Tiny interface, huge impact ⚡ Researchers from @lmu.de show: better electrode surface chemistry = better #perovskite solar cells. The strategy works across materials & architectures. Stability from −80 to +80 °C 🚀A further step from lab to application. www.e-conversion.de/perovskite-s...

Wie funktionieren organische Solarzellen im Inneren? Die Antwort liegt in Strukturen, die viel zu klein sind, um sie direkt zu sehen – und die selbst mit modernsten Methoden schwer zugänglich sind. Forschende haben nun gezeigt, wie multimodale Elektronenmikroskopie Abhilfe schafft: go.fau.de/1digh

#Teachers #training famous Lüscher lectures in the #Gymnasium #Zwiesel in the #Bavarian #forest with #lectures to the topic of #plasma #physics and #fusion and hands-on #experiments lecture for the #school kids by Alf Köhn-Seemann, Silke Staehler-Schöpf and Andreas Kratzer

The MCML has reached an h-index of 100! 🎉 For us, this represents many years of collaborative research and a strong partnership between #LMU and #TUM. Thank you to everyone who has contributed along the way! Check out our Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations

Here is the link to check out 🎉 lnkd.in/dGyqpt2j

What does a hamster have to do with energy research? It is a simulation developed by researchers @tum.de @munichcenterml.bsky.social to understand processes in energy materials. An impressive feature: It scales quantum predictions to tens of thousands of atoms. www.e-conversion.de/hamster-simu...

These copper “trees” may look fragile, but they reveal their true strength in turning CO₂ into valuable products. Even more interesting: they act as precatalysts, as researchers from @lotschgroup.bsky.social discovered. www.e-conversion.de/copper-dendr... @mpifkf.bsky.social

Hot–cold cycles damage perovskite tandem solar cells 🌡️ Researchers from @muellerb.bsky.social at @tum.de found why: a “burn-in” phase can cost up to 60% performance, caused by a microscopic stress. A molecular anchor helps. www.e-conversion.de/perovskite-w... @kunsun.bsky.social #SolarEnergy

Do you want to get started with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) with the right information? Join leading experts to discuss best practice tips for working across disciplines. Register now: https://rsc.li/3PXsTzp #ChemSky

What if a tiny molecular ring could help turn CO₂ into something useful? Researchers at @lmu.de and @ruhr-uni-bochum.de found that crown ethers can influence a key reaction - the reduction of CO₂ to CO. The right molecular architecture makes all the difference! www.e-conversion.de/crown-ether-...

From “black box” to breakthrough 🔬⚡Our e-conversion member Hubert Gasteiger explores how batteries and fuel cells age, making them safer, longer-lasting and ready for the energy transition. 🔗 www.e-conversion.de/energy-pione... @tum.de #EnergyResearch #Batteries #FuelCells

⚡️How can we identify fast ion conduction in solid electrolytes faster? Researchers @tum.de from e-conversion use machine learning to predict Raman signatures that reveal liquid-like ion motion. That's important for developing better solid-state batteries. 🔋👇 www.e-conversion.de/machine-lear...

Don’t miss this opportunity to join researchers from across the breadth of the catalysis community for an exciting day of cutting-edge research. Registration for the 2026 Catalysis Science & Technology symposium closes on 8 March. Secure your place now: rsc.li/cst-symposium-2026 #ChemSky

Researchers use machine learning to predict Raman signatures of fast ion motion in solid electrolytes — accelerating the search for safer, high-performance all-solid-state batteries. www.e-conversion.de/machine-lear... #MachineLearning #SolidStateBatteries #EnergyMaterials

🚀 From Lab to Market Challenge – Call for Sciencepreneurs Are you a researcher in topics related to chemistry and thinking about turning your research into a product or business idea? 🗓 Deadline: 30 March 2026 (23:59 CET) 🔗 More info & registration: www.chemstars.de/fltmc

Our #mobility cluster, MCube, was featured in two well-known children's TV shows, "Checker Tobi" and "1, 2 oder 3", introducing mobility research at our #university to a young audience. Watch now: go.tum.de/763834 #urbanspaces #autonomousdriving 📷MCube

