MERIT Scientific Workshop on Microwave-Driven Energy Materials

About the Workshop

The MERIT Scientific Workshop will bring together researchers from the MERIT project and invited research groups to discuss recent advances in microwave-driven redox materials and processes for sustainable energy applications. The event aims to present selected scientific results and experimental progress from the MERIT project, while encouraging scientific exchange with the broader research community.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of fundamental microwave–matter interactions, advanced material design strategies, and reactor concepts enabling low-temperature hydrogen production, oxygen separation, and related redox technologies.

This two-day event, including a dedicated scientific writing course on the second day, will be of particular interest to researchers, early-career scientists, and members of the scientific community working.

 
 

 

Day 1. 25th-November

  • 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • 10:30 – 11:30 Microwave–Matter Interaction: A New Paradigm for Redox Chemistry at Low Temperature.
  • 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
  • 12:00 – 13:00 Understanding Microwave-Induced Reduction: Engineering Solid-State Ionic Materials for Efficient Microwave-Driven Water Splitting.
  • 13:00 – 14:00 Advanced Microwave Reactors for Fundamental Microwave–Matter Interaction Studies
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Microwave Reactors for Redox Processes: Design, Diagnostics and Scale-Up.
  • 16:00 – 17:00 Beyond Hydrogen: Future Perspectives and Applications of Microwave-Driven Redox Processes

Day 2. 26th-November

  • 09:30 – 10:00 Introduction to the Course
  • 10:00 – 11:30 Training Course: Scientific Writing and Publishing. Part 1.
  • 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
  • 12:00 – 14:00 Training Course: Scientific Writing and Publishing. Part 2.
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Round Table: Challenges and Opportunities for Microwave-Driven Technologies in Energy Systems
  • 16:00 – 17:00 Closing Session

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Dielectric properties measurements under microwave heating (IEEE MTT, 2015)

Explore the remarkable advancement in permittivity characterization of materials featured in our paper, “Dynamic measurement of dielectric properties of materials at high temperature during microwave heating in a dual mode cylindrical cavity,” published in July 2015 in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.

This paper presents a new system developed at the ITACA-DIMAS laboratory. It consists of a new microwave cavity and heating system for microwave processing and in situ dynamic measurements of the complex permittivity of dielectric materials at high temperatures (around 1000 ºC).

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Hydrogen production via microwave-induced water splitting (Nature Energy, 2020)

Explore a revolutionary method to produce Hydrogen in our paper, “Hydrogen production via microwave-induced water splitting at low temperature,” published in November 2020 in Nature Energy.

Supplying global energy demand with CO2-free technologies is becoming feasible thanks to the rising affordability of renewable resources. Hydrogen is a promising vector in the decarbonization of energy systems, but more efficient and scalable synthesis is required to enable its widespread deployment.

In this research paper we report contactless H2 production via water electrolysis mediated by the microwave-triggered redox activation of solid-state ionic materials at low temperatures (<250 °C). Water was reduced via reaction with non-equilibrium gadolinium-doped CeO2 that was previously in situ electrochemically deoxygenated by the sole application of microwaves. The microwave-driven reduction was identified by an instantaneous electrical conductivity rise and O2 release. This process was cyclable, whereas H2 yield and energy efficiency were material- and power-dependent. …

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Pilot plant to generate green hydrogen using microwaves

UPV, CSIC and Sener sign an agreement to develop a pilot plant to generate green hydrogen using microwaves

The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the engineering and technology group Sener have signed an agreement today to develop a pilot plant for the generation of green hydrogen, based on a disruptive technology developed by a team of researchers from the UPV’s ITACA Institute and the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ, CSIC-UPV).

After almost ten years of collaborative research, the technology developed by this UPV and CSIC team makes it possible to generate green hydrogen using microwaves. This revolutionary breakthrough is based on the microwave reduction of solid materials at unusually low temperatures compared to other technologies and was published in 2020 in the journal Nature Energy.

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First quantitative microwave calorimeter (Energy, 2023)

We are happy to share our new research describing a novel application of microwave technology in the field of material analysis, “Microwave calorimeter for dielectric and thermal analysis of materials,” published in January 2023 in Energy (Elsevier).

Our article presents a unique method for microwave processing and measurement of dielectric and thermal properties of materials as a function of temperature.

The increasing energy demand has brought the advent of new materials with advanced properties, including the materials that generate, store and transport energy, along with new processing techniques (microwaves, solar energy, etc.). This type of material requires the development of new testing instruments and measurement methods capable of highlighting their unique properties and potential to store energy. …

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