… Two NWO grants to turn solar energy into fuels Published on August 31, 2016 Research teams at DIFFER have been awarded two of the eight …
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… on May 08, 2015 Most of the worldwide research efforts in solar fuels are directed at the splitting of water into hydrogen … enhance an artificial leaf-type cell. We will develop novel materials and methods for solar fuels production in solid …
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… way to do this, and at the same time produce sustainable fuels, is to split CO2 molecules into carbon monoxide (CO) and oxygen. The CO could then be used to make fuels for the aviation and manufacturing industries. For his PhD research, Alex van de Steeg studied in detail how …
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… 2024 (3rd prize) Published on March 25, 2025 Postdoctoral researcher Lizan Kivits has won the prestigious DISC PhD … Award 2024, securing the 3rd prize for her outstanding research. The award was presented by Prof. Dr. Ir. Ming Cao … which Lizan Kivits defended on 22 February 2024. This research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. …
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… Just like toothpaste: fluoride improves perovskite solar cell stability Published on May 14, 2019 A protective … solar cells significantly, writes an international research collaboration in the leading journal Nature Energy … and almost as efficient as the traditional solar cell material silicon. However, perovskite degrades quickly, …
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… DIFFER and TU/e to work on national X-ray lab for materials research Published on January 24, 2022 NWO research … inexpensive set-ups. This could boost research into materials for the energy transition, for instance. Marco de …
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… work at the institute as DIFFER group leader in the theme Solar Fuels. Prof. Marco de Baar photo: Bart van Overbeeke … DIFFER carries out fundamental scientific research into materials, processes, and systems for worldwide sustainable … Energy and Solar Fuels and contributes to the societal challenges in the areas of energy and sustainability. Go to …
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… mission is to perform leading fundamental research on materials, processes, and systems for a global sustainable … below organizational chart (February 2025). CHEMICAL ENERGY Solar Fuels are a way of converting sustainable energy cleanly and …
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… Themes of the day were the future directions of energy research on solar fuels and fusion energy. In 1959, the FOM Institute for …
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… Plasma Solar Fuels Devices The main goal of PSFD research group is … conversion has great potential for upscaling since no rare materials are required, high power densities can be obtained … terms of both transport and storage comes with a number of challenges. This is where the potential of solar fuels in a …
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… Our research Within the Plasma Material Interactions group we … and see how we can use them in catalysts, batteries or solar cells. Understanding blistering in EUV lithography …
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… Technology) have received 1.6 million euros to make liquid fuels from green electricity, water and carbon dioxide. They … processes that can use electricity instead of fossil raw materials. For example, this is relevant for the large-scale … fluctuating energy sources such as wind turbines and solar panels. By converting temporary electricity surpluses …
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… PhD candidate at DIFFER, conducted experiments on the TCV research tokamak at the Swiss Plasma Centre in Lausanne. … makes large-scale use of renewable energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines, in combination with storage … tokamak can be built and used, a number of technological challenges of this reactor still have to be overcome. One of …
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… Status open Location De Zaale 20 Eindhoven Department Theme Solar Fuels Group Autonomous Energy Materials Discovery Kind of contract Permanent Kind of …
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… the mechanisms that limit the conversion of sunlight into fuels and to optimize artificial leaves towards highest … funded for a total of three years by M-ERA.NET , the Materials section of the European Research Area (ERA). Anja … making clean fuels in a process powered by sunlight. Such solar fuels are seen as an attractive way of transforming …
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