Last Call für I’m a Scientist: Als Wissenschaftler*in kannst du dich noch bis Donnerstag, den 5. Februar, für die aktuelle Themenrunde zu Künstlicher Intelligenz bewerben! Sei dabei und tausche dich vom 23. bis 27. mit Schüler*innen über deine Forschung aus! imascientist.de/bewerbungsfo... #Wisskomm

MaMaSELF is a two-year #international #Master #course in #Materials #Science fully taught in English, delivering multiple Master degree. The joint program covers fundamentals of Materials. The #recruitment is now open for #MaMaSELF. The #scholarship deadline for #Non-European students is 13.2

"Together, we can better understand the properties of #energy materials." In the interview, Prof. Jennifer Rupp from @tum.de explains what she wants to achieve as a Max Planck Fellow at the #FHI. www.fhi.mpg.de/2195216/Inte... #batteries @e-conversion.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to our friend and collaborator Jennifer from @tum.de ! Wa are happy to have you on board as @maxplanck.de Fellow at the @fhi-mpg.bsky.social. Looking forward to be doing great science with you within the @e-conversion.bsky.social cluster! 👏

At ExploreTUM’s first GirlsLAB@TUM, girls in grades 9–11 from our Bavarian #partnerschools, discovered technology and science at our #university in a hands-on way and gained new ideas for their educational and #careerpaths: go.tum.de/484608 #GirlsInSTEM 📷ExploreTUM

Zhaonan Jin et al in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (@ACS_AMI): #Gas #quenching under ambient conditions for #efficient and #stable #wide-bandgap #perovskite #solar cells with #surface #passivation ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 18, 1702-1713 (2026) doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

⚡ What might tomorrow’s energy storage look like? Take a look at our research about new battery concepts and innovative material research with AI 👇 www.e-conversion.de/hightech-fro... @tum.de @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @helges.bsky.social @mpifkf.bsky.social @lotschgroup.bsky.social

Forschende der #LMU entwickeln – gefördert von @e-conversion.bsky.social – ein Werkzeug, das automatisierte chemische Synthese, Hochdurchsatz-Charakterisierung und datengetriebene Modellierung verbindet. Ziel: Das Wachstum von #Nanokristallen so präzise zu steuern wie nie. www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...

Can AI learn how to “design” nanomaterials? Researchers at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social say yes. With Synthesizer, they combine automated chemistry and machine learning to precisely tailor nanomaterials. A fascinating glimpse into the future: www.e-conversion.de/nanomaterial...

Functional ceramics play a crucial role in energy technologies, but their environmental impact is often overlooked. A new review from @tum.de researchers takes a full value-chain perspective. www.e-conversion.de/functional-c...

🎉 A strong finish for "Escape from Carbonia": The sessions at the Deutsches Museum and at SPIELWIESN Augsburg marked the final sprint of our Science Escape Game - and immersive science communication. Take a look 📷 👇 www.e-conversion.de/escape-carbo... @tum.de @w-i-d.de

We are proud to announce that e-conversion expert Prof. Jennifer L.M. Rupp from @tum.de has been elected to the Materials Research Society's Board of Directors starting in 2026 — a great recognition of her work. Congratulations! 🎉 www.e-conversion.de/mrs-rupp-boa... #materials #energy #research

Four days of energy, ideas and exchange at the e-conversion Cluster Conference 2025 in Tutzing ⚡ Don’t miss the highlights – check out the photo gallery 📸 here: www.e-conversion.de/cluster-conf... #science #research #ClustersOfExcellence #EnergyResearch #ScienceConference

Congrats to 14 of our scientists, including Rupert Seidl, who have been recognized in the latest Highly Cited Researchers #rankings. This analysis reviews global #publications from 2014 to 2024: go.tum.de/537241 👏 #HighlyCited2025 📷A. Eckert

💪 #ERC Synergy Grants: Großer Erfolg für die #LMU✨ Der Physiker Tim Liedl, der Biochemiker Roland Beckmann und der Meteorologe Fabian Hoffmann haben an der LMU in Kooperation mit internationalen Forschungsteams jeweils einen #SynergyGrant eingeworben. #ERCSynergyGrants #LMUMuenchen

Can magnetic fields speed up the energy transition? That’s what Karsten Reuter from @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social @fhi-mpg.bsky.social and his team are trying to find out. Their project MAGNESIS has just been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant. www.e-conversion.de/magnesis-erc... Congratulations 👏

Meet the silent saboteurs hiding inside solid-state batteries: Lithium dendrites. Researchers in the team of @muellerb.bsky.social at @tum.de have discovered that these tiny structures can form deep inside polymer electrolytes. Curious how? 👇 www.e-conversion.de/lithium-dend...

