Recent Research Projects

Project in the Business Area: Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage, Topic: Electrolysis and Power-to-Gas, Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2024

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: Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage; Topic: Battery Cell Technology; Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2024

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

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells have the potential to become the successor to the previously dominant silicon solar cell technology. To be able to transfer the developments at the lower technology maturity level (TRL 1-4) more rapidly into industrial production and thus accelerate the development of the next-generation cell technology together with the German and European photovoltaic industry, an independent technology platform for perovskite-silicon tandem technology is to be established in the Pero-Si SCALE project. This platform shall not only provide successful production technologies for cells and modules of the next generation but also an extensive characterization and analysis environment from the solar cell up to the PV power plant. | Duration: 05/2023 - 12/2026

Project in the Business Area Energy Efficient Buildings, Topic: Heat Pumps, Building Systems Technology, Duration: 04/2021 - 03/2026

Project in the Business Area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems; Topic: Smart Grids; Duration: 06/2023 - 05/2026

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

With the phase-out of coal-fired power generation, not only will large amounts of power generation capacity be lost, but also gigawatts of thermal capacity in district heating networks that will have to be replaced by low-CO2 alternatives. Large-scale heat pumps at former power plant sites that feed heat into existing district or local heating networks are a promising alternative to decentralized solutions, especially in densely built-up urban areas. The project aims to reduce the barriers to the timely integration of large-scale heat pumps into district heating systems, both from a technical and an economic point of view. | Duration: 10/2021 - 09/2025

Project in the Business Area: Energy Efficient Buildings; Topic: Heat Pumps; Duration: 01/2023 - 06/2025