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Heat conduction of complex materials decoded

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:32:06 +0100

Using machine learning workflows developed in-house, the researchers were able to establish that heat conduction is much more intricate than previously thought. Findings offer potential for developing specific materials. Complex materials such as organic semiconductors or the microporous metal-organ...

Synthetic fuels and more thanks to machine learning

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:32:02 +0100

Turning carbon dioxide into valuable substances: That is the goal of Empa researcher Carlota Bozal-Ginesta. In her research project, she wants to combine machine learning and high-throughput experiments to develop better electrodes for CO2 electrolysis. For this, she has now been awarded the two-yea...

Bio-based polyesters for demanding long-term applications

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:32:00 +0100

Current bio-based plastics are limited to short-life applications, such as packaging, as they have insufficient long-term properties. The new project "Bio-based polyesters for demanding long-term applications" by Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF aims to impro...

Proton-coupled electron transfer: Deciphered with high pressure

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:32:01 +0100

Chemists reveal method for differentiating PCET mechanisms – a key step for steering fundamental energy conversion and redox catalysis processes. Redox reactions form the basis of many fundamental processes of life. Without them, neither cellular respiration nor photosynthesis could take place. Redo...

Oxygen for Mars

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:32:00 +0100

To mitigate global climate change, emissions of the primary culprit, carbon dioxide, must be drastically reduced. A newly developed process helps solve this problem: CO2 is directly split electrochemically into carbon and oxygen. As a Chinese research team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie, o...

Lauda launches 5-year premium warranty

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG is underlining its quality promise with an attractive warranty package: from now on, the company will grant a five-year warranty on registered constant temperature equipment. By doing so, LAUDA is emphasizing its high standards and its confidence in its own products...

How a German deep-tech start-up wants to redefine the future of fuel

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:32:07 +0100

We are ICODOS - an innovative technology company from Germany that emerged from research at the renowned Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Our interdisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and business experts has set itself the task of supporting industry - especially the shipping and chem...

thyssenkrupp Uhde secures landmark contract for GNFC's new nitric acid plant

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:32:06 +0100

thyssenkrupp Uhde has been awarded a contract by Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) for the construction of a nitric acid (WNA - III) plant in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. The scope of work includes licensing, basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, com...

Tandem design on electrocatalysts and reactors for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:32:01 +0100

Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) driven by green electricity represents a promising strategy for CO2 mitigation and utilization by producing fuels and chemicals. Tandem strategy based on multifunctional tandem catalysts or cascade reactors enables deep CO2 reduction to high-value multi-carbon pro...

ALTANA achieves double-digit growth in 2024 and invests heavily in the future

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:50:59 +0100

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA achieved double-digit growth in the 2024 fiscal year while once again making significant investments in the future. The company increased its sales by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros (previous year: 2,742 million euros). One growth driver was heightened demand ...

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:42:57 +0100

A pioneering innovation from Mannheim is setting new standards in the production of sustainable fuel. In a globally unique plant, sustainable marine fuel is being produced from wastewater and electricity for the first time. Behind it is a consortium consisting of the climate technology start-up ICOD...

Novel Memristors to Overcome AI’s "Catastrophic Forgetting"

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:32:08 +0100

They consume extremely little power and behave similarly to brain cells: so-called memristors. Researchers from Jülich, led by Ilia Valov, have now introduced novel memristive components in Nature Communications that offer significant advantages over previous versions: they are more robust, function...

Management changes at hte

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:32:07 +0100

After 25 successful years at hte, including 12 years as CEO, Wolfram Stichert will pass the leadership of the company to Markus Bold. The official handover will take place on April 1, 2025. Wolfram Stichert is part of the founding team of hte and was CFO from 2003 to 2012, and CEO since 2013. He is ...

Hy2gen reaches milestone for ammonia project in Canada

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:32:05 +0100

Hy2gen Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of global renewable hydrogen producer Hy2gen, has submitted the project notification for the COURANT project, a renewable ammonia production facility, to Quebec's Minister of the Environment. This milestone marks the end of the planning phase. As a next st...

