Skeleton’s Head of IP Dr. Markus Klose invited to speak about InComEss, an EU project to harvest energy
Our Head of Intellectual Property Dr. Markus Klose was invited to speak on October 21st at the InComEss workshop, part of the 6th Edition of the Smart Materials & Surfaces conference in Milan, Italy.
In his role, he is in close contact with partners in the field of materials research as well as engineering to ensure that solutions that are being developed can be implemented both from the perspective of technology and intellectual property rights.
Speaking to an audience of material researchers from both academia and industry, he emphasized the importance of the development of new materials and cell concepts for increasing the energy storage capabilities of high-power energy storage devices such as ultracapacitors. As the requirements for electrochemical energy storage systems in terms of energy density and power density are continuously increasing, innovative solutions along the whole value chain are needed to provide reliable and sustainable solutions for individual use cases.
Furthermore, he discussed in which directions researchers should steer the development of new materials for high power energy storage systems to maximize their chances of being applied in industrial energy storage.
Together with 17 business and academic partners from 9 European countries, Skeleton Technologies is part of the InComEss (INnovative polymer-based COmposite systeMs for high efficient Energy Scavenging and Storage) project, a pan-European initiative, which aims at implementing lead-free materials, systems, and structures to develop energy harvesting systems able to power sensors in different use cases such as for example smart buildings as well as automotive and aerospace applications.
Energy harvesting is a process that captures small amounts of energy that would otherwise be lost as heat, light, sound, vibration, or movement. Harvesting electricity contributes to reducing fossil fuel dependence and maximizes the efficiency of current energy sources.
InComEss receives funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research Programme and gathers European public and private partners such as the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research in Dresden (Germany), Italian automotive supplier MARELLI, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (Greece), and Brunel University London, to name a few. According to InComEss, its technologies, applications, and services could impact the partners' turnover by €100M after market uptake.
