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Green hydrogen glows pink

Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Chair of Thermal Process Technology at FAU have succeeded in making invisible hydrogen gas visible to the naked eye in order to prevent the risk of fires and explosions. The key to their research is what is known as supraparticles, tiny...

9. March 2022

Wichtiger Schlüsselbaustein für Sicherheit in grüner Wasserstoffwirtschaft entwickelt

Unsichtbares Wasserstoffgas für das bloße Auge sichtbar machen, um Gefahren durch Brände und Explosionen vorzubeugen. Diese Idee wurde in einer erfolgreichen Kooperation mehrerer Arbeitsgruppen des Departments Chemie und Pharmazie der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, sowie einer Arbeitsgruppe aus d...

22. February 2022

Manufacturing solar cells using ultra-high resolution printing

FAU researcher receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ a...

10. February 2022

Manufacturing solar cells using ultra-high resolution printing

FAU researcher receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ a...

10. February 2022

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch neu in der Universitätsleitung

Der Chemiker folgt auf Friedrich Paulsen als VP People Zum 1. Februar übernimmt Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch das Amt des Vizepräsidenten People an der FAU. Der Universitätsrat der FAU hat dem 61-jährigen Chemiker per Briefwahl mit großer Mehrheit sein Vertrauen ausgesprochen. Hirsch folgt damit auf den...

28. January 2022

FAU research team develops design for ultra long-life perovskite solar cells

Protective packaging for charge carriers A research group at FAU and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) have come up with a design aimed at significantly increasing the operational stability and life span of perovskite solar cells. Their design centres around a ...

20. January 2022

Lehrpreis der TF an Prof. Vogel verliehen

Prof. Nicolas Vogel wurde am Tag der Technischen Fakultät von Studiendekan Prof. Rolf Wanka mit dem Lehrpreis der Technischen Fakultät 2021 ausgezeichnet. Den Lehrpreis erhalten Lehrende der Fakultät, die kontinuierlich über einen längeren Zeitraum besondere Leistungen im Bereich Lehre erbracht habe...

29. November 2021

EAM Starting Grant 2021/2022

Funding of new research projects – three EAM Starting Grants awarded As in 2020, the EAM awarded the EAM Starting Grant to excellent young FAU researchers. The EAM starting grant should give the recipients the chance to pursue their own research projects and thus gaining a boost for a successful ac...

29. July 2021

Inauguration of new main headquarters of Helmholtz Institute in Erlangen

Sustainable and inexpensive ways to convert and store energy Almost exactly four years lie between the ground-breaking ceremony and the official inauguration: the new research building of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) is the latest address for cutting-edge ...

15. July 2021

Swimming at the mesoscale

FAU physicists discover simple propulsion mechanism for bodies in dense fluids. A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Liège and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy have developed a microswimmer that appears t...

7. July 2021