Technology Offers
- Electrical engineering
- Process and production engineering
- Microtechnology / precision mechanics
- Chemical industry
- Raw material and textile industry
Mechanochemically induced recycling of lithium-ion batteries
With a new recycling process developed by KIT, lithium can be efficiently reclaimed from the cathode material of old batteries without irreversible contamination and environmental damage.
- Coating technology
- Chemical industry
- Polymer industry
- Raw material and textile industry
- Process and production engineering
Intermetals as a catalytically active layer
Intermetallic sputtering targets from KIT improve the reproducible coating of microstructured surfaces using DC magnetron sputtering. The thin catalytic layers make the hydrogenation of acetylene, for example, even more efficient.
- Biotechnology
- Plant engineering
- Chemical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Food industry
- Medicine and healthcare
- Process and production engineering
- Analytics
Continuous fermentation of synthesis gas
A novel reactor design enables the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas under high pressure. In particular, parameter studies on fermentation can be carried out with the prototype.
- Plant engineering
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Chemical industry
- Microtechnology / precision mechanics
- Raw material and textile industry
- Process and production engineering
High-pressure saturator for process engineering
A new reactor design of KIT enables the saturation of gases under very high pressure with the vapor of corrosive and high-purity liquids.
Cellular delivery of bioactive molecules
Cell-penetrating peptides from human skin allow efficient and non-toxic cellular uptake of bioactive agents.
- Coating technology
- Printing industry
- Electrical engineering
- Energy technology
- Optical Industry
- Process and production engineering
- Chemical industry
Environmentally friendly organic solar cells
Novel process for producing semiconductor inks increases the environmental friendliness of solar cell production.
- Chemical industry
- Polymer industry
- Raw material and textile industry
- Process and production engineering
Ethylene-free synthesis of polyethylene
New synthesis route for the production of functionalized polyethylene facilitates product development in polymer chemistry. Without the use of ethylene gas, easy feasibility in the laboratory is given.
- Analytics
- Biotechnology
- Chemical industry
- Simulation and data processing
- Medicine and healthcare
- Software and IT
- Optical Industry
Detection of analytes using binding kinetics
New analytical method enables transformation of unselective inexpensive materials into selective receptors and increases the selectivity of established bioreceptors.
- Electrical engineering
- Energy technology
- Process and production engineering
- Automotive industry
- Coating technology
- Chemical industry
Aqueous processing of cathode material
A new water-based process for the production of cathodes for lithium-ion batteries makes electrode production much more environmentally friendly.
- Ceramic industry
- Filter technology
- Chemical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Process and production engineering
Highly porous ceramic filters from the printer
Novel ceramic pastes and a special drying method enable 3D printing of highly porous cellular ceramic filters.