POMES

Advanced porous materials play a significant role in the energy transition: In this initiative we design their properties to optimize the processes porous materials facilitate with the aim to create more efficient, sustainable and cheap solutions.

Among others we investigate:

  • For hydrogen as a potential future energy carrier we look into porous electrodes, porous membranes and porous storage materials.
  • Our focus on heat storage covers porous support for the control of heat transport and reaction kinetics for phase change and thermochemical energy storage materials
  • In geo applications, the porous rock structure facilitates fluid dynamics, which in-return may impact the properties of the rock. We investigate the solid-fluid interplay for safe and efficient utilization of our subsurface resource for energy applications.

Check our projects for more examples of the use of porous materials in energy applications.

Our  experimental and computational methods enable us to assess processes within porous materials from molecular interactions to continuum scale fluid dynamics. We look into chemical and structural configurations during production and operation to understand the underlying fundamental physics and optimize performance on full scale.

Within the POMES initiative, we collaborate with partners from industry and academia in and outside the Netherlands. We work closely with EIRES and .

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