Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Research Center for Batteries

Research Focus: Sustainability, Safety, Performance

24-Oct-2024 - Batteries are a key building block for a successful energy transition, whether for the electrification of transport, the stabilization of the power grid or balancing fluctuations in green electricity. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been conducting research along the ...

Modular flow cells for sustainable chemistry

Optimization of electrochemical manufacturing processes

05-Sep-2023 - Electrochemical processes like water electrolysis will become increasingly important in the future in light of climate change and the resultant need for an energy and raw materials transition. The Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM is collaborating with hte GmbH to ...

Ecological Revolution: Zinc batteries with double efficiency and the ability to produce hydrogen

27-Jul-2023 - The renewable energy revolution wants to build a climate-friendly future for the world. But the move away from fossil fuels will remain a challenge as long as efficient means to store green energy are still lacking. A research consortium has set itself the goal to tackle exactly this problem with ...

Novel anion-conducting membranes for electrolysis

Cost-effective and environmentally friendly

24-Jul-2023 - How to produce hydrogen cost-effectively and sustainably is one of the central questions of the energy transition. Highly conductive membranes for electrolyzers are a key component of hydrogen technology. A research team at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, together with ...

Plug and Play Kicks Off Hydrogen-Focused Startup Accelerators

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that aims to build an ecosystem where game-changing startups meet the world’s leading corporations

13-Jun-2022 - Plug and Play Tech Center announced a new initiative focused on hydrogen by launching the H2 Startup Accelerator program. It’s one of the world’s first hydrogen-centric startup accelerator programs that will initially be operated out of Hamburg with support of Fraunhofer ISE and Fraunhofer ...

Reference-factory.H2 – electrolyzer and fuel cell production of the future

Hybrid production system accelerates transfer to industry

03-May-2022 - Hydrogen is a key element in the energy transition. To ensure that hydrogen can become generally established as an energy source, it must be produced at market prices, in sufficient quantities and in a climate-neutral manner, and used with a high CO2 reduction rate. This requires affordable, ...

Lasers for hydrogen technology

Fraunhofer ILT inaugurates new research platform

19-Apr-2022 - The success of the energy transition is closely linked to continued research into hydrogen technologies. A major goal of Fraunhofer ILT is to make the fuel cell ready for series production. To this end, the Aachen researchers are setting up a hydrogen laboratory on more than 300 square meters of ...

Chemicals from carbon dioxide – with plasma and perovskite membranes

06-Jun-2019 - Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the University of Stuttgart aim to use the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a raw material for the production of chemicals. To do this, they are developing a combined plasma and membrane ...