Energy Materials-Discovery, Characterisation and Application

能源材料-发现、表征和应用

• 批准号: EP/K015540/1
• 负责人: John Irvine
• 金额: $ 133.4万
• 依托单位: University of St Andrews
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK015540%2F1
• 关键词: Energy; Materials; Discovery; Characterisation; Application

The St Andrews group addresses a wide range of energy related issues such as fundamental electrochemical and solid state chemical studies, development of new and improved fuel cell technologies, providing new energy solutions and integrating new concepts in device application. This research seeks to develop high temperature electrochemical technologies to enable the efficient deployment of new energy frameworks. We seek to optimise current fuel cell technology improving durability and stability and reducing cost of manufacture to enable widespread introduction. A major focus is developing new anode formulations to enable efficient utilisation of more complex fuels, ranging from natural gas and LPG through biogas to liquid biofuels and biomass. Fuel cell technology is a particularly important enabler for biomass utilisation offering high efficiencies of conversion in fairly small unit sizes and is essential to new distributed energy economies. The group has been very successful in addressing the proposed research objectives of the currently held Platform grant Particular highlights are insitu exolution of nanocatalysts, nanostructural ripening of impregnated electrodes, high performance direct carbon fuel cell performance and a new red photocatalyst. The operation of the Platform also enabled us to strongly engage with EU and especially industrial funding. Staff development is an important part of the Platform grant programme and all of the Investigators and researchers have advanced their careers significantly during the last 4 years. Those postdocs working on commercially sensitive projects were able to maintain their publication output via partial platform support and key skill researchers were given stability of contract. Researchers have moved to both industry and academic appointments. In the renewal we wish to bring in Prof Wuzong Zhou to enhance our capability in transition Electron Microscopy in particular.We intend to build upon our achievements in the current platform and to develop new and exciting strands of research. Particular emphasis will be placed upon developing capability in materials processing study interfaces under operational relevant conditions. Research priorities will relate to energy storage through reversible fuel cells and synthetic fuel production, nanoengineering of electrode interfaces, developing new functional materials and in situ studies.The platform grant provides an invaluable cohesive element to the group, it gives excellent career stability, allows exciting developments to be followed and provides excellent opportunities for our researchers to encounter a wide range of highly important current research in a strongly multidisciplinary environment. Researchers will be encouraged to explore new directions and to seek collaboration opportunities with leading researchers and facilities worldwide. To enable this we propose to run regular workshops and provide means to facilitate study visits to external laboratories. Through both of these mechanisms researchers will be able to extend their technical skills and develop independent collaborative networks.

St Andrews小组讨论了各种与能源相关的问题，例如基本电化学和固态化学研究，开发新的和改进的燃料电池技术，提供新的能源解决方案并将新概念整合到设备应用中。这项研究旨在开发高温电化学技术，以便有效地部署新的能源框架。我们试图优化当前的燃料电池技术，以提高耐用性和稳定性，并降低制造成本，以实现广泛的介绍。主要重点是开发新的阳极制剂，以有效利用更复杂的燃料，从天然气和液化石油气到沼气到液体生物燃料和生物量。燃料电池技术是生物质利用率特别重要的推动力，可提供相当小的单位尺寸的高效率，对于新的分布式能源经济体至关重要。该小组在解决当前持有的平台赠款的拟议研究目标方面非常成功，特别是纳米催化剂的洋流，浸渍电极的纳米结构成熟，高性能直接碳燃料电池性能和新的RED Photocatalyst。该平台的运营还使我们能够与欧盟，尤其是工业资金互动。员工发展是平台赠款计划的重要组成部分，在过去的四年中，所有研究人员和研究人员都在显着提高了职业生涯。那些从事商业敏感项目的博士后能够通过部分平台支持维持其出版物输出，而关键技能研究人员得到了合同的稳定性。研究人员已转到行业和学术任命。在更新中，我们希望引入武旺教授，尤其是增强我们在过渡电子显微镜方面的能力。我们打算以当前平台的成就来建立我们的成就，并开发新的令人兴奋的研究链。特别重点将放在在操作相关条件下在材料加工研究界面中发展能力。研究优先级将通过可逆的燃料电池和合成燃料的生产，电极界面的纳米工程，开发新的功能材料和原位研究与能量储存有关。平台赠款为小组提供了宝贵的凝聚力，它为团体提供了出色的职业稳定性，为我们的研究人员提供了良好的发展，可以为我们的研究人员提供良好的发展，以遇到高度重要的跨越范围的多种多样的跨度研究。将鼓励研究人员探索新的方向，并与全球领先的研究人员和设施寻求合作机会。为了实现这一点，我们建议进行定期的研讨会，并提供促进对外部实验室的学习访问的手段。通过这两种机制，研究人员将能够扩展其技术技能并发展独立的协作网络。

项目成果

Time-resolved in-situ x-ray diffraction study of CaO and CaO:Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 composite catalysts for biodiesel production

用于生物柴油生产的CaO和CaO:Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 复合催化剂的时间分辨原位X射线衍射研究

• DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ac0413
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Energy
• 影响因子: 9
• 作者: Bonaccorso A

Novel Direct Synthesis of Mesoporous Tin Dioxide Network Intact up to 500 °C

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/jnanor.40.79
• 发表时间: 2016-03
• 期刊: Journal of Nano Research
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Tariq Aqeel;H. Greer;Wulan Zhou;D. Bruce;A. Bumajdad

Crystal structure of A-site deficient La0.2Sr0.7-xCaxTiO3 perovskite at ambient conditions and high temperatures: a neutron powder diffraction study.

环境条件和高温下 A 位缺陷 La0.2Sr0.7-xCaxTiO3 钙钛矿的晶体结构：中子粉末衍射研究。

• DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00238a
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: 2003)
• 作者: Aljaberi AD

Formation Mechanisms of ZnO Spherulites and Derivatives

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01332
• 发表时间: 2019-01-01
• 期刊: CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
• 影响因子: 3.8
• 作者: Connolly, Bethany M.;Greer, Heather F.;Zhou, Wuzong
• 通讯作者: Zhou, Wuzong