Inmaculada Gimenez Garcia

For her PhD project Inma works on advancing electrochemical energy storage technologies, with special focus on grid-scale, all-iron redox flow batteries (AIRFBs). This technology offers the potential to unlock widespread implementation of renewable energy and a sustainable, safe and low-cost energy storage alternative. However, current AIRFB systems still suffer from challenges such as capacity fade, limited efficiency and overall system degradation. With a multidisciplinary approach that covers theoretical, experimental and imaging diagnostic techniques, Inma targets the optimization of many of the core components of the batteries, such as the electrolyte, or the membrane-electrode assembly, with the final aim of improving energy efficiency and longevity of the system.