OQ Chemicals to Launch Heptanoic Acid Production in Germany

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:32:09 +0100

The global chemical company OQ Chemicals is set to begin dedicated heptanoic acid production in Oberhausen, Germany, in June 2025. This investment in expanding its production capacity is part of the company's strategy to strengthen its carboxylic acid portfolio and enhance supply chain security for ...

The "funky" side of solid-state battery development

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:32:03 +0100

Solid-state batteries (SSBs) are considered the next generation of batteries compared to conventional Li-ion batteries. Despite significant research efforts, very few SSBs are market-ready. In recent years, various promising materials have been introduced, but one of the main challenges persists: th...

New Real-time Method for Environmental Monitoring

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:32:01 +0100

Detecting microplastics and identifying plant stress at an early stage – this and much more can now be done thanks to a new method based on near-infrared light measurements. It is inexpensive and works in real time. Researchers from Bochum, Duisburg, Karlsruhe and Münster have developed a new method...

Arkema sets up its new headquarters in Paris La Défense

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Arkema is setting up its new headquarters in the heart of La Défense, Europe’s largest business district, an ideal location to host its various partners, symbolizing a new milestone in the Group's transformation. Inspired by Arkema's know-how, values, and commitment to CSR, these new premises are de...

New material for efficient separation of Deuterium at elevated Temperatures

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:32:04 +0100

A novel porous material capable of separating deuterium (D2) from hydrogen (H2) at a temperature of 120 K has been introduced. Notably, this temperature exceeds the liquefaction point of natural gas, thus facilitating large-scale industrial applications. This advancement presents an attractive pathw...

Just take a photo to determine the chemical composition

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:32:02 +0100

Florida State University chemists have created a machine learning tool that can identify the chemical composition of dried salt solutions from an image with 99% accuracy. By using robotics to prepare thousands of samples and artificial intelligence to analyze their data, they created a simple, inexp...

LANXESS significantly increases earnings in fiscal year 2024

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

In fiscal year 2024, LANXESS significantly increased its earnings despite the difficult global economic situation: EBITDA pre exceptionals climbed by 19.9 percent to EUR 614 million, up from EUR 512 million in the previous year. The company thus confirms the preliminary figures published on January ...

BASF commissions 54-megawatt water electrolyzer

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer has gone into operation at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site. Designed to produce zero-carbon hydrogen, the electrolyzer has a connected load of 54 megawatts and the capacity to supply the main plant with up to one metric ton of this substantial c...

C1 raised €20 million in fresh capital to replace fossil resources in the shipping, aviation and chemical industries

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:30:44 +0100

Cleantech company C1 Green Chemicals AG has successfully secured €20 million in fresh capital to bring its groundbreaking green methanol catalysis technology to market. Green methanol can be used to defossilize three key industries: shipping, aviation and carbon-based chemical production. At the sam...

Quantum light source for eco-friendly production of biogas

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:32:07 +0100

Much of our waste is far too valuable to simply be incinerated. If it is recycled in a carefully controlled way, not only can thermal energy be generated, but the resulting gas can also be used to produce valuable chemicals - from hydrogen to methane or methanol. However, the gas production process ...

The Circular Economy of Plastics: From Bakery Waste to Curlers with a Care Effect

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

The circular economy is a key component of a sustainable future. The technology transfer project “TechCirclePolymers” at the Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers (ibp) at Hof University of Applied Sciences addresses exactly this challenge. The project aims to improve the recycling of plast...

Structure of Supercritical Water Decoded

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:32:16 +0100

When exposed to high temperatures and pressure, water enters a state in which liquid and gas can no longer be distinguished. For a long time, there has been controversy about how this looks like on a molecular level. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have shed light on the structure of...

Lords of the molecular Rings: An Innovative Shortcut to High-Performance Organic Materials

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:32:13 +0100

Scientists at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, have unveiled an innovative approach for synthesizing azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a class of highly advanced ring-shaped molecular structures with immense potential in material science. Their innovative Catalyst-Transfer Macrocyc...

Leadership change at KRAHN Chemie

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:32:11 +0100

Effective May 1st, 2025, Martin John will join the management team of KRAHN Chemie Group and take over as CEO on June 1st. The company is part of the internationally active Otto Krahn Group, a family-owned business headquartered in Hamburg.“With Martin John, we have found an experienced and highly c...

