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ElectroChemical Interfaces for energy conversion and storage: towards a carbon neutral society

Objective

The climate targets set by the EU with the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 require a transformation of all sectors of the economy
towards the use of renewables-based electricity, calling for joined forces between EU countries in order to achieve a more resilient
energy system. To bring us closer to the realisation of these ambitious goals, 12 academic and 6 industrial partners from
9 countries formed an international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral team — e-ChemIn. We are united by the idea of applying a
new paradigm in designing energy devices, which shifts the current approach of creating individual materials towards engineering
electrochemically ACTIVE MATERIALS INTERFACES. Working together will enable us to: 1) design multiple sets of electrochemical
interfaces using renewable, abundant, and circular materials and optimise them for new generations of energy conversion and
storage devices. Our lab-scale prototypes will outperform characteristics of current benchmarks and will be ready for further
developments at high TRLs (5-9); 2) develop multimodal approaches for the characterisation of interfaces operando at the
nanoscale, providing unprecedented insights into interfaces in action and making the characterisation of active interfaces accessible to the broader scientific community; 3) successfully establish processes for the recovery of critical raw materials from end-of-life devices
and apply them at the industrial scale; 4) to train 15 doctoral candidates in state-of-the-art electrochemical concepts and technologies
through the paradigm of interface-driven materials design, providing them with interdisciplinary research knowledge, professional
connections, communication and leadership skills, making them ready to face current and future challenges and to ensure the
valorisation of knowledge and ideas to products and services for economic and social benefit following the 17 UN Sustainable
Development Goals.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01

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Coordinator

INM - LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH
Net EU contribution
€ 870 816,96
Address
CAMPUS D2 2
66123 Saarbruecken
Germany
Region
Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken
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