Project
TECSAS - Thermionic Energy Conversion & Storage Applied to Sunlight: Taking Concentrating Solar Power to the next level
In the framework of the call FETOPEN H2020, TECSAS project, recently funded, is coordinated by ISM-CNR and started on March 1st, 2021. The aim of the project is the technical and economic evaluation of the integration of an innovative thermionic energy converter for the solar energy concentrated-to-electricity conversion within CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) plants, in order to make them highly competitive if compared with extended photovoltaics. The main output of the project will be the technological validation of the coupling between the upstream thermionic conversion stage and the downstream thermodynamic conversion, and the definition of a business plan strategy that allows to launch this innovation on the market in the short-medium term.
CITYSOLAR project: set a new standards for photovoltaic windows
The H2020 project CITYSOLAR will set new standards for photovoltaic windows.
By combining two photovoltaic (PV) technologies in a tandem configuration, the EU project CITYSOLAR aims to revolutionize the market for transparent solar cells for windows. The project has received 3.779.242 EUR in support from the H2020 framework programme.
List of research projects
List of projects that see ISM staff as coordinators or that see their participation.
Research projects completed
List of completed projects in which ISM is involved.
BOOSTER - Boosting sustainability in plastic electronics: the key role of functional surfactants as reaction medium and dispersing agents
Development of new, highly sustainable strategies for the synthesis of organic materials for electronic and opto-electronic devices.
MAGENTA - MAGnetic nanoparticle based liquid ENergy materials for Thermoelectric device Applications
The project aims at developping a new technology based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in ionic liquids for thermoelectric applications
Product Centric Recycling
The action aimed at the organization at European level of a Network of Excellence at the service of the KIC Raw Materials community for the recovery and recycling of rare and / or critical elements
Towards Stable Next-Generation Photovoltaics: Unraveling degradation mechanisms of Organic Solar Cells by combined characterization techniques
Main purpose of the COST action is the creation of an interdisciplinary network of laboratories and industries, equipped with complementary analytical techniques to study the degradation mechanisms of "state of the art" Solar Cells in order to target next generation organic photovoltaics.
PANAREA - Agreement concerning collaboration in scientific research at the spallation neutron source ISIS
The project aimed to study the influence of parameters such as the thickness of the active material, the size of the electrodes, the material of the electrodes for the construction of diamond detectors for fast neutrons, in collaboration with Bicocca University and CNR-IFP.
STAGE-STE - Scientific and Technological Alliance for Guaranteeing the European Excellence in Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy
This Integrated Research Program (IRP) has engaged all major European research institutes and other industrial actors in an integrated research structure to successfully achieve the general objectives.
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X-ray spectroscopy with solar simulator for in-situ studies of organic solar cells
Aim of the project was the realization of an Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer dedicated to the study of the aging mechanisms of the latest generation solar cells, to enhance the previously existing research infrastructures at the X-ray Spectroscopy Laboratory , ISM-CNR.
Rational design of hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces: the next step towards advanced functional materials
The COST Action is aimed at creating an interdisciplinary scientific platform that provides added value to scientific research and the development of industrial applications in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid materials.
CITYSOLAR - Energy Harvesting In Cities With Transparent And Highly Efficient Window-Integrated Multi-Junction Solar Cells
The CITYSOLAR breakthrough is based on a unique combination of innovative concepts that will take the efficiency and transparency of the integrated solar cell well beyond the state of art and allowing for a real exploitation of photovoltaic windows.
Piezoelectric and Multiferroic Molecular Perovskites for Flexible and Wearable Devices
The project aims at studying and improving some classes of organic and metal-organic piezoelectric materials (in which a stress causes an electric field and vice versa), which recently come into the limelight due to their unexpectedly high electromechanical coupling constants.