In the small town of Ruhstorf an der Rott, researchers at the Technology Center for Energy are tackling the big sustainability questions of our time: How should we design energy systems of the future?
In collaboration with business partners, researchers are developing ways to improve mobility in rural regions and expand e-vehicle charging infrastructure.
Hof University of Applied Sciences is committed to sustainability and “greentech” and is driving innovation through research into sustainable water management.
One hundred years after it was founded, the Margaretenau building cooperative is getting a facelift. Researchers on the MAGGIE project are working to ensure the renovations deliver energy savings and meet climate targets.
Postdoc Chandra Macauley researches fuel cell structures at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg—one of the top locations for materials science in Germany.
Growing electromobility poses new challenges for the infrastructure: Stations for charging batteries must be optimally integrated into the stationary energy network available on site. A comprehensive charging concept for different vehicle types is necessary. The goal of the joint project "eMobiGrid", in which the University of Bayreuth, three medium-sized companies and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are working closely together, is to develop practical solutions for these challenges and thus accelerate the traffic turnaround. The German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) is funding the project with a total of around three million euros for three years.
Operational reliability, durability and high energy density: In these respects, solid-state batteries are superior in principle to conventional liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries. Some of the problems standing in the way of widespread industrial application – in the field of electromobility, for example – are the poor interface compatibility between cathode and electrolyte and low ionic conductivity at room temperature. An international team led by Prof. Dr. Seema Agarwal at the University of Bayreuth has now developed a solution: a very thin solid electrolyte consisting of a polymer-ceramic composite. The researchers present their discovery in the journal "Advanced Energy Materials".
Increasing the efficiency and reliability of electrolysis plants is the goal of a new international joint project at the Centre for Energy Technology (ZET) at the University of Bayreuth. Together with a German industrial partner and four Canadian partners from industry and academia, novel models as well as hardware and software applications are being developed to reduce costs in the production of green hydrogen. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project for three years, and the University of Bayreuth will receive a total of about 250,000 euros.
At present, microbial fuel cells are mainly used in research laboratories to generate electricity. In order for industrial applications to be considered in the future, the fuel cells must be further developed so that they can produce consistently higher amounts of electricity than is currently the case. In a recent study published in the journal "Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts", a research team from the University of Bayreuth has investigated factors playing a role in this. The choice of electrode material was shown to be particularly important for increasing stability and performance.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a research group on printed organic solar cells over the next four years. Scientists from a total of seven universities are participating in this group, which is led by the TU Chemnitz. Prof. Dr. Eva M. Herzig, Junior Professor for Dynamics and Structure Formation at the University of Bayreuth, and her team are investigating the active layers of organic solar cells. Their focus is on how the conversion of sunlight into free charge carriers is influenced by the arrangement of the molecules.
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