Sir Henry Royce Institute - Oxford Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Materials
Abstract
Energy storage (ES) is at the heart of the energy trilemma for clean, secure, and cost effective
supply. The UK is strong in advanced materials engineering combined with unique geographical
opportunities for sustainable energy storage. Technology integration and strategic deployment are
essential for the UK to be world leading and to exploit material technology globally. According to
GE: "the development of energy storage technology is going to be one of the defining features of the
21st centuries energy landscape....it is going to be a huge market and is going to render the utilities
business unrecognisable within a few decades". Fundamentally, the most critical and enabling
aspect of energy storage devices are the materials from which they are made. For example, in
lithium ion batteries, the anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte and current collectors are all highly
optimised and compatible materials that are integrated at large scale ~5 B Li ion cells in 2016) using
bespoke manufacturing expertise.
Energy storage is a key enabler for clean transport and completes the renewable energy cycle. From
a historical perspective, there has been a disparate and 'polarised' approach to renewable energy
generation and use - the focus has been on the two 'extremes': on one side, generation (e.g. wind
turbines, solar PV) and on the other side, end uses and applications (e.g. electric vehicles). However,
the bridge to connect these into a working system is energy storage. Both mobile and stationary
energy storage offer significant potential for the UK; on the other hand, without energy storage it
will be difficult to decarbonise the electricity grid and achieve the UK targets for CO2 mitigation. The
importance of ES was highlighted in the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy green
paper Building our Industrial Strategy in January 2017 that stated "Given the UK's underlying
strengths in science and energy technology, we want to be a global leader in battery technology."
ES comprises a wide variety of technologies, all particularly dependent on advances in materials
science. Resources need to be carefully allocated on selected technologies in order to achieve the
world leading status. Following Oxford-led stakeholder meetings, workshops and discussion, the
Royce ES theme will focus on (i) electrochemical energy storage technologies such as batteries,
supercapacitors and flow cells and (ii) thermoelectric and piezoelectric devices.
supply. The UK is strong in advanced materials engineering combined with unique geographical
opportunities for sustainable energy storage. Technology integration and strategic deployment are
essential for the UK to be world leading and to exploit material technology globally. According to
GE: "the development of energy storage technology is going to be one of the defining features of the
21st centuries energy landscape....it is going to be a huge market and is going to render the utilities
business unrecognisable within a few decades". Fundamentally, the most critical and enabling
aspect of energy storage devices are the materials from which they are made. For example, in
lithium ion batteries, the anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte and current collectors are all highly
optimised and compatible materials that are integrated at large scale ~5 B Li ion cells in 2016) using
bespoke manufacturing expertise.
Energy storage is a key enabler for clean transport and completes the renewable energy cycle. From
a historical perspective, there has been a disparate and 'polarised' approach to renewable energy
generation and use - the focus has been on the two 'extremes': on one side, generation (e.g. wind
turbines, solar PV) and on the other side, end uses and applications (e.g. electric vehicles). However,
the bridge to connect these into a working system is energy storage. Both mobile and stationary
energy storage offer significant potential for the UK; on the other hand, without energy storage it
will be difficult to decarbonise the electricity grid and achieve the UK targets for CO2 mitigation. The
importance of ES was highlighted in the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy green
paper Building our Industrial Strategy in January 2017 that stated "Given the UK's underlying
strengths in science and energy technology, we want to be a global leader in battery technology."
ES comprises a wide variety of technologies, all particularly dependent on advances in materials
science. Resources need to be carefully allocated on selected technologies in order to achieve the
world leading status. Following Oxford-led stakeholder meetings, workshops and discussion, the
Royce ES theme will focus on (i) electrochemical energy storage technologies such as batteries,
supercapacitors and flow cells and (ii) thermoelectric and piezoelectric devices.
Planned Impact
Please see attached proposal
Organisations
- University of Oxford (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- LTS International Ltd (Collaboration)
- Nissan Motor Company (Collaboration)
- Manchester Metropolitan University (Collaboration)
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (Collaboration)
- Ceres Power (Collaboration)
- European Technology Development (ETD Consulting) (Collaboration)
- TWI The Welding Institue (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Fluoron (Collaboration)
- Silverstone Circuits Ltd (Collaboration)
- Alta Innovations Ltd (Collaboration)
- Diamond Light Source (Collaboration)
- Johnson Matthey (Collaboration)
- Nyobolt (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd (Collaboration)
- Nanospectra Biosciences (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Oxford Photovoltaics (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Happy Electron (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Technical Fibre Products (Collaboration)
- LUX (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Patrick Grant (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Ahn S
(2023)
Why charging Li-air batteries with current low-voltage mediators is slow and singlet oxygen does not explain degradation.
in Nature chemistry
Aitchison CM
(2024)
Templated 2D Polymer Heterojunctions for Improved Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Al-Masri D
(2019)
A new approach to very high lithium salt content quasi-solid state electrolytes for lithium metal batteries using plastic crystals
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Alammar A
(2020)
Oil-in-water separation with graphene-based nanocomposite membranes for produced water treatment
in Journal of Membrane Science
Alshangiti O
(2024)
Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Fluoride Ion Batteries
in ACS Energy Letters
Alshangiti O
(2023)
Solvent-in-Salt Electrolytes for Fluoride Ion Batteries
in ACS Energy Letters
An L
(2024)
Distinguishing bulk redox from near-surface degradation in lithium nickel oxide cathodes.
in Energy & environmental science
Aspinall J
(2022)
Mechanics of lithium metal at the nanoscale
Aspinall J
(2024)
The impact of magnesium content on lithium-magnesium alloy electrode performance with argyrodite solid electrolyte
in Nature Communications
Aspinall J
(2024)
Effect of Microstructure on the Cycling Behavior of Li-In Alloy Anodes for Solid-State Batteries
in ACS Energy Letters
| Description | The capital equipment has facilitated a number of important research findings in the area of solid state batteries and Li ion batteries through major grants that were secured from the faraday Institution: SOLBAT and NEXTRODE respectively. For example the award has made a partial contribution to understanding the process of void formation in the metallic anodes of solid-state batteries and new design approaches for Li ion battery electrodes |
| Exploitation Route | The insights provided will guide other researchers to further experiments and ideas in this critical area of developing practical batteries. Opportunities for commercialisation are also being explored. |
| Sectors | Energy |
| URL | http://www.ora.ox.ac.uk |
| Description | We continue to develop key commercial characterisation services for industry in energy storage materials and engineering. We have built new relationships with new companies and major organisations in both energy storage and hydrogen applications. SME interactions and engagement has been expanded through dedicated applications scientist, including shaping and delivery of a dozen funded projects. The experimental scientist has helped to deliver support for researchers and students at other institutions Projects have been delivered through access schemes, leading to Royce Industrial Collaboration Programmes, Analysis for Innovators projects, a Faraday Battery Challenge project, iCURE, and directly-funded activities. We ran two calls in a rapid access scheme developed in conjunction with the Faraday Institution. We continue to support and inform translational research, providing policy advice, facilitating expert input to the national materials innovation strategy, guiding the development of blueprints for the Royce Hydrogen Accelerator, and ensuring coordination with industry-led initiatives and policy development. We have engaged the rich ecosystem of energy storage businesses, from local SMEs to international companies, and are now building on these relationships. Our work in the wider space of hydrogen applications has delivered useful outputs through industry-led sprint projects. We have helped to make the case for targeted investment in much-need UK capabilties, including in synthesis scale-up and testing at extreme cryogenic temperatures. New tools and techniques have further been developed through partnerships, including the inert handling of materials for the benchtop NMR, further development of the key XAS/XAF facility and further development of the high entropy alloy nanoparticle deposition system. We have stablished new partnerships for next-generation battery chemistries and continue to engage with industry on optimisation of current materials systems. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | CSIRO delegate visit |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Contributions to BSi ESL/120 standards committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | National input to guidance and standards drafts related to energy storage e.g. PD IEC/TS 62933-2-3 Ed.1.0 Electric Energy Storage (EES) Systems. Part 2-3: Unit parameters and testing methods - Performance assessment test after site operation |
| URL | https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/committees/50254741 |
| Description | Member of iChem international advisory board, China |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in Australia Global Expert Mission on green hydrogen |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Specialist contributions to National Materials Innovation Strategy via expert working groups, including under the Energy Storage theme |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | 3D Lithium Anodes from Recycled Carbon Fibres and Sustainable Polymers for Solid-State Li-Metal Batteries |
| Amount | £83,230 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICP322 |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | A4i - R12 - LUSSTECH LTD- QTSS Quantum Materials |
| Amount | £49,530 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10109004 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | A4i - R13 - FluoRok - Fluorinated materials analysis for sustainable fluorination chemistry (Fluor-Dit) |
| Amount | £49,962 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10121075 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2024 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | All Solid state Battery with Li-Metal Anode |
| Amount | £484,468 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Analysis of surfaces using Redox XPS |
| Amount | £14,943 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10090839 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Cross Batt |
| Amount | £176,730 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 08/2026 |
| Description | DPhil Studentship |
| Amount | £108,210 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FITG053 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | Degradation: Towards a comprehensive understanding of degradation processes in EV Batteries 2 |
| Amount | £4,666,671 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG024 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Developing 3D-Li Anode |
| Amount | £133,113 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Development and Evaluation of Next Generation Electrodes for Advanced Li-ion Batteries |
| Amount | £12,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2404094 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Development of in-operando NMR methods for the characterisation of next generation battery technologies |
| Amount | £45,237 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| Description | EXtending Interface Science To Atmospheric-pressure Reactions |
| Amount | € 1,491,265 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 06/2021 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| Description | Electrocatalyst Discovery |
| Amount | £36,341 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Enterprise Research Centre |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Electrocatalyst Discovery to Device: Effective Benchmarking for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis |
| Amount | £98,151 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICP331 |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | FUSE internships x 5 |
| Amount | £16,475 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute - supplement |
| Amount | £133,160 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | ICP304 |
| Amount | £67,259 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICP304 |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Iron Fluoride Solid State Project |
| Amount | £223,597 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Company |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Li-metal anode/non-lithiated cathode all solid state batteries |
| Amount | £3,929,124 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Company |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | LiMHiT |
| Amount | £688,339 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IUK 98841 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | LiSTAR: Li-Sulphur Technology AcceleratoR |
| Amount | £7,755,737 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG014 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Looking below the surface: Revealing Interfacial Reactions for Sustainable Electrochemical Technologies |
| Amount | £1,522,213 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/V024558/1 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | MCAP087 |
| Amount | £62,354 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Na-ion batteries |
| Amount | £240,357 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Faradion Limited |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes - Nextrode |
| Amount | £5,735,767 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG066 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes: Nextrode |
| Amount | £12,364,112 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG015 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Next Generation Li-ion cathode materials (CATMAT) |
| Amount | £11,133,937 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG016 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | NextCell - Next generation cell design |
| Amount | £246,184 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIRG071 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Parameterisation of electrode slurries for coating optimisation |
| Amount | £618,120 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FIIF021 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Predicting electrode microstructure: micro-mechanical modelling for low/no solvent processing technology |
| Amount | £107,991 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FITG044 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | RAEng fellowship - Disordered Cathode Materials for Sustainable Batteries Beyond Li-ion |
| Amount | £499,999 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 10/2026 |
| Description | Rational optimisation of calendering processes |
| Amount | £116,308 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FITG062 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | Royce Recurrent |
| Amount | £440,055 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | SOLBAT Extension |
| Amount | £4,776,421 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grant |
| Amount | £52,313,935 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R00661X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Solid glass electrolytes for Li-metal batteries |
