The start of July 2023 saw the establishment in Germany of the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE), a collaboration between Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) that will apply expertise in polymer science to various energy-related applications, with a strong focus on developing sustainable, recyclable polymer materials. pv magazine met with Ulrich S. Schubert, founding director of HIPOLE, to discuss the new institute’s work and the many exciting crossovers between the fields of polymer science and renewable energy.
Schubert’s group at Uni Jena developed a redox flow battery based on a water soluble polymer, eliminating the need for vanadium and other toxic or expensive materials.
Photo: Jan-Peter Kasper/Uni Jena
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