2025. July 12., Saturday

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Revolutionizing the Storage of Solar Power

Researchers at the University of Szeged (SZTE) are developing intelligent materials that may be useful for special energy sources and also in the development of new methods for the storage of power, such as solar power.

SZTE research groups studying nanomaterials have set a common goal to achieve new scientific results in the field of functional materials by developing nanostructured systems with a well-defined composition. Dr. Zoltán Kónya, Head of the Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry of SZTE’s Faculty of Science and Informatics explains that research groups have managed to create a special composition that may be suitable for the development of new energy storage methods and power sources.


Storing solar power in chemical bonds has been studied for many years in Szeged. This project now aims to develop an intelligent material that carries out this task with optimal efficiency, stability and selectivity with each component responsible for a specific function. Csaba Janáky, Head of the Photelectrochemical Research Group (supported by the Lendület [Momentum] Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and SZTE) states that these novel, intelligent materials may surpass current materials in terms of solar power storage efficiency.

 

Green University

A paradigm shift of the university members coupled with environmentally friendly investments have both resulted in the University of Szeged being the greenest university in Hungary. The University of Szeged was the first higher education institute in Hungary to install a solar park. Geothermal heating is installed in the majority of the university buildings and the heating and cooling of SZTE’s József Attila Study and Information Centre is partly carried out by heat pumps using the heat of the sewage pipes.

SZTE Experience

95930002_620793281842686_908476219798847488_oDianne - Faculty of Science and Informatics

I am a PhD student and a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holder from the Philippines. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Environmental Science and I happen to be in my 3rd year of studies. I chose University of Szeged because its one of the top ranked research university in Hungary known for its good reputation in the fields of health and natural sciences. Coming from the Philippines with a warm climate, I had huge preference of Szeged for my studies, the city having the most rays of sunshine and considered to be the warmest place in Hungary. I would advise all the prospective students to join University of Szeged’s diverse and vibrant community! Don’t be afraid to leave your comfort zone, try to find and establish your niche in a new place like what I did. I didn’t regret coming to Szeged as it continuously provides me an enabling learning environment for various reasons, has affordable cost of living, very safe and calm university town, organized transport system, beautiful and clean surroundings with the very sightly Tisza River which adds to its appeal, and also holds many festivals throughout the year. After graduation, I am planning to go back to my home institution and continue my teaching duties at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

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Ferdous Rahman – Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

My name is Ferdous Rahman and I am from Bangladesh. I am pursuing doctoral studies at the Department of Private International Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Science under the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme. Currently I am in the first year of my four-year PhD programme. I came to know about SZTE while exploring for the Stipendium Hungaricum programme. Among the other available options, this was my first choice. Apart from its excellent ranking, I got my supervisor with similar research interest. The increasing number of international students gave me a comfort of having a cosmopolitan environment. After starting my studies here in September 2019, I am convinced that I could not expect more. For prospective students, I would advise that SZTE can be their next home as I got mine. Everyone here including the professors, the administrators, and the students are very friendly and helpful. They make studies a joyous journey instead of pile of classes and books. After my graduation, I will return to my home country. The knowledge and the experience that I have been receiving here will be a great resource for my academic career. I intend to continue my research further and expect to contribute to policy formulation at national and international level."

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