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Chemistry

Chemistry at BESSY II comprises all processes and materials with which energy can be stored electrochemically, i.e. in batteries, or by converting it into molecules. It is precisely this conversion of solar energy into molecules that everyone is currently talking about under the buzzwords green hydrogen and solar fuels, and includes intensive research into new, more efficient catalysts. Chemical reactions and in-situ and operando measurements - predominantly in liquids - are major parts of this research.

Cultural Heritage & Humanities

Earth Sciences & Environment

Energy

Energy research is about any new material to improve energy conversion, energy storage and energy efficiency. This includes optimisation of materials for photovoltaics, understand electrochemical processes for battery research and especially in-situ and operando experiments.

For catalytic processes and solar fuels, please also see the field Chemistry.

Please find below a list of instruments at BESSY II which are commonly chosen by the energy community.

Information Technologies

Information includes all processes and materials that can be used to improve information technology, i.e. magnetic materials, (de)magnetization dynamics, superconductors, quantum materials, topological insulators, spintronics, etc. Any effects that are currently used for data storage / processing or that can revolutionize them are of interest in this field.

Please find here a list of instruments at BESSY II which are chosen by your colleagues in the field information.

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

This field includes any research at BESSY II that is related to living organisms or biological structures. A major part of the field life is the protein structure determination done at the MX beamlines (MX: Macromolecular Crystallography). But also biophysical effects of smaller molecules and biotechnology belong into this field.

Please find here a list of instruments at BESSY II which your colleagues chose to perform research in the field "Life".

Materials Science & Engineering

Physics

In the field of physics we find, among other things, materials science, hard condensed matter and also photon science, e.g. new materials for mirrors that are directly used in BESSY II, and new nanomaterials are examined here. The development and implementation of new methods or new instruments is also assigned here. 

Please find here a list of instruments at BESSY II which your colleagues use perform research in physics / photon science.