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BatWoMan
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BatWoMan
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Functional materials for energy applications
- Funding :
- 2022 - 2025
- Contact:
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Harry Hoster (Project manager)
Theresa Schredelseker (Project member)
- Website:
- https://batwoman.eu/
Abstract
Europe’s leadership position in sustainable battery production will be secured via new sustainable and cost-efficient lithium-ion battery cell production. This is the goal of the EU-funded BatWoMan project, paving the way towards carbon-neutral cell production. The project’s efforts will focus on energy efficient and no volatile organic compounds processed electrodes, with slurries of high dry mass content. It will also establish an innovative dry room reducing concept with improved electrolyte filling. Low-cost and energy-efficient cell conditioning, namely wetting, formation and ageing, is also on the project’s agenda. An innovative platform based on AI will support these technological improvements. The overall goal of the project is to reduce by more than half the cell production cost and energy consumption.
MaNaCa – Magnetic Nanohybrids for Cancer Therapy
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MaNaCa – Magnetic Nanohybrids for Cancer Therapy
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Magnetic materials
- Funding :
- 2019 - 2022
- Contact:
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Michael Farle (Project member)
- Website:
- http://www.h2020-manaca.eu
Abstract
The ever-expanding demand of the world market leads to magnetic recording data storage devices advancing toward much smaller dimensions and higher storage capacities. In order to achieve capacities beyond 2TB/in2 next generation magnetic recording head transducers will require improved high moment magnetic material together with novel write pole and shield structures to preserve the necessary magnetic flux on reduced device dimensions. The implementation of novel high moment magnetic materials and design in manufactured products requires the attainment of new knowledge by the magnetics industry along with the response of the academic industry to the new performance challenges. These goals can only be reached through a strong collaborative programme between industry and academia. The scientific programme is to study the properties of magnetic materials to enable higher moment than the presently attainable limits. Nanoscale engineering of magnetic thin films will be the main approach to achieve this. The knowledge will be transferred through the cross-border secondment of staff and researchers between Seagate, Duisburg-Essen and Uppsala, utilizing the complementary expertise of the three nodes regarding state-of-the-art experimental and computational techniques as well as device fabrication.
EIT Raw Materials Innovation Project
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EIT Raw Materials Innovation Project
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Functional materials for energy applications
- Funding :
- 2022 - 2025
- Contact:
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Hartmut Wiggers (Project member)
- Website:
- https://eitrawmaterials.eu/high-performance-silicon-composites-for-lithium-ion-batteries/
Abstract
Batteries for mobile phones and electric vehicles rely on graphite anodes that reached their performance limits. The current market expects new anodes alternatives. Therefore, one of the major challenges for Europe is to find efficient and sustainable substitutes for critical raw materials. SIRIUS project led by Nanomakers kicked off work to supply the highest performance and cost-efficient silicon material for the battery market and e-mobility by upscaling Nanomakers’ production capacity. The idea was to secure the raw materials supply by working on two aspects. On the one hand, use silicon gas precursors to obtain silicon metal and the partial substitution of graphite. On the other hand, Nanomakers developed high capacity anodes to reduce the anode materials quantity in batteries.
Lead Project H2Giga
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Lead Project H2Giga
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Catalysis
Functional materials for energy applications
- Funding :
- Since 2021
- Contact:
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Corina Andronescu (Project member)
Doris Segets (Project member)
Nicolas Wöhrl (Project member)
- Website:
- https://www.wasserstoff-leitprojekte.de/leitprojekte/h2giga
Abstract
To cover Germany’s demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient and cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are already on the market today, they are usually still produced by hand. The H2Giga flagship project will therefore support the series production of electrolysers.
ULMAG – ULtimate MAGnetic Characterization
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ULMAG – ULtimate MAGnetic Characterization
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Magnetic materials
- Funding :
- 2019 - 2022
- Contact:
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Katharina Ollefs (Project manager)
- Website:
- https://www.mawi.tu-darmstadt.de/fm/outreach_fm/news_fm/news_fm_details_79552.en.jsp
Abstract
The discontinuous nature of the transition in materials with a first-order magnetic transition is a consequence of the coupling between the magnetic, electronic, and structural subsystems, and such transition can, in principle, cross several metastable states, where at one point, the transition takes place within the magnetic subsystem, while at another, the changes occur in the structural or electronic subsystems. To disentangle the nature of such transition and relevant hysteresis mechanism, we designed two new experimental setups, allowing simultaneous measurement of magnetization, longitudinal and transversal magnetostriction and temperature change of the sample, and conducted simultaneous measurements of the prototypical LaFe11.8Si1.2 alloy and revealed rich details of the magneto-structural, first-order transition.
