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Decoupling radiative and non-radiative losses in lead free perovskite solar cells (RADICEL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-01
End date: 2023-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174806.4
EU funding (EUR): 174806.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Lead (Pb) based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) demonstrate a remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE of 25.2%). Their toxicity, however, raises environmental concerns and might hinder their commercial deployment. Quest for non-toxic PSCs is still at its infancy: The PCE in Pb-free PSCs is merely around 12%, which is about one third of their radiative limit. An analysis of recent literature on the Pb-free PSCs suggests a high non-radiative recombination in them, as evidenced by their high voltage loss and a low fill factor. These non-radiative recombination losses occur due to defects in the perovskite bulk and at the perovskite/charge extraction layers (CTLs) interfaces. Significant research is being carried out to suppress bulk defects, however, systematic investigations of the photophysical and photochemical properties of perovskite/CTLs interfaces remained relatively ignored. For instance, there is no quantitative data to decouple losses in Pb-free PSCs due to bulk and interfacial defects. There is also little information on the chemical and electronic properties of the interface between Pb-free perovskites and different CTLs. This project aims to systematically investigate energetic alignment, charge transfer rates, recombination, trap density and trap depth etc. at the interfaces between Pb-free perovskites and a range of CTLs (organic, inorganic). Measuring quasi-Fermi level splitting and its correlation with open-circuit voltage will help in quantifying losses due to the different interfaces. Based on the insights gained from these investigations, the interfacial properties will be tuned via doping the CTLs or via surface passivation schemes to improve charge transfer/extraction rate. The experimental findings together with insights gained from device simulations will help us to propose an elaborated picture of the loss mechanisms in Pb-free PSCs and to design device architectures to systematically alleviate device performance.

Keywords: perovskite solar cells,energy conversion,interfaces,charge transfer,open circuit voltage,interfacial recombination,charge extraction,photophysics of solar cells
Emulation of subgrid-scale aerosol-cloud interactions in climate models: towards a realistic representation of aerosol indirect effect (ECLAIR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth system science
Panel description: Physical geography, geology, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: Finland
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999511.25
EU funding (EUR): 1999511.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

I propose to develop an innovative interdisciplinary model framework to refine the estimate of aerosol indirect effect (i.e. influence of atmospheric aerosol particles on cloud properties), which remains the single largest uncertainty in the current drivers of climate change. A major reason for this uncertainty is that current climate models are unable to resolve the spatial scales for aerosol-cloud interactions. We will resolve this scale problem by using statistical emulation to build computationally fast surrogate models (i.e. emulators) that can reproduce the effective output of a detailed high-resolution cloud-resolving model. By incorporating these emulators into a state-of-the-science climate model, we will for the first time achieve the accuracy of a limited-area high-resolution model on a global scale with negligible computational cost. The main scientific outcome of the project will be a highly refined and physically sound estimate of the aerosol indirect effect that enables more accurate projections of future climate change, and thus has high societal relevance. In addition, the developed emulators will help to quantify how the remaining uncertainties in aerosol properties propagate to predictions of aerosol indirect effect. This information will be used, together with an extensive set of remote sensing, in-situ and laboratory data from our collaborators, to improve the process-level understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions. The comprehensive uncertainty analyses performed during this project will be highly valuable for future research efforts as they point to processes and interactions that most urgently need to be experimentally constrained. Furthermore, our pioneering model framework that incorporates emulators to represent subgrid- scale processes will open up completely new research opportunities also in other fields that deal with heterogeneous spatial scales.

