Towards innovative and affordable sodium- and zinc-based energy storage systems based on more sustainable and locally-sourced materials

开发基于更可持续和本地采购的材料的创新且经济实惠的钠基和锌基储能系统

• 批准号: EP/Y031253/1
• 负责人: Ivana Hasa
• 金额: $ 33.22万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY031253%2F1
• 关键词: Towards; innovative; affordable; sodium; zinc

Electrochemical energy storage (EES) is crucial in the carbon-neutral future. Nevertheless, the current battery value chain has significant risks, especially concerning the supply of critical raw materials. eNargiZinc aims at developing new knowledge, technology and commercially exploitable products related to innovative and affordable next-generation EES devices, targeting long-term sustainability through the use of abundant and renewable materials and low environmental impact production processes. A rigorous training-through-research programme for eleven Doctoral Candidates (DCs) -eight DCs funded by the EU and three DCs funded by the UK national funding agency (UKRI)-has been designed through an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach, involving studies on all the essential parts needed to develop sodium-ion batteries, zinc-air batteries, and zinc-ion batteries/supercapacitors. The research within eNargiZinc will focus on developing sustainable electrode materials (biomass-derived carbons and their composites, redox-active polymers, hybrid transition metal oxides, and interphases for anode-less concepts), electrolytes (solid-state and gel-polymer types), and, especially, on integrating all the developed components into full cells at an industrially-relevant scale. A Personalised Training Package for each DC will be tailored to allow them to acquire the required skills over the three years of employment within the network. To this aim, secondments to other partners (especially in the non-academic sector), training in complementary skills, and network-wide training events will be implemented. The consortium, which is composed of six beneficiaries and twelve associated partners, is addressed to achieve the objectives of eNargiZinc and is based on excellence, synergy and complementarity. Industrial partners will play a key role in the network, by providing the DCs with exposure to the private sector and access to industrially-relevant facilities, which are essential to validate the findings obtained at lab-scale.

电化学储能（EES）对于碳中和的未来至关重要。然而，当前的电池价值链存在重大风险，特别是在关键原材料的供应方面。 eNargiZinc 旨在开发与创新且经济实惠的下一代 EES 设备相关的新知识、技术和可商业开发的产品，通过使用丰富的可再生材料和低环境影响的生产流程来实现长期可持续发展。通过跨学科和跨部门的方法，为 11 名博士候选人 (DC)（其中 8 名 DC 由欧盟资助，3 名 DC 由英国国家资助机构 (UKRI) 资助）设计了严格的研究培训计划，涉及所有领域的研究开发钠离子电池、锌空气电池、锌离子电池/超级电容器所需的关键部件。 eNargiZinc 的研究将重点开发可持续电极材料（生物质衍生的碳及其复合材料、氧化还原活性聚合物、混合过渡金属氧化物和无阳极概念的中间相）、电解质（固态和凝胶聚合物类型） ，特别是，以工业相关规模将所有开发的组件集成到全电池中。将为每个 DC 量身定制个性化培训包，使他们能够在网络内工作的三年内获得所需的技能。为此，将实施借调至其他合作伙伴（特别是非学术部门）、补充技能培训以及全网络培训活动。该联盟由六家受益方和十二家关联合作伙伴组成，致力于实现 eNargiZinc 的目标，并以卓越、协同和互补为基础。工业合作伙伴将在网络中发挥关键作用，为数据中心提供接触私营部门和工业相关设施的机会，这对于验证实验室规模的研究结果至关重要。