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04SEP 2018
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FAU researchers develop innovative dye-sensitized solar cell
Chemists at FAU have developed a process which can be used to significantly boost the performance of solar cells. Thanks to a process called singlet fission, researchers were able to double the number of electrons excited by incoming photons. The results were published in the renowned scientific journal ‘Angewandte Chemie’ (doi: 10.1002/anie.201801041 – ‘Singlet Fission […]
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10AUG 2018
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Chemists present new reaction with promising applications
Scientists led by Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius and Michael Teders from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) have presented a new chemical reaction that could be of interest for investigating and manufacturing active substances. The new reaction leads to the cleavage of bonds between two sulfur atoms. Chemists […]Scientists led by Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius and Michael Teders from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) have presented a new chemical reaction that could be of interest for investigating and manufacturing active substances. The new reaction leads to the cleavage of bonds between two sulfur atoms. Chemists […]
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26JUN 2018
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A milestone on the path towards efficient solar cells
Generating more electricity from solar cells and conducting further research into so-called singlet fission. This is what scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are currently working on as part of a joint research project conducted in collaboration with Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA. Singlet fission could considerably boost the […]Generating more electricity from solar cells and conducting further research into so-called singlet fission. This is what scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are currently working on as part of a joint research project conducted in collaboration with Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA. Singlet fission could considerably boost the […]
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13JUN 2018
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Is the energy-storing solar cell soon to be reality?
How to store solar energy is the central challenge facing the energy reform. Alongside traditional solutions – such as solar cells or batteries – creative chemical concepts for storing energy are paving the way for entirely new opportunities. Intramolecular reactions are making it possible for solar energy to be transformed and stored in a singular […]
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06JUN 2018
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Taking a closer look at ‘electrifying’ chemistry
The future of chemistry is ‘electrifying’. With the increasing availability of electrical energy from renewable sources, it will be possible in the future to drive many chemical processes using an electric current. This will facilitate the use of sustainable methods to manufacture products or fuels, replacing current processes which are based on fossil fuels. However, […]
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19MAR 2018
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Researchers define mechanism for manufacturing graphene from graphite
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universität Ulm have made a significant contribution to the wet chemical synthesis of graphene from graphite, defining the mechanism on which it is based. They succeeded in solving the basic problem of how to separate an individual layer of graphene from a graphite crystal. The team […]
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