HIGH THROUGHPUT INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS DISCOVERY
Reference Number
EP/D038499/1
Title
HIGH THROUGHPUT INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS DISCOVERY
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr J Darr
Chemistry
University College London
Chemistry
University College London
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
Other Investigator
Professor JC Elliott, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Professor JRG Evans, Chemistry, University College London
Professor ZX Guo, Chemistry, University College London
Dr I Rehman, Materials Sciences and Engineering, University of Sheffield
Professor JRG Evans, Chemistry, University College London
Professor ZX Guo, Chemistry, University College London
Dr I Rehman, Materials Sciences and Engineering, University of Sheffield
Recognised Researcher
Dr S Yang, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton
Industrial Collaborator
Project Contact, AMR Ltd
Project Contact, Faraday: INSIGHT (Chemical Throughput)
Project Contact, Hydrogen Solar Ltd
Project Contact, Coates Lorilleux Ltd
Project Contact, SRI International, USA
Project Contact, Tescom Corporation UK
Project Contact, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA
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, Tescom Corporation UK
Project Contact, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA
Project Contact, Malvern Instruments Ltd
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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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23/07/07
