Welcome to 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.

Join the MSE Congress!

Call for Abstracts – Deadline on 28th February 2022

FLAME is pleased to announce the symposium „Antiferroelectric dielectrics for energy storage applications“ within the scope of the Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE). The symposium aims to highlight recent developments and challenges in the design, characterization, and modeling of new dielectric materials for energy storage, with a particular focus on antiferroelectrics.

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