Hi everyone,
This Thursday April 3rd, Suleyman Er will tell us about his work on
organic batteries. Below are the title and abstract of his talk.
Best,
Felipe
Title: *Organic-Based Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy Storage*
Abstract:
Flow batteries offer promising new technologies for electrical energy
storage in the face of rising electricity production from intermittent
renewables such as wind and solar. Large-scale utilization of flow
batteries is limited due to the cost of redox-active and electrocatalytic
precious metals. In this presentation, I will introduce a special type of
flow battery that does not require expensive electroactive or
electrocatalytic components. This new flow battery is currently being
developed at Harvard and it uses small organic molecules as electroactive
materials. The extensive chemical space of these small molecules offers
ample possibilities in lowering the cost and improving the battery
performance. Theoretical and computational modeling that can quickly and
accurately predict the properties of new molecules is accordingly highly
beneficial in the search for the best performing molecular candidates.
Using first-principles calculations, we study an emerging library of
quinone-derived small organic molecules, with special interest on their
electrochemical properties and solubilities. Our initial aim is to discover
new candidate molecules with interesting redox properties.
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