For her PhD project Inma works on advancing electrochemical energy storage technologies, with special focus on grid-scale, all-iron redox flow batteries (AIRFBs). This technology offers the potential to unlock widespread implementation of renewable energy and a sustainable, safe and low-cost energy storage alternative. However, current AIRFB systems still suffer from challenges such as capacity fade, limited efficiency and overall system degradation. With a multidisciplinary approach that covers theoretical, experimental and imaging diagnostic techniques, Inma targets the optimization of many of the core components of the batteries, such as the electrolyte, or the membrane-electrode assembly, with the final aim of improving energy efficiency and longevity of the system.

Inmaculada Giménez García received her BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. For her Master Thesis she also studied at TUe, where she carried out her research on the development of porous metal electrodes for advanced alkaline electrolysis. After finishing her MSc in 2020 she started her PhD in the Membrane Materials and Processes Group, Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Her expertises are Material Science, Electrochemical Systems and Membrane Technology