PCET Quantum-Tunneling 3D-Printed Porous Scaffolds for Energy Storage Electrodes

PROBLEM: Printed electrodes can shape pore networks for ion access, but charge storage in a biosorbent-functionalised scaffold may rely on coupled proton–electron steps at the pore walls. If tunneling sustains those steps in the cold, a model built only from pore geometry will misrepresent low-temperature behaviour. Electrode designers need a cloud model that keeps pore architecture and coupled-transfer assumptions visibly separate.

SOLUTION: IBM Cloud Ideas would host a cloud model for PCET printed electrodes that stores pore geometry, functionalisation recipe, and coupled-transfer conditions as distinct model layers. The capability would attach regeneration and reuse accounting to each electrode design and let reviewers inspect which assumption drives a modelled outcome. It provides modelling, not a storage claim.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — Proton-coupled electron transfer moves protons and electrons together, with tunneling contributing at low temperature; 3D-printed scaffolds offer architected pore networks, print-then-functionalise; DFT and batch isotherms underpin biosorption validation. Source: Hohenberg–Kohn 1964; Kohn–Sham 1965; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998.