UK ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH CAPABILITY DOCUMENT
CAPTURING THE ENERGY STORAGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
June 2016
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PAGE NUMBER
5
INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
- Dr Ainara Aguadero, Imperial College
- 10
11
12
13
14
15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
32
33
34
35 36 37 38
39 40 41
Dr Maria Alfredsson, Kent
Dr Daniel Auger, Cranfield
Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius, Leicester
Prof Philip Bartleꢀ, Southampton
Dr Léonard Berlouis, Strathclyde Dr Rohit Bhagat, Warwick Dr Nuno Bimbo, Lancaster Dr Frédéric Blanc, Liverpool Prof Nigel Brandon, Imperial College
Dr Dan Breꢀ, UCL Prof Peter Bruce, Oxford Dr Jonathan Busby, Briꢁsh Geological Survey Dr Qiong Cai, Surrey Prof George Chen, Noꢂgham Prof Rui Chen, Loughborough Prof Simon Clarke, Oxford Dr Liana Cipcigan, Cardiff Dr Paul Alexander Connor, St Andrews Dr Serena Corr, Glasgow
Prof Bob Critoph, Warwick Prof Andrew Cruden, Southampton
Dr Eddie Cussen, Strathclyde
Prof Jawwad Darr, UCL
Dr Prodip Das, Newcastle
Dr Chris Dent, Durham Prof Yulong Ding, Birmingham Prof Robert Dryfe, Manchester Prof Stephen Duncan, Oxford
Dr Siân Duꢀon, Cambridge Dr David Evans, Briꢁsh Geological Survey Prof Stephen Fletcher, Loughborough
3
UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Dr Rupert Gammon, De Monꢃort University Dr Nuria Garcia-Araez, Southampton Prof Seamus Garvey, Noꢂngham Dr Monica Giulieꢂ, Cambridge Prof Bartek A. Glowacki, Cambridge Prof David Grant, Noꢂngham Prof Patrick Grant, Oxford Prof Richard Green, Imperial College
Prof David Greenwood, Warwick Prof Marty Gregg, Queen’s University Belfast
Prof Duncan Gregory, Glasgow Dr John Griffin, Lancaster Prof Alan Guwy, South Wales
Dr Victoria Haines, Loughborough Prof Chris Hardacre, Queen’s University of Belfast Dr Laurence Hardwick, Liverpool Prof Brian Hayden, Southampton
Prof Neil Hewiꢀ, Ulster
Prof Robert Hillman, Leicester Prof William Holderbaum, Reading
Prof Harry Hoster, Lancaster
Prof David Howey, Oxford
Prof Saiful Islam, Bath
Dr Johan Jacquemin, Queen’s University Belfast Prof Nick Jelley, Oxford Prof Paul Jennings, Warwick Dr Lin Jiang, Liverpool Dr Karen Johnston, Durham Dr Nick Kelly, Strathclyde Dr Denis Kramer, Southampton
Prof Furong Li, Bath
Dr Xiaohong Li, Exeter
Dr Yongliang Li, Birmingham Dr Stefano Longo, Cranfield
42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51
52 53 54
55 56 57 58
59
60 61
62
63
64
65 66 67 68 69 70 71
72
73
74 75
76 77
Dr Melanie Loveridge, Warwick Dr John Low, Warwick
4
CONTENTS
Prof Christopher Lucas, Liverpool Prof Robert MacKay, Warwick Prof Khamid Mahkamov, Northumbria Dr James Marco, Warwick
78 79 80 81
- Prof Frank Marken, Bath
- 82
Dr Christos Markides, Imperial College
Prof Ricardo Marꢁnez-Botas, Imperial College
Dr Ben Mestel, The Open University Prof Jovica V Milanovic, Manchester Dr Benjamin Morgan, Bath
83
84
85 86 87
Dr Andrew Morris, Cambridge Prof Andrew Mount, Edinburgh Dr Luis(Nando) Ochoa, Manchester
Dr Milijana Odavic, Sheffield Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College
Prof John Owen, Southampton
Dr Nazmiye Ozkan, Cranfield Dr Pooja Panchmaꢁa, Loughborough
Prof Mauro Pasta, Oxford
88 89 90
91 92
93
94 95
96
Dr Charalampos Patsios, Newcastle Prof Susan Perkin, Oxford
97 98
Prof Michael Polliꢀ, Cambridge
Prof Keith Pullen, City University of London
Dr Jonathan Radcliffe, Birmingham Dr Miles Redfern, Bath Dr Daniel Rogers, Cardiff Prof Tony Roskilly, Newcastle Prof Keith Scoꢀ, Newcastle
Prof Suleiman Sharkh, Southampton Prof Dmitry Shchukin, Liverpool Dr Paul Shearing, UCL Dr Stan Shire, Warwick Dr Natasha Shirshova, Durham
Prof David Stone, Sheffield
99
100
101 102 103 104 105
106 107 108 109 110
111 112
113
Prof Goran Strbac, Imperial
Dr Dani Strickland, Aston
5
UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document
CONTENTS
Prof Joshua (Jim) Swithenbank, Sheffield
Dr Mark Symes, Glasgow Prof Peter Taylor, Leeds Prof Phil Taylor, Newcastle Dr Murray Thomson, Loughborough Dr Yuan Tian, Hertdorshire
Prof Magdalena Tiꢁrici, Queen Mary Dr Jeremy Titman, Noꢂngham Dr Rebecca Todd, Manchester Dr Kathryn Toghill, Lancaster Dr Athanasios Tsolakis, Birmingham Prof Gavin Walker, Noꢂngham Prof Frank Walsh, Southampton Dr Alex Walton, Manchester Prof Jihong Wang, Warwick Prof Meihong Wang, Hull
Prof Ian Ward, Leeds Prof Michael Waterson, Warwick
Prof Mark Weller, Bath Prof Anthony Roy West, Sheffield Dr Alexander White, Cambridge Dr John Whiꢀon, Central Lancashire Prof Richard Williams, Heriot-Waꢀ
Dr Billy Wu, Imperial College
Prof Jianzhong Wu, Cardiff
114
115 116 117 118 119
120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
130 131
132 133 134 135 136
137
138
139
140
Dr Qingchun Yuan, Aston
Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Birmingham
Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Appli-
- caꢁons
- 141
142 143 144
Energy Research Group, Reading Power systems, Newcastle WMG, Warwick
- 6
- 7
UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the Science Board members for their contributions to create this energy capability document.
