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23 February 2023

Delft invention can double the life of batteries in smartphones and e-cars

Delft invention can double the life of batteries in smartphones and e-cars

20 February 2023

Creating chaos in battery to extend lifetime

Creating chaos in battery to extend lifetime

The electric car has made its entrance thanks to the advancement of batteries, and we need batteries to store renewable solar and wind energy until the moment when we need the energy. Currently, the most widely used battery for this purpose is the lithium-ion battery. Researchers from TU Delft now present a new breakthrough in Nature Communications and Advanced Materials that could further improve the life of these batteries.

16 February 2023

Investment in nuclear knowledge infrastructure

Investment in nuclear knowledge infrastructure

TU Delft has presented an integrated vision of the Netherlands' global position in the nuclear and radiation ecosystem. This ecosystem is a major and crucial contribution to the energy transition, effective healthcare and materials transition.

16 January 2023

In search of the coveted safer, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL kicks off

In search of the coveted safer, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL kicks off

On the 12th of January a large number of parties involved in the development of batteries in the Netherlands – small companies, multinationals and knowledge institutes – attended the kick off of the BatteryNL consortium. Their goal is to develop the next generation of batteries within eight years based on a better understanding of material interfaces.

06 December 2022

Medical experts and engineers speak each other’s language in Delft

Medical experts and engineers speak each other’s language in Delft

An outpatients’ centre for cancer patients is certainly not the first thing you would expect to encounter on TU Delft campus. ‘But the decision to choose Delft as the location for the Holland Proton Therapy Centre has actually proved to be a very smart move’, says Medical Director Prof. Marco van Vulpen. The location alongside the TU Delft Reactor Institute offers an excellent opportunity for clinicians and engineers to collaborate closely.

29 November 2022

In search of the coveted safe, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL

In search of the coveted safe, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL

Everyone who works on the development of batteries in the Netherlands, small companies, multinationals and knowledge institutes, has joined together in the BatteryNL consortium to develop the next generation of batteries within eight years based on a better understanding of material interfaces. Prof. M. (Marnix) Wagemaker (TU Delft - Faculty of Applied Sciences) is the project leader of a €9.3 million project funded by NWO-ORC.

22 November 2022

Taking a look at the 3,000-year-old sword

Taking a look at the 3,000-year-old sword

The Ommerschans sword is one of the most important pieces from Dutch prehistory and is part of the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities. This extraordinary sword has now been examined at the TU Delft Reactor Institute, in search of information about its composition and method of making.