Project description
Eco-friendly, low-cost materials for redox flow batteries could boost their energy storage potential
Powerful energy storage devices are vital to level out irregularities in the power supply from intermittent energy sources. Redox flow batteries hold great potential for energy storage, but the lack of stable, inexpensive components limits their wide use. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ELECTRA project plans to investigate a family of earth-abundant and recyclable materials based on transition-metal oxyanion clusters. This appealing class of materials demonstrates fast multi-electron transfer, offering excess capacity in a reversible and stable fashion. Project research will be geared towards creating electron-rich polyoxometalate structures based on tungsten and molybdenum atoms using a low-cost synthesis process suitable for large-scale production.
Objective
Novel materials and developments for Energy Storage applications are the most active and successful research topics in Europe. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are the only option for the implementation of the intermittent renewable energy as they promise long lifespam in a design with independently energy/powers output. However, the bottleneck to realize this energy scenario is the lack of stable and inexpensive components, which substantially breaks the energy storage/power limits. Thus, we propose to investigate a family of earth-abundant and recyclable materials, based on transition metal oxyanions clusters (polyoxometalates, POMs). This appealing alternative provides fast multi-electron transfer processes, offering excess of capacity in a reversible and stable fashion. Our research program involves the creation of electron-rich POMs structures based on W and Mo atoms in a low-cost synthesis process, suitable for large production. We will fabricate a large family of POMs, modulating their redox properties through the composition and electron delocalization properties. These features will maximize the energy density values through the implementation of POMs in the RFB, which will be tested into configurations: (1) POMs as redox active specie, and (2) POMs as charge carrier to solid active material confined in the tank. This intriguing and disruptive approach allows 10-fold energy density values in comparison with conventional RFBs. Additionally, the implementation of POMs molecules as active centers into innovative freestanding electrodes, with sophisticated architectures will surpasses the power values, though the suppression of side reaction as well as enhanced electrochemical activity. The reaction mechanism for the multi-electron transfer process at these interfaces will be completely understood and therefore controlled by the optimization of materials. The outcomes of this work will include next generation of RFB with unprecedent energy and power values targeted
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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28006 Madrid
Spain
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