Researchers from the Functional Nanomaterials department at IREC explored the role of the electronic spin configuration in the design of catalytic additives in a study published in two prestigious journals: ACS Nano and Advanced Materials.…
For over five years, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and technology developers has collaborated to transform HarveStore (website) into a pioneering project in the fields of sustainable energy and advanced IoT. The main goal of…
After three and a half years, the LESGO team has demonstrated that graphene-based materials, such as graphene oxide, can securely store hydrogen using an energy-efficient loading process based on a flow cell electrolyzer and recover…
Over four years of intensive research and development, the COBRA consortium has achieved significant advancements in Li-ion battery technology, eliminating cobalt and enhancing all key components of the battery system. The project has successfully produced a prototype…
The POLITE project – which stands for “Development of Prototypes for POwer-to-Liquid TEchnologies” – has reached to an end on May 31st, 2024. The main goal of the project was to develop prototypes for the electrochemical…
IREC, in its mission to disseminate and promote scientific culture in the field of energy generation and use, presents the project “Gara OpenLAB“: a project aimed at stimulating citizen participation in science and technology on…
AGAUR has recently granted two fellowships for hiring predoctoral research staff to IREC researchers. The FI-2024 Joan Oró fellowships have a duration of 3 years and are intended for people who carry out a PhD…
The Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) has commissioned the engineering firm Colomer-Rifà, SLP to design the PRIMA Platform for Testing and Demonstration for the Energy Transition and its experimental fields. The design…
A European consortium of nineteen partners from the automotive industry, research and technology specialists, has managed to develop a complete system based on cobalt-free lithium batteries for electric vehicles, which integrates a series of innovations…
The consumption of natural gas represents 20-25% of the primary energy consumed today in Catalonia, necessary for industrial activity, and for applications that are difficult to electrify in the short and medium term. To replace…