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The research conducted at the institute is mainly funded through public research projects and in bilateral cooperation with industry.

The listed projects appear in the order of their year of completion.

Current projects   |   Completed projects

2021

• Development of photocatalytically active anodized layers for functional aluminum surfaces
  Period: 01.07.2019 - 31.12.2021 Partner: Christof Langer; fem Prof. Dr. Detlef Bahnemann, Technical Chemistry, University Hannover...

2022

• Aromatic and functional compounds by de novo biosynthesis and biotransformation with bacteria, yeasts and fungi in customized bioprocesses
    Period: 01.1.2018 - 31.05.2022 Partner: Hochschule Geisenheim University Justus-Liebig-University Giessen...
• Inhibitor Coatings against High Temperature Corrosion
  Period: 2019-02-01 to 2022-06-30 Funder: German Research Foundation (DFG) Project Manager: Christoph Grimme...
• Optimization of plasma-generated ceramic oxide layers on magnesium alloys through an improved interplay of the current-voltage regime and adapted inhibitors
  Period:  01.02.2020 - 31.07.2022 Partner: Fraunhofer IKTS Dresden Funder:   AiF Project Manager:...
• MeGaPlan - Development of an electrochemically controllable sorption process with magnetic nanocomposite particles for the removal and recovery of Gd, Pt and their complex compounds
  Period: 01.11.2019 – 30.04.2022 Partner: Fraunhofer IWKS Funder: Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller...
• Additive Manufacturing of Materials for C-rich High-Temperature Environments which suppress Coking and Metal Dusting by Catalytic Inhibition
  Period: 2019-11-01 to 2022-12-31 Partner: RWTH Aachen, Department of Ferrous Metallurgy (IEHK) Funder: Federal Ministry for...
• Microbial electrosynthesis
  Period: 01.03.2018 - 28.02.2022 Partner: Biochemical Engineering workgroup at DFI Funder: Bundesministerium für Bildung und...
• Development of thermal barrier coatings by plasma electrolytic oxidation
   Period: 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Funder: AiF Project Manager: Dr. Stephan Lederer  Team: Electrolytic...
• Photoenzymatic cascade reactions: Photocatalytic in-situ hydrogen peroxide production for biocatalysis based on peroxidases
  Period: 01.11.2019-31.10.2022 Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Funding code: BL 1425/1-2 Project Manager:...
• Pt2Go2Pt: Sustainable use of platinum for electromobility
    Period: 01.05.2020 - 31.10.2022 Partner: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Funder: HA Hessen Agentur...
• SiCycle - Recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic modules
  Period: 01.03.2020 – 31.10.2022 Partner: TU Bergakademie Freiberg Funder: Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller...
• StaTuR - Prototyp for a Stack of Tubular Redox-Flow-Battery Cells
  Period: 01.10.2018 – 30.11.2022 Partner: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg UNIWELL Rohrsysteme GmbH & Co KG...
• "Oxygen Diffusion Hardening (ODH)" of titanium group elements and their tribological properties
  Period: 2019-10-01 to 2022-09-30 Partner: Chair of Metals and Alloys, University Bayreuth Funder: German Research Foundation...
• Tubulyze- Development of a tubular water electrolyzer
  Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2022 Partner: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH...
• Powering photoreactions with inductively coupled wireless light emitters (WLEs) located inside the reaction medium
  Period: 01.08.2019 – 31.07.2022 Funder: Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Förderkennzeichen: BL 1425/4-1 Project Managers:...
• Zinc Ion Battery: an economic and ecological alternative for large scale stationary storage
  Period:  01.01.2019 - 31.12.2022 Partner: Hoppecke Batterien GmbH & Co. KG, Universität Bremen, Fraunhofer IFAM, TU Clausthal,...