ErUM – Erforschung von Universum und Materie / Projekt IIM@FAIR
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ErUM – Erforschung von Universum und Materie / Projekt IIM@FAIR
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Dynamic processes in solids
- Funding :
- 2019 - 2022
- Contact:
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Marika Schleberger (Project manager)
- Website:
- https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/forschung/naturwissenschaften/erforschung-von-universum-und-materie/erforschung-von-universum-und-materie_node.html
Abstract
“Every new idea does not come by itself, it is challenged.” What Albert Einstein said is what drives the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: With its new framework program “Exploring the Universe and Matter ErUM”, it is setting research policy priorities and paving the way for top scientific achievements and future technologies as well as for innovation seeds and the young scientists of tomorrow. In this way, basic scientific research can continue to enrich our society in the future: Because basic research is about providing for the future for generations to come. Research into particles, matter and the universe expands today's knowledge and creates the basis for the technologies of tomorrow and beyond.
NanoMatFutur: MatGasDif – NanoMATerials as the basis for GASDIFfusion electrodes for highly selective CO2 reduction
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NanoMatFutur: MatGasDif – NanoMATerials as the basis for GASDIFfusion electrodes for highly selective CO2 reduction
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Catalysis
- Funding :
- Since 2020
- Contact:
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Corina Andronescu (Project manager)
- Website:
- https://www.werkstofftechnologien.de/projekte/nachwuchsfoerderung/nachwuchsgruppen-energietechnik/dr-ing-corina-andronescu-matgasdif
Abstract
In the fight against climate change, one thing is of particular interest: closing the carbon cycle. The aim is to maintain industrial efficiency and people's standard of living. The MatGasDif project is researching new catalysts and processes for the utilization of carbon dioxide.
ForLab SmartBeam – Forschungslabor Mikroelektronik Duisburg-Essen für Hochfrequenz-Strahlformung
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ForLab SmartBeam – Forschungslabor Mikroelektronik Duisburg-Essen für Hochfrequenz-Strahlformung
- Funding :
- 2019 - 2021
- Contact:
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Nils Weimann (Project manager)
- Website:
- https://www.elektronikforschung.de/projekte/forlab-smartbeam
Abstract
Electronic and photonic ultrahigh-frequency chips are being developed in the Microelectronics Research Laboratory (ForLab) SmartBeam. New applications in robotics and autonomous traffic require high-resolution radar systems with material discrimination capability. This can be achieved with carrier frequencies in the THz frequency range. To generate THz radiation with sufficient intensity, individual THz emitters must be connected together. These "phased array" configurations allow the beam to be deflected in arbitrary directions, for scanning the environment -- this is the goal of ForLab SmartBeam.
6GEM – 6G research hub for open, efficient and secure mobile communications systems
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6GEM – 6G research hub for open, efficient and secure mobile communications systems
- Funding :
- 2021 - 2025
- Contact:
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Nils Weimann (Project member)
- Website:
- http://www.6gem.de/
Abstract
With their application "6GEM open - efficient - secure - safe", the RWTH Aachen University, the Ruhr-University Bochum, the Dortmund University of Technology and the University of Duisburg-Essen were successful in a call for proposals issued by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The four universities will work together with four non-university research institutions on future communication technologies in 6G mobile communications from August 1, 2021. Co-applicants were the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. The 6GEM consortium combines scientific excellence and mobile communications expertise at the network, material, component/microchip and module levels in North Rhine-Westphalia. Experience in their implementation and worldwide networking is also available. A holistic approach is being pursued, from production and logistics to people with their needs for self-determination, privacy and security in times of climate change. The added value of future 6G systems for socially and industrially highly relevant use cases will be demonstrated. For this purpose, seven test sites will be integrated and equipped with 6G systems: A digital operating room at the University of Düsseldorf, a smart hospital at the University Hospital Essen, the German Rescue Robotics Center in Dortmund, the high-speed intralogistics of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund, the highly automated production environments of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology in Aachen, a large-scale port logistics in Duisburg, and road traffic scenarios from the city center to the highway in Aldenhoven. The results of the scientific work are expected to generate patents on a large scale.
