Behind the Pioneering Technology that Enabled the First 100% SAF Trans-Atlantic Flight

Significant step towards a lower carbon future

04-Dec-2023 - In a landmark achievement for the aviation industry, BioForming® Sugar to Aromatics (S2A) technology developed by Virent and Johnson Matthey has enabled the first-ever drop-in 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) trans-Atlantic flight by a commercial airline. This historic flight represents a ...

Award for innovation in the detection of PFAS compounds

Thuringian startup and Fraunhofer Institute receive Lothar Späth Award

30-Nov-2023 - The use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) has not only been controversial for a long time, but is also facing a possible EU-wide ban. The associated challenges for manufacturers, who will have to rely on extensive testing of chemicals in the future, are complex. In a ...

AI for perovskite solar cells: Key to better manufacturing

Artificial Intelligence methods guide researchers in developing improved manufacturing processes for highly efficient solar cells – a blueprint for other research areas

24-Nov-2023 - Perovskite tandem solar cells combine a perovskite solar cell with a conventional solar cell, for example based on silicon. These cells are considered a next-generation technology: They boast an efficiency of currently more than 33 percent, which is much higher than that of conventional silicon ...

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

22-Nov-2023 - The world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol was inaugurated in the Leuna Chemical Park as part of the Leuna100 project. Behind it is a research consortium made up of the climate-tech start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and its partners, Fraunhofer Institute for ...

BASF’s Process Catalysts research team receives 2023 Edison Patent Award for novel adsorbent

Awarded BASF U.S. patent covers a novel method for reducing impurities in petrochemicals

20-Nov-2023 - A team of BASF catalysis researchers were recognized by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, USA, with the 2023 Edison Patent Award. They received the award in the environmental category for their patent addressing adsorbents and methods of making and using adsorbents. The patented ...

Unique X-ray Topography Based Defect Characterization for SiC Wafers Honored with Georg Waeber Innovation Award 2023

02-Nov-2023 - A cross-organizational team from Rigaku SE and Fraunhofer IISB has established a new semiconductor material characterization method in their jointly operated Center of Expertise for X-ray Topography in Erlangen, Germany. They succeeded not only in developing an industry-ready X-ray topography ...

3D printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient

Using a new 3D printing technique, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed special ceramic structures for a solar reactor

31-Oct-2023 - In recent years, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed the technology to produce liquid fuels from sunlight and air. In 2019, they demonstrated the entire thermochemical process chain under real conditions for the first time, in the middle of Zurich, on the roof of ETH Machine Laboratory. These ...

Fraunhofer IWS Installs Europe’s Unique Industrial 3D Printer

“SpreeTec next”: Powder Bed-Based Additive Laser Manufacturing System to Give New Impetus to Lusatia Region

31-Oct-2023 - The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden will install a Europe-wide unique industrial 3D printer. The Additive Manufacturing system from manufacturer Farsoon is based on selective laser beam melting in a powder bed. It can produce substantial components with ...

Material Delays Thermal Runaway Even at 1,500°C for 20 Minutes

LG Chem-LX Hausys, Making a Breakthrough in the Development of a Material that Delays Battery Thermal Runaway

30-Oct-2023 - LG Chem announced that it, together with LX Hausys, has developed a material delaying battery thermal runaway which can withstand a flame at 1,500℃ for over 20 minutes. The material named "Special Flame Retardant Continuous Fiber Thermoplastic (Special Flame Retardant CFT)" can withstand strong ...

Electromobility: New early warning system to provide better protection against burning lithium-ion batteries

New system measures and analyzes impedance

26-Oct-2023 - Burning lithium batteries in cars can quickly become a danger to people and the environment. Previous warning systems react only a few minutes before a battery spontaneously ignites, the so-called thermal runaway. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), together with ...