🌍⚡ Can magnets help build a cleaner energy future? Over the moon to announce that this is the question our @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant-funded project MAGNESIS will be tackling! ⚡🧲 Press Release: www.fhi.mpg.de/2157238/2025... Project digest below 👇 #ERC #MAGNESIS #GreenEnergy #Science

🚀 ¡Nueva subvención #ERCSyG para IMDEA Nanociencia! #MAGNESIS explorará el campo emergente de la magnetoelectrocatalisis ⚡🧲 nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nan... 🇪🇸 Galán-Mascarós @ICIQ.org 🇩🇪 K. Reuter @fhi-mpg.bsky.social 🇩🇰 J.V. Lauritsen @au.dk 🇪🇸 D. Écija @imdeanano.bsky.social

Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu

Dendrites can cause short circuits in #lithiumbatteries. Researchers, including Fabian Apfelbeck, found such structures may also form inside polymer-based #electrolytes, not only at electrodes. This finding could improve solid-state #batteries: go.tum.de/518497 📷V.Hiendl/ @e-conversion.bsky.social

Solid-state batteries, closer than you think. Qkera’s Co-Founder and CTO Dr Andreas Weis explains how oxide-ceramic electrolytes could change the game! Qkera was founded in 2024 as a spin-off from @tum.de and @mit.edu. www.e-conversion.de/andreas-weis...

Scientists, including Alexander Fraser, studied how text-to-image generators deal with #gender stereotypes in various #languages. The results show that the models not only reflect #genderbiases, but also amplify them: go.tum.de/446018 #AI #LLMs 📷T. Algeri

Let’s take a closer look at our next #scienceglossary term for the research field #energy: “catalysis". #Catalysts can be metals, chemical compounds, or enzymes — they speed up reactions without being used up: go.tum.de/917142 📷TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher

🔋 Solid-state batteries, redefined ⚡Munich-based startup Qkera secures a seven-figure pre-seed led by InnoEnergy to scale its ceramic electrolyte tech — safer, faster, and built for industry. 👉https://www.e-conversion.de/innoenergy_qkera_en/ @tum.de @mit.edu

In our #scienceglossary for the research field #energy, today’s term is "sector coupling". #Energysectors are the different areas of the economy where energy is produced, converted, distributed, and used: go.tum.de/917142 📷TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher

Our #university launched the TUM #PublicScience Lab — a new platform where science engages with society. The lab brings together diverse perspectives to address major #societalchallenges and promote #sustainableinnovation: go.tum.de/583509 #publicengagement 📷A.Heddergott

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪

New work shows how to engineer phonons to potentially modify fundamental material properties, such as charge carrier mobilities, in perovskite thin films for light-harvesting and light-emitting technologies. Read the OPN story: bit.ly/42wCuAO #solar #energy #technology 💡⚛️🧪

In the latest OPN Market Report, Tom Hausken discusses the new opportunities optics and photonics is finding in the commercialized NewSpace industry. Read the story for more! bit.ly/46LSdP5 #NewSpace #Space #Industry #Technology 💡⚛️

A new light-harvesting device mimics photosynthesis, combining organic semiconductors with bacterial enzymes to convert sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into fuel for further chemical transformations. Read the OPN story: bit.ly/46V0pMV #energy #technology #solar 💡⚛️🧪

For OPN's October issue, the team put together a beautiful collection of immersive #art installations that play with light and movement: bit.ly/4or4MFw 💡⚛️🧪

📣 OPN's November issue is live 📣 Check it out for stories about AI factories, free-electron lasers and lithography, the super-star material silicon nitride and so much more! bit.ly/47fUReV #AI #lasers #lithography #materials 💡⚛️🧪