| Amount | £29,628 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2599358 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Solution processing of carbon nanomaterials based on shear force mixing |
| Amount | £94,853 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICP306 |
| Organisation | Henry Royce Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Solvent-less processing of battery electrodes |
| Amount | £108,210 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FITG053 |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | Student |
| Amount | £50,595 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Diamond Light Source |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Studentship |
| Amount | £50,595 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2026 |
| Description | SurfaceOptima |
| Amount | £59,634 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10106122 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 10/2024 |
| Description | The Royce: Capitalising on the investment |
| Amount | £1,006,680 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S019367/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships |
| Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | What Lies Beneath? Probing Buried Interfaces in Working Batteries |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Faraday Institution |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Title | CSD 2044841: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Michele Fiore, Samuel Wheeler, Kevin Hurlbutt, Isaac Capone, Jack Fawdon, Riccardo Ruffo, Mauro Pasta|2020|Chem.Mater.|32|7653|doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01347 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26mtm9&sid=DataCite |
| Title | CSD 2044842: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Michele Fiore, Samuel Wheeler, Kevin Hurlbutt, Isaac Capone, Jack Fawdon, Riccardo Ruffo, Mauro Pasta|2020|Chem.Mater.|32|7653|doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01347 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26mtnb&sid=DataCite |
| Title | CSD 2044843: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Michele Fiore, Samuel Wheeler, Kevin Hurlbutt, Isaac Capone, Jack Fawdon, Riccardo Ruffo, Mauro Pasta|2020|Chem.Mater.|32|7653|doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01347 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26mtpc&sid=DataCite |
| Title | CSD 2044844: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Michele Fiore, Samuel Wheeler, Kevin Hurlbutt, Isaac Capone, Jack Fawdon, Riccardo Ruffo, Mauro Pasta|2020|Chem.Mater.|32|7653|doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01347 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc26mtqd&sid=DataCite |
| Title | Data for "Secondary electron hyperspectral imaging of carbons: New insights and good practice guide" |
| Description | This repository contains the data package for the research paper titled "Secondary electron hyperspectral imaging of carbons: New insights and good practice guide".Contact: SM3 (SEE MORE MAKE MORE) project PI, Professor Cornelia Rodenburg, c.rodenburg@sheffield.ac.uk.Acknowledgements:JFN and SC acknowledge support from the Faraday Institution through project FutureCat (FIRG017).JFN acknowledges support from the Faraday Institution through the studentship (FITG028-B) and thanks Arron Bird for providing CVD carbon reference materials.The authors acknowledge EPSRC funding through See More Make More: EP/V012762/1, EP/V011995/1, EP/V012037/1.The authors acknowledge: use of characterisation facilities within the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy (DCCEM), Department of Materials, University of Oxford, alongside financial support provided by the Henry Royce Institute (Grant ref EP/R010145/1); use of facilities within the Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre and for access to the Helios PFIB, funded by the EPSRC grant EP/P030599/1; access to the Helios Nanolab 650 in the Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics at the University of British Columbia, a facility supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, British Columbia Knowledge Development Foundation, and the UBC Faculty of Dentistry; Electron microscopy and analysis was performed in the Sorby Centre for Electron Microscopy at the University of Sheffield.ZP, FM and TM acknowledge support from The Czech Academy of Sciences (project RVO:68081731 and Strategy AV21, Breakthrough future technologies), CF Electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy (ISI CAS) supported by the Czech-BioImaging large RI project (LM2023050 funded by MEYS CR) for access to the Helios G4 HP (courtesy Thermo Fisher Scientific Brno).AK, AT, SC and CR acknowledge the EPSRC grant EP/V007696/1, "Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy Centre at Sheffield, NOSC".CR, NTHF and FM acknowledge discussions enabled by FIT4NANO (CA19140) through FIT4NANO workshops.The authors acknowledge Dr Benjamen Reed (National Physical Laboratory, U.K.) for the acquisition and analysis of the XPS data provided in this report, and for discussions and comments. The authors further acknowledge Dr Vivian Tong (National Physical Laboratory, U.K) for providing comments. These activities were supported by the National Measurement System of the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_for_Secondary_electron_hyperspectral_imaging_of_carbon... |
| Title | Data for 'Low-voltage SEM of air-sensitive powders: From sample preparation to micro/nano analysis with secondary electron hyperspectral imaging' |
| Description | SEHI data volumes included in 10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234.For methodology of preparation, collection and data processing see section 5 of the published article. Corresponding SEHI data volume metadata in .json format. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_for_Low-voltage_SEM_of_air-sensitive_powders_From_... |
| Title | Data for 'Low-voltage SEM of air-sensitive powders: From sample preparation to micro/nano analysis with secondary electron hyperspectral imaging' |
| Description | SEHI data volumes included in 10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234.For methodology of preparation, collection and data processing see section 5 of the published article.Corresponding SEHI data volume metadata in .json format. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_for_Low-voltage_SEM_of_air-sensitive_powders_From_... |
| Title | The impact of magnesium content on the performance of lithium-magnesium alloy electrodes with argyrodite solid-state electrolyte. |
| Description | Electrochemical, nanoindentation, PFG-NMR and XPS data of investigation into Li-Mg electrodes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_impact_of_magnesium_content_on_the_performance_of_lithium-... |
| Title | The impact of magnesium content on the performance of lithium-magnesium alloy electrodes with argyrodite solid-state electrolyte. |
| Description | Electrochemical, nanoindentation, PFG-NMR and XPS data of investigation into Li-Mg electrodes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_impact_of_magnesium_content_on_the_performance_of_lithium-... |
| Description | A4i (R10) |
| Organisation | Nanospectra Biosciences |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | XPS analysis to support development of advanced automation tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced automation tools for XPS analysis |
| Impact | Real-world XPS measurement and results to train model |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | A4i (R12) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Quantum Materials |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of novel printed electronics structures and assessment for application in energy storage applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of printed samples |
| Impact | Clearer technical marketing direction for future product |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | A4i (Round 13) |
| Organisation | Fluoron |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | - |
| Collaborator Contribution | - |
| Impact | - |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | A4i R11 |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Department | Functional Materials Group - Materials Division |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Characterisation to understand effect of processing conditions |
| Collaborator Contribution | Complementary techniques |
| Impact | - |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | A4i R11 |
| Organisation | Nyobolt |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Characterisation to understand effect of processing conditions |
| Collaborator Contribution | Complementary techniques |
| Impact | - |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | A4i(10) |
| Organisation | Nyobolt |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Advanced materials handling, synthesis, sample fabrication and advanced characterisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Know-how, materials system, market knowledge, materials lifetime understanding, customer exposure |
| Impact | Improved product understanding |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Advanced Porous Materials and Processes for the Next Generation of Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolysers. |
| Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
| Department | Johnson Matthey Technology Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of DEMS technique, specialist experience in and access to key X-ray analytical techniques |
| Collaborator Contribution | Johnson Matthey: industry knowledge - market and technical . Coventry University, complementary synthesis equipment and test cells |
| Impact | Case Study published under ICP319. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Battery anode understanding |
