Announcing the very first publication our project has produced!
In a collaboration with many others, Aleksandr Shkatulov and Henk Huinink wrote a review article highlighting the main following points about TCES research:
Thermochemical materials (TCMs) offer some of the highest energy densities for heat storage, making them a promising technology across many industries.
Despite their potential, TCM systems face challenges including slow reaction rates, limited cycling stability, and complex multiscale heat‑storage mechanisms.
The review focuses on low‑temperature applications, such as domestic heating, adsorptive cooling, and heat‑moisture recovery.
Three main approaches to low‑temperature thermochemical storage are discussed:
Absorption in solids: hydrates, ammoniates, methanolates
Adsorption in porous materials: zeolites, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
Dilution in liquids
Each category’s strengths and drawbacks are analyzed, highlighting both benchmark and emerging materials.
The article concludes by identifying key research opportunities to accelerate the development and commercialization of optimal thermochemical energy‑storage materials.
Check it out: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/mh/d5mh01794g
FAIR link: https://zenodo.org/records/21642761
Stay tuned for more exciting outputs of the 4TunaTES project!
