With the positive decision by the Senate of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF) to establish the new institute, the presence of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization, will be expanded in Thuringia. From 2028, HIPOLE will be funded with up to €5.5 million annually by the federal government (90 percent) and the state of Thuringia (10 percent). During the start-up phase, the state will also contribute up to €14 million towards the costs of the institute's buildings and equipment.
The foundations for this current success were laid in 2014 with the establishment of the Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC), which developed considerable expertise in energy storage in Jena. At HIPOLE, researchers are building on this foundation by combining research approaches from polymer chemistry, materials science, artificial intelligence (AI), and state-of-the-art analytical methods. (hw)
