Energy Storage
The growing demand for sustainable, eco-friendly, and inexhaustible energy sources is fueling the rapid expansion of renewable energy worldwide. Years of research have been dedicated to the development and optimization of advanced materials for energy production, processing, and storage.
The focus is on delivering reliable and highly efficient materials designed for electrical energy storage systems and next-generation batteries, engineered to store and release energy reversibly and support the transition toward cleaner energy technologies.
Advanced solid electrolytes based on beta alumina have been developed with tailored compositions, enhanced through carefully selected dopants and stabilizers. These materials provide increased active surface area and reduced diffusion distances, improving electrochemical performance. Extensive research has also led to the development of cost-efficient processing routes, optimizing every stage from raw material preparation to shaping and sintering while ensuring high quality and competitive production costs.
Research activities have also contributed to the EU-funded AMPHIBIAN project, focused on the development of affordable and environmentally friendly ferrite-based permanent magnets for energy conversion. These materials are expected to support applications in motors and generators, medical technologies, automotive systems, computing, and household appliances.
Furthermore, Petroceramics is a founding partner of Hydrospark, established in 2024 to support the industrial-scale production of Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs), contributing to the development of next-generation clean energy technologies.
