TY - CONF A1 - Carabba, L. A1 - Masi, G. A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Krüger, Simone A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Bignozzi, M.C. ED - Serdar, M. ED - Stirmer, N. ED - Provis, J. T1 - Thermal properties and steel corrosion in light-weight alkali-activated mortars N2 - This study aims at investigating the use of coal fly ash-based alkali activated mortars as passive fire protection system for steel structures. These systems are used to slow down the temperature rise of the steel substrate in case of fire. In addition, the protective system should guarantee the ability to prevent and/or mitigate steel corrosion phenomena. The behavior of a light-weight mortar was compared to that of a normal-weight mortar. Density and porosity were measured to better characterize the physical properties of the mortars. The degree of protection in case of fire was assessed by performing medium-scale fire tests. Acoustic emission measurements were conducted to analyze cracking phenomena during the high temperature exposure. The corrosion process was evaluated using an electrochemical approach in order to monitor the durability of the developed material. Preliminary results show that a 20 mm-thick layer of light-weight mortar is able to protect the steel substrate from reaching the critical temperature of 500 °C for 38 minutes in case of cellulosic fire. In addition, alkali activated mortars provide protection for carbon steel in presence of aggressive environment (i.e. presence of chlorides). The corrosion resistance is strictly related to the physical properties of the developed mortars. T2 - International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS 2019) CY - Rovinj, Croatia DA - 20.03.2019 KW - Fire resistance KW - Steel corrosion KW - Acoustic emission KW - Alkali-activated materials PY - 2019 SN - 978-2-35158-223-7 VL - 1 SP - 125 EP - 132 PB - RILEM Publications CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-47584 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Carraba, L. A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Krüger, Simone A1 - Bignozzi, M.C. ED - Falikman, V. ED - Realfonzo, R. ED - Coppola, L. ED - Hajek, P. ED - Riva, R. T1 - Fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer mortars for fire protection N2 - The present study aims to investigate the use of geopolymer mortars as passive fire protection system for steel structures. Coal fly ashes were used as aluminosilicate source and perlite was employed as aggregate to obtain a lightweight system. In addition, a geopolymer mortar containing quartz aggregate was produced for comparison. The geopolymer mortars were applied on stainless steel plates and exposed to both, cellulosic and hydrocarbon standard fire curves, according to ISO 834-1 and EN 1363-2, respectively. Acoustic emission measurements were conducted to analyze cracking phenomena during the high temperature exposure. The resulting temperature-time curves showed that the investigated system is effective in retarding the temperature rise of the steel plates. When the cellulosic fire curve was applied, a 20 mm [0.79 in.] thick layer of lightweight geopolymer mortar protected the steel substrate from reaching the critical temperature of 500 °C [932 °F] for at least 30 minutes, avoiding the rapid decrease of its mechanical properties and thus representing an important safety measure against accidental fires. No spalling phenomena on heating were detected; however, significant cracking was observed on cooling. KW - Alkali-activated materials KW - Geopolymers KW - Fire protection KW - Fire proofing KW - Acoustic emission PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-64195-022-0 VL - 326 SP - 26.1 EP - 26.10 PB - American Concrete Institute CY - Farmington Hills AN - OPUS4-46154 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berger, J. A1 - Zahedi-Azad, S. A1 - Voss, H. A1 - Ernst, O.C. A1 - Hammerschmidt, R. A1 - Boeck, T. A1 - Martin, J. A1 - Bonse, J. A1 - Krüger, J. A1 - Schmid, M. T1 - CuInSe2-based micro-concentrator solar cells fabricated from In islands grown by laser-assisted MO-CVD N2 - Micro-concentrator solar cells offer a promising route for reducing material usage in photovoltaics. For Cu(In,Ga)Se2, multiple micro-concentrator manufacturing methods have already been evaluated. All of them involve either high preparation complexity or post-processing to recycle unused precursor or absorber materials. In this work, a new method using laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (LA-MOCVD) was applied to directly grow arrays of indium micro-islands. These arrays are examined and further processed to CuInSe2 micro-solar cell arrays. The geometry and morphology of the islands were investigated and compared before and after absorber formation. The investigation shows that the absorber growth is limited to the vertical direction normal to the substrate surface and that the starting morphology is preserved. Furthermore, the absorber island arrays are processed into micro-modules and operational solar cells are achieved as a proof of principle. These not yet optimized arrays reach a conversion efficiency of 0.65% under 1 sun illumination. Under 17 suns of light concentration, the efficiency gain is between 60 and 250%. This work demonstrates the method's viability for the fabrication of micro-solar cell arrays, with clear potential for achieving higher conversion efficiencies through future optimization. KW - Micro-concentrator solar cells KW - Laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition KW - CISe KW - Bottom-up fabrication KW - Resource efficiency PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-656711 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2026.114284 SN - 0927-0248 VL - 301 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-65671 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -