Category: Energy Systems

Energy Transformation and Storage

Redox battery

Luichart has been able to modify polymers to imbue them with electric conductivity and yet able to withstand the extreme corrosive environment within a Redox flow battery which often use acid-based electrolytes.

The material receives a direct 1μ catalyst coating without the use of any seed layer, making it an ideal candidate for electrode manufacture to deliver the most efficient transfer of energy.

Electrolytes are pumped either side of a membrane which results in either the electrolytes being charged from a source, often a variable renewable sources like wind power, or it discharges to supply energy at peak times to supplement the existing transmission and distribution systems.

Redox Flow Battery System

Energy Scavenging

Although energy scavenging uses well established and well known principles, the challenge is to find an efficient method by which the energy in the surrounding environment can be harnessed and then transformed to provide power for onboard equipment, like sensors and our own High Performance RFID tag. The use of modified fluoropolymers and the innovative coating of polymers with metals, has enabled Luichart to increase the effectiveness of energy transformation and storage.