The department “Long-Term and High-Throughput Characterization” develops operando methods for the long-term and high-throughput characterization of energy materials and devices, with a focus on chemical hydrogen storage – in particular based on X-ray methods. This approach is complementary to current approaches, with which corresponding systems are typically investigated for several hours at synchrotron X-ray sources. For the behavior of these systems in practice, however, it is essential to follow the structural (physical and chemical) and morphological developments over days, weeks, months and years and to link them to the corresponding performance and degradation, which is our goal. The methods developed for atomic to mesoscale investigations are developed and used under practical conditions in high throughput. We also develop appropriate sample environments and reactors for this purpose.
