LOEWE FLAME
The LOEWE project "FLAME – Fermi Level Engineering of Antiferroelectric Materials for Energy Storage and Insulation Systems" insvestigates how the properties of functional materials can be adjusted via their electronic structure.
Twelve research groups from the fields of materials science, geosciences, chemistry, electrical engineering and information technology will develop lead-free antiferroelectrics for capacitors with high energy and power density and for high-voltage insulators. These enable more efficient conversion and transmission of electrical energy from renewable sources and in electromobility. The Tongji University in Shanghai is also involved in the project.
The research approach, which can be transferred to other materials and fields of application, is based on the adjustment of optimized electronic structures (“Fermi Level Engineering”), which can be predicted with computer simulations and realized experimentally. This enables a precise adjustment of the properties along with shorter development periods.
The project is being funded from January 2019 to December 2022 by the State of Hesse within the 11th season of the LOEWE Initiative.
Talk 5: Prof. Dr. Brahim Dkhil University Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec Smart and Functional Materials Research Group; Structures, Properties and Modeling of Solids Laboratory
EMA 2021-Award for Maohua Zhang
January 25, 2021
Oral Competition Price for Students
Electronic Materials and Applications 2021 (EMA 2021) is an international conference focused on electroceramic materials and their applications in electronic, electrochemical, electromechanical, magnetic, dielectric, biological and optical components, devices, and systems.
Latest progress on new lead-free antiferroelectric compositions
January 19, 2021
Material design guided by DFT calculations
In this new report from the FLAME project, we produced a new NaNbO 3 -based antiferroelectric material that exhibits reversible antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition under the guidance of DFT calculations.
Neuartige Materialien für neue Herausforderungen
Dezember 10, 2020
Preis der Dr. Hans Messer Stiftung 2020 geht an FLAME-Forscher Dr. Jurij Koruza
Der höchstdotierte Preis für Nachwuchsforschende an der TU, der Preis der Dr. Hans Messer Stiftung, wird in diesem Jahr an Dr. Jurij Koruza vom Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften verliehen. Koruza forscht an Materialien mit speziellen elektrischen Eigenschaften, die im Zuge von Technologieentwicklung und Energiewende eine wichtige Rolle spielen.