… DIFFER graduate Guus Aalbers second in Gouden Spatel … prize in the Gouden Spatel competition, the award of the Dutch Chemical Society, KNCV, for the best chemical bachelor thesis of hbo students. … Aalbers wrote about the research during his internship at DIFFER in the group of Andrea Baldi. Jildau van der Werf won …
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… green ammonia production Published on January 07, 2021 DIFFER researchers found an alternative sustainable, … of fertilizers, as well as a potential carbon-free energy carrier. The researchers published this method in the … where they react with plasma-activated nitrogen gas to form NH 3 . Copyright: DIFFER Nowadays, ammonia is …
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… Research EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES 1. Development of complex photoelectrodes for efficient water splitting under visible light … step. Simulations are carried out on hematite surfaces with different orientations, surface terminations, and oxygen … step. Simulations are carried out on hematite surfaces with different orientations, surface terminations, and oxygen …
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… the oxygen evolution reaction that takes place. Therefore, PhD student Bart van den Boorn developed a … water splitting and efficient solar hydrogen production.” DIFFER community Van den Boorn: “I look back on a pleasant … be something in high-tech, or something related to the energy transition. I’d like to keep my options open, as …
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… WEST tokamak in France beats world record for plasma duration Published on February 21, 2025 A new … (approximately 22 minutes) with an injected and extracted energy of 2.6 GJ. This was a 25% improvement on the previous … during the plasma of 1337 seconds © CEA Memorable moment DIFFER's PhD student Juan Javier Palacios Roman was at CEA …
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… and aviation when they rely so much on fossil resources for their energy and raw materials? The Dutch ECCM conference on 26 June 2020 brought together … on fossil resources for their energy and raw materials? The Dutch ECCM conference on 26 June 2020 brought together …
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… work showed that, in addition to improving power exhaust performance, these solutions also bring major advantages for … their implications for control technology. Image Bob Kool © DIFFER Super-X Kool studied how to control heat exhaust in … power sharing and core density regulation in fusion energy devices’ Publication Nature Energy (September 2025): …
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… and opportunities for cooperation. Together, these European institutes account for billions of euros in investment plans. This makes them interesting for the Dutch and Belgian high-tech business community to … of BSBF 2026. Paul Hieltjes, Industrial Liaison Officer at DIFFER: “The BSBF is a very good opportunity to spot …
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… Chair of the General Assembly of the European Consortium for Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, and the Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL. Image Ambrogio Fasoli. Photo: EUROfusion … Chair of the General Assembly of the European Consortium for Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, and the Associate Vice …
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… and development of commercially viable reactor concepts for plasma-based conversion of CO 2 into solar fuels. The … in collaboration with industrial partners active in the energy grid infrastructure sector. The research revolves … microwave plasma engineering and diagnostics and combines fundamental fields of plasma physics and chemistry with an …
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… convection that occur mostly due to plasma turbulence. Therefore, our group develops new methodologies to determine and … Gas valve identification and control Particle injection is fundamental for tokamak operation and connects to many … properties. As such this technique allows to separate different transport phenomena in one experiment, which …
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… Systems Engineering for Physics Intensive Systems: Holland Hightech grant for … Ratio CASE (main applicant), Ignition Computing, TU/e, and DIFFER. Physics-heavy megaprojects often run over schedule … Enabling innovations The MKB Hightech Call 2025 is a Dutch innovation funding program aimed at helping high-tech …
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… on September 09, 2021 The SCALE consortium, headed by DIFFER, kicked off on Thursday 16 September 2021. DIFFER, … has awarded SCALE 1.25 M€ of funding to prepare the ground for the next generation of water electrolyzers. Hydrogen can … and Veco Precision. Toyota Motor Europe and FORTH institute are international cooperation partners. More …
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… DIFFER Seminar: Data-driven optimization and control for advanced manufacturing Attend this seminar? Use the … leader for Automation at Inspire, the technology transfer institute at ETH Zurich. She has a PhD in Physics from Vrije … leader for Automation at Inspire, the technology transfer institute at ETH Zurich. She has a PhD in Physics from Vrije …
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… of Wisconsin-Madison. As the new project leader of DIFFER's Ion Beam Facility, she now wants to open up the … for internships and later a PhD position at the German Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) near Munich. In the … wants to build up the same close relationship with HVE, the Dutch manufacturer of the institute's own ion beam …
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