Heat and light for powering the Internet of Things
Harvestore is a European project for the development of beyond-state-of-the-art technologies in the field of Internet of Things.
Our “μ-harvestorers” will be able to collect and store energy from heat and light at the same time, in order to serve a whole family of new-generation portable devices. They will be powerful, small, and environmental friendly.
A EUROPEAN NETWORK
Harvestore puts together some of the main actors of science and technology across Europe. Research, technology centers and advanced industries from 6 different countries have joined their efforts with the goal of opening-up a new technology paradigm in the world of IoT.
At the edge of science and technology
Nanoioncs and Iontronics
With Harvestore, we will fabricate new artificial materials with superior performance. Fast electrical conduction and high charge storage capacity will be achieved by taking advantage of nanoscale engineering.
Silicon Integration
Advanced science and mainstream fabrication techniques will be bridged by the use of silicon technology. Silicon combines unique properties of manufacturability, abundance and low environmental impact.
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3NEWS & EVENTS
Tracking oxygen at the nanoscale
A high-entropy nanostructure for Solid Oxide Cells
New paper: "A high-entropy manganite in an ordered nanocomposite for long-term application in solid oxide cells"
A new Nature Communications paper entitled “A high-entropy manganite in an ordered nanocomposite for long-term application in solid oxide cells” is released today, May the 11th, 2021. The research has been led by IREC. The paper is a collaborative effort between IREC, University of Cambridge (UK), Colorado School of Mines (USA), Coventry University (UK), ICN2-CSIC-BIST (Spain), Purdue University (USA) and Imperial College London (UK).
The communication reports on the development of a novel class of functional materials with enhanced electrochemical properties based on nano-engineered composite oxides.
The researchers realized vertically aligned nanocomposites of an ionic and an electronic conductor with straight applicability as functional layers in solid oxide cells. The ordered structured is characterized by a coherent, dense array of vertical interfaces at the nm-scale. The synergy between the two materials results in high electrochemically activity and superior thermal stability. The authors use a combination of state-of-the-art and novel techniques including physical vapour deposition, atom-probe tomography combined with oxygen isotopic exchange, density functional theory calculations, to disclose the exciting properties of the material and to highlight the relevance of local disorder and long-range arrangements for functional oxides nano-engineering.
The Nature Communications paper can be downloaded from this link.
PhD thesis offer at LMGP Grenoble
A new PhD position under the supervision of Dr. Mónica Burriel and Dr. David Jauffres in the framework of the HarveStore project is available at LMGP/SIMAP (Grenoble, France): "Optimization of high performance nano-architectured electrode/electrolyte bilayers for reversible Solid Oxide Cells". More info: download.
HarveStore at E-MRS Spring 2021 meeting
The project is sponsor of symposium G: "Solid state ionics: advanced concepts and devices". Two special sessions "Interface and surface phenomena" and "In situ/Operando Characterization" will be dedicated to the project.
