2DMEA

Completed

Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion)
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes))

Applied Research and Development

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Eksagon Group Ltd

Feasibility Studies

Innovate UK

01 October 2017

31 March 2019

18 months

£247,690

North West

Competition Call: 1604_FS_ENRG_ENCATES4 - Energy Catalyst - Early Stage - Round 4. Activity Energy Catalyst Round 4 - Early Stage ISCF

Project Contact, Eksagon Group Ltd

Project Contact, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Converting and storing renewable energy is one of the most fundamental issues facing our society today. One of the most promising alternatives to fuel fossils is methanol. This fuel can be cheaply and renewably produced from agricultural or municipal waste and as so, it would allow the UK and Europe to reduce its dependence on foreign fuel supplies. But in order to exploit this fuel renewably, we need a new generation of materials that can cheaply and resiliently convert this ful into electrical power. At the centre of new technologies always lie new materials. And so, graphene a Nobel Prize winning material is set make a profound impact on the energy market. The project will aim to use graphene in energy conversion and storage with the goal of achieving the holy grail of energy: clean, renewable, scalable and high capacity.

19/03/19