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  • Electrode for the VORAN project based on a highly porous electrode structure with a high layer thickness, produced using a dry coating process.
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    Electrode for the VORAN project based on a highly porous electrode structure with a high layer thickness, produced using a dry coating process.

    The manufacturing costs of batteries have recently been significantly reduced through the further development and scaling of processes and production. For many years, the focus of R&D has therefore been on the development of new materials with great potential for further cost reduction: on the one hand, the use of inexpensive and highly available starting materials can reduce active material costs. On the other hand, an increase in energy density leads to a further reduction in manufacturing costs in the material area and also has a cost-reducing effect on all non-material-dependent areas of manufacturing costs. Compared to sodium-ion technology, lithium-ion technology presents risks in terms of the availability of raw materials and price stability of the active materials. | Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026

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  • The natural refrigerant R290
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    The natural refrigerant R290.

    The project network »QUEEN-HP« combines method development for acoustic analysis and evaluation of heat pumps and their components with solution developments in technology projects with new components in heat pumps, new forms of sound attenuation and innovative energy-efficient and future-proof equipment modifications. | Duration: 01/2023 - 12/2026

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  • ki-pipelines for adaptive heat pump operation
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    ki-pipeline for adaptive heat pump operation

    Heat pumps are an effective solution for reducing energy consumption and the environmental impact of buildings, and for introducing renewable energy into the heat supply. However, the actual efficiency of heat pumps in practice does not always meet expectations. In addition to high occurring heat losses, the energy efficiency is reduced by an inappropriate system design, by misparameterization of the heat pump control and by undetected operating deficits. Therefore, the subject of the "AI4HP" project is the development of a new generation of "intelligent heat pumps", which adaptively adjust to changing boundary conditions with the help of artificial neural networks and thus increase energy efficiency while maintaining user comfort. | Duration: 09/2021 - 08/2024

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  • Block diagram of the modular direct current system for decentralized hydrogen production from renewable energies.
    © Fraunhofer ISE/ Handtmann e-solutions GmbH & Co. KG

    Block diagram of the modular direct current system for decentralized hydrogen production from renewable energies.

    Project in the Business Area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems, Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage; Topic: Power Electronics and Grid Integration, Elektrolysis and Power-to-Gas, Smart Grids​; Laufzeit: 11/2022 - 10/2024

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  • REM image of a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell on textured silicon. The perovskite absorber was prepared by the vacuum-based evaporation of the inorganic components followed by wet chemical infiltration of the organic components.
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    REM image of a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell on textured silicon. The perovskite absorber was prepared by the vacuum-based evaporation of the inorganic components followed by wet chemical infiltration of the organic components.

    Business Area: Photovoltaics; Research Topic: Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics, Silicon Photovoltaics; Field of Work: High-Efficiency Silicon Cell Fabrication and Analysis, Perovskite Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics; Duration: 05/2023 - 04/2026

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  • Lighthouse Project Power-to-Gas

    Applied R&D for the Economical Hydrogen Production as Fuel based on Green Electricity

    Lighthouse Project Power-to-Gas  - Electrolyzer
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    Electrolyzer of the PtG plant in Grenzach-Wyhlen.

    Project in the Business Area Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage, Topics: Thermochemical Processes, Elektrolysis and Power-to-Gas, Duration: June 2016 - December 2019

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  • The laser bonder uses laser microwelding to electrically connect electrically connect batteries to form a battery module and thus ensures reliable electrical connections with high current carrying capacity.
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    The laser bonder uses laser microwelding to electrically connect electrically connect batteries to form a battery module and thus ensures reliable electrical connections with high current carrying capacity.

    Project in the Business Area: Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage; Topic: Battery System Technology; Duration: 05/2021 - 04/2024

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  • Left: grid planned according to conventional principles with many voltage band violations (blue dots). Right Planning the same grid with time series leads to significantly fewer predicted voltage band violations.
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    Left: grid planned according to conventional principles with many voltage band violations (blue dots). Right Planning the same grid with time series leads to significantly fewer predicted voltage band violations.

    Due to increased sector coupling loads in low voltage distribution are raising fastly, which results in a challenging grid reinforcement task. Precise grid modelling may at least avoid unnecessary grid expansion. Therefore, a realistic, spatially localized, time-series-based modeling of the low-voltage grid under the consideration of operational management is developed. | Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026

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