Artificial Photosynthesis: Chemists Mimic Plants

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:16:25 +0100

Photosynthesis is a marvellous process: plants use it to produce sugar molecules and oxygen from the simple starting materials carbon dioxide and water. They draw the energy they need for this complex process from sunlight. If humans could imitate photosynthesis, it would have many advantages. The f...

Efficiently and Sustainably Killing Bacteria

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:52:47 +0100

Harmful microorganisms such as bacteria represent one of the largest threats to human health. Efficient sterilization methods are thus a necessity. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team has now introduced a novel, sustainable, electrocatalytic sterilization method based on electrodes cov...

A toolbox for quantum research

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:52:25 +0100

Empa researchers from the nanotech@surfaces laboratory have experimentally recreated another fundamental theoretical model from quantum physics, which goes back to the Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg. The basis for the successful experiment was a kind of “quantum Lego” made of tiny carbon mol...

OE-A and LOPEC celebrate innovation with the OE-A Competition and Start-up Competition Awards 2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

This year’s OE-A competition was dominated by projects and products that focus on smart living. 20 entrants from around the world submitted their latest visions and products to the OE-A Competition 2025. From smart patches for healthcare applications to hydrogen tanks and new lighting applications: ...

Revolution in lithium mining?

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Researchers have developed a new process for sustainable lithium extraction, which could help to address the growing global demand for the metals used in electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage. Current ways of getting lithium are bad for the environment and more sustainable approac...

LUMITOS and SPECTARIS present the first digital lab day in May 2025

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:04:23 +0100

Following the great success of the virtual battery day, LUMITOS AG is launching a new digital event format for the laboratory industry with the digital lab day. In cooperation with SPECTARIS, the leading industry association for analytics, biotechnology and laboratory technology, the digital lab day...

Data recycling with AI: How new knowledge is created from old information

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:32:09 +0100

Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, outdated databases - unstructured data sources are piling up in many companies, making it difficult to access valuable information. Technical specifications, standard documents and historical test reports often contain valuable findings, but remain hidden in inaccessible fo...

Watching electron motion in solids

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:32:07 +0100

A spectroscopic method for analysing the extremely fast movements of electrons in solids can now be used much more easily than before thanks to a new approach. Researchers from the University of Oldenburg present the new method in the journal Optica. The team hopes that this will transform multidime...

New “one-pot” technique a breakthrough for material synthesis

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:32:04 +0100

Creating battery electrolytes – the component that carries the charged particles back and forth between a battery’s two terminals – has always been a tradeoff. Solid-state inorganic electrolytes move the particles extremely efficiently, but being solid and inorganic means they’re also brittle, hard ...

Self-optimizing catalysts facilitate water-splitting for the green production of hydrogen

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:32:06 +0100

Hydrogen is a much-debated option in terms of CO₂-neutral energy production. Electrolyzer units that split water into its constituent oxygen and storable hydrogen are supplied with electricity from renewable resources, mainly generated by wind and solar energy. However, catalysts are necessary to fa...

How can Europe boost its domestic battery production and what policy actions are needed?

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:32:05 +0100

A new study by Fraunhofer ISI recently published in Nature Energy explores how domestic battery production in Europe can be expanded and how the European continent can become more independent from other parts of the world. The study derives policy recommendations from modelled scenarios how to stren...

Neutron imaging reveals optimization potential for CO₂ conversion

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:32:02 +0100

The environmentally harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, or CO₂ for short, can be converted into valuable chemical products such as carbon monoxide (CO) or ethanol by means of electrochemical reduction – electrolysis. These can be used as raw materials for industry or for the sustainable provision...

Medical infusion bags can release microplastics

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now, according to research published in the ACS partner journal Environment & Health, these bits of plastic — from 1 to 62 micrometers long — are present in the filtered solutions used for medical intravenous (IV) ...

New process to enable the conversion of CO2 into sustainable basic chemicals

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:32:04 +0100

The sustainable production of chemical base materials using CO2 as a carbon source is the goal of the "PKat4Chem" project. The project partners involved aim at further developing the process of low-temperature plasma catalysis so that gases produced from biomass can be converted into methanol or eth...

