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FAU researcher receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ a...

Der Chemiker folgt auf Friedrich Paulsen als VP People Zum 1. Februar übernimmt Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch das Amt des Vizepräsidenten People an der FAU. Der Universitätsrat der FAU hat dem 61-jährigen Chemiker per Briefwahl mit großer Mehrheit sein Vertrauen ausgesprochen. Hirsch folgt damit auf den...

Protective packaging for charge carriers A research group at FAU and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) have come up with a design aimed at significantly increasing the operational stability and life span of perovskite solar cells. Their design centres around a ...

Prof. Nicolas Vogel wurde am Tag der Technischen Fakultät von Studiendekan Prof. Rolf Wanka mit dem Lehrpreis der Technischen Fakultät 2021 ausgezeichnet. Den Lehrpreis erhalten Lehrende der Fakultät, die kontinuierlich über einen längeren Zeitraum besondere Leistungen im Bereich Lehre erbracht habe...

Funding of new research projects – three EAM Starting Grants awarded As in 2020, the EAM awarded the EAM Starting Grant to excellent young FAU researchers. The EAM starting grant should give the recipients the chance to pursue their own research projects and thus gaining a boost for a successful ac...

Sustainable and inexpensive ways to convert and store energy Almost exactly four years lie between the ground-breaking ceremony and the official inauguration: the new research building of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) is the latest address for cutting-edge ...

Materials scientist at FAU receives ERC Advanced Grant worth three million euros Prof. Dr. Carolin Körner, Chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and member of the EAM Executive Board, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant,...

Magnets could be used to remove plastic particles Environmental pollution caused by microplastics and nanoplastics is a ubiquitous problem which cannot be tackled using currently available cleaning concepts. Researchers at FAU have now demonstrated how magnets could be used to remove plastic partic...

Rotating microrobots behave like water, oil and soap You need soap to remove dirt from your skin. The surfactant molecules it contains squeeze their way into the surface area between the dirt and the skin and help to dissolve the dirt in water. Researchers at FAU and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düss...