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GreenEnergyStorageeL’Universitàdi“TorVergata”

SilviaLicocciaDelegatodelRe+oreperlaRicercaScien2ficaDelegato

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UNIVERSITYOFROMETORVERGATA

SilviaLicocciaProfessorofChemistry

DeputyRectorforScien9ficResearchDirector,DepartmentofChemicalScienceandTechnologies

q  The University of Rome Tor Vergata is a public University,establishedin1981.

q  Itislocatedina600-hectarescampusintheSouth-EastofRome.

ABOUTUS

UNIVERSITYCAMPUS

ABOUTUS

MISSION

1.Teaching:UTVisacentreofhighereducaOon

fromtheundergraduatetoadvanceddoctoral

level.

2.Research:developthemaOc

andmulOdisciplinarybasicandappliedresearchatthe

forefrontofscience.

3.Publicandsocialservice:

connectstudents,faculty,andalumniwithcommunityorganizaOonsand

industrialenterprises.

ABOUTUS

OURGOALS

1Increasing

innovaOveandinternaOonaleducaOonalprogramsand

curricula

2Improving

transnaOonalandinterdisciplinaryresearchand

developingselectedCentersofExcellence

3CreaOngbridges

betweeninsOtuOons,firmsandterritory

q  UTVistheonlyItalianUniversityamongtheonesintheQSworld'sTop50under50yearsoldUniversiOes(ranked33rd)

q  UTVcooperateswiththemostpresOgiousUniversiOesof“top500University”[Over500bilateralagreementswithPartnerUniversiOesallovertheworldsuchasHarvardUniversity(USA),UniversityofOxford(UK),GeorgeWashingtonUniversity(USA)andwithtopUniversiOesintheBRICSArea]

q  UTVismemberoftheEuropeanUniversityAssociaOon(EUA)andtheYoungEuropeanResearchUniversiOesNetwork(YERUN),foundedinJanuary2015between18EuropeanuniversiOesunder50yearswithaccreditedpresenceinthemaininternaOonalrankings,withtheaimofpromoOngjointiniOaOvesinthefieldofresearchandteaching,aswellasencouragingresearchandteachingmobility.

q  ANVUR,theNaOonalAgencyfortheevaluaOonofResearchInsOtuOon,hasrankedtheUniversityofRomeTorVergata9thamonglargeUniversityandfirstamongthoselocatedincentral-southernItaly.TheANVURreportidenOfiestheUniversityasexcellentinseveralresearchareas,rankingfirstinItalyinthechemicalsciencesandsecondinmathemaOcsandphysics.

RANKING&INTERNAZIONALIZATION

NUMBERS

q  39.000Students

q  1.335Academics

q  980TechnicalandadministraOvestaff

q  112Degreecourses

q  31PhDCourses

q  162Post-degreemasters

q  52SpecializaOonschools

q  6%Studentsfromabroad

q  1500bedsUniversityResidence

Macroareas&UniversityHospital

EconomicsEngineering

Law

Medicine

HumaniOes

Science

PTV

ORGANIZATION

DEPARTMENTOFCHEMICALSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGIES

TheDepartmentoffersaneducaOonalandresearchexperienceinthechemicalsciencesthatisrichwithchallengesandopportuniOesforundergraduate,graduateandpostgraduatestudents.ChemistryisacentralscienceandunderpinsmuchoftheeffortsofscienOstsandengineerstoimprovelifeforhumankind.Chemistryistakingaleadingroleindiscoveringnewchemicalsynthesis,catalysis,creaOngsustainableenergy,theoreOcalandexperimentalunderstandingofchemistryatitsmostfundamentallevel,unravelingthebiochemicalcomplexiOesofnaturalsystems,improvingtheenvironment.detecOngandcuringdisease,developingmaterialsnewproperOes,nanoscienceandmuchmore.RanksastheChemistryDepartmentformedium-sizeUniversiOesinItaly.

