Objetives

The project REGRAP-2D proposes the development of 2D graphenic and non-graphenic materials and 3D graphene-based materials and their incorporation into various devices:

  1. Energy generation devices. In silicon heterojunction and Schottky type solar cells.
  2. Electrical energy storage devices. Specifically in double-layer supercapacitors, implementing both 2D and 3D functionalized graphene materials in their electrodes.
  3. Devices for researching in hydrogen storage with 3D graphene-based materials. In addition, the project includes the development of an electronic interface to allow the integration of the energy generator (solar cell) and the energy storage (supercapacitor) in a single device, with maximum efficiency.

In this sense, the aim is to cover every area, from the generation of renewable energy to its storage and exploitation.

This project proposes that the design and manufacture of the new solar cells and the hydrogen storage devices as well as the integration of the solar cells with the supercapacitors be carried out at the Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), while the Institute of Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnologies (ISOM), from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, is the responsible for the growth of the graphene through chemical vapour deposition (CVD), that graphene and other 2D materials transfer to solar cells and the manufacture of supercapacitors with these materials.