Joint project
LIGHT-CAP - Multi-Electron Processes For Light Driven Electrodes And Electrolytes In Conversion And Storage Of Solar Energy
Funder: European Union
Period: 2021-2024
URI: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101017821
Abstract:
New compact unit to both harvest and store solar energy
The EU-funded LIGHT-CAP project aims to develop an eco-friendly technology for efficiently harnessing solar energy. It plans to combine energy conversion and storage in a single, compact, lightweight unit. The innovative idea behind LIGHT-CAP's hybrid technology is based on leveraging the cooperative electronic properties of zero- and two-dimensional nanomaterials and the potential of delocalised electrical charges after photoactivation. The disruptive technology will be demonstrated in device designs analogous to cell batteries, hybrid supercapacitors and electrolytic capacitors. LIGHT-CAP will bring together multidisciplinary teams from Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
New compact unit to both harvest and store solar energy
The EU-funded LIGHT-CAP project aims to develop an eco-friendly technology for efficiently harnessing solar energy. It plans to combine energy conversion and storage in a single, compact, lightweight unit. The innovative idea behind LIGHT-CAP's hybrid technology is based on leveraging the cooperative electronic properties of zero- and two-dimensional nanomaterials and the potential of delocalised electrical charges after photoactivation. The disruptive technology will be demonstrated in device designs analogous to cell batteries, hybrid supercapacitors and electrolytic capacitors. LIGHT-CAP will bring together multidisciplinary teams from Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
Coordinating organisation / Consortium Leader
- Italian Institute of Technology
Cooperation partners with funding
- IMDEA Energy Institute
- Polytechnic University of Milan
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
- TU Dresden
- University of Giessen
