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We proudly present the podcast of the German Clusters of Excellence. The first episode is about humans, robots and the role of the internet in between. Listen in!

At the Kunstareal-Fest we offered an experiment booth for kids. Enthusiastically they built batteries with lemons, pickles or graphite. The next generation of experts in renewable energy is growing up!

"Plasmonic Catalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications" is the title of a brand-new book by e-conversion member Emiliano Cortes and his colleague Pedro H.H. Camargo. Have a look...

One picture - three possible answers. Join the 4th edition of our quiz and win a beautiful, energy-efficient LED desk lamp. Deadline: 15 September 2021!

We are happy that again two of our members host Fischer Senior Fellows within a renown TUM-IAS program. Together they will explore new topics in the field of energy conversion.

What is established for inorganic semiconductors stays a challenge for the organic ones: Tuning the energy gap by blending different molecules for an optimized performance. Here´s how it can work...

The ions in a solid state battery need to travel through multiple material interfaces which comes along with several challenges. Nano-scale coating at these interfaces may stabilize the battery.

With a resolution world record of 3 nm our scientists unlocked the full potential of graphene for fluorescence microscopy. This might turn graphene into a new standard platform for microscopy. 

Biologists led by Dario Leister want to give photosynthesis a helping hand. To increase yields, they are using algae to accelerate the genetic adaptation of crop plants to environmental changes.