PUMA
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PUMA
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Magnetic materials
- Funding :
- 2022 - 2026
- Contact:
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Heiko Wende (Coordinator)
- Website:
- https://www.uni-due.de/cenide/de/news-detail.php?id=energiewende-mit-nachhaltigen-magneten
Abstract
Powerful magnets can be used for effective cooling, heat and power generation. They make a decisive contribution to the energy transition. A consortium led by the UDE is therefore researching new magnetic materials that are efficient and environmentally compatible. Partners in the PUMA project are the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding PUMA with two million euros for four years starting in October.
HOSALIB – High-performance silicon-carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries (HOSALIB)
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HOSALIB – High-performance silicon-carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries (HOSALIB)
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Functional materials for energy applications
- Funding :
- Since 2020
- Contact:
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Andreas Kempf (Project member)
Christof Schulz (Project member)
Doris Segets (Project member)
Hartmut Wiggers (Project member)
- Website:
- https://www.uni-due.de/2020-10-15-leistungsfaehiges-anodenmaterial-mit-evonik
Abstract
It is expected to be market-ready by 2023: Anode material for lithium ion batteries, leading to more powerful energy storage systems. The material has already been tested in the laboratories of the Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE) at the UDE. Since September 1, the German Federal Ministry of Economics is funding UDE with almost 1.7 million Euro to further develop the synthesis process in a joint project with Evonik and transfer it to industrial scale.
Forschungsnetzwerk terahertz.NRW
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Forschungsnetzwerk terahertz.NRW
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Nils Weimann (Project member)
- Website:
- https://www.terahertz.nrw/
Abstract
The terahertz (THz) frequency range, located beyond visible light and infrared radiation, has great potential for many fields of application. The enormous frequency bandwidths promise a disruptive leap in data rates in communications.
EIN Quantum NRW
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EIN Quantum NRW
- Funding :
- Since 2022
- Contact:
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Gerd Bacher (Project member)
- Website:
- https://ein-quantum.nrw/
Abstract
Further expanding national technological leadership in the research and development of quantum technologies, training specialists for this future field and developing applications for business and large-scale industry in the heart of Europe - these are the goals of the new quantum computing network “EIN Quantum NRW”, which pools the expertise of the partners. Together with national and European partners, funds are to be raised for outstanding projects and infrastructures. This will further increase North Rhine-Westphalia's appeal as a location for quantum technology. More than a dozen research institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia have set up the network in order to join forces with companies from industry. The project will be funded with up to 20 million euros over an initial funding period of five years. The research institutions themselves are contributing 7.5 million euros in the expectation of added value through cooperation with industry - a strong commitment to the research and development location in NRW. The state government is supporting this contribution with up to 12.5 million euros until 2026.
MAT4HY.NRW
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MAT4HY.NRW
- CENIDE Research Focus:
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Functional materials for energy applications
- Funding :
- 2023 - 2027
- Contact:
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Doris Segets (Project member)
- Website:
- https://www.mat4hy.de/
Abstract
The use and efficiency of water electrolysers are crucial for the future supply with hydrogen and thus central to the success of the energy transition. Due to their high power densities and the possibility of discontinuous operation, membrane electrolysers play a central role in many application scenarios. The efficient interlocking of the building blocks of the value chain in the production of electrolysers is of great importance for the economic efficiency of the end application. Building blocks with high development and transfer potential include electrode materials, where the aim is to reduce the use of precious metals or substitute them. Material development and production as well as system integration must be dovetailed with the fundamental understanding of electrochemistry. The cooperation platform aims to sustainably strengthen and expand existing, thematically focused and cross-locational networks of the partners and participating companies along the knowledge and value chain. This increases the potential to transfer material-specific knowledge in the field of material synthesis and processing or electrochemistry to industry in addition to the end application "electrolyser". The aim is to find solutions for company-specific issues.