POLQUITEX

Polymer Materials and Textile Chemistry

General description of the activity

POLQUITEX is a UPC research group mainly focused on Polymeric Materials and Textile Chemistry investigation and development but some members of POLQUITEX do research in the energy field. Concretely, we do research concerning fast in-situ hydrogen production and clean energy generation from water in basic media using aluminum under safe and mild condition (AlHidrox patented process). This research line has been originated in the Chemical Department of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and there is a current collaboration between AlHidrox developers and POLQUITEX.
Our group also investigates on new systems for CO2 reversible absorption/desorption in inexpensive and non-toxic aqueous inorganic media.
New research lines regarding molten salts for energy applications are also being considered nowadays for their future development.

Specific areas of research energy field

• Hydrogen production from water.
• CO2 absorption/desorption cycles.
• Polymeric membranes for Fuel Cells
• Molten salts energy storage