Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has been recognized for its leading achievements in the fields of nano-fusion and power conversion technology.

The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute announced on the 26th that it had produced two out of a total of 15 '2024 Outstanding Research Achievements'.

Outstanding research achievements are awarded to technologies that have created great scientific, technological, economic, social, and infrastructural value among the major research projects conducted by government-funded research institutes in the science and technology field in the previous year, based on the evaluation criteria of the selection committee. This year, a total of 15 awards were selected, including 10 awards from the Minister of Science and ICT and 5 awards from the President of the National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST).

The 'Smart Electrode Research Team', a collaboration between KERI's Nano Convergence Research Center and the Battery Material and Process Research Center, won the Minister's Award for their 'Smart Energy Electrode Technology Based on Carbon Nanomaterials for Future Mobility'. This technology is a groundbreaking achievement that successfully applied 'carbon nanotubes (CNTs),' which are called dream new materials due to their excellent electrical conductivity, to the field of secondary battery conductive materials and current collector electrode manufacturing. It has been highly evaluated for realizing high capacity, long life, and high stability of secondary batteries, and has also signed a technology transfer contract worth 1.4 billion won with a domestic company.

The PCS Control Team, led by researchers at the KERI Power Conversion System Research Center, was named to the Chairman’s Award list for developing the ‘30kW modular PCS advanced core technology for accelerating energy self-sufficiency.’ The power conversion system (PCS), which converts direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC), is widely used, especially in the field of renewable energy generation. The research team was recognized for its contribution to expanding the introduction of distributed power sources based on small and medium-capacity renewable energy sources in urban areas through the advancement of PCS design and control technology.

Meanwhile, KERI is a government-funded research institute specializing in electricity under the National Research Council of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and ICT. Following the two outstanding achievements of the government-funded research institute last year (next-generation cathode binder material technology for future mobility batteries, core technology for a non-face-to-face infectious disease molecular diagnosis system), the institute has once again confirmed its status as a top-level research institute in Korea by being named as such for two more this year.