| Organisation | Happy Electron |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | HE Carbon Supercap Ltd have been collaborating with the Centre for Energy Materials Research and more widely across the Department of Materials, to help understand the structure-performance characteristics for fast-charge battery electrodes. There is a focussed programme for 2022-23 activity, which also involves the universities at Warwick and Nottigham. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industry anode materials for batteries and modelling work in con jucntion with specialist group in Italy. Additional complentary reserach capabilities and Warwick and Nottingham help to complete the project team. The current project is supported by the Henry Royce Institute Industrial Collaboration Programme |
| Impact | There will be a project report |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Characterisation of Industrially-Relevant ODS Steels for Fusion |
| Organisation | Culham Centre for Fusion Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Support - access to advanced characterisation and imaging capabilities at Oxford |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leading |
| Impact | Development of understanding of ODS steels for fusion applications, collaboration and facilities access supported through a Henry Royce Institute Materials Challenge Accelerator Programme project |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration in battery research |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Company |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Extension of collaborative research on solid state batteries. Access to academic expertise and use of advanced facilities for fabrication, characterisation, analysis and test. Arising through Royec-supported facilities at Oxford and building on initial support by the company as part of the Faraday Institution SOLBAT project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research professionals, support. |
| Impact | Research publicaitons listed. Industrial outputs not yet disclosed. Pathway for potential future commercial implementation/exploitation/deployment. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Electrocatalyst Discovery to Device: Effective Benchmarking for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis |
| Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
| Department | Johnson Matthey Technology Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Understanding of fundamental science, key analytical capabilities; translational work with equipment development company; |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nikalyte: deepened development relationship and translation work between fundamental research and equipment capability development, benchmarking. Electrochemical expertise at MMU and NPL and in major Johnson Matthey, complementary knowledge and measurement capabilities. Market and application understanding |
| Impact | Case study published for project ICP331 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Electrocatalyst Discovery to Device: Effective Benchmarking for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis |
| Organisation | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Understanding of fundamental science, key analytical capabilities; translational work with equipment development company; |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nikalyte: deepened development relationship and translation work between fundamental research and equipment capability development, benchmarking. Electrochemical expertise at MMU and NPL and in major Johnson Matthey, complementary knowledge and measurement capabilities. Market and application understanding |
| Impact | Case study published for project ICP331 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Electrocatalyst Discovery to Device: Effective Benchmarking for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Understanding of fundamental science, key analytical capabilities; translational work with equipment development company; |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nikalyte: deepened development relationship and translation work between fundamental research and equipment capability development, benchmarking. Electrochemical expertise at MMU and NPL and in major Johnson Matthey, complementary knowledge and measurement capabilities. Market and application understanding |
| Impact | Case study published for project ICP331 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Industrial Collaboration Project |
| Organisation | Alta Innovations Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project partners NanoPrint with the University of Oxford to demonstrate SALD transparent electrodes with silicon PV, opening up its use for efficient, cost-effective tandem PV. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SALD |
| Impact | Royce Industrial Collaboration Project |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation Electrodes (NEXTRODE) |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford to develop and implement a new generation of manufacturing technologies for smart electrodes supported by numerical design tools, focussing in three main areas: graded electrodes, large-area templating, and additive manufacture. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are to alleviate key constraints in electrode manufacturing by particle level design that enhances downstream processing and improves electrode performance, develop novel metrology techniques and measurements during electrode manufacture to create additional design space and performance gain, link correlative X-ray and other imaging, image quantification and image based modelling to design optimal microstructures and inform manufacturing development, and establish new methods of quantifying and optimising electrode manufacture using data science. |
| Impact | Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership that already listed under the Publications section: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103234 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac483d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30 Publication(s) resulted from this collaboration or partnership: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177185 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/136 http://www.energy-proceedings.org/data-mining-for-quality-prediction-of-battery-in-manufacturing-process%253A-cathode-coating-process/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.02.010 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00619C https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129272 https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2020.3049046 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c09687 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7655/abfb4a/meta https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102233 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01388B https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230689 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac3f9a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100683 https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-using-plasma-fib-and-sims.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyai.2021.100129 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac48c6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107720 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00481-w https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230645 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA00861K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231779 https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ac7d31 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111104 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200545 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.06.036 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c03828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105202 https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202200893 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119305 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03094B https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC03940K https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232503 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00981A https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.05893.pdf |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Nissan - University of Oxford |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research into solid-state batteries - access to facilities and expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research into solid-state batteries |
| Impact | Continued collaboration |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Novel functional coatings to prevent hydrogen embrittlement in metals |
| Organisation | TWI The Welding Institue |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Royce-supported industrial collaboration project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coatings/treatments and analysis |
| Impact | Planned publications and potential development of commercial solution by industry partner |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Novel functional coatings to prevent hydrogen embrittlement in metals |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Royce-supported industrial collaboration project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coatings/treatments and analysis |
| Impact | Planned publications and potential development of commercial solution by industry partner |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Round 4 Royce ICP |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Department | Functional Materials Group - Materials Division |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Understanding the structure of novel fast-charging battery active materials, and how this evolves with use through electron microscopy, which provided high-resolution diffraction data of the material, capturing structural features at the micron to angstrom scale. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Operando Raman characterization provides real-time insights into molecular and structural changes during battery operation |
