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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. …
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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. …
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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. … extreme heat fluxes encountered. In Nature Communications , PhD candidate Stein van Eden and colleagues at DIFFER and …
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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. …
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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. …
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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. …
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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 … do not crack or melt under the intense heat inside. In his PhD research, mechanical engineer Jos Scholte (TU/e and … a noticeable cooling effect. That is not automatically good news, because the fusion fuel should not be cooled to below …
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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. … committed to meeting this grand societal challenge", says Richard van de Sanden, the director of the Dutch Institute …
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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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  • 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. …
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  • PhD defense: Thomas Bosman learned to control fusion exhaust in three shots

    … PhD defense: Thomas Bosman learned to control fusion exhaust … shots. On 30 April 2025, he successfully defended his PhD thesis at Eindhoven University of Technology. Image … value of taking a different view. Systems approach In his PhD work at DIFFER, Bosman used the insight that while the …
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  • More efficient carbon dioxide splitting for sustainable fuels

    … more favorable reaction conditions for CO 2 splitting. Alex van de Steeg, PhD student in the DIFFER group Plasma Solar Fuels Devices … wrote a story on their website about this paper. Go to the News page. … reaction conditions for CO 2 splitting. Alex van de Steeg, PhD student in the DIFFER group Plasma Solar Fuels Devices …
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  • Zero emissions demands a new form of ammonia production

    … water and nitrogen using ionic conducting membranes," says Richard van de Sanden, group leader of DIFFER's Plasma Solar Fuels … (Netherlands) and Casale (Switzerland). Source: based on a news item of Aarhus University by Jesper Bruun More … (Netherlands) and Casale (Switzerland). Source: based on a news item of Aarhus University by Jesper Bruun More …
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  • Coverartikel Journal of Applied Physics voor Solar Fuels

    … en zo duurzame energie op te slaan. In het coverartikel van het Journal of Applied Physics presenteren Srinath … ,  S. Ponduri, M. M. Becker, S. Welzel, M. C. M. van de Sanden, D. Loffhagen and R. Engeln J. Appl. Phys. 119, … (2016) https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941530 Go to the News page. …
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