Corporation for the Promotion of Production (CORFO) and HZB and a visit to BESSY II light source.
- A simpler way to inorganic perovskite solar cellsInorganic 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 different conditions, at BESSY II. The results show that annealing in ambient air does not have an adverse effect on the optoelectronic properties of the semiconductor film, but actually results in fewer defects. This could further simplify the mass production of inorganic perovskite solar cells.