MIAMI- Innovative Materials for Hybrid Energy Storage

Finanziamento Nazionale MASE - Piano triennale 2019-2021 della Ricerca di sistema elettrico nazionale. Settembre 2023 – Agosto 2026

Abstract

The macro objective of MIAMI is to create a national platform for the design of Hybrid Storage Systems, based on the integration of redox flow batteries and Power-to-X systems, using innovative materials, through a holistic approach that aims to of high performance electrochemical energy storage systems promoting sustainability and circularity and relying on advanced electrochemical and analytical techniques. In particular, innovative electrode, electrolytic materials and polymer separator membranes will be developed for vanadium flux batteries with lower environmental impact, and for an emerging technology based on carbonaceous nanofluids (semi-solid flux batteries). Catalysts for the evolution of hydrogen and for the methanation of CO2 will be developed to promote the conversion efficiency of Power-to-X systems. Starting from the materials, device prototypes will be suitably designed, assembled and tested, both individually and coupled in the MIAMI hybrid system. The interdisciplinary synergy of the MIAMI partners, which involves three academic partners and two industrial partners, active in the field of materials and systems for storage, will allow to achieve the project objectives that cover the entire chain of the proposed hybrid system, aiming to new approaches, in full compliance with the European Strategic Set Plan.

Scientific coordinator for the Department

Prof. Francesca Soavi

Partnership

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Italy) (Dipartimenti di Chimica, Chimica industriale, Fisica e Astronomia, CIRI FRAME Ravenna
Politecnico di Milano (Coordinatore)
Università degli Studi di Messina
ENI S.p.A.
Solvay Syensqo