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Research associations

The Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy is integrated into various research associations.

 

  • BenchBatt

    The BenchBatt project focuses on the energy storage technology of the future, comparing "Next Generation" post-lithium-ion battery (PLIB) technology with state of the art lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology. In particular, we are investigating the lithium-air system, the lithium-sulfur system, sodium-based batteries, and all-solid-state batteries. We examine the future competitiveness of energy-optimized LIBs and realizable PLIBs with respect to specific and volumetric energy densities as well as costs and prospective material availability, with special emphasis on stationary and automotive applications. The Institute of Business Administration focuses its attention primarily on the clarification of the material and process costs of the various systems as well as the estimated material availability and related raw material risks. Therefore, we develop models to simulate the costs as well as raw material criticality of each technology.

    Research institutes involved:

    Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Helmholtz-Institut Münster
    Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Technische Universität Braunschweig
    Justus Liebig Universität Gießen

    Project number:
    03XP0047A

  • GrEEn

    The GrEEn (Green Electrochemical Energy storage systems) project is an interdisciplinary research project involving research institutes throughout the German state of North Rhein-Westfalia with the goal of developing more environmentally friendly battery technologies. Batteries have been a research topic for decades, but interest in the field has increased recently due in large part to the rapid growth of the electric vehicle industry, which aims to replace internal combustion engines with zero-emission batteries. The production of these batteries, however, currently uses materials and processes that have a high environmental impact. The GrEEn project involves basic research into new batteries and battery components consisting of primarily organic biological materials and produced using less environmentally impactful processes as well as research into topics related to these batteries, such as economic viability and life cycle analysis. The Institute of Business Administration in particular focuses on these issues of economics, evaluating the economic viability of new technologies as well as examining prospects for decreasing cost and increasing efficiency along the battery value chain.

    Research institutes involved:

    University of Münster
    RWTH Aachen University
    Helmholtz Institute Münster
    Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

    Project number:
    313-W044A

  • TRANSFER Group of the Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS)

    The transition to a sustainable energy supply requires a networked and flexible system of advanced electrochemical conversion and storage technologies. New scientific and technological developments in advanced materials resulting solely from basic and applied research will be crucial in this transition process, but are not sufficient to pave the way to a sustainable energy system. Innovative materials can only unfold their full potential if they are rapidly transformed from ideas into new products and services that appear on the market. Therefore, a major objective in this research area is to investigate which structures and processes can accelerate and strengthen the research results of HI MS and how they can be directly translated into successful innovations.


    In this context, the Institute of Business Administration provides the competence field T7 - TRANSFER of the Helmholtz Institute and is dedicated to research-related challenges for the design of innovation processes, intra- and inter-organisational innovation management as well as the development of links to partners in science and industry. Currently, two of our PhD students from the battery team are employed as research assistants in the TRANSFER Group of the Helmholtz Institute Münster. Oliver Krätzig's research interests include patent analytics for technology assessment and open innovation approaches for the promotion of regional innovation systems, from which findings emerge that actively contribute to the reduction of barriers to technology transfer. Marius Chofor Asaba uses his competences in the field of Life Cycle Assessments to address economic and ecological issues related to the consequences of changing energy production and use which result out of the expansion for renewable energies and electric mobility and manifest themselves in dimensions such as the country energy mix, geographical factors, governmental framework conditions and social factors.

    Research institutes involved:

    University of Münster
    RWTH Aachen University
    Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH