Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/R021503/1 | |
| Title | ISCF Wave 1: North East Centre for Energy Materials | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 20%; Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy) 20%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy) 10%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Stationary applications) 10%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Mobile applications) 10%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 10%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 20%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 10%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 60%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 10%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor U Stimming No email address given Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences Newcastle University |
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Dr EA Gibson No email address given Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences Newcastle University |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2017 | |
| End Date | 25 May 2021 | |
| Duration | 44 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1,833,674 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | North East; North East | |
| Programme | ISCF Advanced Materials for Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator |
Professor U Stimming , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Dr EA Gibson , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University |
| Other Investigator | Dr MRC Hunt , Physics, Durham University Dr N Shirshova , Engineering, Durham University Dr C Groves , Engineering, Durham University Dr P Hodgkinson , Chemistry, Durham University Dr DP Halliday , Physics, Durham University Dr B Mendis , Physics, Durham University Professor WA Hofer , Chemistry, University of Liverpool Dr TJ Penfold , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Professor P Cumpson , Sch of Engineering, Newcastle University Professor A Houlton , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Dr RJ Errington , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Dr N Healy , Sch of Engineering, Newcastle University Dr MR Probert , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Dr W Yang , Sch of Engineering, Newcastle University Dr F Cucinotta , Sch of Natural Sciences & Env Sciences, Newcastle University Professor S (Steve ) Bull , School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Newcastle University Dr L Siller , School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Newcastle University Dr AB Horsfall , Electrical, Electronic & Computer Eng, Newcastle University Dr EH Yu , School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Newcastle University Professor K Scott , School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Newcastle University Dr S Velasquez Orta , Sch of Engineering, Newcastle University Dr NS Beattie , Fac of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University Dr G Zoppi , Fac of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Siemens AG, Germany Project Contact , Solar Capture Technologies Limited Project Contact , Big Solar Limited Project Contact , Kromek Project Contact , Horiba Instruments Ltd |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | A wealth of world-leading international research is aimed at addressing the global challenges of energy (both generation and storage), climate-change and the problems associated with finding sustainable methods to meet our increasing energy demands. Much of this effort focuses on making existing technology more robust, efficient and cheaper or discovering new methods to convert, store and transmit renewable energy. For engineers, chemists, biologists and physicists working within the confines of their own research fields, it is impossible to recognise all of the key problems for given energy system.These problems present on an extremely broad range of length scales (nm-m) and consequently calls for significantly more collaboration between the physical science and engineering to transmit the success of new materials discovery and understanding of the behaviour of these new materials to achieve durable, efficient, sustainable and manufacturable energy systems.The North East Centre for Energy Materials (NECEM), formed between the universities of Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria, seeks to unite the broad range of expertise present at the three sites to tackle a grand challenge of energymaterials and will make it possible to cooperate widely with local, national and international industry. The main focus of NECEM will be to address one of the most fundamentally critical elements of all energy systems, namely the interfaces between the materials within it and their interaction with the environment in which they operate. NECEM aims to be a world-leading programme on the understanding and manipulation of such interfaces in energy materials. The vision is to identify, exploring our unique blend of materials discovery, analysis techniques and energy applications new approaches operating over the full range of length scales (nm-m) that overcome existing limitations, such as corrosion, charge trapping, marine fouling. By addressing previously unexplored directions NECEM has the ability to provide an urgently needed step change in the science and engineering of materials that use, generate and store energy more efficiently.The assets of NECEM include the breadth of expertise within marine energy (tidal and wave energy), solar (photovoltaic and solar fuels by photo-electrochemistry), fuel cells (hydrogen and alcohol based, also enzymatic and microbial), energy storage (Li-Ion, redox-flow batteries), biomass (gasification, fermentation and direct conversion to heat or even electricity) and local smart grid structure (with concurrent production and consumption of renewable energy). We invite the Energy Materials community to engage with our centre to access this expertise and our unique blend of surface processing and characterization techniques distributed across the three sites. Probing and manipulating processes occurring at surfaces and interfaces is exceptionally complex but by combining our state-of-the-art facilities, which are ideal for this challenge,and our expertise in modelling behaviour in materials to compete systems, we can drive the development of new durable, efficient and sustainable energy solutions. We are geared towards cooperation with other centres in the UK in order to be able to cover a broad portfolio of all relevant energy material problems. This centre has the strong advantage of close proximity and brings together expertise from neighboring universities in the North East of England. Importantly this will enhance knowledge exchange and collaboration increasing the probability of success of the centre. It is also very attractive for additional funding both within the UK and in Europe. | |
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| Added to Database | 03/01/19 | |
