Machine learning-based prediction and evaluation of supercapacitor performance of transition metal carbide developed by using waste surgical masks during COVID-19

Información del proyecto

MESTUM

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101130854

DOI

10.3030/101130854

Proyecto finalizado el 22 Junio 2023

Fecha de la firma de la CE 12 Mayo 2023

Fecha de inicio 1 Agosto 2023

Fecha de finalización 31 Julio 2025

Financiado con arreglo a

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Coste total

Sin datos

Aportación de la UE

€ 166 278,72

Coordinado por

UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI
Czechia

Objetivo

Fossil-free and renewable energy sources are a must for a sustainable society. Pushing the limitation of supercapacitors (SC) beyond their limits by producing metal carbides using as carbon source spent surgical masks, an immense side-product burden of COVID-19 pandemic, MESTUM project aims to tackle the worldwide increasing energy demand with highly efficient, stable, environmentally friendly and low-cost electrode materials (EM). The development of EM by transition metal carbides has attracted significant research attention thanks to its high-temperature stability, conductivity, easy operation in aqueous/organic electrolytes and insignificant electrolyte leaching. Easily accessible and abundant, manganese metal carbides, with multiple electron transfer ability, represent an excellent source possessing the key performance markers for SC: Ground-breaking pseudocapacitance and cyclic stability. By exploring the challenge of also generating a porous structure, MESTUM aims to expand an electrochemically active specific surface area and porosity of transition metal carbide and thus deliver a significant growth of specific capacity performance. During synthesis, the ground-breaking approach of turning the porous carbon from the surgical mask into the transition metal structure will orchestrate a brilliant coupling of increasing the surface area and reducing surgical mask waste. For machine learning prediction of specific capacity and cyclic stability, the two most critical performance-related features of SC, the materials properties (morphology, composition, surface area, etc.) and operational conditions (electrolytes, current density, potential window, etc.), are crucial. To tackle this issue, the project will set the optimized parameters to easily evaluate the prospects of developed materials in SC application. By a pioneering effort toward the significant advancement of SC technologies, the MESTUM project will address a fundamental need for clean energy sources.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › ciencias químicas › química inorgánica › compuestos inorgánicos

Palabras clave

• Transition metal carbide
• machine learning
• surgical mask
• supercapacitor

Programa(s)

• HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• HORIZON.4.1.5 - Fostering brain circulation of researchers and excellence initiatives
  

Tema(s)

• HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 - Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships
  

Régimen de financiación

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

Convocatoria de propuestas

HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04

Coordinador

UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 166 278,72
• Dirección: KRIZKOVSKEHO 8 ; 771 47 Olomouc ; Chequia
• Región: Česko › Střední Morava › Olomoucký kraj
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: Sin datos

Socios (1)

Socio

BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG

Alemania

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 0,00
• Dirección: Unter den Eichen 87 ; 12205 Berlin
• Región: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Tipo de actividad: Research Organisations
• Coste total: Sin datos