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UK's First Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Capability Document UK HYDROGEN & FUEL CELL RESEARCH CAPABILITY DOCUMENT CAPTURING THE ENTIRE HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL ACADEMIC RESEARCH LANDSCAPE December 2014 CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER INTRODUCTION 5 BIOGRAPHIES Prof Claire Adjiman, Imperial College 6 Dr Ainara Agaudero, Imperial College 7 Dr Paul Anderson, Birmingham 8 Prof John Andrews, Nottingham 9 Prof Alan Atkinson, Imperial College 10 Dr Richard Baker, St Andrews 11 Prof David Book, Birmingham 12 Prof Nigel Brandon, Imperial College 13 Dr Dan Brett, UCL 14 Dr Quong Cai, Surrey 15 Dr Mark Cassidy, St Andrews 16 Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research 17 Prof Rui Chen, Loughborough 18 Prof Bill David, Oxford 19 Dr Richard Dawson, Lancaster 20 Dr Paul Dodds, UCL 21 Dr Valerie Dupont, Leeds 22 Prof Paul Ekins, UCL 23 Prof Bartek Glowakci, Cambridge 24 Prof David Grant, Nottingham 25 Greater Manchester Hydrogen Partership 26 Prof Duncan Gregory, Glasgow 27 Prof Alan Guwy, South Wales 28 Dr Adam Hawkes, Imperial College 29 Dr Mamdud Hossain, Robert Gordon University 30 Prof Ioannis Ieropoulos, Bristol Robotic Laboratory 31 Prof John Irivne, St Andrews 32 Prof Walter Johnstone, Strathclyde 33 Dr Denis Kramer, Southampton 34 Prof Anthony Kucernak, Imperial College 35 Dr R Vasant Kumar, Cambridge 36 UK Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Research Capability Document 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS Introduction Professor Nigel Brandon, Director H2FC SUPERGEN Dr Wen-Feng Lin, Queen’s University Belfast 37 As Director of the SUPERGEN Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub, H2FC SUPERGEN Prof Weeratunge Malalasekera, Loughborough 38 (http://www.h2fcsupergen.com), it is my pleasure to share with you the summary of Dr Tim Mays, Bath 39 the UK’s capability in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research. This has been produced through Will McDowall, UCL 40 the Hub, and funded by the Research Councils Energy Programme. This document will Professor Neil McKeown, Edinburgh 41 be regularly updated and available via the Hub’s website. If your research is not yet Professor Ian Metcalfe, Newcastle 42 included and you would like it be then please contact us. Professor Vladmir Molkov 43 Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College 44 These are exciting times in the fields of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, for example the in- Prof Mark Omerod, Keele 45 creasing uptake of fuel cell micro Combined Heat and Power units by customers, espe- Dr Alison Parkin, York 46 cially in Asia, and the launch of commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Prof Christopher Pickett, UEA 47 Prof Giuliano Premier, South Wales 48 Dr Neil Rees, Birmingham 49 The continued development and commercialisation of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell tech- Dr Paramaconi Rodrigeuz, Birmingham 50 nology requires a collaborative approach between and within academia, industry and Prof Andrea Rusell, Southampton 51 government. We hope that this document stimulates collaboration across the sector, Dr Jhuma Sadhukhan, Surrey 52 and promotes new links with the outstanding UK research base in the field. Prof Keith Scott, Newcastle 53 Prof Nilay Shah, Imperial College 54 Dr Paul Shearing, UCL 55 Dr Spyros Skavelis-Kazakos, Greenwich 56 Prof Stephen Skinner, Imperial College 57 Prof Peter Slater, Birmingham 58 Prof Robert Steinberger-Wilckens, Bimingham 59 Prof Shanwen Tao, Stratchcylde 60 Prof Rob Thring, Loughborough 61 Dr Valeska Ting, Bath 62 Dr Xin Tu, Liverpool 63 Prof John Varcoe, Surrey 64 Dr Darren Walsh, Nottingham 65 Prof Meihong Wang, Hull 66 Professor Jennifer Wen, Wawrick 67 Dr Billy Wu, Imperial 68 Dr Chunfei Wu, Hull 69 4 UK Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Research Capability Document 5 BIOGRAPHY : PROFESSOR CLAIRE ADJIMAN BIOGRAPHY : DR AINARA AGUADERO Professor Claire Adjiman Dr Ainara Aguadero Professor of Chemical Engineering Lecturer in Materials Imperial College London Imperial College London Email: [email protected] Email: a.aguadero@imperial .ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)20 75945 6638 Phone: +44 (0)20 7594 5174 Website: www.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.adjiman Website: www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.aguadero Biography Electrochimica Acta, 56, (2011) 5804-5814. Biography • F. Aguesse, J. M. Lopez del Amo, V. Roddatis, A. Claire Adjiman joined Imperial in 1998 following her • Rhazaoui, K., Cai, Q., Adjiman, C.S., Brandon, Ainara is leading a research in the Department Aguadero, John Kilner “Enhancement of the grain PhD at Princeton University. Her group is focused on N.P., “Towards the 3D modeling of the effective of Materials of Imperial College focused in the boundary conductivity in ceramic LLTO electrolytes developing novel computer-aided design methods conductivity of solid oxide fuel cell electrodes. development of ceramic conductors for energy in moisture-free processing environment” Advance