Projects at the Section for Functional Oxides


Here you will find a broad overview of the ongoing projects at FOX section. Click on the link to get more information about the selected project.

Active projects

The Heat2Battery represents a revolutionary leap in energy technology by combining heat harvesting and storage in a single device.

PowerPact, the goal is to create a pioneering prototype that features a high-temperature battery made of solid-state electrolytes and electrodes using "artificial oxide heterostructures," which can stack together on demand.

NEXUS

NEXUS will take a leap from our present knowledge by creating artificial oxide heterostructures and hybridizing their physical properties by directly stacking freestanding membranes with different crystal structures and orientations.
The primary objective of OxOPV is to pioneer the development of transparent PV through development of novel oxide-organic hybrid heterojunctions. 
This research project aims at developing advanced metrology methods for thermoelectric characterization of semiconductors.
We are developing a miniaturised insulin device able to deliver insulin in microdoses. The device uses new metal oxides with gigantic electromechanical properties and polymers.
Microwave irradiation can enable metastability on catalytic metal oxides. We use this effect to produce hydrogen from water.
We design and synthesise computationally conceived metal oxides heterostructures. We aim to achieve solid-state oxygen ions conductivity at low temperatures.
In this grant, two PhD students and Felix Trier will investigate how electron spin instead of electron charge can be used in electronics in the so-called MESO device concept.
The HARVESTORE project aims to power IoT nodes from ubiquitous heat and light sources by using nano-enabled micro-energy systems with a small footprint.
The goal of the PIloT is to develop a new family of miniaturized and sustainable devices, able to harvest and store energy from heat, vibration and light sources in a single device.

BIO-MAG will demonstrate for the first time non-invasive, contact-free and real-time mapping of neurons in action with a high sensitivity in an unshielded, room temperature environment.

 

 

The OPERA COST Action: An integrative structure of the European epitaxial community.

 

 

 

 

 

Completed projects

 The aim of BioWings is to implement a completely new class of smart actuating materials to be integrated in biocompatible MEMS.

 

 

 

 

The aim of NEED is to tune the exotic states of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials by heterostructure engineering using a simple but powerful way of tuning the confinements of the layers.

 

E2-Energy E2-Energy

T2DICOX 

Hybrid 3D printing of ferroelectric super-structure for electromechanical energy systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated by Phuong Huyen Nguyen on 25 February 2025
Updated by Phuong Huyen Nguyen on 25 February 2025