Keywords: aerosol cloud interactions,climate modelling,statistical emulation,aerosol indirect effect
Clean Refinery Hydrogen for Europe (REFHYNE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: FCH2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Norway,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Demonstration of large electrolysers for bulk renewable hydrogen production (H2020-JTI-FCH-2017-1, 2017)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 78.0
Total project cost (EUR): 19757847.75
EU funding (EUR): 9998043.5
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The REFHYNE project will install and operate a 10MW electrolyser from ITM Power at a large refinery in Rhineland, Germany, which is operated by Shell Deutschland Oils. The electrolyser will provide bulk quantities of hydrogen to the refinery’s hydrogen pipeline system (currently supplied by two steam methane reformers). The electrolyser will be operated in a highly responsive mode, helping to balance the refinery’s internal electricity grid and also selling Primary Control Reserve service to the German Transmission System Operators. The combination of hydrogen sales to the refinery and balancing payments create a business case which justifies this installation. This business case will be evaluated in detail, in a 2 year campaign of techno-economic and environmental analysis. The REFHYNE business model is replicable in markets with a similar regulatory structure to Germany. However, to expand this market to a GW scale, new business models will be needed. These will include valuing green hydrogen as an input to industrial processes (to meet carbon policy targets) and also on sales to H2 mobility markets. The REFHYNE project will gather real world data on these models and will use this to simulate the bulk electrolyser model in a range of market conditions. This will be used to produce reports on the conditions under which the electrolyser business models become viable, in order to provide the evidence base required to justify changes in existing policies. A campaign of targeted dissemination will ensure the results of these studies reach decision makers in large industrial sites, financiers, utilities and policy makers. The REFHYNE electrolyser will be the largest in the world and has been designed as the building block for future electrolysers up to 100MW and beyond. REFHYNE includes a design study into the options for a 100MW electrolyser at the Rhineland refinery, which will help prepare the market for deployments at this scale.

Keywords: large scale electrolyser
Search for Novel Non-Fermi Liquid Models and Materials (EXOMETALS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-03-15
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 337400.64
EU funding (EUR): 337400.64
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The standard theory of electrons in metals, Landau’s Fermi liquid theory from 1956 has been very successful in predicting the low-temperature properties of many metals. Its greatest success was its ability to describe many heavy fermion metals, whose name comes from the huge apparent masses acquired by their conduction electrons. However increasingly many metals have been synthesized where Fermi-liquid predictions fail. They are called non-Fermi liquid (NFL) or exotic metals. Prominent examples are certain heavy fermion compounds and high-temperature superconductors. These materials are of interest because of the emergence of new properties that could be used in future technologies. In most cases NFL behaviors lack the understanding, as only a handful of solvable, microscopic models describe NFL phenomena. To make strides I will construct a novel class of NFL quantum impurity models. Quantum impurity models describe the interaction between local degrees of freedom, like a spin, and the surrounding conduction electrons. The simplest NFL quantum impurity model was considered to be the so-called two-channel Kondo model (2CKM). One of the new quantum impurity models—which I call the one-and-a-half-channel Kondo model and whose low-energy solution gives the topological Kondo effect—has less degrees of freedom and is, in this sense, simpler than the 2CKM, yet it also exhibits NFL behavior. Generally, this new family of NFL quantum impurity models includes all those overscreened Kondo-type models where the number of conduction electron species are not integer multiples of the number of impurity states. I will study the new quantum impurity models using Wilson’s numerical renormalization group method (recognized by the 1982 Nobel Prize). My further aims are to experimentally realize the corresponding NFL behavior, i.e. create new states of matter in bulk materials, and also to theoretically explore alternative realizations of the novel NFL physics in quantum dot devices.

Keywords: non fermi liquid behavior,quantum impurity physics,numerical renormalization group,heavy fermion compounds,quantum criticality
Local fertiliser production by plasma treatment (SmartNitroFarm)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: H2020-EIC Accelerator pilot –SME Instrument - Green Deal (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4, 2020)
Start date: 2020-12-01
End date: 2022-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3895000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

