A new type of review
Hybrid Materials. A Metareview
Pedro Gomez-Romero,*, Anukriti Pokhriyal, Daniel Rueda-Garcia, Leandro N. Bengoa and Rosa M. González-Gil. Chemistry of Materials (ACS) 2023 accepted
New Perspective Article:
To flow or not to flow. A perspective on the evolution of flowable electroactive materials and devices for large-scale energy storage. Perspective article. Anukriti Pokhriyal, Daniel Rueda-García and Pedro Gómez-Romero. Sustainable Energy and Fuels (RSC) 2023, 7, 5473-5482. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/se/d3se00955f
Congratulations to our new Doctor!
Dr. Junjie ZHU. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Fellowship of the CSC)
“Hybrid Electrode Materials based on Polyoxometalates for their First-Time Application in Organic Electrolyte Supercapacitors”. 28-07-2022. Excellent “Cum Laude”
Director: Pedro Gómez Romero
New review and cover
Polyoxometalates (POMs): from Electroactive Clusters to Energy Materials
Michael Horn, Amandeep Singh, Suaad Alomari, Sara Goberna-Ferrón, Raúl Benages-Vilau, Nilesh Rajaram Chodankar, Nunzio Motta, Kostya Ostrikov, Jennifer MacLeod, Prashant Murlidhar Sonar, Pedro Gomez-Romero and Deepak P. Dubal
Energy and Environmental Science, 2021, 14(4), pp. 1652–1700
Congratulations to our new Doctor!
Dr. Daniel RUEDA-GARCÍA defended his PhD Disertation (UB) on Sept 15, 2020
Development of Novel Electroactive Nanofluids for Flow Cells.
Directors: Pedro Gómez Romero, Deepak P. Dubal
Congratulations to our new Doctor!
Dr. Maria del Rocío RODRÍGUES-LAGUNA defended her PhD Disertation (UAB) on July 26, 2019
Heat transfer fluids: From fundamental aspects of graphene nanofluids at room temperature to molten salts formulations for solar-thermal conversion
Directors: Pedro Gómez Romero, Clivia Sotomayor, Emigdio Chavez-Angel
Congratulations to our new Doctor!
Dr. Bhawna NAGAR defended her PhD Disertation (UAB) on May 7, 2019
Graphene Ink-Jet printing for energy storage and sensing applications
Directors: Pedro Gómez Romero, Arben Merkoçi
CIDETEC Award for Research in Electrochemistry.
July 6, 2017
In a ceremony taking place during the Meeting of the Grupo Especializado de Electroquímica de la RSEQ , on 5th of July 2017, prof. Pedro Gomez-Romero received the CIDETEC award for research in electrochemistry, rewarding his group work on “hybrid materials for hybrid energy storage” (2013-2016). The award (including a diploma and a bronze sculpture by Tomas Ugartemendia) was presented by Dr. Javier Rodriguez, Director general de CIDETEC (photograph).
Dr. Javier Rodriguez, Director general de CIDETEC(left) and Prof. Pedro Gómez-Romero
Our Latest BOOK !!
Metal Oxides in Supercapacitors
Graphene-based Electroactive Nanofluids for Energy Storage
Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council at the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia- CIN2 (CSIC) and the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) have recently developed a novel type of nanocarbon-based fluids for energy storage in flow cells. They can be used for a wide range of systems that require high power and medium energy densities such as distributed and smart grid applications, stand-alone power systems, load leveling, uninterruptible power supply, etc. The technology has been proved as a prototype and shows high performance, fast charge-discharge and efficient cyclability (98% after 1.500 cycles).
Industrial partners are being sought to collaborate and/or exploit the existing know-how through a patent license agreement.
High performance flow supercapacitor
Energy storage is in the midst of a revolutionary change which will turn it into a key factor within the upcoming sustainable energy model. Among Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems (EES), redox flow batteries are considered the strongest technology to tackle higher-power applications at a low cost. Their feasible design makes it suitable for their use a wide range of systems that require high power and medium energy densities such us distributed and smart grid applications, However, the limited solubility of electroactive solutions hinders their energy density.
Electroactive Nanofluids (ENFs) can provide a higher concentration of active material and higher energy density. Also capacitive nanocarbon provides a fast energy storage mechanism.
The novel nanocarbon-based fluids are based on dispersions of electroactive nanoparticles in an electrolytic solution that makes it suitable for fast electrical energy storage in flow cells with high-power storage comparable to state-of-the-art supercapacitors plus increased energy density (10KW/Kg; 100 Wh/Kg).
Main advantages and applications
The novel storage technology can be used in systems that require high power and medium Energy densities such as distributed and smart grid applications, stand-alone power systems, load balancers, uninterruptible power supply UPSs, as well as in ones that demand a fast and refuelling recharge like flow cells batteries, automobiles, etc.
The main advantages are:
- High Performance (170 F/g(C)),13 Wh/Kg(C)
- Faster charge/discharge than conventional batteries 450W/kg (C) and high lifetime.
- Efficient cyclability (98% after 1.500 cycles).
- Low cost and highly stable electroactive nanofluids.
- Easily scalable and modular
Patent Status
European Priority Patent.
For further information please contact
Isabel Gavilanes-Pérez, PhD.
Deputy Vice-Presidency for
Knowledge Transfer, CSIC.
Tel.: +34 – 93 594 77 00
Fax: +34 – 93 580 14 96
Isabel.gavilanes@csic.es