This nanotube has a nose for oxygen

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:32:03 +0100

ETH researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made of carbon nanotubes that can selectively, efficiently and reliably measure minute quantities of oxygen in gas mixtures under light. The detector could be widely used in industry, medicine and environmental monitoring. Oxygen is essential for life...

Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:32:01 +0100

A new strategy for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries is based on a hydrometallurgical process in neutral solution. This allows for the extraction of lithium and other valuable metals in an environmentally friendly, highly efficient, and inexpensive way, as a Chinese research team reports in the ...

WACKER expects to grow in all business divisions in 2025, despite headwinds

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

With the presentation of its annual report, Wacker Chemie AG reported that its 2024 sales and earnings fell versus the previous year due to persistently weak market conditions. WACKER’s sales totaled €5.72 billion, 11 percent less than in 2023 (€6.40 billion). This development was driven primarily b...

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2025 – the hot spot for processing technology this September

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

In just over six months from now, POWTECH TECHNOPHARM will relaunch following its scheduled break. From 23 to 25 September 2025, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds will again become the hub where everything revolves around technologies for processing powders, solids and liquids. Visitors can already l...

Complete breakdown of PMMA plastic into its building blocks

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:47:16 +0100

Polymer chemists at ETH Zurich have discovered a surprising way to virtually fully break down PMMA plastic – commonly known as acrylic glass – into its monomer building blocks. The process remains unaffected by the presence of additives. Today, plastics recycling is primarily limited to the collecti...

X-ray snapshot: How light bends an active substance

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:47:14 +0100

With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, European XFEL, a research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt and the research centre DESY has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the example of the pharmaceutically active substance 2-thiouracil, they applied a long-established imag...

Using batteries to produce hydrogen peroxide from air for industrial applications

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:47:13 +0100

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is widely used as a bleach, disinfectant, and oxidising agent, among other things. However, industrial production of H2O2 is expensive and uses a lot of energy owing to the rare and precious metal catalysts used in its production. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Scien...

Rigaku Wins Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Best Paper Award

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Rigaku Corporation, a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation has won the Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Best Paper Award (hereinafter “the Award”) with a revolutionary, non-destructive method of discovering defects in 3D flash memory. The inspection and measurement technology (hereinafter “the Techn...

Work Smarter, Not Harder - The New Spectral Databases Are Now Available

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Our spectra databases aren’t just collections, they’re your shortcut to faster, smarter & more reliable results across all major instruments&software. You asked – we listened! Thanks to your valuable feedback, we’ve expanded our collection with highly requested, new databases: - Paper & Print Materi...

Powerful, safe, flexible: Compact lab washers with intelligent wash system

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:00:00 +0100

The compact lab washers from the PG 85 series offer high-class performance and consume less water, energy and process chemicals. This is the result of an intelligent and innovative water circulation system which adjusts the spray pressure in each individual programme phase to specific requirements. ...

High-Quality Ultra-Low Temperature Storage – Safe, Efficient, and Sustainable

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Vaccines, organic substances and valuable samples that need to be stored at low temperatures are irreplaceable. Only the highest-quality deep-freezers guarantee long-term stability and availability in these challenging conditions. Based on decades of experience and technical development, LAUDA has o...

Flexible and Powerful Process Thermostats for Precise Temperature Control

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Process thermostats from -25 to 80°C and cooling output up to 10 kW High-performance and versatile. A comprehensive performance spectrum enables the LAUDA Variocool to deal with sophisticated process temperature control in the moderate temperature range. Equipment incorporating various pumps and ind...

The Next Level of Energy-Efficient Temperature Control: High-Performance Circulation Coolers

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Energy-efficient and cost-saving Developed with a focus on energy efficiency, the new LAUDA Ultracool circulation chillers make a pivotal contribution to reducing your operating costs. The newly developed devices allow energy costs to be reduced by up to 50 percent, depending on the operating condit...

Efficient Process Thermostats with Intuitive Control and Powerful Performance

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

We have technically redeveloped the powerful process thermostats of the Integral line and taken them into the digital age. The models in the T, XT and P series feature an intuitive operating concept that allows monitoring and control via integrated web browser. The LAUDA Integral T process thermost...