N2 Applied (N2) is a Norwegian technology company with a mission to fundamentally improve global food production by increasing yield and reducing emissions. N2 has developed a patented technology, SmartNitroFarm, that enables local production of environment-friendly fertiliser using slurry or digestate, air and electricity. SmartNitroFarm is a ground-breaking alternative to chemical fertilisers, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces odour, stops ammonia loss and air pollution. These effects are proven through external field trials and research projects with renowned institutions. SmartNitrofarm significantly contributes to the Green Deal’s ambition to be the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, through providing a solution that implies a huge step in sustainable and circular agriculture. N2’s unique innovation uses plasma technology to increase the nutrient content in manure, giving increased yield to farmers. In addition, using SmartNitroFarm in Danish dairy farms, show a reduction in carbon footprint of 27% and a reduction of respiratory inorganics of 53%. The unique aspect is that we tackle the manure challenges related to nutrient loss and emissions at the source, solving major pain points for farmers. Funding from this EIC project is needed to bridge the gap from current technology level into a commercially attractive solution. N2 Applied holds proprietary know-how and IPR and technological competence that ensures a strong competitive advantage. The overall project objective is to commercialise SmartNitroFarm and thus ensure the succesful development of the SME N2 Applied AS. The project is divided into 5 work packages to prepare the solution for market entry: Production of pilot units and commercial design, on farm piloting, sustainability assessment of environmental benefits, business development and finally to communicate the possibilities with SmartNitroFarm.

Keywords: fertiliser,nitrogen,greenhouse gases,air pollution,circular economy,organic waste management
Anaerobic methane oxidation processes in wastewater management, as sustainable applications against climate change (MICROWATER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2023-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 259398.72
EU funding (EUR): 259398.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Microorganisms control the fluxes of geochemical cycles, and new anaerobic microbial processes are new. Only 20 years ago, the anaerobic oxidation processes of both ammonia and methane were discovered. Anammox bacteria discovered in 1999, became a successful application for ammonia removal in full-scale wastewater after 10 years of fundamental physiological studies in controlled bioreactors. Anaerobic processes integrated in oxygen-limited systems, offer significant engineering, financial and environmental advantages. 9 years ago, microorganisms that oxidize methane using nitrate and/or nitrite were discovered; these “anaerobic methane oxidizers” have the potential to revolutionize the current challenges in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wastewater transport and sewage treatment. For that to happen, the understanding of the intricate microbial ecophysiology in full-scale engineered sewage systems is of extreme importance. Physiology and microbial ecology studies have yielded limited results in the last 5 years, and studies such as this proposal, are relevant to advance sustainable wastewater management. In this project, we apply state-of-the-art omics, modern bio-reactor technology, and use current real treatment systems as models; to unravel further their potential. The candidate Dr. Guerrero, has extensive knowledge in their physiology and enrichment crucial to expand the knowledge gap in this field needed to truly develop new applications. The supervisor Dr. Pijuan, has the experience and knowledge in applied engineering in sewage treatment and this proposal can enhance the leadership role of female mentors. ICRA as host institution, has a multidisciplinary team and extensive facilities to host the research and maximize its impact in the field. This proposal will focus on connecting research to an applied context by engaging leaders in water management, and developing international relationships, and forming new innovation human resource.

Keywords: water,climate change,microbiology,new technologies,methane,anaerobic
Clinical validation of pCO2 sensor system for ischemia detection (CLINISC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Treating and managing disease
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Clinical research for the validation of biomarkers and/or diagnostic medical devices (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Sensocure has developed and patented an innovative biomedical CO2 sensor (IscAlert™) designed for the earliest possible detection of ischemia. Ischemia is a condition where the cells do not get enough oxygen to survive because of inadequate blood supply. Ischemia occurs in the form of myocardial infarction, stroke or complications after operations and accidents, and is considered the most common disease and cause of death in the Western world. This novel mass-manufacturable biosensor for ischemia detection will make an important contribution to improved medical care for the population. The long-term aim is to reduce morbidity and mortality, and thereby cost of care, for ischemia related diseases. It fits well into current medical practice by giving improved patient outcome and therefore substantially reduces healthcare costs by lowering the need for e.g. intensive care. The feasibility study will be used to plan the clinical testing of the IscAlert sensor on human patients. Clinical testing will be organized in cooperation with Oslo University Hospital and up to five European hospitals. During the feasibility study Sensocure will establish the legal framework needed for the clinical testing. The result of this work will be a detailed clinical test plan describing the kind of surgery to be undertaken, the clinics to be used, the number and kind of human patients to be addressed, the legal approval procedures and a time schedule for the said tests. The business plan to be elaborated in the feasibility study will define the various market segments and define pros and cons for using specific markets for the launch of the IscAlert product. The initial markets will be identified through the networks of hospitals involved in the above clinical tests. Following these introductory markets a network of European distributors will be established. The distributors will be identified among medical diagnostic equipment suppliers.

