A new platform technology for energy storage solutions
Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable mixtures of water, oil and surfactants. They can be used as electrolytes, and even though they are primarily water-based, they perform like the current hazardous non-aqueous electrolytes in most electrical storage applications. They represent a new class of materials and are highly customisable for a whole range of energy storage solutions. In this talk, I will discuss some of the basics of the new microemulsion electrolytes and their application in supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. This session will introduce the science of microemulsion electrolytes and discuss two use cases: supercapacitors and redox flow batteries.
Speaker
Allegro Energy Pty Ltd, Co-Founder & CEO
Thomas Nann is an experienced leader and researcher. In his career to date, he has successfully completed numerous multi-million dollar industrial and academic projects. He has been the Executive Director of a number of organisations including the South Australian node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), New Zealand's MacDiarmid Institute (seven sites and more than 200 researchers) and the School of Information and Physical Sciences at the University of Newcastle. Thomas is co-founder and CEO of Allegro Energy Pty Ltd, a Newcastle-based, Victoria University of Wellington spin-out established in April 2021 to commercialise sustainable energy storage solutions.
