QU’s Center for Advanced Materials develops cost-effective high-performance battery packs – The Peninsula

QU’s Center for Advanced Materials develops cost-effective high-performance battery packs – The Peninsula

DOHA: The world today faces calamitous consequences of decreased fossil fuel reserves headed toward their gradual depletion. The energy crisis and the associated environmental pollution have caused a profound interest in the efficient utilization of renewable energy resources. To fully harness the potential of renewable energy sources, the world needs high-performance energy storage devices. Successful contributions range from portable electronics to electric vehicles (EVs) and smart grid stations (SGs).

This has led to a new priority research area at the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM) at Qatar University (QU). In order to further explore the opportunities and expected future applications, active research on the design, development, and characterization of energy storage materials is in progress at CAM under the leadership of Dr. Abdul Shakoor.

The battery research group at CAM is oriented towards developing cost-effective energy storage materials utilizing microwave-assisted synthesis techniques. The objective of this modified synthesis technique is to substantially reduce the cost of batteries, facilitating easy commercialization of these batteries.

Recently, a team of researchers at CAM published new articles in this field in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds and in the Journal of Applied Surface Science. More importantly, high voltage cathode materials (Li2NiPO4F) targeting ͠(~ 6.0 V) well