Images: - Image courtesy of adamr at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Charging Mobile Phone With Solar Charger”: - Image courtesy of franky242 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Car-sharing Electric Smart Is Be- ing Recharged” - Image courtesy of Sura Nualpradid at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Solar Cell And Wind Tur- bine”
8
Introducꢁon
Professor Peter Bruce, Director Energy Storage SUPERGEN
As Director of the SUPERGEN Energy Storage Research Hub, Energy SUPERSTORE (http:// www.energysuperstore.org), it is my pleasure to share with you the summary of the UK’s capability in Energy Storage Research. This has been produced through the Hub and fund- ed by the Research Councils Energy Programme. This document will be updated regularly and available via the Hub’s website. If your research is not yet included and you would like it to be, then please contact us.
Energy storage will become an increasingly vital of the energy landscape, transforming transportation and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Energy storage is being de- ployed on electricity grids across the world. Many energy storage research challenges remain to be addressed. The UK research base is well placed to play a significant role in addressing these challenges.
The continued development and commercialisation of Energy Storage technology requires a collaborative approach between and within academia, industry and government. We hope that this document stimulates collaboration across the sector, and promotes new links with the outstanding UK research base in the field.
9
UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document
BIOGRAPHY : Dr Ainara Aguadero
Dr Ainara Aguadero
Lecturer in Materials
Imperial College
- Email:
- [email protected]
- +44 (0)2075945174
- Phone:
Website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.aguadero
1300143
Biography
Ainara is leading a research in the Department of Materials of Imperial College focused in the development of ceramic conductors for energy applications (solid oxide fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries). Her research is focused on the understanding and improvement of the bulk and surface transport properties of ceramic oxides to be used in electrochemical devices, and through this, she have developed new materials with substantial increased in the performance than those of the current state-of-the-art. Ainara has published 46 peer reviewed papers with combined citations of over 800 and she holds 1 patent.
- •
- C. Bernuy-Lopez et al., “Atmosphere Controlled
Processing of Ga-Substituted Garnets for high Li-ion conductivity ceramics”, Chem Mater, 26 (2014), 3610
Equipment & Facilities
- •
- Glove box for synthesis and processing of
moisture-sensitive ceramics and cell assembly with a high temperature furnace coupled (1600 oC) Isotopic exchange laboratory: D2O, H218O, 18O, 6Li and 7Li labelling can be performed at different conditions of T, P(O2), P(H2O) and under applied voltages.
•••
Extensive facilities for electrochemical characterisation Lab for the synthesis and processing of ceramic oxides
Research Interests
- •
- Ceramic oxides with topotactic reversible redox
behaviour
- •
- Pure ionic conductors (lithium, sodium and
oxygen)
••
Mixed ionic-electronic conductors Surface and interfacial phenomena
Key Publications
- •
- A. Aguadero et al., “An oxygen-deficient
perovskite as selective catalyst in the oxidation of alkyl benzenes”, Angewandte chemie, 50 (2011), 6557
•
•
A. Aguadero et al., “SrCo0.95Sb0.05O3-( as Cathode Material for High Power Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, Chem Mater, 22 (2011), 789 N.Ortiz-Vitoriano et al.,“The Formation of Performance Enhancing Pseudo-Composites in the Highly Active La1-xCaxFe0.8Ni0.2O3 System for IT-SOFC Application”, Adv Func Mater, 23 (2013), 5131
- •
- F. Aguesse et al., “Enhancement of the
grain boundary conductivity in ceramic LLTO electrolytes in moisture-free processing
environment”, Adv Mater: Interfaces, (2014),
10
BIOGRAPHY : Dr Linnea Maria Alfredsson
Dr Linnea Maria Alfredsson
Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Materials Modelling
University of Kent
- Email:
- [email protected]
- +44 (0)1227 823237
- Phone:
Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences/staff/profiles/ maria-alfredsson.html
Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (2011), 12826-
Biography
She obtained her PhD from Uppsala University studying H-bonded systems and surface interactions. After graduation she was awarded a fellowship to work at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and metal/oxide interfaces, after which she moved to the University of College London studying Fe-bearing materials for environmental applications. Since 2007 she is based at the University of Kent, where her research focuses on energy materials and environment. She is a member of the Alistore-ERI, where she is responsible for the XAS-platform and a member of theoretical group.
