Energy is produced, consumed, and influences the environment - all of these phases are researched at the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
iLab and Synfuels at the Energy Days! at the Swiss Museum of Transport
October 18, 19, and 20, 2024
The iLab from the Paul Scherrer Institute will be part of the Energy Days with exciting workshops. Discover how we can store renewable energy using innovative technologies like Power-to-Gas and drive the energy transition forward.
Can aerosols stop global warming?
Injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the earth? In our interview, PSI researcher Markus Ammann comments critically on the controversial subject of solar geoengineering.
How clean is hydrogen for the energy transition?
Hydrogen can play a crucial role in transitioning to a net-zero energy system – but it must be produced the right way.
Energy Briefing Event 2024
The annual Energy Briefing Event of the Paul Scherrer Institute's Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences (CEE) took place on 15 May 2024.
Under the theme "Hydrogen in the Energy Sector", experts such as Stefan Oberholzer (SFOE), Bruno Michel (IBM), Nicolas Crettenand (Hydrospider AG), Russell McKenna (PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA) and Werner Tillmetz (h2connect.eco) gathered to present pioneering projects and discuss the strategic steps for integrating hydrogen into the Swiss energy industry.
The lively debate emphasised the central importance of cooperation between research, education, industry and politics for the development of a sustainable energy future. From neighbourhood solutions to the development of a European hydrogen network, key ways of tackling the challenges and seizing opportunities were outlined.
We are eagerly awaiting the hydrogen strategy that the Federal Council will present this year!
Publications
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Aegerter D, Fabbri E, Borlaf M, Yüzbasi NS, Diklić N, Clark AH, et al.
Delving into Fe-content effects on surface reconstruction of Ba0.50Sr0.50Co1−xFexO3−δ for the oxygen evolution reaction
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024; 12(9): 5156-5169. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06156f
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Aeppli D, Gartmann J, Schneider R, Hack E, Kretschmer S, Nguyen TTD, et al.
Safe and reliable laser ablation assisted disassembly methodology for cylindrical battery cells for post-mortem analysis
Journal of Energy Storage. 2024; 83: 110571 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.110571
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Alves GAS, Pacholik G, Pollitt S, Wagner T, Rameshan R, Rameshan C, et al.
Mn-promoted MoS2 catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation: enhanced methanol selectivity due to MoS2/MnOx interfaces
Catalysis Science and Technology. 2024; 14(5): 1138-1147. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cy01711g
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