Researchgroup

DepartmentofChemicalScienceandTechnology

MaterialsandDevicesforEnergyatUniversityofTorVergata

MADE@UTV

SilviaLicocciaProfessorofChemistry

AlessandraD’EpifanioAssociateProfessorof

Chemistrty

StaffandResearchAssociates:CadiaD’O#aviBarbaraMecheriCaSadeBonis

PhDstudentsStudents:AlessandroIannaciFrancescaZurlo

DianaDePorcellinisMarioBranchiCaterinaSarnoMicheleRaggio

MADE@UTVGroup:People

Elisabe#aDiBartolomeoAssociateProfessorofMaterialsScience

MADE@UTVGroup:AcSviSes

ProtonExchangeMembraneFuelCells(H2-PEMs&DMFCs)§  Compositepolymerelectrolytemembranes§  NanofillerswithcontrolledmorphologyandfuncSonaliSes§  Electrocatalysts

SolidOxideFuelCells(SOFCs)§  CeramicElectrolytesforintermediateT

BioelectrochemicalSystems(BES)§  EnzymeFuelCells§  MicrobialFuelCellsandMicrobialElectrolisysCells§  Wastetreatment

RedoxFlowBa#eries(RFBs)§  AllvanadiumRFBs§  Quinone-BromineRFBs§  ProtonExchangeMembranesandElectrolytes

MADE@UTVGroup:ourrecords

Over100paperspublishedonhighIFpeerreviewedjournalsinthelast10yearsOver2.500.000€grantsfromnaOonalandinternaOonalagenciesoverthelast10years

ELECTROCHEMICALGENERATORS

ELECTROCHEMICALACCUMULATORS

Transformchemicalenergyintoelectricalenergy,usingredoxreacOons,reacOonsinvolvingelectrontransferbetweentwospecies.

ü Primarycellsü Fuelcells

ü Secondarycellsorelectrochemicalaccumulators:theredoxreacSonisreversible,sothataba#erycanbechargedanddischargedandisabletoSTOREELECTRICALENERGY

Anassemblyofelectrodes&Electrolyte

Twoomoresecondarycellsormonoblocsconnected

togetherandusedassourceofelectricalenergy

Acertainnumberofcellsinthesamecontainer

CELL BATTERY MODULE

TRAD

ITIONAL

VRLA-ValveRegulatedLeadAcid

VLA-VentedLeadAcid

Nickel/Cadmium

Nickel/MetalHydride

INNOVA

TIVE

Lithium-ion(LiFe,NCA,NMC,LTO,ecc.)

Lithium-polymer

Sodium/sulphur(hightemperature)

Sodium/nickelchloride(hightemperature)

REDOXFLOWBATTERIES

TECHNOLOGIES

ELECTROCHEMICALACCUMULATORS

RedoxFlowBa#eryinnovaSvetecnologyforEnergyStorage

AcOvematerialsdissolvedintoelectrolytes,storedinexternaltanksandcirculatedbypumps.TheredoxreacOontakesplaceinthecell.

Energyandpowerofthesystemaretotallydecoupled:powerdependsonthesizeofthestack(membranesurface),

energyonthesizeofthetanks

RFBis just likeanyotherelectrochemicalcellwiththeexcepOonthatthe ionicsoluOon(electrolyte) isnotstoredinthecellaroundtheelectrodes.Rather,theionicsoluOonisstoredoutsideofthecell,andcanbefedintothecellinordertogenerateelectricity.Thetotal amount of electricity that can be generated depends on the size of the storagetanks.

ORGANICREDOXFLOWBATTERYQuinone-BromideFlowBanery

B.Huskinson,M.P.Marshak,C.Suh,S.Er,M.R.Gerhardt,C.J.Galvin,X.Chen,A.Aspuru-Guzik,R.G.GordonandM.J.Aziz,“Ametal-freeorganic-inorganicaqueousflowbanery”,Nature505,195(2014)

HARVARD John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Quinonesasenergystoragemedium

lowcostofchemicals→lowcostkW/h rapidredoxkineScs→lowcostkW/h

smallorganicmolecules→inexpensiveseparator allliquidstorage→reducedBOScostandlonglifecycle

Experimentalsetup

ü Nafion212(50um)or115(125um)

ü Sigracetcarbonpaperselectrodespretreated2cm2,6layers,nocatalyst.

ü Negolyte:1M2,7-AQDS+1MH2SO4.

ü Posolyte:3MHBr+0.5MBr2inH2O.

HARVARD John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

DischargeCapacityRetenOon

CellPerformances

CurrentEfficiency=Coulombsofdischarge

immediatelyprecedingcoulombsofcharge

Coulombsofdischarge

immediatelyprecedingcoulombsofdischarge

HARVARD John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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