Organic Energy Materials 

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We exploit and investigate the physics and chemistry of novel organic and composite materials to design and fabricate the next generation of energy devices.

Principal investigator: Reverant Crispin
Co-investigators: Isak Engquist, Viktor Gueskine, Zia Ullah Kahn 
 
In Organic Energy Materials we design organic materials with a specific function for energy transport, conversion or storage. One key advantage of organic materials is that they are composed of atomic elements of high natural abundancy; which is highly relevant for mass implementation of energy technology. Energy devices can be separated into conversion and storage devices. Both types can be designed to operate as solid state or electrochemical devices. 

The research unit of Organic Energy Materials is composed of about 30 researchers and divided into 3 research groups: organic energy storage (OES), organic energy harvesters (OEH) and organic electrochemical device (OED). 

Our research spams from fundamental research on materials (e.g. organic electroactive polymers, forest materials, organic dyes, liquid organic hydrogen carriers) to their implementation in energy devices (e.g. organic batteries, organic redox flow batteries, organic electrolyser, organic thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics).

The use of 2D-materials and forest materials are combined in new nanocomposites for electrocatalysis, electrical conductor or thermal management. Some of our activities are also devoted to the fabrication of materials and devices with additive manufacturing methods.

Finally, we promote the Swedish spirit of entrepreneurship (Gnosjöandan) to support start up companies from birth until they take off.

Research groups

Publications from Organic Energy Materials

2024

Divyaratan Kumar, Viktor Gueskine, Ziyauddin Khan, Reverant Crispin, Mikhail Vagin (2024) Metal Ion-/Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (MPCET) on ortho-Quinone ACS Omega, Vol. 9, p. 38498-38505 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Penghui Ding, Mikhail Vagin, Mohammad Javad Jafari, Alexandar Mehandzhiyski, Viktor Gueskine, Tobias Abrahamsson, Igor Zozoulenko, Thomas Ederth, Reverant Crispin (2024) Migration-mitigated crossover of organic redox anions across a proton-exchange membrane Sustainable Energy & Fuels (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Reverant Crispin, Igor Zozoulenko (2024) Hall measurements reveal band-like transport in high-mobility solution-processed organic semiconductor films NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, Vol. 11, Article nwae266 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Aiman Rahmanudin, Mohsen Mohammadi, Patrik Isacsson, Yuyang Li, Laura Seufert, Nara Kim, Saeed Mardi, Isak Engquist, Xavier Crispin, Klas Tybrandt (2024) Stretchable and biodegradable plant-based redox-diffusion batteries Materials Horizons (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Divyaratan Kumar, Leandro R. Franco, Nicole Abdou, Rui Shu, Anna Martinelli, C. Moyses Araujo, Johannes Gladisch, Viktor Gueskine, Reverant Crispin, Ziyauddin Khan (2024) Water-in-Polymer Salt Electrolyte for Long-Life Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-Lignin Battery Energy & Environmental Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sanna Lander, Jiu Pang, Johan Erlandsson, Mikhail Vagin, Mohammad Javad Jafari, Leena Korhonen, Hongli Yang, Tobias Abrahamsson, Penghui Ding, Viktor Gueskine, Alexandar Mehandzhiyski, Thomas Ederth, Igor Zozoulenko, Lars Wågberg, Reverant Crispin, Magnus Berggren (2024) Controlling the rate of posolyte degradation in all-quinone aqueous organic redox flow batteries by sulfonated nanocellulose based membranes: The role of crossover and Michael addition Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 83, Article 110338 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ayesha Sultana, Md Mehebub Alam, Xavier Crispin, Dan Zhao (2024) The enhanced ionic thermal potential by a polarized electrospun membrane Chemical Communications (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ayesha Sultana, Alois Wurger, Ziyauddin Khan, Mingna Liao, Magnus Jonsson, Reverant Crispin, Dan Zhao (2024) The Origin of Thermal Gradient-Induced Voltage in Polyelectrolytes Small, Vol. 20, Article 2308102 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Chaoyang Kuang, Shangzhi Chen, Min Luo, Qilun Zhang, Xiao Sun, Shaobo Han, Qingqing Wang, Vallery Stanishev, Vanya Darakchieva, Reverant Crispin, Mats Fahlman, Dan Zhao, Qiye Wen, Magnus Jonsson (2024) Switchable Broadband Terahertz Absorbers Based on Conducting Polymer-Cellulose Aerogels Advanced Science, Vol. 11, Article 2305898 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Zhixing Wu, Penghui Ding, Viktor Gueskine, Robert Boyd, Eric Daniel Glowacki, Magnus Odén, Xavier Crispin, Magnus Berggren, Emma Björk, Mikhail Vagin (2024) Conducting Polymer‐Based e‐Refinery for Sustainable Hydrogen Peroxide Production Energy & Environmental Materials, Article e12551 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Researchers in Organic Energy Materials

News about Organic Energy Materials

 Illustration generated with AI technology.

2d-paper

"2D-Paper" proposes to combine 2D materials and cellulose to create a new thermally conductive paper substrate for flexible electronics.

Flexible module generates electricity from heat, or cooling and heating from electricity

Imagine a flexible module capable of converting waste heat into electricity, whether the surface it's attached to is flat or curved. This module can also generate heating or cooling from electricity.

Battery om fingertip.

Eco-friendly and affordable battery for low-income countries

A battery made from zinc and lignin that can be used over 8000 times. This has been developed by researchers at LiU with a vision to provide a cheap and sustainable battery solution for countries where access to electricity is limited.

Education, collaboration, innovation

Education

The Organic Energy Material group is involved in the education of phd students and contributes to several high-level courses (scientific instrumentation, organic electronics, electrochemistry). 

Collaboration

Our researchers can interact with other scientists through our the 3 centers involving LOE: The Advanced Functional Center, the Wood Wallenberg Science Center; and the Digital Cellulose Center and the EU network HORATES.

Innovation

We also promote innovation by supporting start-up companies (Ligna Energy AB,  PARSNORD and CELLIFON) and establishing long term collaborations with key industrial partners (RedoxmeIMRA-EuropeBillerud).

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