Research Projects from the Annual Report

Lithium-ion batteries used as energy storage are a key element of the energy transition. This type of battery is being used in ever greater numbers, especially in electromobility. At the end of their life in the vehicle, the batteries can continue to be used in stationary storage before being recycled. Even though this significantly minimizes the CO2 footprint and makes the recycling economy more effective, many new questions arise, e.g. about the qualification of the cells, cooling and the integration of stationary storage into the infrastructure. These issues are being investigated in detail in the ecoLEPuS project. | Duration: 09/2022 - 05/2026

Project in the Business Area: Energy-Efficient Buildings, Solar Thermal Power Plants and Industrial , Topics: TThermal Storage for Buildings, Thermal Storage for Power Plants and Industry, Duration: 05/2021 - 04/2026

To mitigate climate change, decarbonization of the energy sector is a key challenge. Photovoltaics plays a crucial role in the widespread introduction of a clean and affordable energy infrastructure. Due to the predominance of imports from outside the EU and the need for energy-intensive purification of raw materials, established photovoltaic modules are associated with supply risks and a high carbon footprint. Emerging perovskite PV has enormous potential to overcome these problems and revolutionize the EU energy sector. | Duration: 12/2022 – 11/2025

Project in the Business Area Energy-Efficient Buildings; Topics: Building Operation Management, Heat Pump, Duration: 03/2021 - 04/2025

Project in the Business Area: Photovoltaics, III-V and Concentrator Photovoltaics, Topic: III-V Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics, Duration: 12/2020 - 02/2026

Innovative manufacturing technologies, e.g. for large-area displays, enable the cost-effective production of units consisting of thousands of interconnected semiconductor devices by miniaturization, additive manufacturing, parallelization and self-alignment. The objective of the "micro-CPV" joint project is to develop a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) module based on these technologies. This shall enable high PV performance while at the same time exploiting cost reduction potentials in production. | Duration: 04/2020 - 12/2024

Project in the Business Area: Photovoltaics, Photovoltaic Modules and Power Plants, Topic: Module Technology, Integrated Photovoltaics, Duration: 04/2020 - 03/2024

Project in the Business Area: Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage; Topic: Battery Engineering, Applied Storage Systems; Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2025

Project in the Business Area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems; Topic: Energy System Analysis; Duration: 09/2019 - 12/2022

Project in the Business Areas: Photovoltaics, Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage Topics: Photovoltaic Modules and Power Plants, Applied Storage Systems Fields of Work: PV for Mobility, Module Technology, Duration: 07/2019 - 06/2022