{"id":14878,"date":"2024-03-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/events\/promoting-young-talent-pupils-immerse-themselves-in-nanoworlds-at-the-zbt\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:48:49","slug":"promoting-young-talent-pupils-immerse-themselves-in-nanoworlds-at-the-zbt","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/events\/promoting-young-talent-pupils-immerse-themselves-in-nanoworlds-at-the-zbt\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting young talent: pupils immerse themselves in nanoworlds at the ZBT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Promoting young talent: pupils immerse themselves in nanoworlds at the ZBT<\/h1>\n
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The NanoSchoolLab of the University of Duisburg-Essen was a guest at the ZBT. Eleventh-graders built components for electrolysis cells and tested them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eleven Year 11 pupils from two Duisburg grammar schools recently took a look at the world of nanoparticles<\/b> in fuel cell<\/a> and electrolysis technology<\/a> at the ZBT – The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center. They came over to us as part of an event organised by the NanoSchoolLab<\/b> “Insights into the nanoworld” at the University of Duisburg-Essen<\/b> to experience the application of nanoparticles for themselves in the ZBT laboratories. <\/p>\n

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The so-called <\/b>The membrane electrode assembly (MEA <\/a>) is the electrochemical heart of a fuel or electrolysis cell. Nanomaterials<\/b> are used primarily in the area of catalysts. The students got to know the process chain for manufacturing the MEA and carried it out practically themselves. <\/p>\n

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In wet chemistry, the students were able to weigh catalyst powder, pipette solvent and ionomer and disperse the whole thing in an ultrasonic bath to produce a dispersion<\/a>. Catalyst layers were then sprayed<\/a> in the coating laboratory. Finally, the self-built MEAs were tested in the electrolysis cell<\/b> in the test bench laboratory. At each station and during all activities, the ZBT scientists explained the underlying physical and chemical principles. <\/p>\n

The NanoSchoolLab offers day courses, project courses and teacher training on nanotechnology topics from the fields of physics, engineering and chemistry. The offer is aimed at courses in grades 8 to 13 at grammar schools, comprehensive schools, secondary schools and vocational colleges. Visiting the NanoSchoolLab is free of charge. <\/p>\n

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\n \n \"How\n <\/a>\n How to… Catalyst dispersion: a brief introduction by ZBT doctoral student Adib Caidi\n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \"A\n <\/a>\n A short trip into the nanoworld: ZBT doctoral student Miriam Hesse shows NanoSchoolLab participants the ZBT laboratories.\n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n