Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS

Investigation of the long-term stability of photoelectrodes in the "light soaker"

Fraunhofer CSP develops measuring devices for photoelectrochemical processes.

Photoelectrochemical cells

Know-How

  • Metrological test platform for material development 
  • Module development for photoelectrochemical water splitting and for the combination of photovoltaics and electrolysis
  • Gas analysis system with automatic data correction and evaluation
  • Stability measurements under operating conditions
  • Microstructural analysis of cross-sections with FIB and (S)TEM 

Research infrastructure

  • Electrochemical methods: CV, LSV, IPCE, Faraday and STH efficiency
  • Mobile gas chromatograph
  • Microstructure diagnostics: SEM, FIB, TEM 
  • Material analysis: XPS, ToF-SIMS, TEM-EDX, SEM-EDX, XRD

Projects

 

NeoPEC: Development of sputtered photoelectrodes

MORE INFO

NanoPEC: Modules and metrology