Circulation Chiller for Reliable Continuous Operation in Laboratory and Research Applications from -10 to 40°C

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Compact circulation chiller with excellent price-performance ratio. The easy-to-operate Microcool circulating chiller line includes four compact models with large LED display and membrane keyboard and offers cooling output from 0.25 to 1.2 kW. The highlight of these devices is the premium quality bl...

Particle Size Standards and Count Controls meeting the highest international metrological criteria

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Our product series meet the highest international metrological standards and therefore provide accurate and traceable size calibration for particle size analysis. They comply with demands of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for traceability. Furthermore, we claim general tra...

NO_x and NH₃ measurement: Efficient solutions for precise and user-friendly gas analysis

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

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Precision meets ease of use: Modern measuring instruments must not only work reliably, but also meet the highest demands in terms of convenience and flexibility. The devices in the nCLD series offer both: they allow you to display either current values or complete measurement curves in graphical for...

Ultrasonic Flow Meter for Very Small Flow Rates

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:00:00 +0100

The Bronkhorst® ES-FLOW is designed to measure tiny volume flows (from 2 to 1500 ml/min based on H2O) using ultrasound in a small bore tube. A wide range of clear liquids can be measured independent of fluid density, temperature and viscosity.Due to the combination of a straight sensor tube with zer...

Identify IR Spectra: Automatically, Quickly and Precisely

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

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Advanced triple detection solution for GPC polymer analysis

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

LenS3 MALS-V dual detector is an integrated light scattering and viscometry detector. Combined with the EcoSEC Elite GPC system and TSKgel columns, LenS3 MALS-V offers a complete, cost-effective, high-performance approach for triple detection. In a triple-detection SEC setup, the Refractive Index (R...

Automated Fusion Equipment

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

XRF Scientific offers both Gas and Electric Fusion Machine solutions, for XRF and ICP sample preparation by borate fusion. When it comes to choosing the right fusion machine for your application there are a number of questions you need to think about. These can be difficult questions to evaluate par...

Labware made of precious metals

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Our brochure over precious metal labware for the analytic laboratory provides a fast and complete overview for standardized solutions for the daily tasks in sample preparation. You find crucibles, dishes, lids etc. for classical chemistry or sample treatment with an automated fusion machine in easy ...

Precisely measure oxygen in 96-well microtiter plates

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Discover our compact optical multi-channel oxygen reader FirePlate-O2, enabling simultaneous oxygen measurements of up to 96 channels. Together with 96-well microplates with integrated oxygen sensors (minispots) or dispersed O2 nanoprobes, it provides an efficient solution for your research needs. O...

TGA - determine Moisture, Volatile matter, Ash and Loss on Ignition contents in various substances

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

xrTGA1100 is a Macro Thermogravimetric Analyzer and is used extensively in the quality control, for applications within Mining Operations, Chemical Industries, Food, Coal, Plastic, Agricultural Industries. xrTGA1100 is used to determine selected characteristics of materials that exhibit either mass ...

Mobile metal analysis: reliable, simple quality control in laboratory quality

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

ferro.lyte is a mobile spark spectrometer for metal analysis that works according to the principle of optical emission spectrometry (OES) with spark excitation. Thanks to the sophisticated all-in-one concept with compact design, you can use the mobile instrument to measure exactly where your materia...

Fast and accurate analysis of dispersion stability from 4°C to 60°C

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

The new generation of the proven stability analyzer LUMiFuge® considerably simplifies quality control in industry by introducing the instability index in the SEPView® 6 software. The LUMiFuge, which uses the measuring principle of analytical centrifugation, is one of the standard devices for rapid d...

Microwave sample preparation: Fast and safe

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

With the speedwave systems, you can achieve reproducible digestions and extractions in just a few simple steps. All common methods for analysing environmental samples are already preset. With just three standard methods, you cover 90% of all food and pharmaceutical samples. Whether you process many ...

Smart business apps for recipe and process-oriented production - the modular ERP solution

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

The right recipe for your success Tailor-made application system for the process industry: chemicals, cosmetics, food and pharmaceuticals Short development cycles, resource efficiency, capacity optimization, multi-stage production processes, internationality, legal requirements and high demands on q...

Solubility: Importance, Measurements and Applications

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0100

WHITE PAPER SOLUBILITY The solubility of a compound in organic solvents or water is equally important for screen design and later for process development. For designing a screen, for instance around cooling crystallization, you need to select solvents that have sufficient solubility and that have a ...

