Emerging Technologies (ET)
Emerging Technologies (ET)
Structural energy storage composites.
Goal
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Solid-state structural energy storage devices providing the best combination of storage capacity and mechanical performance, maximizing the weight and energy efficiency of mobility systems, supporting their electrification, and further use of renewable energy sources.
Key Tasks
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Conceptual design
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Multi-scale, multi-physical model development
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Analysis and in-silico concept validation
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Manufacturing and electromechanical characterization
Outputs
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Scale-up of a new ferroelectric-electrolyte structural battery (FESB) solution, including new electrodes and cells' architectures, for specific mobility applications.
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Multi-scale, multi-physical computational framework for analysis and design of structural energy storage composites.
Featured Publications
Salgueiro, T.A. et al. Ionic Conductivity Analysis of NASICON Solid Electrolyte Coated with Polyvinyl-Based Polymers (2024) Batteries, 10, 157.
DOI: 10.3390/batteries10050157
DOI: 10.3390/batteries10050157
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Niazi, M. et al. Identification of mode I fracture toughness in GFRP/Al and GFRP/Cu joints for structural batteries (2024) Composite Structures, 349-350.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118509
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118509
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Danzi, F., et al. Longitudinal failure mechanisms and crack resistance curves of unidirectional thermoplastic composites (2023) Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 282, 109147.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109147
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109147
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Baptista, M., et al. Conditioning solid-state anode-less cells for the next generation of batteries (2023) Batteries, 9(8), 402.
DOI: 10.3390/batteries9080402
DOI: 10.3390/batteries9080402
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Magalhães, N., et al. Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy-Amine Thermosets and Solvate IL: Towards New Composite Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Battery Applications (2023) Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(13), 10703.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310703
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310703
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Valente, M. et al. A comparative design of sodium-based solid-state coaxial structural batteries for high-performance applications (2022) 5th Meeting of the Young Researchers of LAETA, 5-6 May, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Danzi, F. et al. Sodium and potassium ion rich ferroelectric solid electrolytes for traditional and electrode-less structural batteries (2022) APL Materials, 10(3), Open Access.
DOI: 10.1063/5.0080054
DOI: 10.1063/5.0080054
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Danzi, F. et al. An all-solid-state coaxial structural battery using sodium-based electrolyte (2021) Molecules, 26 (17), art. no. 5226, Open Access.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175226.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175226.
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Salgado, R. M. et al. The latest trends in electric vehicles batteries (2021) Molecules, 26 (11), art. no. 3188, Open Access.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113188.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113188.
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Danzi, F. et al. Structural batteries: A review (2021) Molecules, 26 (8), art. no. 2203, Open Access.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26082203.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26082203.
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