StoreAGE: Surface and Interface phenomena in sustainable energy storage systems

储能系统是将我们当前的经济体系转变为更可持续发展的经济体系的关键部分，可以平衡风能和光伏发电可再生电力生产的波动性。有许多潜在的能量存储方式，其存储容量和持续时间各不相同，例如电池或氧化还原流电池。所有这些系统的一个共同点是表面和界面上控制相关化学反应和物理过程的过程的重要性。为了改善当前的储能系统并开发新型储能系统，需要对这些表面和界面过程进行详细的理解和洞察。拟议的博士网络将深入了解这些高度相关的表面和界面现象。先进的分析技术将用于直接探测与相应储能系统相关的化学和物理过程。建模和综合方法将补充对这些过程的理解，并允许开发用于储能系统的先进材料和组件。所获得的知识将直接应用于相关工业合作伙伴提供的真实的世界储能系统。由于这些方法是高度跨学科的，新一代的研究人员必须接受培训，以便在如此复杂的研究和工业环境中脱颖而出。拟议的博士网络将使博士候选人能够将最先进的科学技术（关于分析，建模和合成）与现代工业的要求相结合，在储能系统的动态领域。他们将发展对表面和界面过程的深刻科学理解，以及在广泛的工业环境中应用他们的技能的系统知识。

Energy storage systems are a crucial part to enable the transformation of our current economic system into a more sustainable one, to balance the fluctuating nature of renewable electricity production from wind and photovoltaics. There are many potential means of energy storage, that differ in their storage capacity and duration, such as batteries or redox-flow batteries.A common factor in all these systems is the importance of processes on surfaces and interfaces that control the involved chemical reactions and physical processes. To improve the current and develop novel energy storage systems, detailed understanding and insight about these surface and interface processes is required.The proposed Doctoral Network will gain insight into these highly relevant surface and interface phenomena. Advanced analytical techniques will be utilized to directly probe chemical and physical processes, relevant for the for the respective energy storage systems. Modelling and synthetic approaches will complement the understanding of these processes and allow the development of advanced materials and components for energy storage systems.The gained knowledge will be directly applied on real world energy storage systems, provided by the involved industrial partners. As these approaches are highly interdisciplinary, the new generation of researchers has to be trained to excel in such complex research and industrial environments. The proposed Doctoral Network will enable the PhD candidates to combine the most advanced scientific techniques (regarding analysis, modelling and synthesis) with the requirements of modern industry, in the dynamic field of energy storage systems. They will develop a deep scientific understanding of surface and interface processes and also the systemic knowledge to apply their skills in a broad range of industrial environments.