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#Batterien: Reduziert auf das Wesentliche! #Festkörperbattieren sind eine neue Generation von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien, die ohne flüssige Komponenten auskommen und viele Eigenschaften – eine hohe Energiedichte, kurze Ladezeiten, sicher im Betrieb, Standhaftigkeit bei extremen Temperaturen – in sich vereinen. Ein internationales Forschungskonsortium mit Beteiligung der Empa arbeitet an der Entwicklung anoden-freier Festkörperbatterien in Kombination mit #Dünnfilmtechnologie. Mögliche Anwendungsfelder sind der industrielle Internet-of-Things-Sektor, mit zusätzlichen potenziellen Anwendungen in mobilen Bereichen wie Drohnen, Robotik, Luft- und Raumfahrt. Moritz H. Futscher Jędrzej Morzy Abdessalem Aribia Yaroslav Romanyuk Lorenz Herrmann BTRY Bundesamt für Energie BFE #internetofthings #lithiumion Autor: Benedikt Vogel

Empa is shaping the future and competitiveness of the Swiss industry together with Innosuisse: We are currently involved in about 80 projects, such as 🔹ComfyPAS - Crystal protection for #satellites: this new type of payload adapter is designed to reduce hazardous vibrations in satellites 🔹Greenpeel 2.0 - Turning wood into leather: Producing #veganleather from cellulose and lignin 🔹Three Free - No lead, no cry: this is a lead-free glass that fully meets the high demands of the #semiconductor industry 🔹MalCoFil - A mosquito net with anti-#malaria effect: Working on new types of mosquito nets that effectively terminate mosquitoes 🔗Project details: https://lnkd.in/eyif-9NE Andrea Bergamini Gustav Nyström Gurdial Blugan Authors: Andrea Six Anna Ettlin

Ein Jahresrückblick der besonderen Art -- und ein Plädoyer für Innovation und den Stellenwert, den diese für die Schweiz hat. Und gleichzeitig ein Dank all unseren Partnern und Unterstützern, die diese Forschung bei uns an der Empa überhaupt erst ermöglicht haben! Euch allen eine friedliche Weihnachtszeit und alle Gute fürs neue Jahr Innosuisse Swiss Wood Solutions AG Swijin Koster AG Holzwelten #Innovation #Forschung #Technologie #Holz #Technologietransfer

Bei der Mehrfachnutzung von Schweizer #Holz besteht noch erhebliches Potenzial. Als vielseitiger nachwachsender Rohstoff, der beim Wachsen CO2 beindet, wollen viele Industriezweige in Zukunft vermehrt auf Holz als Ersatz für fossile Rohstoffe setzen. Forschende der Empa und der Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL haben die Materialflüsse von Holz in der Schweiz genau analysiert und ungenutzte Möglichkeiten entdeckt. Die Studie entstand im Rahmen der Joint-Initiative SCENE - Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions. 🔗 Newsartikel: https://lnkd.in/e5vtvpP9 🔗Ergebnisse in der Zeitschrift «Industrial Ecology»: https://lnkd.in/e2jg2X3M 🔗Webseite SCENE: https://lnkd.in/eRvuxKMk Technology and Society Laboratory Nadia Malinverno Claudia Som simon buschor Kealie Vogel Schwarze Francis Bernd Nowack Gustav Nyström #Kaskadennutzung #Kreislaufwirtschaft

Mining the Atmosphere research at Empa – Part 2 on #Conversion The following innovative projects are transforming how we capture and utilize CO2 and methane to support sustainable industrial #decarbonization. Together, these efforts are advancing scalable solutions for atmospheric CO2 utilization.   🔹🔹 Plasma-based CO2 conversion – PLASMA🔹🔹 The Plasma Applications for Sustainably Mining the Atmosphere (PLASMA) project aims to harness the power of lightning-inspired innovation for a carbon-neutral world. It employs plasmas and renewable energy to upcycle the two primary greenhouse gases, CO2 and CH4, into the raw material of the future. To achieve this goal, the team is establishing a combined experimental and numerical platform at Empa to explore the effects of high pressure and temperature on plasma-driven reactions. Its unique qualities as a Power-to-X technology make plasma processing a promising method to decarbonize energy-intensive industrial processes while creating sustainable products from greenhouse gases.   🔹🔹Electricity-based conversion of gaseous CO2 to solid carbon - CO2SOL🔹🔹 This project focuses on direct electrochemical conversion of gaseous CO2 into solid carbonaceous materials, which can then be used as additives to concrete and other construction materials, yielding a carbon negative process. This conversion will be implemented for the first time in gas diffusion electrodes. The activity, selectivity, and stability of the tailored electrodes will be investigated as a function of key reaction parameters to understand their function, and to find optimal operating conditions to jump-start the mining activities on the atmosphere.   🔹🔹Novel catalysts for CO2 reduction – ENHANCE🔹🔹 The project aims to exploit the disorder of amorphous materials to develop more sustainable and cost-effective catalysts for CO2 reduction, without resorting to transitional elements. We investigate the role of surface defects and assess how their catalytic properties depend on their nature and arrangement, which are influenced by embedded network breakers and formers. We establish a framework to digitally accelerate the design of sustainable amorphous catalysts by integrating computational and analytical methods. Ramses Snoeckx Dirk Hegemann Ivan Lunati #empa #miningtheatmosphere #research

Mining the Atmosphere – a research focal point at Empa to offer solutions to turn from a CO2-emitting into a CO2-binding society. How will we contribute to this vision? The concept is this: 🔹To extract CO2 from the atmosphere 🔹To convert CO2 into valuable carbon-containing materials and chemicals 🔹At the end of their life cycle, these materials/chemicals are transferred to valuable products, e.g. to sinks where the carbon is stored for centuries This year, more than 10 projects at Empa, which complement those already ongoing, have been initiated on carbon capture, conversion, use and systemic development. With our industry-centric approach we are motivated to create impact for Switzerland and beyond. Examples of high industry-relevance will be showcased in the NEST unit Beyond Zero with partners Implenia, Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics FOBL and OOS AG. In this post series, I invite you to get a general insight into the research efforts that will challenge us for the coming years. 🔹Part 1: Capture: We aim to advance carbon capture by means of novel extraction and capturing processes to efficiently remove CO2 from the atmosphere 🔹🔹CO2 capture from water by novel anion exchange membranes (AEM) – CO2AM🔹🔹 This project aims to further develop the CO2 extraction from water by membrane electrodialysis. A prototype will be built, which is designed to use river water with a weakly alkaline pH, first with commercial membranes and then with novel membranes developed in the project. 🔹🔹Material development for Direct Air Capture (DAC)🔹🔹 For adsorbent material developments for CO2 capture we use models that make virtual prototyping possible as early as possible. This allows a better understanding of how to further optimize our materials (CO2/H2O mass transport, heat transport, capacity) and the co-optimization of processes, components and materials together with our partners. Current promising materials developments concern amorphous CO2 adsorbers and composite materials with metal-organic frameworks (MOF). 🔹🔹Efficient structured contactors for DAC – ESCoDAC🔹🔹 ESCoDAC intends to develop concepts for a novel mass-producible structured sorption contactor for Direct Air Capture (DAC) with an operation and regeneration process tailored to the sorbent. The project aims to increase the efficiency and yield of the DAC process by engineering the materials and processes in a multiscale approach (local flow and diffusion conditions during ad- and desorption, advanced desorption strategies and process scheduling). Andreas Borgschulte Nathalie Casas Florian Kiefer Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing - LAMP #empa #miningtheatmosphere #research

🌍 #Zürich wird zur Klima-Vorreiterin! Im Rahmen des EU-Projekts ICOS Cities nimmt Zürich eine zentrale Rolle ein: Als Pilotstadt testet sie innovative Methoden zur Messung von #CO2-Emissionen in urbanen Räumen. Empa-Forschende nutzen hierzu hochmoderne Sensornetze, u.a. auf einem Hochhaus in der Hardau, um präzise Daten für die Umsetzung städtischer Klimapläne zu liefern. 🎯 Ziel: #Emissionen in Städten besser analysieren, #Klimaschutzmassnahmen unterstützen und globale #Klimaneutralität vorantreiben. Ein wichtiger Schritt für Zürich – und ein Modell für Städte weltweit. 🔗Newsartikel: https://lnkd.in/g8sc-K8d 🔗ICOS Cities: https://lnkd.in/dAfYFauj Stadt Zürich Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL Universität Bern University of Basel Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz ETH Zürich ICOS - Integrated Carbon Observation System Autorin: Anna Ettlin

Rethinking the construction industry and its choice of materials – the Innosuisse flagship Think Earth - Regenerative Building is where Empa will provide solutions on the large-scale use of timber 🪵 and clay 🧱 to contribute to the construction of climate-neutral buildings. 🔗 News article: https://lnkd.in/ewT5tJDC 🔗Newsletter director Tanja Zimmermann on Empa's contributions Pedro Palma Pietro Lura ETH Zürich BASF Berner Fachhochschule BFH Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences #climateneutral #circularity #greenchemistry

📢 Save the Date! IIFC Webinar 2024 Dear IIFC Members and Colleagues, The International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) is delighted to invite you to the 4th IIFC Webinar 2024 titled: “Sustainable Strengthening with Carbon Fiber: How to Extend Lifespans and Future-Proof Our Built Environment.” 📅 Date: December 9, 2024 ⏰ Time: 15:00–16:00 (CET) 📍 Where: Online via Zoom https://shorturl.at/DsnVp Speakers: 🌟 Bernhard Schranz (Sika) 🌟 Antonino Montalbano (Sika) 🌟 Giovanni Terrasi (Empa) 🌟 Christian Vodrazka (BAP Consult) Join us to explore how carbon fiber solutions can sustainably enhance the durability and resilience of our built environment.   More details are in the flyer below. We look forward to seeing you there! 🔗 Visit us: www.iifc.org #IIFC #Webinar #SustainableConstruction #CarbonFiber #FutureProofing #FRP

🎄 Weihnachtsverlosung! 🎄 Besuchen Sie das Verkehrshaus über die Festtage und erleben Sie dort die faszinierende Welt der Energie und das brandneue Empa-Exponat "Emission Explorer"! Wir verlosen 25 Tagestickets – genügend für Sie und Ihre Familie! 👇So kann man gewinnen 👇 1️⃣ Schicken Sie uns eine Nachricht (DM) mit der Anzahl der Tickets, die Sie gerne hätten, sowie Ihre Kontaktdaten 2️⃣ Optional: Taggen Sie jemanden, mit dem Sie gerne ins Verkehrshaus gehen möchten oder leiten Sie diesen Post an Ihre Freunde weiter Die Gewinner erhalten Tickets für das Verkehrshaus der Schweiz in Luzern, dank unserer Partnerschaft mit Energy Science for Tomorrow! ✨ Beeilen Sie sich: Die Tickets sind bis zum 31.12.2024 gültig. Viel Glück! #empa #energysciencefortomorrow #emissionexplorer