12834
- •
- Nwokeke, U.G. et al., “Nanocrystalline Fe1-
xCoxSn2 solid solutions prepared by reduction of salts in tetraethylene glycol”, Journal of Alloys
and Compounds, 509 (2011), 3074-3079
Equipment & Facilities
•••••••
Linux cluster Braun Glovebox Biologic potentiostat XRD SQUID Spin coater etc
Research Interests
••••••
Solid state modelling Energy Storage Solid state batteries Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Surface and interface chemistry (Catalysis) XAS measurements
Key Publications
- •
- Brownrigg, A. et al., “In situ Fe K-edge X-ray
absorption spectroscopy study during cycling of Li2FeSiO4 and Li2.2Fe0.9SiO4 Li ion battery
materials”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3
(2015), 7314-7322
•
•
Moulki, H. et al., “Electrochromic performances of nonstoichiometric NiO thin films”, Thin Solid
Films, 553 (2014), 63-66
Vidal-Abarca, C. et al., “Improving the cyclability of sodium-ion cathodes by selection of electrolyte
solvent”, Journal of Power Sources, 197 (2012),
314-318
•
•
Canepa, P.et al., “Elastic and Vibrational Properties of a- and ß-PbO”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), 21514-21522 Canepa, P., “Comparison of a calculated and measured XANES spectrum of a-Fe2O3”, Physical
11
UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document
BIOGRAPHY : Dr Daniel Auger
Dr Daniel Auger
Lecturer in Advanced Control & Optimization
Cranfield University Email: Phone: d.j.auger@cranfield.ac.uk +44 (1234) 750111
Website: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/
- •
- Papazoglou et al., “Nonlinear Filtering Techniques
Biography
Daniel Auger studied at the University of Cambridge where he received the M.Eng. degree and the Ph.D. degree in 2005. After university, he joined BAE Systems as a senior engineer. In 2008, he moved to MathWorks as a senior consultant. He moved to his present role at Cranfield in 2013, where he leads a small research team developing advanced real-time modelling techniques for novel battery chemistries. His current projects include FUTURE Vehicles (EPSRC) and REVB (Innovate UK). Dr Auger is a member of the IET and the IEEE, a fellow of the HEA, and a chartered engineer.
Comparison for Battery State Estimation”, Journal
of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2 (2014), 259-269, doi:
10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0021
Equipment & Facilities
- •
- Hardware-in-the-loop vehicle models that allow
insertion of real cells and/or modules.
- Supercomputing facilities.
- •
Research Interests
- •
- Low-order cell modelling and equivalent circuit
models.
•••
State-of-charge and state-of-health estimation. Vehicle and subsystem modelling. Implementation of real-time embedded algorithms
•
•
Applications of advanced control to automotive systems Multi-objective optimization applications for automotive systems.
Key Publications
- •
- Auger et al., “Impact of Battery Ageing on an
Electric Vehicle Powertrain Optimisation”, Journal
of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2 (2014), 350-361,
doi:10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0028
•
•
Longo et al., “Mechatronics in Sustainable Mobility: Two Electric Vehicle Applications”,
Journal of Sustainable Mobility, 1 (2014), 19-36,
doi:10.9774/GLEAF.2350.2014.00004 Othaganont et al., “Sensitivity Analyses for CrossCoupled Parameters in Automotive Powertrain Optimization”, Energies, 7 (2014), 3733-3747, doi:10.3390/en7063733
12
BIOGRAPHY : Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius
Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius
Lecturer
University of Leicester
- Email:
- [email protected]
Phone: Website:
+44 (0) 116 252 2532
- •
- Bagdanavicius et al., “Assessment of Community
Energy Supply Systems Using Energy, Exergy and Exergoeconomic Analysis”, Energy, (1) 45 (2012), pp 247-255, 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.058
Biography
Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius obtained PhD in the area of combustion at Cardiff University in 2010. From 2010 to 2013 he was working as research fellow at Cardiff. He conducted research on energy conversion and storage systems, and energy networks. In 2013 he has joined Thermofluids research group at University of Leicester where he continues research in the areas of energy conversion systems, energy storage and energy networks, and combustion. He is a member of Energy Institute.
Equipment & Facilities
- •
- High pressure compressed air storage and
distribution system, featuring 8 m3, 70 bar (1000 psi) air tanks. Water feed system consisting of a 100,000 gallon (450 m3) water tank on top of the Engineering Building tower (32m head). Maximum capacity is 9000 litres/minute.
•