UK ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH CAPABILITY DOCUMENT CAPTURING THE ENERGY STORAGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH LANDSCAPE February 2017 CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER INTRODUCTION 5 BIOGRAPHIES Dr Ainara Aguadero, Imperial College 10 Dr Maria Alfredsson, Kent 11 Dr Daniel Auger, Cranfield 12 Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius, Leicester 13 Prof Philip Bartlett, Southampton 14 Dr Léonard Berlouis, Strathclyde 15 Dr Rohit Bhagat, Warwick 16 Dr Nuno Bimbo, Lancaster 17 Dr Frédéric Blanc, Liverpool 18 Dr Peter Boait, De Montfort University 19 Prof Nigel Brandon, Imperial College 20 Dr Dan Brett, UCL 21 Prof Peter Bruce, Oxford 22 Dr Jonathan Busby, British Geological Survey 23 Dr Qiong Cai, Surrey 24 Dr Yimin Chao, East Anglia 25 Prof George Chen, Nottigham 26 Prof Rui Chen, Loughborough 27 Prof Simon Clarke, Oxford 28 Dr Liana Cipcigan, Cardiff 29 Dr Phil Coker, Reading 30 Dr Paul Alexander Connor, St Andrews 31 Dr Serena Corr, Glasgow 32 Prof Bob Critoph, Warwick 33 Prof Andrew Cruden, Southampton 34 Dr Eddie Cussen, Strathclyde 35 Prof Jawwad Darr, UCL 36 Dr Prodip Das, Newcastle 37 Dr Chris Dent, Durham 38 Prof Yulong Ding, Birmingham 39 Dr Paul Dodds, UCL 40 Prof Robert Dryfe, Manchester 41 3 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document CONTENTS CONTENTS Prof Stephen Duncan, Oxford 42 Dr Siân Dutton, Cambridge 43 Dr David Evans, British Geological Survey 44 Prof Stephen Fletcher, Loughborough 45 Dr Rupert Gammon, De Montfort University 46 Dr Nuria Garcia-Araez, Southampton 47 Prof Seamus Garvey, Nottingham 48 Dr Monica Giulietti, Cambridge 49 Prof Bartek A. Glowacki, Cambridge 50 Prof David Grant, Nottingham 51 Prof Patrick Grant, Oxford 52 Prof Richard Green, Imperial College 53 Prof David Greenwood, Warwick 54 Prof Marty Gregg, Queen’s University Belfast 55 Prof Duncan Gregory, Glasgow 56 Prof Clare Grey, Cambridge 57 Dr John Griffin, Lancaster 58 Prof Alan Guwy, South Wales 59 Dr Victoria Haines, Loughborough 60 Prof Chris Hardacre, Queen’s University of Belfast 61 Dr Laurence Hardwick, Liverpool 62 Prof Brian Hayden, Southampton 63 Prof Neil Hewitt, Ulster 64 Prof Robert Hillman, Leicester 65 Prof William Holderbaum, Reading 66 Prof Harry Hoster, Lancaster 67 Prof David Howey, Oxford 68 Prof Saiful Islam, Bath 69 Dr Johan Jacquemin, Queen’s University Belfast 70 Prof Nick Jelley, Oxford 71 Prof Paul Jennings, Warwick 72 Dr Lin Jiang, Liverpool 73 Dr Karen Johnston, Durham 74 Dr Nick Kelly, Strathclyde 75 Dr Denis Kramer, Southampton 76 Prof Furong Li, Bath 77 4 CONTENTS Dr Xiaohong Li, Exeter 78 Dr Yongliang Li, Birmingham 79 Dr Stefano Longo, Cranfield 80 Dr Melanie Loveridge, Warwick 81 Dr John Low, Warwick 82 Prof Christopher Lucas, Liverpool 83 Dr Ian Mabbett, Swansea 84 Prof Robert MacKay, Warwick 85 Prof Khamid Mahkamov, Northumbria 86 Dr James Marco, Warwick 87 Prof Frank Marken, Bath 88 Dr Christos Markides, Imperial College 89 Prof Ricardo Martinez-Botas, Imperial College 90 Dr Ben Mestel, The Open University 91 Prof Jovica V Milanovic, Manchester 92 Dr Benjamin Morgan, Bath 93 Dr Rob Morgan, Brighton 94 Dr Andrew Morris, Cambridge 95 Prof Andrew Mount, Edinburgh 96 Dr Luis(Nando) Ochoa, Manchester 97 Dr Milijana Odavic, Sheffield 98 Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College 99 Prof John Owen, Southampton 100 Dr Nazmiye Ozkan, Cranfield 101 Dr Pooja Panchmatia, Loughborough 102 Dr Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Sussex 103 Prof Mauro Pasta, Oxford 104 Dr Charalampos Patsios, Newcastle 105 Prof