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Video: Sodium-Ion Batteries Explained: The Modeling Challenge No One Talks About
Prussian Blue analogues are promising, low-cost cathodes for sodium-ion batteries, yet their complex mixed-valent and polymorphic nature challenges predictive modeling. This study provides a…
Interview with POLiS Spokesperson Jürgen Janek
Excited to share this interview with one of our spokespersons Prof. Jürgen Janek on the future of solid-state electrochemistry and next-generation batteries.
Live podcast at E-world 2026
At E-world energy & water 2026 in Essen, the Geladen podcast recorded a new episode live in front of an audience on February 11. In the podcast lounge, the focus was on one of the key challenges of…
GS-EES transitions into the EES Academy
As of 2026 and with the beginning of the new funding period of the Cluster of Excellence POLiS, the GS-EES will transition into an EES Academy. This EES Academy will not only continue all aspects…
Sparkassen Environmental Award 2025 for Dr. Johanna Naumann
The Environmental Foundation (Umweltstiftung) of Sparkasse Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are awarding Dr. Johanna Naumann the Sparkassen Environmental Award (Sparkassen…
Jürgen Janek Highly Cited Researcher
Our designated spokesperson Prof. Jürgen Janek from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is once again among the “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2025, making him one of the world's most…
Research meets practice: POLiS scientists visit InnovationLab
Researchers from POLiS were able to experience firsthand how scientific ideas become market-ready technologies during a visit to InnovationLab GmbH Heidelberg. The exchange focused on technology…
Maximilian Fichtner receives Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prize
Battery researcher Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner, spokesperson for the POLiS Cluster of Excellence, has been awarded the international Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck Prize 2025. The award ceremony took place…
ELLIPSE Conference 2025
The ELLIPSE 2025 Conference (Electrolytes and Interfaces in Post-Li Batteries) brought together over 120 leading scientists and industry experts for two days of intense discussion and collaboration on…
POLiS at the 76th ISE Annual Meeting in Mainz
POLiS is making a strong impression at the 76th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), held this week in Mainz. The event brings together leading researchers and…
International Excellence Fellowship of KIT granted to Prof. Dr. Schmid
Prof. Dr. Siegbert Schmid has been granted the International Excellence Fellowship of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
POLiS Conclave 2025
The annual POLiS Conclave took place from June 23 to 23, 2025 in the heart of Karlsruhe. Around 130 scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Ulm University and Justus Liebig University…