The European Ceramic Society
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Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Materials Synthesis and Processing
We investigate and develop materials, parts, and components for highly efficient future energy conversion and storage systems.
Director : Prof. Dr. Olivier Guillon
Email : o.guillon@fz-juelich.de
Phone : +49 2461 61-5181
Address : Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., 52425 Jülich
Website : http://www.fz-juelich.de/iek/iek-1/
Research topics :
- Materials for high temperature technologies
High-temperature materials, especially thermal and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbines deposited by thermal spraying and MAX-phase based materials (for power generation and aircraft engines)
Contact information:
Contact name : Prof. Dr. Robert Vaßen
Tel : +49 2461 61-6108
Email: r.vassen@fz-juelich.de
- Gas separation membranes
Gas separation membranes for oxygen and hydrogen production, including proof-of-concepts for gas supply and catalytic membrane reactors
Contact information:
Contact name : Prof. Dr. Wilhelm A. Meulenberg
Tel: +49 2461 61-6323
Email: w.a.meulenberg@fz-juelich.de
- Solid oxide cells
Solid Oxide Cells (high-temperature fuel and electrolysis cells), from materials development to cell manufacturing, performance increase and understanding of degradation.
CELLSSOLID OXIDE CELLSSOLID OXIDE CELLS.
Contact information:
Contact name : Hon.-Prof. Dr. Norbert H. Menzler
Tel: +49 2461 61-3059
Email: n.h.menzler@fz-juelich.de
- Electrochemical storage
Solid-state lithium and sodium batteries, from the development of electrolyte and active materials to the integration in full cells.
CELLSSOLID OXIDE CELLSSOLID OXIDE CELLS.
Contact information:
Contact name : Prof. Dr. Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing
Tel: +49 2461 61-85051
Email: d.fattakhova@fz-juelich.de
Exceptional facilities :
- Powder synthesis and conditioning facilities from g to kg-scale
- Thirty different shaping, sintering and coating technologies in one building (going from PVD, ALD, to screen printing, dip and spin coating, tape casting, injection molding and many others)
- Jülich Coats: Specific wet coating technologies for electrochemical cells, including a unique 3-layer sequential tape casting machine
- Jülich Thermal Spray Center for functional, comprising axial injection atmospheric plasma spray, suspension plasma spray, advanced vacuum plasma spraying unit, kinetics cold spray, HVOF/HVAF technology, laser cladding unit, aerosol deposition
- Worldwide unique portfolio of field assisted sintering techniques (loading dilatometry, flash sintering, several complementary FAST/SPS devices)
- Membrane Center: new fabrication and testing facility for inorganic membranes, including clean room and permeation test benches
Financial support programmes :
- Basic program-oriented funding from the Helmholtz Association
- About 45-50 projects running simultaneously (DFG, BMBF, BMWi, etc.)
- Coordination of DFG priority program SPP1959 "Manipulation of matter controlled by electric and magnetic field: Towards novel synthesis and processing routes of inorganic materials" : Fields Matter
- Coordination of the BMBF competence cluster on oxide electrolytes for solid-state batteries : FestBatt
Latest news
Electroceramics XX - 12th to 15th October 2026 - Novi Sad, Serbia
The Electroceramics XX conference will be held at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia from 12th to 15th October 2026 ! It will be organized by the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technology and Institute BioSense), the European Ceramic Society and the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials.
ECerS Refractory Network Webinar - 9th March - 14:00 PM CET
The ECerS Refractory Network proudly presents its 2nd Webinar organized in connection with the International Women's Day (8th March) :
"Across Borders, Beyond Barriers: Women in the Ceramic Sector"
ECerS Refractory Network & Women@Refractories
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