Materials for Energy
Our research focuses on fuel cells, battery materials, solar cells and green hydrogen.
Materials for energy are materials designed to enable, enhance, or optimize energy generation, storage, conversion, and usage. They are at the heart of innovative technologies aimed at meeting global energy needs in a sustainable and efficient manner. These materials are critical for addressing challenges such as transitioning to renewable energy sources, reducing carbon emissions, and improving energy efficiency.
These materials are designed to enable, enhance or optimise energy generation, storage, conversion and usage.
At the heart of innovative technologies that meet global energy needs in a sustainable and efficient manner, they are critical for addressing challenges such as transitioning to renewable energy sources, reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency.
Our research focuses on developing and testing innovative materials and solutions for critical energy challenges posed by fuel cells, battery materials, solar cells and hydrogen storage.
This work is supported by our Materials Characterisation Centre’s (LMCC) state-of-the-art facilities and EPSRC-funded National Cathodoluminescence Imaging Centre.
Our Cathodoluminescence Imaging facility is supporting exciting developments within solar cell technologies, LEDs, quantum dots and other devices that operate on both light and electrical currents, optoelectronics.
Doctoral Training in Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero
We are part of EnerHy, the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Engineering Hydrogen for Net Zero. The £10 million EPSRC-funded CDT is the only centre of its kind in the UK. We work with over 60 industrial and civic partners as well as colleagues at two other universities.
Hydrogen offers the scope to deliver energy security and acceleration to Net Zero, but we need to produce more hydrogen from renewable sources. To enable rapid growth in hydrogen related technology for Net Zero, there are complex global challenges around affordability, supply and waste chain development and scalability, new technologies and social acceptance.
We contribute to research around novel materials that will accelerating the affordability, scalability and sustainability of green hydrogen technologies.