Three Different Methods for Determining the Diffusion Coefficient in Battery Electrodes

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 02:00:00 +0100

Last revised 06/2021 4 Rue de Vaucanson, 38170 Seyssinet-Pariset, FRANCE Tel: +33 476 98 68 31 ?www.biologic.net Determination of the diffusion coefficient of an inserted species in a host electrode with EIS, PITT and GITT techniques I. Introduction The main electrochemical reaction in a battery int...

The method of total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) analysis

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:00:00 +0100

What is TXRF? The TXRF working principle is based on the method of total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis. An aircooled X-ray tube generates an X-ray beam, which is reduced to a narrow energy range by a multi-layer monochromator. The fine beam impinges on a polished sample carrier at a very sm...

Spotlight on protein determination: Kjeldahl vs. Dumas

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0100

Based on various publications of C. Gerhardt GmbH & Co. KG written by Maximilian Tonner Caroline Siebmanns C. Gerhardt GmbH & Co. KG C?sariusstra?e 97 53639 K?nigswinter, Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 2223 2999-0 www.gerhardt.de Bestellung: order@gerhardt.de Beratung: application@gerhardt.de Spotlight on pr...

What are All-Solid-State Batteries

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 02:00:00 +0100

What are All-Solid-State Batteries Updated 06/11/2023 4 rue Vaucanson, 38170 Seyssinet-Pariset, France Page 1 / 4 Phone: + 33 476 98 68 31 ? http://www.biologic.net Introduction All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have emerged as a promising solution to ad- dress the limitations of traditional lithiu...

A Guide to electrochemical Li-ion Battery Research and Development

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Reza Fathi The commercialization of Li-ion batteries in 1991 was the culmination of in-depth R&D conducted by scientists and engi- neers around the globe over the preceding few decades. Further development of Li- ion batteries and alternative rechargeable batteries has continued until today. As the ...

Exploring the Future of Battery Technology

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:00:00 +0100

UntitledIntroduction Each year battery technologies become more important to global economic and energy- generation infrastructure. With greater investment and complex energy needs has come greater diversity in battery types and the science behind them. Different battery solutions are needed to solv...

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for the characterisation of battery cells

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

W H IT E P AP E R ELECTROCHEMIC AL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOP Y (EIS) ? A P OWERF UL ELECTROCHEMIC AL TECHNIQUE COMPETENCE CREATES CONFIDENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS II. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 III. A...

Improving the quality of dry lithium-ion cathode mixtures through torque rheometry

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Improving the quality of dry lithium-ion cathode mixtures through torque rheometry Rheometers Application note | LR97 Authors Dr. Yi Chen Hsieh R&D Platform Leader Electrode Processing Development Dry Processing, Daikin Chemical Europe GmbH D?sseldorf, Germany Alina Theisen Lab Technician Battery Ma...

Benefits of twin-screw extrusion for solvent-reduced lithium-ion batteries

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Compounding and extrusion Application note | LR-96 Challenges for efficient battery production The global production of lithium-ion batteries will increase enormously with the increasing demand for electromobility and energy storage. In this respect, ecologically and economically efficient 10 % of t...

Battery Slurry Mixing with the SpeedMixer Technology

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

SpeedMixer? - TrainingDEVELOPMENT ? TECHNOLOGY The Beauty of Precision The beauty of precision Battery Development ? Common Challenges ? Challenge 1 Small scale: Product developers often face difficulties in creating small-scale samples for R&D that maintain the necessary quality and consistency for...

Why LiB researchers should embrace interfacial testing and analysis

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Whitepaper Leverage Surface Science to Meet the Demands of a Thriving Electric Vehicle Industry 2 The Big Picture: Electric Vehicle Development After not only surviving, but thriving, through a tumultuous 2020 that dropped gas-powered automotive sales by 16%, electric vehicles (EV) proved they aren?...

Understanding Biopolymer Behavior

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0200

Understanding Biopolymer Behavior A guide to optimizing material selection for product performance and processing conditions Table of Contents Master the understanding of evolved gas analysis to understand polymer compositions, ensuring consistent incoming raw materials 3 Identify the influence of e...