| Impact | Investigating NWO Electrode Material for Enhanced Energy Storage |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Round 4 Royce ICP |
| Organisation | Nyobolt |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Understanding the structure of novel fast-charging battery active materials, and how this evolves with use through electron microscopy, which provided high-resolution diffraction data of the material, capturing structural features at the micron to angstrom scale. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Operando Raman characterization provides real-time insights into molecular and structural changes during battery operation |
| Impact | Investigating NWO Electrode Material for Enhanced Energy Storage |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce ICP |
| Organisation | Ceres Power |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Atom Prove Tomography |
| Collaborator Contribution | Enhancing green hydrogen production efficiency by uncovering solid oxide electrolyser (SOEC) fuel electrode degradation routes |
| Impact | Improved products, processes and know-how |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce ICP |
| Organisation | LUX |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Catalyst measurement: provide advanced measurement and analytical services, leveraging its expertise to support the project's goals by analysing, measuring, and generating critical data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | laboratory-scale system for the conversion and cooling of Hydrogen |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce ICP - fusion applications |
| Organisation | European Technology Development (ETD Consulting) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Working with the UK Atomic Energy Authority to deliver in materials characterisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | INFUSION is managed by leading power plant R&D consultancy ETD. Warwick and Sheffield Universities will provide modelling and alloy development expertise, while Materials Processing Institute contribute thermomechanical processing and testing |
| Impact | Novel Elevated-Temperature "BRAFM" Boronated Steels - Optimised Tantalum Alloying for Fusion Energy Applications ("INFUSION") |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Royce ICP Round 4 |
| Organisation | Technical Fibre Products |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | electrochemical deposition in which metal is supplied by a sodium or lithium counter electrode and electroplated onto the veil; infiltration of the veil with molten metal; and physical vapour deposition of alkali metal onto the veil. The extent of veil coverage, porosity and the metal surface area will be examined at the University of Oxford through a range of characterization techniques, including titration, electrochemical methods, SEM imaging, porosity measurements and surface area analysis. Following this, proof-of-concept cells will be produced in which the metal anode will be cycled against standard cathode materials such as LiFePO4 and LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 to determine |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will aim to develop a next generation alkali metal anode with enhanced energy and power density performance benefits relative to incumbent graphite anodes. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce ICP _ IUK Funded Round 4 |
| Organisation | Oxford Photovoltaics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of bandgap-stable all-inorganic CsPbI2Br halide perovskite thin films by thermal evaporation. Through a careful optimization of the growth conditions, we aim to improve their long-range charge transport properties while largely retaining their luminescent properties, leading to 15% efficient single-junction CsPbI2Br solar cells. Finally, all-perovskite triple-junction solar cells employing these CsPbI2Br perovskites as top sub-cell absorbers will be demonstrated with efficiency > 30%. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrial know-how and market knowledge |
| Impact | New product demonstrators |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Industrial Collaboration Project |
| Organisation | LTS International Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme |
| Collaborator Contribution | detailed chemical and structural analysis techniques, including in situ characterisation, and 4 electrode electrochemical measurements to understand the amorphisation, dissolution and active catalyst sites |
| Impact | The aim of this project is to understand the catalytic mechanisms and combined interactions of the catalyst on both OER and HER and to scale the technology to ensure homogeneous composition of this multi-metal alloy at electrode sizes larger than 5x5cm2 in order to assess its viability for commercial applications. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Industrial Collaboration Project |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Department | Functional Materials Group - Materials Division |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme |
| Collaborator Contribution | detailed chemical and structural analysis techniques, including in situ characterisation, and 4 electrode electrochemical measurements to understand the amorphisation, dissolution and active catalyst sites |
| Impact | The aim of this project is to understand the catalytic mechanisms and combined interactions of the catalyst on both OER and HER and to scale the technology to ensure homogeneous composition of this multi-metal alloy at electrode sizes larger than 5x5cm2 in order to assess its viability for commercial applications. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Solution processing of carbon nanomaterials based on shear force mixing |
| Organisation | Silverstone Circuits Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Key understanding and relevant analytical equipment and characterisation facilities, supporting lead Department of Physics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industry know-how, new synthesis techniques, market understanding |
| Impact | Case study published under ICP306, for low-loss electronics |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Spectroscopies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials |
| Organisation | Diamond Light Source |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | XAS and XAF techniques alongside XPS and relationship to beamline experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Multimodal, Operando Raman and X-ray Spectroscopies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials (MORSE) is supprted by Henry Royce Institute's Inductrial Collaboration Programme |
| Impact | Publications in preparation. Development of XAS/XAF techniques to facilitate research objectives and as an intermediate step before bidding for time on beamline. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Spectroscopies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | XAS and XAF techniques alongside XPS and relationship to beamline experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Multimodal, Operando Raman and X-ray Spectroscopies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials (MORSE) is supprted by Henry Royce Institute's Inductrial Collaboration Programme |
| Impact | Publications in preparation. Development of XAS/XAF techniques to facilitate research objectives and as an intermediate step before bidding for time on beamline. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | 1:1 workshop to develop proposal for funding bid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Confidential workshop to develop proposal for support under Analysis for Innovators scheme. Interaction with experts and detailed understanding of requirements - technical and commercial - through dialogue. Followed up with costed full technical proposal, accepted by funder. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 4th EuFN and FIT4NANO Joint Workshop / Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 4th EuFN and FIT4NANO Joint Workshop / Meeting at Vienna, September 27th-30th, 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eu-f-n.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/abstractbook_eufn_2021_v1-4_online-compressed.... |
| Description | Advanced Materials Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Staffed the Royce stand on one day of this conference and exhibition, to pick up on enquiries about battery reserach and wider capabilties connected withe materials for end-toend hydrogen. Set to coincide with major battery seminar programme (Battery Expo), to maximise overlap with key industry researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://advancedmaterialsshow.com/ |
| Description | Advanced Materials Show, Telford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presence at materials show, one of of two days. Individual interactions across a range of materials questions, primarily with businesses. Several enquiries resulted in follow-up discussions for potential collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Advanced Materials Show/Battery Expo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presence to invite collaboration and promote access schemes to materials community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Article on next-generation batteries in The Engineer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mauro Pasta contributed to an article in The Engineer in July 2022, through Q&A on beyond lithium-ion batteries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/expert-q-a-beyond-lithium-ion/ |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Inside Science discussing battery research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio 4 Inside Science discussing battery research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000pqdk |
