University of Bremen

60 University of Bremen - REDEBA https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/energy-storage-and-energy-conversion-systems/projects/redeba [Translate to English:] ECECS, Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, Green Batteries, Lithium Recovery, Modeling & Simulation, Dynamic Impedance Analysis en University of Bremen Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:26:14 +0200 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:26:14 +0200 University of Bremen content-635701 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:35:57 +0100 Project description https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/energy-storage-and-energy-conversion-systems/projects/redeba#c635701 Better managing energy and water resources along with development of water treatment technologies with low environmental impact and energy consumption has become more essential than ever due to water-energy nexus and growing environmental issues. This is mainly performed by using Reverse Osmosis (RO) technologies. However, RO presents number of environmental drawbacks such as effluents produced associated to the chemical regeneration of membranes.&nbsp; There is a strong necessity of secure and sustainable water supply, thus green technologies for water treatment are needed to safeguard the interests of a sensible use of water resources, to remain in strengthening environmental equilibrium as well as in the economic prosperity.&nbsp; Moreover, "Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Challenge" in Horizon 2020 presents as one of its aims: positioning Europe as a global market leader in water-related innovative solutions. This project will revamp the Desalination Battery (DB) technology, the original and innovative aspects of the proposal lies in taking up the challenge to shift the knowledge frontier and develop a CI-capturing electrode.&nbsp; Thus, the aim of this project is to develop a full concept for the next-generation DB, addressing the issue of new materials for anion capturing and cell design, which gives lower energy losses and more flexible operation. In order to do so, development of flexible and anionic electrode materials will be investigated, as well as the impact of operation variables on desalination degree and on energy consumption in dependence of the cell design. The multidisciplinary nature of the project is strong, involving a combination of electrode materials development, electrochemsitry and engineering (scaling-up, cell and module design).&nbsp; This project is in line with the EU strategy for the sustainable development of water resources and desalination. Content content-635702 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:53:20 +0100 Publications as part of the project https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/energy-storage-and-energy-conversion-systems/projects/redeba#c635702 C. Santos, F. La Mantia, "Recent advances in reactor design and control for lithium recovery by means of electrochemical ion pumping", Current Opinions in Electrochemistry&nbsp; 35, 101089 (2022). (invited). DOI: <a class="externalLink" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101089" target="_blank" title="Persistent link using digital object identifier">10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101089</a> <hr /> L. Baudino, C. Santos, C.F. Pirri, A. Lamberti, F. La Mantia, “Recent Advances in the Lithium Recovery from Water Resources: From Passive to Electrochemical Methods”, Advanced Science&nbsp; 9, 2201380 (2022). DOI: <a class="externalLink" href="https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201380" target="_blank" title="Öffnet externen Link in neuem Fenster">10.1002/advs.202201380</a> <hr /> C. Santos, F. La Mantia, “Insights into desalination battery concepts: current challenges and future perspectives”, Chemical Communications&nbsp; 59, 6437-6452 (2023). (invited). DOI: <a class="externalLink" href="https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC00513E" target="_blank" title="Link to landing page via DOI">10.1039/D3CC00513E</a> Content