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Reference Number | EP/D038499/1 | |
Title | HIGH THROUGHPUT INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS DISCOVERY | |
Status | Completed | |
Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 50%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production) 50%; |
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Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 40%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 60%; |
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UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
Principal Investigator |
Dr J Darr Chemistry University College London |
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Award Type | Standard | |
Funding Source | EPSRC | |
Start Date | 18 September 2006 | |
End Date | 30 April 2007 | |
Duration | 7 months | |
Total Grant Value | £886,014 | |
Industrial Sectors | Materials sciences | |
Region | London | |
Programme | Physical Sciences | |
Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr J Darr , Chemistry, University College London |
Other Investigator | Dr I (Ihtesham ur ) Rehman , Materials Sciences and Engineering, University of Sheffield Professor JC Elliott , Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London Professor JRG (Julian ) Evans , Chemistry, University College London Professor ZX (Zheng Xiao ) Guo , Chemistry, University College London |
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Recognised Researcher | Dr S (Shoufeng ) Yang , School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton |
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Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Malvern Instruments Ltd Project Contact , Faraday: INSIGHT (Chemical Throughput) Project Contact , Hydrogen Solar Ltd Project Contact , Coates Lorilleux Ltd Project Contact , SRI International, USA Project Contact , AMR Ltd Project Contact , Tescom Corporation UK Project Contact , Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA |
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Objectives | ||
Abstract | The current advancement of technology very much depends upon the discovery of new materials. It has been known for some time that combinations of elements not involving carbon (called inorganic materials) can have important uses in areas from electronics, computing and UV protection in products, to harnessing energy from the sun. In particular, when inorganic particles are very small, typically made up of a few hundred atoms (called nanomaterials), they can have unusual and exciting properties. The discovery of such "nanomaterials" is very much hampered by our inability to make these materials fast enough and then to be able to test them adequately for their properties.The proposed research seeks to develop a new, faster way of making and discovering inorganic "nanomaterials" that can absorb sunlight (as an free energy source), and use this energy to split water into its constituents, hydrogen and oxygen (in a process known as photocatalysis). Thehydrogen can then be used for powering cars or devices of the future. Such a process is important to sustain the energy requirements of mankind on this earth when our fossil fuels (e.g. oil) are exhausted | |
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Added to Database | 23/07/07 |