Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/I00291X/1 | |
| Title | Towards a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy: Heterogeneous Catalysts for Water Oxidation | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr DA Walsh No email address given Chemistry University of Nottingham |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2010 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2014 | |
| Duration | 42 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr DA Walsh , Chemistry, University of Nottingham (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | This proposal is aimed at developing the next generation of water oxidation catalysts that will overcome the major limitations of state-of-the-art catalysts and usher in a new era of hydrogen generation from renewable resources. The inherent problem with the current water oxidation catalysts is that they nearly always have to be used with solution-phase, sacrificial oxidants that eventually poison the catalyst. The novelty of our approach is that we will fabricate electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers of novel redox active catalysts that do not require sacrificial oxidants and, furthermore, catalyze water oxidation at very low overpotentials. Thus, by combining a rational program of synthesis in the US with state-of-the-art electrochemical and kinetic analyses in the UK, we will optimize the performance of these water oxidation catalysts to an unprecedented level. The Applicants, both of whom are Early Career Researchers, have known each other since attending graduate school together in Dublin, Ireland. They are experts in the synthesis (Rochford) and electrochemical analysis (Walsh), respectively, of transition metal complexes and are in an excellent position tackle this project, which could revolutionize energy generation on a global scale | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 17/11/11 | |
