Publications

Deliverables

Deliverable Report 8.1 CuBER Project Identity

Deliverable Report 8.2 CuBER Dissemination Kit

Papers

• Control-Oriented Electrochemical Model and Parameter Estimation for an All-Copper Redox Flow Battery.
  Badenhorst, W., Jensen, C. M., Jakobsen, U., Esfahani, Z., & Murtomäki, L. (2023). Batteries, 9(5). 
  https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9050272
  
• “A spectroelectrochemical study of copper chloro-complexes for high performance all-copper redox flow batteries”
  G. Lacarbonara, N. Albanelli, D. Fazzi, C. Arbizzani, Electrochim. Acta. 2023, 458, 142514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142514.

• “Life cycle assessment (LCA) for flow batteries: A review of methodological decisions “
  M. Dieterle, P. Fischer, M.-N. Pons, N. Blume, C. Minke, A. Bischi
  Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2022, 53 , Part A,  102457
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102457 Gold Open Access

• “Performance improvements for the all-copper redox flow battery: membranes, electrodes, and electrolytes”
  W. Badenhorst, Kuldeep, L. Sanz, C. Arbizzani, L. Murtomäki.
  Energy Report, 2022, 8, 8690-8700 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.06.075 Gold open access
  
• “Short thermal treatment of carbon felts for copper-based redox flow batteries”
  L. Faggiano, G. Lacarbonara, W. D. Badenhorst, L. Murtomäki, L. Sanz, C. Arbizzani
  J. Power Sources 2022, 520, 230846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230846  Gold Open Access
  
• “Shunt currents in vanadium redox flow batteries – a parametric and optimization study”
  N. M. Delgado, R. Monteiro, J. Cruz, A. Bentien, A. Mendes
  Electrochim. Acta 2022, 403, 139667 Green Open Access
  
• “Copper chloro-complexes concentrated solutions: an electro-chemical study”
  G. Lacarbonara, L. Faggiano, S. Porcu, P. C. Ricci, S. Rapino, D. P. Casey, J. F. Rohan and C. Arbizzani.
  Batteries, 2021, 7, 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7040083  Gold Open Access 

Conferences

Oral Presentations

• Copper-Based Redox Flow Batteries for Frequency Containment Reservation (FCR) Provision​
  Authors: Z. Esfahani, C. M. Jensen, W. Badenhorst, A. B. Skovgaard, and L. Murtomäki
  Oral Presenter: Z. Esfahani, March 20–23, 2023, Florida, USA

• Life cycle Gaps of RFBs: The Potential for Improving Circularity
  M. DieterleInternational Flow Battery Forum, 27th – 29th June 2023, Prague, Czech Republic https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/444865

• “Spectroelectrochemical Characterization and Modeling of Copper Chloro-Complexes Solutions for Redox Flow Batteries”
  G. Lacarbonara, N. Albanelli, D. Fazzi, C. Arbizzani
  73nd Annual Meeting of International Society of Electrochemistry, 12-16 September 2022

• “Scanning ElectroChemical Microscopy for the investigation of Cu²⁺ permeability through membranes for Redox Flow Batteries”
  G. Lacarbonara, R. Petruzzelli, S. De Zio, M. Malferrari, W. D. Badenhorst, L. Murtomäki, C. Arbizzani, S. Rapino. Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana GEI 2022, Orvieto (Italy) 11-15 September 2022
  
•  “SECM analysis to evaluate the Cu²⁺ ion permeability of different membranes for all copper redox flow battery”
  R. Petruzzelli, S. De Zio, W. Badenhorst, M. Malferrari, L. Murtomäki, C. Arbizzani, S. Rapino.
  First Symposium for YouNg Chemists: Innovation and Sustainability SYNCH 2022, Rome (Italy) 20-23 June 2022
  
• “A spectroelectrochemical study of copper chloro-complexes for high performance copper redox flow batteries”
  G. Lacarbonara, N. Albanelli, L. Faggiano, C. Arbizzani
  Conference of the Italian Chemical Society, SCI 2021, 14-23 September 2021
  
• “Electrochemical characterization of carbonaceous electrodes for Copper based redox flow battery”
  L. Faggiano, G. Lacarbonara, S. Rapino, C. Arbizzani.
  72nd Annual Meeting of International Society of Electrochemistry, 31 August-4 September 2021
  https://annual72-ise.web.indrina.com/
  
• “Aqueous copper-based flow batteries for renewables integration and sustainable energy storage”
  G. Lacarbonara, L. Faggiano, S. Rapino, C. Arbizzani, L. Sanz, C. Ricci, L. Murtomäki, W. Badenhorst, J. Rohan, M. Boaventura, J. Cruz, T. Müller, T. Gerber, R. La Gioia, I. Guedea, A. Alvarez, C. Barbu
  NEXT GENERATION – Flow Battery Conference and Networking Event, 11^th March 2021. https://www.flowcamp-project.eu/
  
•  “CUBER: Copper-based flow Batteries for Energy storage and Renewables integration”
  L. Sanz, C. Barbu, L. Murtomäki, W. Badenhorst, C. Arbizzani, L. Faggiano, G. Lacarbonara, M. Boaventura, J. Cruz, T. Müller, J. Rohan, C. Ricci.
  Flow Battery Forum, 17^th February 2021.

Poster Presentations

• “Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring Residues in Copper-based Redox Flow Batteries”
  P.C Ricci, S. Porcu, G. Lacarbonara, C. Arbizzani
  2023 E-MRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg (France) 29 May-2 June 2023

• “Raman in Situ-monitoring of concentrated solutions for Copper-based redox flow batteries”
  P.C Ricci, S. Porcu, G. Lacarbonara, C. Arbizzani
  2023 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco (USA) 10-14 April 2023

• “CUBER a feasible way for energy storage and renewables integration”
  P. C. Ricci, S. Porcu, A. Sanabria, R. La Gioia
  “Environmental and economic impact of CUBER project” 1^st MED IAERRE Conference, 23^rd April 2022
  
• “Copper Chloro-Complexes Stability and Dynamics for High Performance Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries”
  G. Lacarbonara, L. Faggiano, C. Arbizzani
  72nd Annual Meeting of International Society of Electrochemistry, 31 August-4 September 2021 https://annual72-ise.web.indrina.com/

PhD theses

• “Study of materials and interphases for electrochemical energy storage from renewable sources”
  PhD in Nanoscience – UNIBO
  Giampaolo Lacarbonara (Catia Arbizzani Supervisor) (23 March 2023)

Master and Bachelor theses

• “Electrochemical investigation of components for Copper based Redox Flow Cells”
  Master Thesis in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials – UNIBO
  Cecilia Marchi (C. Arbizzani Supervisor, R. Petruzzelli Co-supervisor) July 2022

• “Investigation on carbon felt treatment for positive electrodes”
  Bachelor Thesis in Chemistry and Biochemistry Engineering – UNIBO
  Gabriele Grillo (C. Arbizzani Supervisor, L. Faggiano Co-supervisor) December 2021
  
• “Spectroelectrochemical characterization of copper chloride complexes formed in electrolytical solutions used in redox flow batteries”
  Master thesis in Chemistry – UNIBO
  Nicolò Albanelli (C. Arbizzani Supervisor, G. Lacarbonara Co-supervisor) October 2021

Other publications

•  “Cu/Cu FBs”
  Laura Sanz Rubio; Wouter Dirk Badenhorst; Giampaolo Lacarbonara; Luigi Faggiano; David Lloyd; Pertti Kauranen; Catia Arbizzani; Lasse Murtomäki in Flow Batteries: From Fundamentals to Applications, in vol. 2, Part 5: Chemistries Other Than Vanadium. C. Roth, J. Noack, M. Skyllas-Kazacos (Eds.), Wiley-VCH GmbH, 2023.

Seminar

• Copper Redox Flow Batteries: A “Complex” Chemistry
  C. Arbizzani
  FaMaL (Faraday Materials Laboratory) Seminar Series 2023 Bangalore (India), 21 April 2023 (online)

Expected Articles for the following Months

• Electrochemical investigation of components for Copper based Redox Flow Cells.
  Cecilia Marchi, R. Petruzzelli, C. Arbizzani
  Thesis for master degree in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials to be presented 22^nd July 2022
  
• “Scanning ElectroChemical Microscopy for the investigation of Cu2+ permeability through membranes for Redox Flow Batteries”
  Giampaolo Lacarbonara, R. Petruzzelli, S. De Zio, M. Malferrari, W. D. Badenhorst, L. Murtomäki, C. Arbizzani, S. Rapino.
  To be Published in Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana GEI 2022 by 11-15/09/2022
  
• “Unity is strength…and energy”
  Catia Arbizzani
  To be presented during the European Researcher Night in Bologna 30^th September 2022
  Expected to be Green Access
  
• “Redox Flow batteries: Other important inorganic chemistries”
  Laura Sanz Rubio; Wouter Dirk Badehorst; Giampaolo Lacarbonara; Luigi Faggiano; David Lloyd; Pertti Kauranen; Catia Arbizzani; Lasse Murtomäki
  To be Published in Wiley by Dec. 2022