Thin films CF05 Project costs: 1.193 T€ Project period: 09/2020–08/2022 Partners: Objective: The consortium for the collaborative project CF05 is developing a quick-start membrane reactor for the production of hydrogen from ammonia. This is a key hydrogen technology for efficient energy conversion in different types of fuel cells and engines in the future. In contrast…
Thin films CF04 Project costs: 1.934 T€ Project period: 06/2020–08/2022 Partners: Kerafol Overview: Integrating new electroceramic thin films into energy systems enables the small-scale implementation of resource-efficient direct and flexible energy conversion processes for ammonia synthesis. In joint project CF04, partners are developing high-performance thin-film-based membrane electrode units (MEA) for the decentralised synthesis of ammonia…
18 September 2020. On 18 September 2020, we conducted a web-based partner workshop for product category 3, ‘Zero-emission marine propulsion systems’. At the workshop, the roughly 30 partners exchanged information on topics including the energy transition in inland navigation, batteries for marine applications, supply infrastructures, ammonia bunkering and safety. As a special highlight of the…
11 September 2020. On 11 September 2020, our online partner workshop for product category 2, ‘Green ammonia’, was held remotely via the web conferencing platform BigBlueButton. Following keynote speeches on global developments in the subject areas of green ammonia, catalysts for ammonia synthesis and the use of micro process technology for process intensification, the roughly…
On 26 June 2020, we visited the ammonia bunker ship of our new partner, SPETRANS Schiffahrts– und Speditionskaufmann GmbH, a small shipping and freight forwarding company headquartered in Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein. SPETRANS operates a special ship with the capacity to transport up to 150 tonnes of ammonia, which is used to treat exhaust gas at a…
The first functional test of the new INP magnetron sputtering reactor for the deposition of electroceramic thin films was carried out on 19 June 2020. In the reactor, a closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique can be used to deposit complex metal oxides with a perovskite structure (e.g. barium cerium zirconate) on the tubular substrates…
23. April 2020. The CAMPFIRE consortium was selected from a pool of 78 applicants to win the Horizon 2020 tender Emerging Paradigms and Communities: Breakthrough Zero-emissions Energy Generation for Full Decarbonization (Call FETPROACT-EIC-05–2019). In the HiPowAR project, which is financed by an EU grant of €4 million, consortium partners are collaborating with partners from Sweden,…
18 March and 8 April 2020. Our Third Advisory Board Meeting was a multi-day virtual event held in March and April. We were pleased to learn that three additional collaborative projects were recommended for funding in the product categories PK1 ‘Thin Films’ and PK3 ‘Zero-emission Maritime Propulsion Systems’. For the project Electroceramic Thin Films for…
27 February 2020. The partners for product category 1, ‘Electroceramic thin film’, held their first workshop of the implementation phase on 27 February 2020. Workshop guests included renowned scientists from all over Germany, including leading international experts in the fields of ceramic materials, membranes and catalysis. We would especially like to thank the following people…