| Description | BBC Radio Oxford interview with Dr Robert House about Forbes 30 Under 30 Nomination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Oxford interview with Dr Robert House about his being announced as a "Forbes 30 Under 30" scientist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BBC podcast on batteries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Petre Bruce speaks in a BBC podcast about batteries, released 6 Oct 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cpx6 |
| Description | Batteries of the Future video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mauro Pasta presents a video on YouTube, with Isobel Sheldon, talkinf about the cutting edge technologies that they are working on right now, as well as giving us a sneak peek into what the future for batteries might look like. In partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksY-mANT8w |
| Description | Battery Tech Expo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interaction with battery supply chain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Battery Technology Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Informal introduction of Henry Royce Capabilities to a number of business and regional development audiences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Building better batteries - college interview with Rob Weatherup |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Queen's College interview with Prof Robert Weatherup on advanced battery research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://lnkd.in/euxrickp |
| Description | Challenges Facing Solid-State Batteries with Alkali Metal Anode-Voids and Dendrites - MRS Spring 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Challenges Facing Solid-State Batteries with Alkali Metal Anode-Voids and Dendrites Talk at MRS Spring 2021, 21st April |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Contribution to BBC programme 'Sliced Bread' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In December 2022, Peter Bruce was interviewed as part of the BBC programme "Sliced Bread", on the topic of batteries. In the run up to Christmas, many parents will be checking on their battery supplies ahead of Santa bringing gifts that require them. But do branded batteries, that promise more power and longer life at a higher price point, really deliver it? The presenter, Greg Foot, recruited some year 7 pupils and their teacher to help him perform a test on batteries and spokes to one of the country's leading scientists about what gives a battery more power, or helps it store more energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g38n |
| Description | Contribution to HyRES workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Contributor to half a dozen HyRES workshops to ensure continuity with supported research activity, national roadmaps and blueprints in advanced materials for applicaitons across hydorgen deployment. Helping to shape the agenda for support to research key materials challenges identified in engagement with industry working groups |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://ukhyres.co.uk/events/ |
| Description | Cross-sector battery showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition at battery sector event to promote collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Decarbonisation of electricity and land transport to meet net zero in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Peter Bruce led and contributed to this conference, which brought together national and international leaders in energy storage systems and was attended by participants from across academia, industry and government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2022/05/tof-net-zero/ |
| Description | Dedicated stand at electric vehicle battery meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Targetted presence at event on electric vehicle battery development, including Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs, as well as SME and academic communities. Resulted in several follow-up conversations, a visit and contractual work undertaken following interactions initiated at the meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ECS PRIME 2020 - Superstructure Controls First Cycle Voltage Hysteresis in O-Redox Cathode Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk at ECS PRIME 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/prime2020/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0 |
| Description | ECS PRIME 2020 - The Lithium Interface in Solid State Batteries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk about solid-state batteries at ECS PRIME 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Easly dialogue with new community interest network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Early interaction with SuperGen+ Energy Storage network, to help develop ideas for early-career researchers and to open up equipment and facilities access. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Electron microscopy open day and 1:1 workshops for industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry workshop, attracting small, medium and large enterprises from local and national locations. Delivering presentations to demonstrate capability, followed by one-to-one consultations associated with each of the tools in turn. Resulted in enquiries and follow-on contractual work being undertaken and opportunity for strategic collaboration with major multinational. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Energy Storage Industry Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The evening event was held to raise the profile of the Royce Institute equipment at Oxford and the research underway at Oxford. Presentations were given by Profs Bruce, Grant and Pasta. The audience was a mixture of large companies and SMEs. Positive feedback was received following the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibition and posters at MRE2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Open opportunity for attendees to discover capabilities and discuss potential contracts and collaboration. Contact included catapults, large businesses, micro businesses and other academic institutions. Two posters presented, based on results from Royce-funded equipment - one was awarded a prize by the judges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibition display at energy research event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Widening exposure to Henry Royce Institute facilities, partners and capabilities at meeting focussed on energy storage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Experimental partner organisation involvement in roadshow event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Establish dialogue with potential applicants to Analysis for Innovators round 5 fund. Set up meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Faraday Battery Challenge celebration - talk and exhibit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Technology Platform Lead and Research and Business Engagement Lead were invited to attend the Faraday Battery Challenge event on London, on 15 July 2022. The faclities and capabilities of the Henry Royce Institute related to electrochemical systems acorss partners was presented at an exhbition stand and in a tehnical presentation. There was engagement with research professionals from other academic groups and business. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.faraday.ac.uk/event/celebration-uk-battery-ecosystem/ |
| Description | Faraday Battery Challenge cohort networking day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Event was heavily focused on funding for SMEs and current projects funded by the FBC. Promoted Industrial Collaboration Programme and Access schemes. GEIC were also there and did a good job representing the Henry Royce Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Faraday Institution Conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Flagship presence at main sector conference; exhibition stand, on-site promotion of access schemes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Greg Rees, interview with Oxford Instruments about benchtop NMR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Greg Rees was interviewed about the collaboration for research into battery electrolytes using new benchtop NMR equipment in an inert atmosphere. Highlighting the capability, collaboration and potential access. Also picked up as a Royce-Oxford LinkedIn post, with over 1,500 organic views, 27 reactions and 2 reposts by Feb 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/royce-at-the-university-of-oxford_on-resonance-in-conversation-with-d... |
| Description | Hybrid Symposium, 21 September 2021, Operando Approaches for Advanced Materials Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This 1-day, in-person symposium focussed on the latest advances in the use of operando techniques to gain deeper understanding of the growth, processing, functionality and performance of novel energy and device materials. Organised by Prof Robert Weatherup, University of Oxford, Royce Research Area Lead for Electrochemical Systems, and Prof Stephan Hofmann, University of Cambridge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/advanced-operando-studies-for-energy-materials/ |