How to Ensure Polymer Strength and Durability with Mechanical Testing

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0200

How to Ensure Polymer Strength and Durability with Mechanical Testing Tensile and Fatigue Testing for Longevity and Reliability of Polymer Materials and Components Table of Contents Introduction 2 Evaluation of the Loss of Polymer Strength and Durability Due to Fatigue Loading and Manufacturing Arti...

Battery Research: Characterizing the Future

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Essential Knowledge Briefings First Edition, 2019 Battery Research: Characterizing the Future2 ? 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, UK Microscopy EKB Series Editor: Dr Julian Heath Spectroscopy and Separations EKB Series Editor: Arne Kusserow Fr...

Battery Testing and Materials Characterization

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0200

? 2023 TA Instruments. A division of Waters Corporation. All rights reserved. 1 A Selection Guide for Analytical Solutions Table of Contents Battery Materials 6 Unlocking the Full Potential of Batteries Cutting-Edge Analytical Solutions for the Next Generation of Battery Development The race for th...

The XRF Principle

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0200

(XRF) has its roots in geology. Solid samples were the first sample types analyzed by X-rays. Over the years the applications have expanded and nowadays cover the analysis of alloys, various types of powder samples to liquid samples and filter material. 2 XRF Fundamentals Principle of XRF The effect...

Charging Ahead: Raman-SEM Analyses of Li-Ion Batteries

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Whitepaper Rechargeable batteries provide the power for many electronic devices such as cell phones, tablets and laptops, as well as the electric vehicles that are quickly growing in popularity. Since Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery, around 1800, research on el...

Analysis of Impurities in Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Electrolyte

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Analysis of Impurities in Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Electrolyte (EN)Challenge Precise determination of impurities despite matrix effects, interference from organic solvents, sample deterioration and difficulties in detecting certain elements such as phosphorus and fluoride. Solution The PlasmaQuan...

Nanomechanical Characterization with AFM

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Nanomechanical Characterization with AFMThe ability to characterize a variety of nanoscale properties together with topography in any environment is key to the power and broad applicability of atomic force microscopy. While accessing properties in the realm of electrical, thermal, chemical, and elec...

Rheological Characterization of NMC-Based Dry Powder Cathode in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Dry powder coating optimizes lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing, cutting VOC emissions and costs. This webinar explores powder rheology's insights into flow and behavior under varying shear rates, and how it helps refine the coating process for optimal results. Learn how the powder rheology...

Optimize Electrode Slurries via Flow and Structure Analysis Using Rheo-Impedance Spectroscopy

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing needs thorough material characterization for quality. This involves combining materials into a slurry or dry coating, affected by shear environments. Our webinar covers Rheo-Impedance Spectroscopy insights into slurry microstructure, safety, and performanc...

Accurate Water Determination in Battery Materials

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100

Karl Fischer titration is known for its accuracy in measuring trace amounts of water and is an ideal method for monitoring the water content in various battery components. Learn in this webinar: • how to analyze battery fluid samples for moisture and avoid side reactions with special KF reagents• ho...

Electrochemical techniques for battery research and testing

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100

The webinar covers theoretical and practical aspects of electrochemical techniques for battery research: • Potentiostatic vs. galvanostatic methods• 2- or 3-electrode measuring mode• Galvanostatic techniques: CC charge/discharge and GITT.• Potentiostatic techniques: Cyclic voltammetry and its suitab...

Research on Solid-State Batteries, Advanced Materials, and Analytical Testing

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100

Get answers to fascinating questions on solid-state battery cell analysis, unique material analysis and electrolyte analysis by watching this insightful webinar featuring speaker Prof. Jennifer LM Rupp of TUM and MIT - internationally renowned for her work in Li-oxide battery research and engineerin...

Electrochemical Impedance measurements on Li-ion batteries - important practical aspects to consider

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100

This webinar shows how to perform impedance spectroscopy on Li-ion batteries -the experimental setup and the obtained information from the measurements. In addition, important practical aspects are covered. Content: • Structure and operating principle of Li-ion batteries • Measurable parameters thro...

Development of battery materials using ball mills

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

This webinar focuses on three aspects of creating optimum battery materials: defined particle sizing of electrode materials, the development of new materials through mechanochemical reactions and reliable sample preparation for material analysis. Ball mills are the perfect instruments which cover al...

How to run in operando XRD experiments

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Did you know that you can collect XRD data while charging/discharging a lithium-ion battery (LIB)? Despite the significant advancement of LIB technology, further improvements and optimizations are still required to solve challenges such as energy density, cycle life, and safety. In operando XRD can...

Rheometry for Battery manufacturing and research

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Understanding the rheological properties of an electrode slurry is necessary to: Optimize the coating process Define the storage handling Characterize the quality of dispersion as a predictor for cell performance ...

Twin-screw extrusion in battery manufacturing and research

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

The production of electrode material in the classic wet or dry process benefits from the advantages of twin-screw extrusion: excellent dispersive and distributive mixing ensures best homogeneity precise control of material shear, heat transfer, material throughput and residence time continuous proc...

The ExoMatter Platform for Materials R&D - finding new materials for battery development

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100

You need new, innovative materials for any part of your battery? No problem! The ExoMatter Platform for Materials R&D offers access to millions of materials with a wide range of properties you can use as search criteria — physical, chemical, engineering, cost or size of carbon footprint. The result ...

Accelerating Battery R&D Through In-Operando Isothermal Microcalorimetry

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100

Traditional methods slow cell chemistry screening, taking months to show degradation. In-operando isothermal microcalorimetry accelerates this by measuring non-reversible reactions during charge cycling. Discover the Battery Cycler Microcalorimeter Solution in our webinar. Simplify testing with our ...

Battery analytics - Characterization of raw materials & semi-finished products for battery industry

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Benefit from different LUM instruments to determine the particle size distribution of raw materials for batteries and fuel cells, characterize dispersibility and separation of battery pastes in original concentration and determine the adhesive and coating strengths of layers in electrodes....

Better battery production - How to improve coatings and adhesive bonds in battery production

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0100

Following the trends of modern mobility, the requirements for batteries are increasing both in terms of dimensioning and packing density. If you want to know how to improve the mechanical properties of your batteries to meet new and always higher standards, this webinar is for you!Webinar language: ...

Particle Size Measurement: What Can I Expect from My Image Analyzer?

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MICROTRAC launches the CAMSIZER S1 Particle Size & Shape Analyzer! This webinar is for professionals in various industries seeking precise bulk solids analysis. This event will cover the CAMSIZER S1's applications in quality control, replacing sieve analysis, challenges in powder measurement, handli...

Elemental Analysis of Sodium Ion Battery Cathode Materials by Agilent ICP-OES

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Elemental impurities in sodium-ion battery precursor cathode active materials (pCAM) affect energy density, lifespan, and safety. To ensure quality, ICP-OES technology offers a simple, safe method for determining these impurities. In this webinar, Dr. Clayton-Cuch will discuss sample preparation and...

Enhancing Quality Control of Electrolytes in Battery Production via UV-Vis and FTIR Spectroscopy

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

As demand for high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) grows, ensuring electrolyte quality is crucial for efficiency and longevity. This work explores advanced QC measures using UV-Vis and FTIR spectroscopy in glovebox environments to maintain material integrity. Key aspects include material id...

Leak Detection for E-Vehicle Applications

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Vacuum and leak detection solutions are vital for vehicle electrification. This webinar covers helium leak detection (HLD) benefits for e-Vehicle manufacturing, offering tips to enhance accuracy and optimize process flow. HLD ensures the integrity of sealed battery enclosures, addressing energy stor...

Utilization of GC & GC/MSD for Analysis of Swelling Gas, Carbonate Solvents & Additives in Batteries

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in electronics due to their high energy density, light weight, and long lifespan. Performance degradation often causes gas generation, linked to electrolyte degradation. Knowing the gas composition is vital for optimizing electrolytes, typically LiPF6 and...

Ensuring the Quality, Performance, Safety, and Eco-Friendly Production of Battery Cells

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0200

Battery research and production have rapidly expanded over the past decade, a trend expected to continue to meet global carbon reduction mandates. Regardless of battery type, each stage of the value chain presents technical, economic, and environmental challenges. In this webinar, learn how Agilent ...

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