Alexandre Ponrouch
Email:
aponrouch@icmab.es
Alexandre Ponrouch, researcher of the Solid State Chemistry Research Unit at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), has received a total of 1.9 million euros in funding to develop his MULTIMETALBAT ERC-CoG project “Multi-metal anode: Towards safe and energy dense batteries” during the next 5 years.
“The main goals of the project are to unlock the safe use of metal anodes for next generation batteries, achieving smooth and dense electrodeposition of metal (thus avoiding the typical dendrite formation on the electrodes), to improve batteries cycle life by stabilizing the interfaces between electrode and electrolyte, and to achieve a better understanding of the electrodeposition mechanisms and metallurgy of metal anodes”
Alexandre Ponrouch received his PhD in 2010 from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT, Québec, Canada) working on electrodeposition of metals, alloys, and oxides nanotubes and nanowires for application in fuel cells and supercapacitors. He is currently staff researcher at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB, CSIC).
His research is mainly focused on fundamental electrochemistry applied to the development of new electrolytes, interfaces, and interphases for post Lithium batteries, including Sodium-ion, Calcium and Magnesium and multi cations based batteries.