In a significant advancement for electric mobility, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), in collaboration with CIDETEC Energy Storage and seventeen European partners, has developed Spain’s first large-format cobalt-free lithium-ion battery prototype. The prototype…
The HyProlyzer project (Solar hydrogen production by a scalable electrolyzer-photovoltaic system) aimed to validate a prototype for H2 production, consisting of an electrolyzer connected to advanced perovskite solar cell modules and working under bias-free conditions.…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has validated a new low-cost technology for the production of renewable natural gas from organic waste and green hydrogen in Mas de Barberans, Terres de l’Ebre (Tarragona). The…
SOMMER is a Horizon Europe funded project that stands for “Solar-Based Membrane Reactor For Syngas Production“. The kick-off meeting was held in Cologne on November the 23rd, 2023. SOMMER will develop and demonstrate a novel…
DIGIBAT is a public-private partnership that stands for “Development of a Hybrid Battery System Digital Twin for Advanced Monitoring and Management of its Performance and State-of-Health“. The main objective of DIGIBAT project is the design…
CLEANHYPRO is the largest European R&D initiative in electrolysers, designed to push the boundaries of clean hydrogen production, and is poised to become the first Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) for hydrogen. CLEANHYPRO boasts a…
HIPERZAB’s project, which has been included in the European Union’s Pathfinder Challenges call, has a highly disruptive component, as although primary zinc-air batteries exist on the market, a rechargeable version of these still needs to…
Find the criteria for prioritizing the FI-2024 grants for hiring junior researchers in the link below: Consulta els criteris de priorització interna de les sol·licituds dels ajuts per a la contractació de personal investigador novell…
IREC researchers have earned five “proyectos de generación de conocimiento” at the 2022 call, which are national projects intended to promote the national and international leadership capacity of research teams in Spanish centres linked to…
The researchers from the Functional Nanomaterials group at the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) have shed light on the intricate workings of spinel catalysts, particularly their role in polysulfide conversion within sodium-sulphur batteries. This…