Institute of Energy Research - IEF in Julich, DE

The Institute of Energy Research - IEF investigates modern energy conversion technologies.

The topics it covers range from photovoltaics and fuel cells, through nuclear fusion and nuclear safety research, right up to innovative coal and gas power plants. This gives rise to an unrivalled breadth of research topics, all bound together by scientific methods and systems analysis.

The institute consists of the following sections:

• Materials Synthesis and Processing (IEF-1) 
• Microstructure and Properties of Materials (IEF-2) 
• Fuel Cells (IEF-3) 
• Plasma Physics (IEF-4) 
• Photovoltaics (IEF-5) 
• Safety Research and Reactor Technology (IEF-6) 
• Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEF-STE) 
• Fuel Cell Project (IEF-PBZ) 
• Nuclear Fusion Project (IEF-KFS)