Pekka Peljo
D.Sc. (Tech.)
pekka.peljo@utu.fi Office: P77 Research ID: https://publons.com/researcher/H-2882-2012/ ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1229-226 |
energy storage, batteries, flow batteries, electrochemistry
Materials engineering
I did my M.Sc. in Chemical Technology in Helsinki University of Technology in 2009, majoring in physical chemistry. I did my PhD (D.Sc. in Technology) in Aalto University in 2013, and spent 5 years as a post-doc and scientist at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2018 I returned to Finland as an Academy Research Fellow to start my own research group. In autumn 2020 I moved my research group to University of Turku to start as an associate professor in materials engineering. I am the coordinator of EU-projects CompBat and HERMES, and a recipient of ERC StG.
My associate prefessorship in battery materials and technologies is a donation from 12 different stakeholders mostly from Salo region, including Valmet Automotive, Fortum, Finfoam, Lounea and the city of Salo.
My research focuses on next generation stationary energy storage. For this purpose, we develop redox flow batteries based on organic compounds in aqueous solutions. We are collaborating to utilize state-of-the art computational tools such as quantum chemical calculations and machine learning to discover new materials for this purpose. We are also developing solid boosters for flow batteries. In this research area, our focus is on developing tools to understand better the charge transfer between liquid and solid phases. My other interest include fundamental electrochemistry, photoelectrochemical hydrogen production, and heat generation with metal hydrides.
I will be responsible of teaching the following courses in 2021-2022:
MTEK002 Materiaalitekniikka 2
MTEK014 Electrical Energy Storage Systems
- Computational Evaluation of Redox Potentials of Metal Complexes for Aqueous Flow Batteries (2025)
- ChemPhysChem
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Electrochemical Performance of a New Triazole Functionalized Ferrocene in Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries (2025)
- Applied Organometallic Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Graphene nanoplatelet-coated electrodes with cellulose binders for 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl-based aqueous posolyte (2025)
- Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investigation of Fe(II) Complexes with 1,10-Phenanthroline and 2,2′;6′,2“-Terpyridine for Aqueous Flow Battery Applications (2025)
- ChemElectroChem
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investigation of Novel Hybrid Europium/TEMPTMA-based Neutral pH Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries (2025)
- Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - mer-[InCl3(C5D5N)3]2·C5D5N: A New d5-pyridine Derivative of Indium(III) Chloride Complex (2025)
- Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Phenoxazine Radical as a Positive Material for Neutral pH Aqueous Flow Batteries (2025)
- ACS Applied Energy Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Redox-Active Bisphosphonate-Based Viologens as Negolytes for Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries (2025)
- Chemistry - A European Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Redox aspects of lithium-ion batteries (2025)
- Energy and Environmental Science
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Unveiling novel capacity (electro)recovery for Chloranilate-based alkaline redox flow batteries (2025)
- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Azoniafluorenones: A New Family of Two-Electron Storage Electrolytes for Sustainable Near-Neutral pH Aqueous Organic Flow Battery (2024)
- Advanced Energy Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Boosting the cell voltage in biphasic flow batteries via Galvani potential difference (2024)
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Enhanced electrochemical discharge of Li-ion batteries for safe recycling (2024)
- Sustainable Energy & Fuels
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Experimental Set-Up for Measurement of Half-Cell- and Over-Potentials of Flow Batteries During Operation (2024)
- Batteries & Supercaps
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploration of Vitamin B6-Based Redox-Active Pyridinium Salts towards the Application in Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries (2024)
- Chemistry - A European Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Highly Charged Cellulose Nanocrystals via Electrochemical Oxidation (2024)
- Nano Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Improving the Volumetric Capacity of Gallocyanine Flow Battery by Adding a Molecular Spectator (2024)
- ACS Applied Energy Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Meets Optical Microscopy: Probing the Local Paths of Charge Transfer Operando in Booster-Microparticles for Flow Batteries (2024)
- Small
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - System-Level Dynamic Model of Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs) for Energy Losses Analysis (2024)
- Energies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Three modes of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements performed on vanadium redox flow battery (2024)
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)