Susan Perkin, Oxford 106 Prof Michael Pollitt, Cambridge 107 Dr Ben Potter, Reading 108 Prof Keith Pullen, City University of London 109 Dr Jonathan Radcliffe, Birmingham 110 Prof David Reay, Newcastle 111 Dr Miles Redfern, Bath 112 Prof Saffa Riffat 113 5 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document CONTENTS Dr Daniel Rogers, Oxford 114 Prof Tony Roskilly, Newcastle 115 Dr David Scanlon, UCL 116 Prof Keith Scott, Newcastle 117 Dr Akeel Shah, Warwick 118 Prof Suleiman Sharkh, Southampton 119 Prof Dmitry Shchukin, Liverpool 120 Dr Paul Shearing, UCL 121 Dr Stan Shire, Warwick 122 Dr Natasha Shirshova, Durham 123 Dr Spyros Skarvelis-Kazakos, Sussex 124 Dr Catalina Spatura, UCL 125 Prof David Stone, Sheffield 126 Prof Goran Strbac, Imperial 127 Dr Dani Strickland, Aston 128 Prof Joshua (Jim) Swithenbank, Sheffield 129 Dr Mark Symes, Glasgow 130 Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Lancaster 131 Prof Peter Taylor, Leeds 132 Prof Phil Taylor, Newcastle 133 Dr Murray Thomson, Loughborough 134 Dr Yuan Tian, Hertdorshire 135 Prof Magdalena Titirici, Queen Mary 136 Dr Jeremy Titman, Nottingham 137 Dr Rebecca Todd, Manchester 138 Dr Kathryn Toghill, Lancaster 139 Dr Athanasios Tsolakis, Birmingham 140 Dr Danica Vukadinovic Greetham, Reading 141 Prof Gavin Walker, Nottingham 142 Prof Frank Walsh, Southampton 143 Dr Alex Walton, Manchester 144 Prof Jihong Wang, Warwick 145 Prof Meihong Wang, Hull 146 Prof Ian Ward, Leeds 147 Prof Michael Waterson, Warwick 148 Prof Mark Weller, Bath 149 6 CONTENTS Prof Anthony Roy West, Sheffield 150 Dr Alexander White, Cambridge 151 Dr John Whitton, Central Lancashire 152 Prof Richard Williams, Heriot-Watt 153 Dr Billy Wu, Imperial College 154 Prof Jianzhong Wu, Cardiff 155 Dr Qingchun Yuan, Aston 156 Dr Stan Zachary, Heriot-Watt 157 Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Birmingham 158 Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Appli- cations 159 Energy Research Group, Reading 160 Power systems, Newcastle 161 WMG, Warwick 162 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 Introduction 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] Phone: +44 (0)2075945174 Website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.aguadero Biography 1300143 Ainara is leading a research in the Department • C. Bernuy-Lopez et al., “Atmosphere Controlled of Materials of Imperial College focused in the Processing of Ga-Substituted Garnets for high development of ceramic conductors for energy Li-ion conductivity ceramics”, Chem Mater, 26 applications (solid oxide fuel cells, electrolysers (2014), 3610 and batteries). Her research is focused on the understanding and improvement of the bulk and surface transport properties of ceramic oxides to be Equipment & Facilities used in electrochemical devices, and through this, • Glove box for synthesis and processing of she have developed new materials with substantial moisture-sensitive ceramics and cell assembly o increased in the performance than those of the with a high temperature furnace coupled (1600 C) current state-of-the-art. Ainara has published 46 peer • Isotopic exchange laboratory: D2O, H218O, 18O, reviewed papers with combined citations of over 800 6Li and 7Li labelling can be performed at different and she holds 1 patent. conditions of T, P(O2), P(H2O) and under applied voltages. • Extensive facilities for electrochemical Research Interests characterisation • Ceramic oxides with topotactic reversible redox • Lab for the synthesis and processing of ceramic behaviour oxides • 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