Research Projects

Intelligent recycling of used batteries from electric vehicles

Duration: 01.01.2018 – 31.03.2021

Chemically regenerable, superparamagnetic activated carbon for the removal of trace substances from waste waters

Duration: 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2021

Upscale of material recovery from display applications and Printed Circuit Boards

Duration: 19.07.2017 – 18.07.2020

3D printing of rare-earth permanent magnets

Duration: 01.01.2020 – 31.12.2021

From baby nappy to raw material

Duration: 01.06.2017 – 30.05.2022

High-performance magnetic materials based on SmCo and CoFe for highly efficient electric automotive engines and aircraft engines.
Duration: 01.11.2018 - 31.10.2021

International Doctoral School on Functional Materials and Innovation

Duration: 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2020

Materials for sustainable tandem solar cells

Duration: 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2023

Reduction of arsenic in copper concentrates

Duration: 01.09.2019 – 30.08.2022

Paving the way for a process chain for the production of competitive rare-earth magnets from Brazilian resources

Duration: 01.08.2017 – 31.07.2020

Urban material flow management: Instruments for the resource-efficient development of urban districts

Duration: 01.03.2019 - 28.02.2022

Manufacture of scandium compounds and scandium-aluminium alloys from European metallurgy by product

Duration: 01.12.2016 – 30.11.2020

Securing the supply chain for rare earth polymer-bonded magnets by recycling

Duration: 01.11.2019 – 31.10.2021

MOOC on Sustainable Management of Critical Raw Materials

Duration: 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2022

UPGRADE aims at upscaling the Strip Casting process allowing to obtain alloys with refined microstructure for new permanent magnets.

Duration: 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2021

Nothing in electromobility works without powerful permanent magnets. Their good magnetic properties are due to the chemical elements neodymium and dysprosium from the group of rare earths. However, the supply of these raw materials on the world market is scarce and prices have been rising continuously for years. They are also called critical raw materials because it is not certain whether there will be enough of them in the medium to long term. Fraunhofer researchers are therefore working in the lead project on technologies to process rare earths more efficiently, process them again or find substitute materials.

Duration: 15.11.2013 – 30.06.2018

Energy storage with high-voltage batteries

Duration: 01.04.2016 – 30.09.2018

Closing industrial material cycles through new electrochemical fluidized bed reactors

Duration: 01.09.2016 – 31.08.2019

Electrochemical degradation of phosphonates in industrial process waste water using diamond electrodes

Duration: 01.04.2018 – 31.10.2019 

High-tech metals are again produced from old electronic equipment

Duration: 01.06.2015 – 28.02.2019

Development of bio-based and biodegradable coatings for bio-based packaging. Development of processing technology to apply this coating over a wide range of rigid and flexible packaging.

Duration: 01.09.2016 – 31.8.2019

International Doctoral School on Functional Materials and Innovation

Duration: 01.03.2016 - 31.12.2017

Development/evaluation of innovative recycling methods for the recovery of tantalum from electronic waste

Duration: 01.10.2016 - 30.09.2019

Materials for lightweight design

Duration: 01.04.2017 – 30.12.2019

Magnetometry Network

Duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020

Alternative recycling of environmentally critical metals from steel mill dusts through mechanochemical treatment

Duration: 26.04.2017 – 25.10.2018

Development of innovative processes for the recovery of rare earth elements and platinum group metals from mineral processing and production residues.

Duration: 01.06.2015 – 30.11.2018

New energy-efficient recycling of battery materials

Duration: 01.07.2016 – 30.06.2019

Infrastructure and competence network for lightweight mobility: body and chassis

Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018

Rare earths should not only be reduced but also preserved. The magnetic properties of the materials concerned are to be improved.
Duration: 01.04.2016 – 31.09.2019

Phosphorus recycling from recyclate to intelligent long-term available fertilizer

Duration: 01.08.2016 – 30.09.2019

Raw Materials Solutions for E-Energy Technologies in the European Mobility Industry

Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018

Raw Materials solution for the European Powertrain Industry

Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018

The European steel industry produces more than 20 million tons of slag annually. About 25% of slag is not recycled, which is a serious environmental problem. The "Reslag" project meets the challenge of recycling the steel slag through four eco-innovative, industrial alternative applications. The slag serves, among other things, as a starting material for the recovery of high-quality metals and heat energy storage systems.

Duration: 01.01.2016 – 28.02.2019

Fracture-resistant magnetic materials for highly efficient energy storage systems

Duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020

Supporting Education on Sustainable Management of Critical Raw Materials for professionals, academics and students

Duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020