The Calcium-Air Battery
Reference Number
EP/R000441/1
Title
The Calcium-Air Battery
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr L Hardwick
Chemistry
University of Liverpool
Chemistry
University of Liverpool
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 September 2017
End Date
31 July 2019
Duration
23 months
Total Grant Value
£201,141
Industrial Sectors
Energy
Region
North West
Programme
Energy : Energy
Other Investigator
Dr NG Berry, Chemistry, University of Liverpool
Professor RJ Nichols, Chemistry, University of Liverpool
Professor RJ Nichols, Chemistry, University of Liverpool
Industrial Collaborator
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Objectives
Abstract
Energy storage in the form of rechargeable batteries is becoming increasingly important for a range of applications and devices including transportation and grid reserves. Alkaline earth metal-oxygen batteries using the earth abundant metals, such as calcium as the anode and calcium cations as the charge carrier present a low cost and easily raw material resourced high energy storage battery system. They offer much greater energy storage a than present day batteries, such as lithium ion, in addition to their abundance worldwide. In order to achieve progress in the field of calcium based batteries and their subsequent development, mechanistic understanding of the cell chemistry and the required materials, and cell structure, needs to be understood. To evaluated the feasibility of a battery system based upon calcium within the project we will construct Lab-scale test cells that will be tested under an oxygen atmosphere
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18/02/19