| Description | Hydrogen Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hydrogen conference was convened, bringing together all participating projects and equipment investments who had current or recent interactions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Hydrogen Embrittlement workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition at workshop convened to bring together key stakeholders in understanding hydrogen embrittlement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | INREP talk on SSBs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk at the Israel National Research center for Electric Propulsion on the the topic of solid state batteries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ITV's Tonight, "Electric Cars: Are we ready?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to ITV's Tonight programme on developments in batteries for electric cars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Industry visit - SME battery developer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Bespoke visit to discuss collaborative needs including detailed tour of target facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Input to NNL roadmap on nuclear-enabled hydrogen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in multiple workshops, selection of consultancy, guiding the scope and composition/membership of the workgroup, refining report conclusions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/news/new-royce-landscape-report-materials-for-nuclear-enabled-hydrogen/ |
| Description | Interactions at battery workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of participation in a battery workshop, engaged with industrial and academic attendees to develop understanding of facilities, leading to follow-up exchange of information and enquiries about potential access and collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence on solid-state batteries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence on solid-state batteries, 11 Sept 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by Tom Whipple, Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by Tom Whipple, Times, 13 Feb 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by the Financial Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview - Peter Bruce interviewed by the Financial Times, 16 Aug 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk at Electrochemo-mechanics of metallic lithium anodes at Swiss Battery day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mauro Pasta gave this invited talk at the Swiss Battery Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://swissbatterydays.empa.ch/program |
| Description | Invited talk at MEP-2018, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 20-23 Sept 2018, title: Lithium Batteries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at MEP-2018, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 20-23 Sept 2018, title: Lithium Batteries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote speaker - Advanced Materials for Rechargeable World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mauro Pasta gave a keynote talk on Advanced Materials for Rechargeable World at ENHGE2022, Korea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.enge2022.org |
| Description | LinkedIn feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | LinkedIn channel added over 300 subscribers (+50% year on year) to reach 850+ followers. In quarters 1-3, there were 33 posts, achieving over 3,000 organic impressions in some cases. Promoting latest papers and associated facilities/capabilities, outreach, visits and presence at exhibitions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/royce-at-the-university-of-oxford/?viewAsMember=true |
| Description | Liquid hydogen centre of excellence workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributed academic perspective to the this workshop on current status and requirements for test/characterise capabilities with liquid hydrogen. Woring with Rolls-Royce, ATI Fly Zero, Airbus, HSE Labs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange (MRE) 2022 - talks, invited speakers, posters, exhibition stand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The University of Oxford exhibited at Materials Research Exchange 2022. Three staff members covered stand duties and represented the Technology Platform Lead. The Research Area Lead gave an invited talk. We also invited another acadmic researcher to talk and also brought in a speaker from industry (National Grid Gs Transmission), to match the themes of materials for hydrogen and electrochemical systems. We invited poster contributions from our department and two research students won prizes for their posters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/materials-research-exchange-mre-2022/ |
| Description | Meet the Researcher video series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A growing collection of short videos, in which researchers describe their work and how a particular piece of specialist equipment has helped them. So far, these videos have reached over 200 views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUiplSEWhgeAV7pjstJqtU3eAdrmXfUpt |
| Description | Meet the Researcher video series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We commissioned and created a series of short (~10 minute) video presentations, made by early-career researchers. These introduce key research findings and the tools, equipment and tehcniques that were used. These have been promoted via a Royce-Oxford LinkedIn and are available thorugh a dediacted YouTube channel. The series is also linked with a longer (~30 minute) introduction to facilites, recorded by the Technology Platform Lead. These videos are embedded in the Royce-Oxford web pages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/DKXQLM5cq8A |
| Description | Meet the Researcher video series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | YouTube channel with bite-size video introductions to key capabilities, led by subject matter experts - speaking about methods and recent results Promoted on LinkedIn feed, with stories seeing around 1,300 organic impressions and - with a growing audience - reposts and comment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUiplSEWhgeAV7pjstJqtU3eAdrmXfUpt |
| Description | Membership of BSi ESL/120 - electrical energy storage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Providing communications channel and input to the standards committee ESL/120, concerned with electrical energy storage systems. Input on scope, terminology, technologies and chemistries. input to standards development - comments on drafts. Attending committee meetings, proposing new members to address gaps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/committees/50254741 |
| Description | Microscience Microscopy Congress 2021 incorporating EMAG 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Microscience Microscopy Congress 2021 incorporating EMAG 2021, 6-8 July 2021. It consisted of (i) an international scientific virtual conference (6 - 8 July) of six parallel streams, covering an enormous range of microscopy, cytometry and imaging topics; (ii) a virtual exhibition (6 - 8 July) with companies both large and small showcasing their latest equipment and available to answer your questions; and (iii) virtual meetings & workshops covering the latest emerging topics (5 - 9 July) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/mmc2021/abstract/large-area-visualization-of-the-li-distribution-in-li... |
| Description | Official opening of Centre for Energy Materials Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Key local supply chain and national figuers in energy research - industrial, academic and policymaking - were invited to the official opening of the research facilities, on 9 May 2023. Wide engagement resulted in new follow-up projects and collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/royce-at-the-university-of-oxford_theroyceinstitute-thefaradayinstitu... |
| Description | On-line presentation to SME materials developer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Online presentation of capabilities and support models for access. Discussion of SME and academic collaborative approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Open dialogue with local SME community - informal talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Local discussion with incubator facility about micro business access to national research capabilities. May require follow-up/refresher session, as leader has since left their post. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Operando meeting - joint with University of Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to bring togehtre researchers to explore, share and discuss use of operando techniques across the community, related to novel energy and device materials. Invited speakers and student posters. Online and in person |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/operando-approaches-for-advanced-materials-development-2023-tickets-532... |
| Description | Oxford Science article: Revolutionising energy storage: Lithium ion batteries and beyond by Lorenz Olbrich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Article on the current state of the battery research and discusses what the future holds, going beyond lithium ion batteries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://oxsci.org/author/lolbrich/ |
| Description | Oxford University Energy Storage Materials Research Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The equipment was promoted through the Royce Institutes community day for industry and academic that was held at the University of Manchester in January 2018 with over 300 delegates. I led a session of those interested specifically in Energy Storage Mterials and accessing the new equioment that we are in the process of installing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.royce.ac.uk/research-areas/energy-storage/ |
