DIFFER PhD student Karel van de Plassche came up with a clever approach to improve the system that is crucial for sharing information and performing experiments in the international ITER Organization.
A relatively unknown type of battery – the redox-flow battery – is very promising for large-scale energy storage. To improve the electrochemical reactions in this battery, a team of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), DIFFER and MIT developed a completely new electrode with ‘honeycomb’ pores.
The Dutch knowledge institutions NRG/PALLAS, TU Delft, DIFFER, and reactor developer Thorizon have formed a knowledge consortium to accelerate the development of the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). Recent technological developments at the partners form the basis for further design and testing of key processes and materials to build an MSR.