2023

• Antimicrobial peptides for inhibition of biocorrosion
  Period: 01.04.2021 - 30.09.2023 Partner: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen Funder: AiF Project Manager:...
• BioLyte: Development of electrolytes for redox flow batteries from plant-based redox-active compounds in bio-based solvents and an adapted galvanic cell for technical implementation
  Period: 01.06.2021 - 31.05.2023 Partners: PEUS-Testing GmbH Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and...
• CO2SimO: Photoelektrochemische CO2-Reduktion bei Simultaner Oxidativer Wertstoffgewinnung
  Period: 01.06.2020-31.05.2023 Partner: Universität Bayreuth, AG Marschall Leibniz Universität Hannover, AG Bahnemann...
• ElektroFeSitu – Trace substance elimination and disinfection - development of a 200% cell for the electrochemical synthesis of ferrate and hydrogen peroxide
  Period: 01.04.2021 – 23.09.2023 Funder:  Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF) Team:...
• Influence of grinding parameters on the corrosion properties of coated aluminum materials
  Period: 01.04.2021 - 30.09.2023 Partner: Institut für Korrosionsschutz Dresden (IKS) Fraunhofer IKTS Dresden Funder:...
• HTCoEl – Compact synthesis gas production by high-temperature co-electrolysis
  Period: 2020-3-1 to 2023-2-28 Partners: DLR , Sunfire , TU Dresden Funder: Federal Ministry of Education and Research...
• Investigation of the metal dusting resistance of high-alloyed materials and their weldings with and without onsite-aluminization
  Period: 2019-10-01 to 2023-03-31 Funder: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWI, Germany) via AiF...
• Methylobacterium extorquens – a microbial cell factory for production of chemicals from methanol
  Methanol represents an attractive, very flexible feedstock for industrial biotechnology. It is efficiently synthesized via syngas from cheap natural gas and...
• Development of an aluminum and vanadium-free titanium alloy based on technically pure titanium for use in osteosynthesis and implant technology by selective laser melting (SLM)
  Period: 01.06.2021 - 31.12.2023 Partner: Technical University Braunschweig, Institute for Materials Science Funder: AiF...
• Surface refinement of additively manufactured components: Improving the mechanical properties and the oxidation behaviour
  Period: 2020-10-01 to 2023-03-31 Partner: Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH Funder: Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate...
• Ultrasound-assisted surface chemical processes for aluminum alloys to improve its corrosion protection and the adhesion of paintwork and bonds
  Period: 01.05.2021 - 31.10.2023 Partner: Paderborn University Funder: AiF Project Manager: Dr. Ralf Peipmann...
• VaMoS - Development of an online vanadium monitoring system to determine the state of charge of vanadium redox flow batteries
  Period: 01.04.2021 – 30.09.2023 Partner: HAW Hamburg Founder: Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller...
• Bioelectrochemical production of formic acid in biological sewage treatment plants (Wa2Chem)
  Period: 01.05.2021 – 31.10.2023 Partner: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen Institut für Bioverfahrenstechnik und...

2024

• ALBATROS: Alternative Materialsysteme für stationäre Batteriespeicher auf Basis von Aluminium als Anodenmaterial zur Substitution kritischer Rohstoffe
    Laufzeit:  01.07.2021 -  30.07.2024 Partner: Fraunhofer IISB Freiberg   TU Bergakademie Freiberg...
• COMPASsCO2: Components’ and Materials’ Performance for Advanced Solar Supercritical CO₂ Powerplants
  Sketch of the preliminary system configuration (Brayton cycle and temperature levels may change during the project development). Source: COMPASsCO2...
• GAMES - Gas diffusion electrodes for coupled microbial-electrochemical syntheses from CO2
  Period: 01.05.2021 – 01.05.2024 Partner: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) Gaskatel Gesellschaft für Gassysteme durch...
• Research Training Group MatCom – ComMat: High-temperature Stability in Harsh Environments – Hot Corrosion of Refractory Silicides
  Period: 2020-04-01 to 2024-09-30 Partners: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Darmstadt Funder:...
• HybridPress MMnS - Development of an innovative hybrid layer system hot forming process combination with active corrosion protection through zinc for press hardenable medium manganese steels with variable strengths
  Period: 01.10.2021 - 31.03.2024 Partner: FOSTA e.V. - Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendung RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Institut für...
• Research Training Group MatCom – ComMat: High-temperature oxidation behavior of ceramic coatings based on polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites
  Period: 2020-04-01 to 2024-09-30 Partners: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Darmstadt Funder:...
• eBiFlex – Electrochemical flexibilization of biogas plants
  Period: 01.05.2021 – 30.06.2024 Funder: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) Fachagentur Nachwachsende...
• topAM: Tailoring ODS materials processing routes for additive manufacturing of high temperature devices for aggressive environments
  Period: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024 Partners: Indutherm Gießtechnologie GmbH , Kanthal , KME , La Rochelle Université , Linde GmbH ,...

2025

• Degrad-EL3: Identification of degradation mechanisms and development of lifetime prediction methods for PEMEL, AEL and HTEL electrolysers
  Period: 01.04.2021 – 31.03.2025 Partners: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Europäisches Institut für...
• FluCoM – Fluid Condition Monitoring [H2Giga]
  Period: 01.09.2021 – 31.03.2025 Partner: TEC4FUELS GmbH Founder: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung...
• H2-Mare: “PtX-Wind, Offshore Power-to-X processes”
  Period:  01.04.2021 – 31.03.2025 Partners in WP3.2: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Northland Power Siemens Gamesa...
• BMBF NanoMatFutur junior research group: multicomponent equiatomic oxides as high performance materials for future thermal barrier coatings
  Period: 2020-10-01 to 2025-09- 30 Funder: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Project Manager: Patrick...