ORANGEES, a 4-million-euro project, aims to develop advanced materials that are increasingly sustainable, high-performance, safe, and low-cost for a new generation of green batteries. The project involves an all-Italian partnership that includes the National Research Council, ENEA, the National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, the Italian Institute of Technology, Energy System Research, and Standex International Corp. The research activities are focused on the development of new materials, both hybrid (organic/inorganic) and fully organic, derived from agri-food waste (casein, whey, keratin, prickly pear, and cellulose). The project's goal is to validate the new materials for electrochemical performance while also increasing their environmental sustainability by gradually reducing the inorganic component in these storage systems, such as lithium and cobalt, which are on the European Union's list of 34 critical raw materials.
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