that bridgie the gap between decisions at the scale I. Model development”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 99 applications (solid oxide fuel cells, electrolysers and Materials: Interfaces, 1300143, 2014 of molecules and materials and decisions at the (2013) 161-170 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. batteries). Specifically, she is focused on understanding • C. Bernuy-Lopez, W. Manalastas, J. M. Lopez del macroscale of the device or process. Her work includes ces.2013.05.030). the relation of the physical and chemical properties Amo, A. Aguadero, F. Aguesse, J. Kilner “Atmosphere the development of predictive models, design methods • Rhazaoui, J., Cai, Q., Adjiman, C.S., Brandon, with the structural and microstructural features, Controlled Processing of Ga-Substituted Garnets for and optimisation methods. With her collaborators, N.P., “Towards the 3D Modeling of the Effective and through this has developed new materials with high Li-ion conductivity ceramics” Chem Mater 26, she applies this work across several sectors including Conductivity of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes – II. substantially increased performance compared with the 3610 fuel cells and electrolysers, carbon capture, and the Computational parameters”, Chem. Eng. Sci. 116, current state-of-the-art. Ainara has published 43 peer pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. She holds 781-792 (2014). doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.05.045 reviewed papers with combined citations of over 750 Equipment & Facilities an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship, is a recipient of the and she holds 1 patent. • Glove box for processing of moisture-sensitive Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering (2009). ceramics and cell assembly with a high Research Interests temperature furnace coupled (1600 C) Research Interests • Ceramic oxides with topotactic reversible redox • Isotopic exchange laboratory: D2O, H218O, 18O, • Molecular Systems Engineering behaviour 6Li and 7Li labelling can be performed at different • Optimisation and design methods • Pure ionic conductors (lithium, sodium and conditions of T, P(O2), P(H2O) and polarization. • Property prediction from structure, from electronic • oxygen) • Extensive facilities for electrochemical structure methods to bulk models • Mixed ionic-electronic conductors characterisation • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolysers • Surface and interfacial phenomena • Lab for the synthesis and processing of ceramic • Molecular and process design oxides Key Publications Key Publications • A. Aguadero, H. Falcón, J. M. Campos-Martín, J. • Aguiar, P., Adjiman, C.S. and Brandon, N.P., “Anode- L. García-Fierro, J. A. Alonso “An oxygen-deficient supported intermediate-temperature direct internal perovskite as selective catalyst in the oxidation of reforming solid oxide fuel cell. I: Model-based alkyl benzenes” Angewandte chemie international steady-state performance”, Journal of Power edition, 50, 6557, 2011 Sources, 138 (2004) 120-136. • A. Aguadero, J. A. Alonso, M. J. Escudero, L. Daza • Golbert, J., Adjiman, C.S., Brandon, N.P., “Micro- “Evaluation of the La2Ni1-xCuxO4+ system as structural Modelling of SOFC Anodes”, Industrial & SOFC cathode material with 8YSZ and LSGM as Engineering Chemistry Research, 47 (2008) 7693- electrolytes” Solid State Ionics, 179, 393, 2008. 7699. • M. J. Escudero, A. Aguadero, J.A. Alonso, L. • Cai, Q., Adjiman, C.S., Brandon, N.P., “Investigation Daza, “A kinetic study of oxygen reduction on of the active thickness of solid oxide fuel cell La2NiO4 cathodes: Impedance spectroscopy” J electrodes using a 3D microstructure model”, Electroanalytical Chemistry, 611, 107, 2007. 6 UK Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Research Capability Document 7 BIOGRAPHY : DR PAUL ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY : PROFESSOR JOHN ANDREWS Dr Paul Anderson Professor John Andrews Reader in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Professor of Infrastructure Asset Management University of Birmingham University of Nottingham Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)121 414 4447 Phone: +44 (0) 115 846 8448 Website: www.chem.bham.ac.uk/staff/anderson Website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/departments/civeng/peo ple/john.andrews Biography AL Kersting, Materials Research Society Symposium Biography Reliability Engineering International, Vol 25, 2009, Paul Anderson is Reader in Inorganic and Materials Proceedings (2009), 1219, W09-05. John Andrews is the Royal Academy of Engineering 409-426. Chemistry, leader of the Materials Chemistry and • Synthesis and structure of the new complex hydride Professor of Infrastructure Asset Management at • Hurdle, E., Bartlett, L.M. and Andrews, J.D., Fault Energy Research Theme, in the School of Chemistry at Li2BH4NH2 . PA Chater, WIF David and PA Anderson, the University of Nottingham. He is also Director of Diagnostics of Dynamic System Operation Using the University of Birmingham, and a Fellow of the Royal Chemical Communications
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