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High quality industrial graphene
Graphene is made of carbon and has remarkable properties. Some are summarized in the press release for the awarded Nobel Prize for Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for “groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene” in 2010. As a material it is com- pletely new – not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest. As a conductor […]
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How to make a fuel cell?
We spent three weeks to explore fuel cell and hydrogen storage technologies. In the end we thought about an easy way to share some of our findings. The video below, which took from the idea to realization three hours, is the first approach. In future we plan to add some music (feel free to share […]
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Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
It is a great honor and very exiting to be able to attend the 63. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry. Over the time span of roughly one week (30 June - 5 July 2013) 625 incredible talented undergraduate and postgraduate students from 78 countries will get into a dialogue with 35 Nobel Laureates. For the Lindau […]
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Carbon nanotubes’ use in energy storage
Author – Jaidev Dhavle, MaastrichtScience Programme, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, Email: j.dhavle@student.maastrichtuniversity.nl Abstract – The global energy demands are increasing at a very rapid rate. These high energy demands are resulting in rapid consumption of scarce resources which can lead to major problems in the future. Thus, the development and use of ‘green’ resources must occur as soon as possible. In view […]
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Rechargeable battery diagram convention
Battery Diagram Convention This diagram of a battery is an approach for a widely used battery diagram convention. During previous literature research, I couldn’t find a valid accessible version of a battery diagram and after comparing various articles and talking to other scientists, I developed the diagram above as a visual convention. I hope […]
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Current and future sodium-ion battery research
Author – Simon Engelke, MaastrichtScience Programme, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, Email: s.engelke@student.maastrichtuniversity.nl Abstract – Adequate storage technologies are needed to allow a transition to renewable energy sources from fossil fuels. Common Lithium-ion batteries are widely used but are limited by availability of materials, price and safety. This paper shows the early stage research on sodium-ion batteries and published discoveries […]
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Materials
There are many materials considered to function as the medium for the energy storage. Especially air storage as a technology with long tradition gets heavenly debated recently driven by spectacular start-ups like lightsail. Furthermore hydrogen is a classic under the storage media as well as elevated water and weights. The availability of greater computational resources gives rise to new approaches like the Materials Project which could revolutionize […]
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Hydrogen storage solutions
The articles in this category will deal with hydrogen storage solutions. As widely discussed energy source for fuel cells, hydrogen has disadvantages because of its low energy density in gaseous form at room conditions. Furthermore hydrogen is quite explosive at these conditions which causes further problems, especially in transportation. Many ideas for the storage of hydrogen exist. […]
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Energy storage solutions
The following articles are about energy storage solutions. Mainly batteries (e.g. sodium-ion and aqueous sodium-ion batteries) will be discussed. Although some years ago, in some circles it didn’t seem interesting anymore to really invest in battery research, this field undergoes a renaissance because of increasing energy storage demands. Especially political and social decisions (to expand the amount of […]