Team
We focus on the design and operation of interlinked energy and material conversion systems as well as the development of selected components and processes. Such systems play an important role in the context of the transformation of the stationary energy system towards higher renewable shares as well as in the area of future drive systems of automobiles and aircrafts. Our group acts as a bridge between a variety of concentration areas within the engineering discipline, such as, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, energy technology and computer science as well as selected branches from the natural science and economics Institutes. Detailed information regarding our research fields can be found under Research.
Our academic teaching offer covers the topics electrical energy storage, fuel cells and water electrolysis. Additionally, we are responsible for a large compulsory lecture on the fundamentals of electrical engineering for mechanical engineers. A detailed overview of our lectures and further offers for students can be found under Courses.
The Section for Electric Energy Storage Systems was founded in September of 2014 with the appointment of Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach as a full professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover. The section is part of the Institute for Electric Power Systems (IfES) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
We are member of d Leibniz 2050 Energy Research Center (LiFE 2050) and Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE) at Leibniz Universität Hannover, of Battery LabFactory Braunschweig and member of Energy Research Center Lower Saxony (EFZN).
We are involved
- in the AFC TCP Annex-Group 30 "Water Electrolysis" of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
- in the ProcessNet subject devision Energy Process Engineering ,
- in the expert commitee "hydrogen and fuel cells" of VDI/VDE,
- and in the Competence Network Water Electrolysis Lower Saxony
Head of section: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach
