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  • Het gestage karwei om de belofte van kernfusie waar te maken

    … Het gestage karwei om de belofte van kernfusie waar te maken Altijd betrouwbaar, geen afval. Al generaties wordt er gedroomd van kernfusie als de ultieme energiebron. Maar de praktijk … kampt met zijn eigen problemen. Bij het verbranden van kolen, aardgas en olie komt koolstofdioxide vrij. De zon …
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  • Technology for Earth and Mars: Innovation at the crossroads of renewable energy and CO₂ utilization

    … on Earth and support future missions to Mars? A recent PhD study shows that this is not just science fiction, but a … continue working at DIFFER as a postdoc researcher, with Richard van de Sanden as her supervisor. “I am continuing … on the TU/e website. Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. … What if one technology could help tackle …
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  • Reactie Marco de Baar op bouw laserfusiefaciliteit China

    … laserfusiefaciliteit China Uit recente satellietbeelden van het Amerikaanse CNA blijkt dat China in Mianyang bouwt … Marco de Baar. Enkele fragmenten uit dit gesprek: De bouw van deze laserfusiefaciliteit is met name een militair … Zo'n faciliteit draagt uiteindelijk bij aan het verbeteren van de zware modellen die daarvoor nodig zijn, dat is het …
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  • New approach simplifies fusion physics

    … is exactly what happened when DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel used a systems engineering approach to study the … of the heating processes is vital to optimize this,’ Van Berkel explains the worldwide interest in this subject. … article on heat transport in fusion plasmas Go to the News page. … Sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes to …
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  • Metal vapour to protect fusion reactor walls

    … extreme heat fluxes encountered. In Nature Communications , PhD candidate Stein van Eden and colleagues at DIFFER and Ghent University … tin exposed to dense plasma (link: YouTube)   Go to the News page. … A thin vapour cloud in front of a liquid metal …
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  • Two NWO grants to turn solar energy into fuels

    … Solar driven Plasma Reforming (Michael Gleeson and Gerard van Rooij), and Vibrationally stimulated electro-fuel … oxide electrolysis cell (Michail Tsampas, Stefan Welzel and Richard van de Sanden). Full list of granted projects … for Knowledge & Innovation BioBased Economy. Go to the News page. … Research teams at DIFFER have been awarded two …
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  • New regime in dissociating CO2 for clean fuels

    … 07, 2015 7 October 2015 Solar fuels -researcher Gerard van Rooij and his team work to convert the greenhouse gas CO … CO production via electrolysis", says DIFFER's director Richard van de Sanden: "And not just because of the … are released again and the cycle starts anew." Go to the News page. … 7 October 2015 Solar fuels -researcher Gerard …
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  • Superconducting magnet for Magnum-PSI has arrived

    … quiet. Not this morning. The Magnum-PSI team led by Hans van Eck is on site to receive their long-awaited … Smeets, Hans van Eck, Serge Brons, Miranda van den Berg, Richard van de Sanden, Wim Koppers, Marc van de Pol, Ton Arends (DIFFER). Go to the News page. … With the installation of a superconducting …
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  • PhD Defense: Jos Scholte tested liquid metal to protect fusion reactor walls

    … PhD Defense: Jos Scholte tested liquid metal to protect … a noticeable cooling effect. That is not automatically good news, because the fusion fuel should not be cooled to below … of divertor materials. Author: Gieljan de Vries Go to the News page. … Future fusion power plants will need wall …
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  • New DIFFER strategic plan

    … committed to meeting this grand societal challenge", says Richard van de Sanden, the director of the Dutch Institute for … in the international energy research arena." Go to the News page. … Public support to accelerate the energy …
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  • Research

    … efficient water splitting under visible light irradiation (PhD thesis Rochan Sinha) The aim of the project is to … photoelectrode micro-/nanostructures and 3D structures  (PhD thesis Yihui Zhao) Light harvesting and charge … spectra.       6. 2D Materials for Water Splitting (PhD thesis Qiuhua Liang) The reduction of the size is an …
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  • PhD in Carbon Capture and Conversion in Electrochemical Membrane Reactors

    … PhD in Carbon Capture and Conversion in Electrochemical … entire value chain—from efficient capture technologies to advanced catalytic processes—to reduce risks and accelerate … chemical sectors in a net-zero world https://www.tno.nl/en/newsroom/2025/07/significant-impulse-sustainable-industry/ . …
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  • PhD in Data Infrastructure and AI Workflows for Self-Driving Laboratories

    … PhD in Data Infrastructure and AI Workflows for Self-Driving … for a sustainable future. We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join our international team and contribute … interdisciplinary project offers a unique opportunity to advance clean energy innovation at the intersection of data …
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  • From trusting your intuition to strict control: Heat loss control method in fusion reactors in Nature Communications

    … the tokamak wall from being destroyed. Credit: Julia van Leeuwen “We are going from studying to controlling. This … to the point that the reactor can adequately cope. Matthijs van Berkel (DIFFER): “The ability to control the cooling … Swiss Plasma Center. Credit A. Herzog / EPFL   Go to the News page. … The core of a fusion reactor is incredibly hot. …
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  • DIFFER ANNUAL REPORT 2020

    … is truly impressive. 2020 was also the year in which Richard van de Sanden completed his second term as director … years ago, and we have celebrated the first generation of PhD researchers that has fully carried-out and concluded … for each other. I am very proud of all of them." Go to the News page. … DIFFER is proud to present its  Annual Report …
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