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 (Lead Research Organisation)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Nexeon (Collaboration)
- Delta Motorsport (Collaboration)
- Phoenix Scientific Industries (UK) Ltd (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- TWI The Welding Institue (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Happy Electron (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- AGM Batteries (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Nissan Motor Company (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (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
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
Aspinall J
(2022)
Mechanics of lithium metal at the nanoscale
Aspinall J
(2022)
EBSD-coupled indentation: nanoscale mechanics of lithium metal
in Materials Today Energy
Boivin E
(2020)
The Role of Ni and Co in Suppressing O-Loss in Li-Rich Layered Cathodes
in Advanced Functional Materials
Boivin E
(2021)
Bulk O2 formation and Mg displacement explain O-redox in Na0.67Mn0.72Mg0.28O2
in Joule
Boivin E
(2022)
Controlling Iron Versus Oxygen Redox in the Layered Cathode Na 0.67 Fe 0.5 Mn 0.5 O 2 : Mitigating Voltage and Capacity Fade by Mg Substitution
in Advanced Energy Materials
Capone I
(2021)
A Red Phosphorus-Graphite Anode for K-ion Batteries
Capone I
(2019)
Effect of the Particle-Size Distribution on the Electrochemical Performance of a Red Phosphorus-Carbon Composite Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries.
in Energy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal
| 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 have ensured that commercial characterisation services to industry in energy storage materials and engineering has continued through the final stages of the pandemic. Strong links with the Faraday Institution have strengthened further, of which the Royce facilities are a significant and important factor in the area of energy storage. Research findings in this area have helped to inform policy advice to the House of Lords enquiry on the role of batteries and fuel cells in a net carbon zero future. They are also supporting early stages discussion on possible commercialisation of research findings. Part of this award was used to refurbish and partly equip the Rex Richards Building to become the University's new hub for energy storage research, principally focused on battery research. Amongst a diverse and vibrant external research portfolio enabled by these investments, there are a number of significant industrial research funders. The findings of these industrial grants are still be obtained and processed by industrial partners but are already informing their decision-making. We have engaged the rich ecosystem of energy storage businesses, from local SMEs to international companies, and look forward to building on these relationships. Our work on the wider remit of electrochemical systems has already resulted in support for industry-focussed sprint projects and targeted investment in complementary capabilties and upgrades. We have demonstrated agile development of new tools and techniques through partnerships, include inert handling with benchtop NMR and an intermediate-step XAS/XAF facility. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Energy |
| Impact Types | 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 hydorgen |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| 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 | 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 | 07/2021 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| 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 | 09/2019 |
| 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 | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| 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 | 09/2019 |
| 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 | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| 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 | 08/2021 |
| End | 10/2026 |
| Description | Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grant |
| Amount | £23,057,010 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R00661X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| 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 | 10/2020 |
| 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 | 07/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| 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_... |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | Delta Motorsport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Materials |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Warwick Manufacturing Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Novel coating techniques were developed by Oxford for advanced materials used in electrode structures that were optimised for high rate capability. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advanced materials were developed and scaled by Johnson Matthey. Applying the novel coating techniques, roll-to-roll coating and A5 pouch cell manufacture was carried out by Warwick Manufacturing Group. Johnson Matthey Battery Systems built and tested the 48V module based on end user defined requirements by Nacco Materials Handling, BAE systems, JMBS and Delta Motorsport, with accelerated test protocols. Imperial College developed a physics based cell model interlinking with the sophisticated layer structure characterisation (tomography, TEM) & cell performance results, which evolved a rational design approach for specific end use scenarios. |
| Impact | Several peer-reviewed publications which were already included under the Publications section. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Oxford Instruments - banchtop NMC |
| Organisation | Oxford Instruments |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion with instrument maker, which has resulted in a benchtop NMR suitabel for incorporation into a glovebox with inert atmosphere and on-going research collaboration in battery and energy materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | "Having sat in my kitchen for the first two months of COVID induced lock-down, a chance videocall with researchers from the University of Oxford highlighted the potential of NMR diffusion analysis for electrolytes. Another month or so later and we had the first results showing that we are quite easily able, within 15 minutes, to quantify the diffusion coefficients of lithium cations as well as [PF6]- anions. In turn, this enabled ionic conductivity and cation transference values to be calculated. This is a great step forward - not only is benchtop NMR a great tool for QC and failure analysis of electrolytes, but now it can also be used as an active development tool in the lab." |
| Impact | Benchtop NMR instrument and opening out to research with other collaborators |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Silicon Product Improvement via Coating Enhancement (SPICE) |
| Organisation | AGM Batteries |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Oxford University's Department of Materials provided state-of-the-art material characterisation to support the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nexeon developed battery anode materials, AGM worked with Phoenix Scientific Industries to establish and grow the UK supply chain for cell materials and components. |
| Impact | The outcome enabled Nexeon to raise further funding and secure resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tonnes annually of its silicon-based anode materials for use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Silicon Product Improvement via Coating Enhancement (SPICE) |
| Organisation | Nexeon |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Oxford University's Department of Materials provided state-of-the-art material characterisation to support the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nexeon developed battery anode materials, AGM worked with Phoenix Scientific Industries to establish and grow the UK supply chain for cell materials and components. |
| Impact | The outcome enabled Nexeon to raise further funding and secure resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tonnes annually of its silicon-based anode materials for use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Silicon Product Improvement via Coating Enhancement (SPICE) |
| Organisation | Phoenix Scientific Industries (UK) Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Oxford University's Department of Materials provided state-of-the-art material characterisation to support the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nexeon developed battery anode materials, AGM worked with Phoenix Scientific Industries to establish and grow the UK supply chain for cell materials and components. |
| Impact | The outcome enabled Nexeon to raise further funding and secure resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tonnes annually of its silicon-based anode materials for use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Silicon Product Improvement via Coating Enhancement (SPICE) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Materials |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Oxford University's Department of Materials provided state-of-the-art material characterisation to support the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nexeon developed battery anode materials, AGM worked with Phoenix Scientific Industries to establish and grow the UK supply chain for cell materials and components. |
| Impact | The outcome enabled Nexeon to raise further funding and secure resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tonnes annually of its silicon-based anode materials for use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |