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- More environmentally friendly flame retardants for e-mobility and electronics
Organophosphorus flame retardants are a possible alternative to brominated flame retardants. However, comparative life cycle studies on this type of flame retardant are still lacking. The Fraun...
- An affordable way to store clean energy
Renewable energy sources can fluctuate in the amount of power they are able to provide - which is why batteries are used to temporarily store the energy. The problem with lithium ion batteries is t...
- Proteins from rice - raw materials instead of waste
Proteins remain after starch is extracted from rice. Until now, this valuable raw material was disposed of by rice starch producers at great expense. A new process is being developed to split prote... - Finding valuable materials in metallurgical dumps
Since metallic raw materials are scarce in Germany, it is reliant on imports. Yet some of these valuable materials are lying around unnoticed in dumps. Fraunhofer researchers are now compiling a Ge... - Biomass can be utilized for energy recovery
Sewage sludge, green waste, production residue from the food industry, straw or animal excrement - with the "biobattery's" modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy ...
- Water filter made from bioplastic received several awards
It all started with an "oops." When Mike Del Ponte, founder of Soma, hosted a dinner party, he was unwilling to place a cheap plastic water filter on his nicely set table. Instead, he decided to po...