Project Info

Energy storage with proton-conducting ceramics

Neal Sullivan | nsulliva@mines.edu

Solar- and wind-power providers are finding difficulty in penetrating power generation markets due to the innate intermittency of these renewable-energy sources. This project is focused on developing next-generation proton-conducting ceramics to convert this renewably derived electricity into high-value chemicals and fuels. Such fuels synthesis would serve as a means to store electricity from intermittent sources, and expand the market penetration for solar and wind power. The work would be executed in the Colorado Fuel Cell Center laboratory, a well-equipped facility for fabrication and performance testing of ceramic electrochemical devices. The effort is leveraged by a number of active research programs, with a number of student and faculty contributors.

More Information

The Colorado Fuel Cell Center website has a wealth of information on the topic of proton-conducting ceramics, and our research efforts in this field:

cfcc.mines.edu

Grand Engineering Challenge: Make solar energy economical