Principal Investigator (PI)
Hudson Giovani Zanin – UNICAMP – Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering – hzanin@unicamp.br
Co-PI
Gustavo Doubek – UNICAMP – Faculty of Chemical Engineering
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The objective of the Advanced Energy Storage division is to develop key technologies for strategic energy management, that is, for storing energy when there is excess production and supplying energy when there is demand.
This management is especially relevant in the context of renewable energies such as solar and wind, whose sources (the Sun and the wind) are intermittent. It significantly improves the processes of mobility and energy consumption that are present in people’s daily activities, and, at the same time, it facilitates the transition to a more sustainable energy matrix.
To be effective in this mission, the program trains people to develop batteries, supercapacitors, reformers and fuel cells.
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Projects
Objective:
- To develop promising conversion batteries such as Li-S, Li-O2, and SLFB, along with their functional materials. It includes identifying technical and economic feasibilities and mapping local supply chains. We also plan to perform advanced cell and materials characterization under operational conditions.
Benefits:
- After five years of research, the goal is to determine operating mechanisms and failure modes, as well as to enhance energy storage and delivery capabilities. We also plan to understand the battery market.
Objective:
- To develop batteries and supercapacitors with superlative energy and power densities, extending their cyclability. This project aims to combine the best of both devices into one hybrid device. We plan to improve our manufacturing facilities to develop locally better cells. Then it is essential to identify which materials can have greater technical and economic viability as well as to map, assist, and develop a local supply chain.
Benefits:
- After five years of research, the goal is to improve cell manufacturing. We plan to understand operating mechanisms and failure modes with advanced operando characterizations.
Objective:
- To develop metal-supported SOFCs and bioethanol reformers with all necessary constituent materials, such as diffusion barriers against Cr migration from the metal support, optimization of the microstructure to improve current density, optimization of construction methods for the active electrodes, catalysts and electrolyte, always keeping in mind the scalability of the processes and the availability of materials considering the national supply chain.
Benefits:
- After 5 years of research the goal is to develop prototypes of ethanol reformers and SOFC cells and stacks that can convert biofuels into electricity, study their working mechanisms and failure modes.
