Fundamentals of Energy Conversion Processes
A DFG Cluster of Excellence
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About e-conversion
e-conversion is a Cluster of Excellence funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) with a focus on investigating fundamental mechanisms of energy conversion processes.
Today’s sustainable energy research gains momentum by targeting specific energy technologies and their related materials. The cluster e-conversion instead strives to establish a complementary paradigm that bridges major energy conversion strategies ranging from photovoltaics over (photo)electrocatalysis to batteries by focusing on the materials interfaces that underlie these functions. Critical bottlenecks like recombination and relaxation losses, overpotentials, and resistances presently arise due to insufficient control of microscopic excitation and energy conversion (e-conversion) processes at these interfaces. e-conversion therefore merges the powerful concepts of nanoscience and mechanistic energy research to create well-defined and tunable reference systems, and to establish fundamental understanding through their comprehensive (operando) characterization.
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Symposium "Exploring New Horizons with Molecules on Surfaces"
The two-day symposium offers a wide range of lectures on surface science,
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Recent Publications
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 63, no. 45, pp. e202411441, 2024, ISSN: 1433-7851.
Contrasting Ultra-Low Frequency Raman and Infrared Modes in Emerging Metal Halides for Photovoltaics Journal Article
In: ACS Energy Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 4127-4135, 2024.
Smart Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries with Reversible Thermal Protection at High Temperatures Journal Article
In: Batteries & Supercaps, vol. n/a, no. n/a, pp. e202400339, 2024.