Projects
Pulse method for long-term stable and selective CO2 electrolysis to ethylene on copper-based gas diffusion electrodes
Duration: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027
The electrochemical reduction of anthropogenic CO2 into valuable chemicals is a promising method on the way to CO2 neutrality. It offers a sustainable synthesis route for converting CO2 from renewable surplus electricity into valuable precursors and fuels. Copper as the utilized electrocatalyst shows the unique ability to C-C bonds and thus enables the production of economically attractive hydrocarbons such as ethylene and ethanol. More...
Hybrid Fe Redox Flow Batteries: Theory and Experiments
Duration: 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027
The increasing use of renewable energy sources evokes the necessity of efficient long-term storage systems. Redox-flow-batteries can be a solution to this problem, as they can balance fluctuations in the electrical supply grid. More
Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale spatial constraints
Duration: 01.10.2023 - 30.09.2026
Fuel cells utilize the controlled chemical conversion of oxygen and hydrogen into water, releasing electrical energy in the process. Thus, this technology, in combination with green hydrogen, offers a promising alternative for transitioning to a more climate-neutral energy infrastructure. An important prerequisite for a highly efficient system is the catalyst used, which is usually... more
Electro- and Photocatalytic N2 conversion with transition metal chalcogenides over 2D and 3D structured electrodes (NI-CONSTRUCT)
Duration: 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2025
The NI-CONSTRUCT project is carried out in the framework of the DFG’s priority programme “Nitroconversion” and aims to improve the currently achievable electrochemical production rates of ammonia by optimizing the electrode fabrication process... more
Confinement effects in CO2 electroreduction – mechanistic studies on surface-active, porous Cu electrodes
Duration: 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2025
The electrochemical conversion of CO2 (CO2RR) into basic chemicals offers not only the possibility of a CO2-neutral fuel cycle but also a sustainable synthesis route for industrially required basic and value-added chemicals. Copper holds a special position as a CO2RR catalyst because... more
Development of highly active anodes for anion exchange membrane electrolysers to enable low-cost green hydrogen – HighHy
Duration: 01.09.2022 - 30.08.2025
The production of "green hydrogen" through electrolysis using renewable electricity is a key technology in the energy transition. So far, expensive and scarce noble metal catalysts have been used for this purpose. The HighHy project aims to develop and industrialize cost-effective and resource-efficient methods for... more
Live-monitoring of electrical- and photon-driven catalysis by versatile energy- and time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES & EXAFS) in actively controlled sample environments - Live-XAS
Duration: 01.07.2022 - 30.06.2025
The Live-XAS project in collaboration with BESSY-Synchrotron in Berlin enables the optimization of electrocatalytic processes for sustainable fuel production by investigating new materials under operating conditions....more