To carry out the transition to a decarbonised energy supply implies continuous innovation in materials and in low-carbon energy technologies. LocalEnergy is a FCT project that is in line with this strategy, by addressing the development and exploitation of environmental-friendly and scalable low-cost technologies related to energy conversion. The goal and research focus of LocalEnergy is on the use of tetrahedrites, a class of copper antimony sulfosalt minerals consisting of earth-abundant and relatively non-toxic elements, as materials for thermoelectricity production and as absorbers for thin film solar cells applications.
Coordinator at IST: António Pereira Gonçalves – apg@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt