Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/E04073X/1 | |
| Title | An Electrochemical Engineering Approach to the Templating of Nanostructured Layers | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 50%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 30%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells) 20%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor FC Walsh No email address given School of Engineering Sciences University of Southampton |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2008 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2011 | |
| Duration | 45 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £609,277 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Aerospace; Defence and Marine; Electronics; Energy; Transport Systems and Vehicles | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng, Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor FC Walsh , School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor P Bartlett , School of Chemistry, University of Southampton (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Nanotecture Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The synthesis of nanostructured materials to date has typically involved production and characterisation of samples with small geometric area (a few square centimetres). This project is aimed at addressing the synthesis and engineering aspects involoved with increased scale production of nanostructured films.Appreciation of the effects of reaction environment on deposit quality will make possible the production of uniform nanostructured deposits on a scale that is of technological interest.Novel nanostructured coatings will be prepared using surfactant templating methods and correlations between reaction conditions and resultant deposit properties will be established. A fundamental investigation of the reaction environment with an electrochemical engineering approach (combining experimental work and simulations) will facilitate uniform current and potential distributions in a controlled flow reactor.The synthesis of such coatings, having geometric areas of circa 100 cm2, will enabletheir evaluation in a number of electrochemical applications. For example, the operational and performance characteristics in Li-ion battery, supercapacitor and H2-air fuel cell device environments will be established | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
