The CO2 redox flow battery development: Bifunctional heterostructured and sub-stoichiometric Magnéli-phase electrocatalysts for negative and positive electrodes

The world’s stringent need to transition to a low-carbon industrial economy is more pressing than ever and requires an ambitious departure from traditional processes through innovation, development and implementation of different breakthrough technologies within a strict timeline. Agora is tackling two energy challenges simultaneously with its proprietary CO2 Redox Flow Battery (CRB) technology by enabling the transition from traditional emission-intensive power generation systems to low-carbon renewable sources through energy storage and addressing GHG-emission mitigation via converting CO2 during the battery operation to a by-product.
The proposed project will constitute the development and scale-up of integral parts of the CRB unit, i.e. the electrocatalysts for the positive and negative electrodes, to further improve the CRB performance and develop the next generation of metal-free redox flow batteries.

Faculty Supervisor:

Elod Lajos Gyenge

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Partner:

Agora Energy Technologies

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

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