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Researchers from HIPOLE Jena, together with cooperation partners from Justus Liebig University Giessen and University of Münster, have published an article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Last week brought a wide range of impressions and meaningful exchanges. It began at the Hannover Messe, where our team established new contacts and engaged in valuable discussions. A particular…
As part of Girls' Day, HIPOLE Jena welcomed ten pupils for a day of hands-on insights into scientific research. During their visit, the students had the opportunity to gain first…
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The central strategic goal of HIPOLE Jena is the accelerated, knowledge-based development of sustainable polymer materials for scalable energy technologies.
HIPOLE Jena is based on three research pillars:
- Material design & synthesis
- Scalability, prototypes, and transfer
- Characterization, theory & modeling and data science
This triad forms the basis for 5 areas of the HIPOLE Jena research mission:
Polymer redox-flow batteries
Redox-flow batteries (RFB) are a special battery technology. In contrast to many other battery systems, with RFB the performance and capacity can be scaled independently of each other. RFBs are particularly interesting for stationary energy storage. As part of HIPOLE Jena, organic, polymer-based electrolytes are being investigated, which makes the use of critical metals/metal ions in the electrolytes obsolete.
Polymer-based thin-film batteries
The large area of organic electronics opens up many new application possibilities, such as in the area of smart textiles or the “Internet of Things”. In this context, polymer-based active materials and electrolytes allow the printing production of flexible, tailor-made batteries. In HIPOLE Jena, the next generation of these materials is being investigated, which should, for example, enable a longer lifespan.
Photovoltaics
Commercial photovoltaic technologies have reached the terawatt (TW) range in terms of installed capacity worldwide. There will continue to be a very high demand for photovoltaic systems in the next few years, requiring scalable technologies to meet the ever-growing demand. HIPOLE Jena is dedicated to perovskite solar cells. The use of polymers is intended to improve stability, for example.
Functional self-healing materials
Functional self-healing materials represent a special field of research. These can restore their original properties after damage. For example, in battery electrodes, the conductivity should be restored after damage to the electrode. Comparable approaches should also be used for solar cells.
Sustainable chemistry
In the plastic age, which is also strongly associated with the negative environmental impacts of plastics (e.g. microplastics), sustainability plays an important role. Therefore, the polymers for the various applications should be created based on sustainable resources and their recycling should be possible. For example, the use of CO2 as a building block for polymers plays an important role.