Keywords: co2 sensor,ischemia
Privacy, ethical, regulatory and social no-gate crossing point solutions acceptance (PERSONA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Theme: Strengthen security through border management
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Spain,Israel,Italy,Serbia,Sweden,Norway,Sweden,Belgium,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Acceptance of no gate crossing point solutions (H2020-SEC-2016-2017-2, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2021-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2984700.0
EU funding (EUR): 2984700.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing number of travellerscrossing European borders is putting a mounting pressure on the everyday handling of border checks. Coping with limited resources, border control authorities have to perform a higher number of checks on travellers, while at the same time maintaining national security. Consequently, the experience of both European and third country travellersis deteriorating, due to the extra time they have to spend at the border crossing points. In that sense, flexible, automated and scalable no-gate crossing solutions may offer an effective support to border control authorities, to make border checks faster and more efficient. Nevertheless, the intensive use of these technologies bears the risk of infringing individuals’ rights and freedoms, including privacy and personal data protection. Therefore, a thorough assessment of no-gate crossing point solutions, from asocial acceptance, ethical and legalperspective, is required prior to their implementation. PERSONA (Privacy, Ethical, Regulatory, and SOcial No-gate crossing point solutions Acceptance) project’s main goal is to design and establish an integrated impact assessment method (IAM PERSONA) to appropriately evaluate the impacts of no-gate crossing point solutions, taking into account social acceptance, ethical and legal requirements, to ensure that these technologies meet the expectations of public authorities and travellers. The main outcome of the project will be a handbook, available in open access, that will provide guidance inorder to drive the innovation and deployment of future no-gate crossing point solutions by industry and border authorities, while maintaining their societal acceptance

Keywords: impact assessment,social,ethics,privacy,regulations
Advanced Signal Processing Technologies for Wireless Powered Communications (APOLLO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Cyprus
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2018-COG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 75.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1930625.0
EU funding (EUR): 1930625.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Wireless power transfer (WPT), pioneered by Tesla, is an idea at least as old as radio communications. However, on the one hand, due to health concerns and the large antenna dimensions required for transmission of high energy levels, until recently WPT has been limited mostly to very short distance applications. On the other hand, recent advances in silicon technology have significantly reduced the energy needs of electronic systems, making WPT over radio waves a potential source of energy for low power devices. Although WPT through radio waves has already found various short-range applications (such as the radio-frequency identification technology, healthcare monitoring etc.), its integration as a building block in the operation of wireless communications systems is still unexploited. On the other hand, conventional radio wave based information and energy transmissions have largely been designed separately. However, many applications can benefit from simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). The overall objective of the APOLLO project is to study the integration of WPT/SWIPT technology into future wireless communication systems. Compared to past and current research efforts in this area, our technical approach is deeply interdisciplinary and more comprehensive, combining the expertise of wireless communications, control theory, information theory, optimization, and electronics/microwave engineering. The key outcomes of the project include: 1) a rigorous and complete mathematical theory for WPT/SWIPT via information/communication/control theoretic studies; 2) new physical and cross-layer mechanisms that will enable the integration of WPT/SWIPT into future communication systems; 3) new network architectures that will fully exploit potential benefits of WPT/SWIPT; and 4) development of a proof-of-concept by implementing highly-efficient and multi-band metamaterial energy harvesting sensors for SWIPT.

Keywords: wireless power transfer,energy harvesting,multiple antenna systems,cellular networks,sensor networks