Storage and Conversion of SOLar energy via PHOTOchemical and CATalytic reactions – SOLPHOTOCAT
The project SOLPHOTOCAT is willing to investigate the development of new chemical devices for the storage and the release on demand of solar energy. The targeted system is a chemical system capable of (i) conversion of solar energy into a storable chemical energy via a photochemical transformation of A into B and (ii) release on demand the stored energy via the catalytic reverse transformation of B into A. The project is both targeting the development of new cheap and environmental-friendly chemical systems and the development of a microfluidic device capable of rapidly evaluating their performances in the whole system of storage and conversion of solar energy. SOLPHOTOCAT is a collaborative project between four complementary research teams that combine expertise from catalysis (LCC, Toulouse), photochemistry (PPSM, Paris Saclay), chemical engineering (LGC, Toulouse) and solar energy (PROMES, Perpignan).
Project coordination
Odile DECHY-CABARET (LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION)
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Partnership
LGC LABORATOIRE DE GENIE CHIMIQUE
PROMES Laboratoire procédés, matériaux, énergie solaire
LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION
PPSM Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaires et Macromoléculaires
Help of the ANR 543,036 euros
Beginning and duration of the scientific project:
February 2022
- 48 Months
