El Instituto Max Planck de Coloides e Interfaces de Potsdam (Alemania) recibe 6,5 millones de euros del Consejo Europeo de Investigaci\u00f3n (CEI). Con esta financiaci\u00f3n, los investigadores pretenden aumentar entre cuatro y seis veces la densidad de las bater\u00edas. <\/p>\n
Al mismo tiempo, el equipo en torno al profesor Markus Antonietti quiere reducir los precios del almacenamiento de energ\u00eda a una d\u00e9cima parte. \"En la actualidad, las bater\u00edas son muy caras y muy pesadas. Necesitamos sistemas mucho m\u00e1s baratos para hacer asequible en el futuro un suministro energ\u00e9tico sostenible para los hogares y la sociedad\", afirma Antonietti.<\/p>\n
Lo que antes era una crisis energ\u00e9tica, se est\u00e1 convirtiendo en una crisis de almacenamiento de energ\u00eda, sugiere el instituto. Por ello, los investigadores se concentran en desarrollar \"alternativas fundamentales para el almacenamiento\", explica el profesor.<\/p>\n
Su enfoque incluye \"novedosas sales l\u00edquidas como disolventes y nuevas transiciones de energ\u00eda que s\u00f3lo existen en la nanoescala y que obtienen m\u00e1s voltaje de cada electr\u00f3n\", dice Antonietti. Su grupo de investigaci\u00f3n afirma saber c\u00f3mo fabricar peque\u00f1os poros en nuevos carbonos. \"Para ser precisos, el poro es el centro de nuestro trabajo\", a\u00f1ade Antonietti.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Their work is joined by Patrice Simon, described as a leading electrochemist in the field of supercapacitors at the University of Toulouse, France. Simon’s team in France works on the electrochemical processes during storage itself.<\/p>\n
The partnership is crucial to the funding now received through the ECR’s Synergy Grant programme. Synergy Grants require research teams consisting of two to four researchers to apply.<\/p>\n
In total, 440 proposals were received, and 34 teams from 22 countries received a research award. Germany is involved in 18 research projects, and 7 of the 34 Synergy Grants go to Max Planck Institutes of the Max Planck Society.<\/p>\n
The statement does not disclose details on the state of research and the next steps the new funding enables. From the looks of the project, this seems to be research first with nothing indicating industrialisation yet.<\/p>\n
Saltwater batteries are known from stationary applications, but the researchers are interested in mobile applications. The institute mentions lithium batteries in electric vehicles that “must be replaced by alternatives” as they are “relatively expensive, heavy, environmentally harmful if they are not properly disposed of.”<\/p>\n