Energy harvesting via wetting/drying cycles with nanoporous electrodes

Project Information

EHAWEDRY

Grant agreement ID: 964524

DOI 10.3030/964524

EC signature date 21 January 2021

Start date 1 July 2021

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost € 2 997 615,00

EU contribution € 2 997 615,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Spain

Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data management plan

Other (2)

Set of porous materials for non-1D configurations

Report on the preparation and characterization of nanoporous electrode coatings with controlled pore size and degree of hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity

1st set of materials for non-1D configurations

Report on preparation and characterization of electrode materials with smooth microstructured and nanostructured surfaces

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website and logo

Documents, reports (7)

Model of imbibition and evaporation in nano-engineered surfaces

Model of imbibition/evaporation of water into/from well-defined nano-engineered surfaces taking into account coupling between mass- and heat transfer and dissolved-air dynamics

Wetting/drying dynamics in model nanoporous media

Report on experimental investigations (and theoretical interpretation) of drying/wetting dynamics using model nanoporous media with well-defined structure (for example, nanoporous silicon)

Coupled evaporation/charging dynamics of sessile drops

Report on experimental investigations of coupling between sessile-drop evaporation and electrical capacity of its contact area with macroscopic smooth electrodes

Project Management Guide
Dynamic model of coupled mass and heat transfer

Report and computer code for a dynamic model of drying/wetting cycles including heat and mass (solvent, ions and dissolved air) transfers

Wetting/drying dynamics at micro-structured electrodes

Report on experimental investigations of coupling between sessile-drop evaporation and electrical capacity of its contact area with micro-structured electrodes

Model of EDL dynamics in advancing and receding menisci

Report and computer code for the ion dynamics in advancingreceding menisci taking into account the dense part of EDLs

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Kinematic and volumetric analysis of coupled transmembrane fluxes of binary electrolyte solution components

Author(s): A.E. Yaroshchuk, S. Koter, V.I. Kovalchuk, E.K. Zholkovskiy
Published in: Adv. Colloid & Interface Sci., Issue 312, 2023, Page(s) 102843, ISSN 0001-8686
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102843

How nanoporous silicon-polypyrrole hybrids flex their muscles in aqueous electrolytes: In operando high-resolution x-ray diffraction and electron tomography-based micromechanical computer simulations

Author(s): Manuel Brinker, Marc Thelen, Manfred May, Dagmar Rings, Tobias Krekeler, Pirmin Lakner, Thomas F. Keller, Florian Bertram, Norbert Huber, and Patrick Huber
Published in: Physical Review Materials, Issue 6, 2022, Page(s) 116002, ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.6.116002

Time-resolved pressure-induced electric potential in nanoporous membranes: measurement and mechanistic interpretation

Author(s): P.Apel, S.Koter, A.Yaroshchuk
Published in: J.Membr.Sci., Issue 653, 2022, Page(s) 120556, ISSN 0376-7388
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120556

Streaming potential with ideally-polarizable electron-conducting substrates

Author(s): A.Yaroshchuk, E.Zholkovskiy
Published in: Langmuir, Issue 38, 2022, Page(s) 9974–9980, ISSN 0743-7463
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01305

Evaporation-driven electrokinetic energy conversion: critical review, parametric analysis and perspectives

Author(s): A.Yaroshchuk
Published in: Adv. Coll.& Interface Sci., Issue 305, 2022, Page(s) 102708, ISSN 0001-8686
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102708

Adsorption layer and flow within liquid meniscus in forced dewetting

Author(s): V.I. Kovalchuk, G.K. Auernhammer
Published in: Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Issue 67, 2023, Page(s) 101723, ISSN 1359-0294
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2023.101723

Wafer‐Scale Electroactive Nanoporous Silicon: Large and Fully Reversible Electrochemo‐Mechanical Actuation in Aqueous Electrolytes

Author(s): M. Brinker, P.Huber
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 34.1, 2022, Page(s) 2105923, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105923

Osmotic pressure and diffusion of ions in charged nanopores

Author(s): P.Apel, M.Bondarenko, Yu.Yamauchi, A.Yaroshchuk
Published in: Langmuir, Issue 37, 2021, Page(s) 14089-14095, ISSN 0743-7463
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02267

Wafer‐Scale Fabrication of Hierarchically Porous Silicon and Silica by Active Nanoparticle‐Assisted Chemical Etching and Pseudomorphic Thermal Oxidation

Author(s): Stella Gries, Manuel Brinker, Berit Zeller-Plumhoff, Dagmar Rings, Tobias Krekeler, Elena Longo, Imke Greving, Patrick Huber
Published in: Small, 2023, Page(s) 2206842, ISSN 1613-6810
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206842