| Description | Participant of BIG-MAP consortium workshop in Copenhagen on 18/1-2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participant of BIG-MAP consortium workshop in Copenhagen on 18/1-2019. "To achieve our ambitious goals, we need to bridge fundamental understanding of battery materials, reactions and interfaces with all elements of the discovery and innovation cycle, and to establish a unique data- and science infrastructure for accelerated discovery of future batteries. This can only be achieved if we unite leading and cross-disciplinary competences across Europe." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Participation at Advanced Engineering show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Staffing stand at Advanced Engineering show. Dialogue on capabilities and facilities, including for wider dissemination to wider audience e.g. Chinese academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Peter Bruce attending an engagement event at the Royal Institution, London, 12 Mar, This event is part of a three-part series entitled 'The Batteries are Coming!' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Peter Bruce attending an engagement event at the Royal Institution, London, 12 Mar, This event is part of a three-part series entitled 'The Batteries are Coming!' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at Royce Industry event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Colin Johnston presented at the Royce Institutes Accelerator Forum on the 21st November 2018. His presentation was on the Royce facilities at Oxford and how to access them. There were a number of questions from the floor after Colin's presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation, poster and exhibition presence at Faraday Institution community meeting, which extends beyond the academic contributors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation made based on equipment at Oxford funded by Henry Royce Institute, with an open invitation for collaborative proposals. Researchers' posters based on work done using the equipment. Table-top display and direct interactions with industry and potential collaborating researchers on requirements and access. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Press release on the next generation battery development accelerated through Oxford Instruments, Oxford University and Henry Royce Institute collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The press release announced that the collaboration would work to accelerate research in future battery technologies by using benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to develop new methods to monitor reactions in battery cells and use this understanding to enhance their performance, aiming to contribute to the UK's industrial strategy to fight climate change through the development of new technology for net zero-emission vehicles and would contribute to realising practical lifetimes for beyond Li-ion technologies such as the Lithium-Air battery that promises a step-change improvement in energy density. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.oxinst.com/news/next-generation-battery-development-accelerated-through-collaboration/ |
| Description | Quote in Spanish motor magazine on fluoride battery chemistry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mauro Pasta quoted in an article "El 'Machine Learning' se convierte en la llave a un nuevo mundo de baterías más eficientes", in Motor.es June 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.motor.es/futuro/machine-learning-llave-baterias-eficientes-202287739.html |
| Description | Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Poster Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Brilliant event, mainly focused on PhD students doing all kinds of materials research. Flash talks given by presenters and then plenty of networking and discussion time. Great audience for a Royce presence and lots of interest in equipment and funding. Promoted the Internship scheme to many people to encourage PIs to apply for it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Hydrogen Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Annual meeting point for projects funded by the Royce in the hydrogen application space. Update on facilities and capabilities, posters about projects recently awarded. Presentations from industrial collaborators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce PhD research sandpit - challenge and industry panel member |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Postdoctoral researcher led the challenge and attended the PhD research sandpit, looking at battery materials. Introduced industry representative on the judging panel. The event was limited to a maximum of 25 student participants, to help them get the most from the day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-phd-research-sandpit-2022/ |
| Description | Royce XPS workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Josh Gibson presented the Oxford XPS capabilities at this Royce workshop in Cambridge (26 Aug 2022) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_xps_-_facility_info_slides_0.p... |
| Description | Royce-Oxford LinkedIn feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Reaching directly more than 500 subscribers, with news on recruitment, latest publications, facilities and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/royce-at-the-university-of-oxford/posts/ |
| Description | Royce-Oxford stand at exhibition as part of Faraday Institution national conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition stand at the Faraday Institution conference in September 2023, resulting in increased awareness, new collaborations starting and successful joint grant application for collaborative projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Short video for Electrochemical Systems area |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short video introducing the Electrochemical Systems research area used at an all Royce event. Will also be used to promote the area more widely at the Royce Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | South West Electron Microscopy 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Neil Young and Garth Hughes attended the South West Electron Microscopy 2022 workshop in July 2022. Their aim was to establish new collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-calendar/sw-electron-microscopy-2022.html |
| Description | StorageX talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Stanford StorageX International Symposium series Talk on O-redox cathode materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://earth.stanford.edu/events/storagex-international-symposium-0 |
| Description | Support for Faraday Institution early-career researcher meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research Area Lead provided advice and support and gave talk at a conference organised by and for early-career researchers working on projects supported by the Faraday Institution |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://faradayecrconference.org.uk/ |
| Description | Swansea University Engineering Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Leigh Mapledoram met with members of the Swansea University College of Engineering to discuss opportunities for collaboration using the Royce equipment based at Oxford University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk at International Battery Materials Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Solid state batteries a challenge of interfaces, Talk, 27th October, International Battery Materials Association |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Weixin Song spoke on Imaging Structural Defects and Associated Oxygen Positions in Li-rich Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 art MAM 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2022/meetings/OnsiteProgram.pdf |
| Description | Talk on The Role of Trapped O2 in O-redox Cathodes at IBA 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Robert House - Technology Platform Lead - gave a talk on The Role of Trapped O2 in O-redox Cathodes, at IBA 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iba2022.org/images/IBA_2022_program_28_09_fulli.pdf |
| Description | Talk to MAM 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A number of Atom Probe Tomography talks were presented at MAM 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2022/meetings/OnsiteProgram.pdf |
| Description | The Li-ceramic electrolyte interface - 3rd world conference on solid electrolytes - garnets and competitors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Li-ceramic electrolyte interface , 3rd world conference on solid electrolytes, 27th October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/3rdgarnetconference/schedule |
| Description | The future for sodium-ion batteries - Robert House article in The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To enable wider understanding of the potential benefits from research into sodium-based batteries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://lnkd.in/e8hyTEqs |
| Description | Training workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop focused on academic specialists, to help share expertise and reinforce position as centre of excellence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit by SME materials distributor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exploration of research needs, industry direction with materials distributor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit by biomedical device developer to review capabilities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to explain capabilities, meet key personnel, and review requirements for successful collaboration. Prepared detailed proposal as a result. Accepted by the company. Samples yet to be delivered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Wokrshop to develop proposals around future research programme for green hydrogen generation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Joint academic/industry workshop, with representation from government/third sector organisation. Developing joint landscape briefing document for new focus of research funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |