Microwave processing for fast, green preparation of insertion electrodes
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Chemistry
Abstract
The task of tackling climate change, coupled with the diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, has propelled electrochemical storage to the forefront of materials research. With the ever-increasing number of portable electronics and developments of hybrid electric vehicles, Li ion batteries are of immense importance and continued interest for our growing energy needs. Challenges remain in this critical research area, which this proposal will address. Here, I will combine the fields of energy storage and nanotechnology to provide highly crystalline nanoparticles which can be employed as positive electrodes in Li ion batteries. The electrodes to be prepared are insertion compounds; they house lithium ions which may be shuttled between the cathode (positive electrode) and anode (negative electrode) during subsequent discharge and charge cycles. Because these processes are repeated many times over, we must consider the possibility of structural degradation of these electrodes which leads to a loss of power over time. While tackling these concerns, we also want to use materials and methods which are both environmentally benign and cost effective.
The research I propose in this EPSRC First Grant will tackle these important issues by using innovative synthetic methods to prepare nanoparticles of high crystallinity, which will optimise performance, together with iron (instead of the commonly used cobalt) as the redox active metal, which is both non-toxic and cheap. Traditional approaches to solid-state synthesis involve long reaction times at very high temperatures (~1000 C), often yielding large, bulk particles. Here, I will use microwaves to drive my reactions. The advantages this method provides over more traditional routes include high heating rates for faster reactions, automated control over reaction conditions, and enhanced reaction kinetics allowing for the formation of small, uniform, highly crystalline particles. Adding to the novelty of this proposal is the use of new iron alkoxide precursors as starting materials for my reactions. This is the first time such starting materials will be used in combination with microwaves to prepare battery electrodes and due to their reactivity, I expect faster reaction rates for these compounds. This could open up a new area of research since an exciting prospect of this chemistry is the possibility of designing tailored precursors which contain all desired end-material components in the future.
By using these synthetic routes (microwaves in combination with alkoxides), I will develop clean routes to highly crystalline materials with little defects and therefore optimised battery behaviour. The ultrasmall sizes of these particles will decrease the diffusion pathlengths the lithium ions must travel and also increase interactions between the electrode and the electrolyte, all of which will promote efficient electrochemistry. In this manner, my group will add a new dimension to the strong research effort on energy research in the UK and establish ourselves as leaders in the field of nanoparticle development and application.
The research I propose in this EPSRC First Grant will tackle these important issues by using innovative synthetic methods to prepare nanoparticles of high crystallinity, which will optimise performance, together with iron (instead of the commonly used cobalt) as the redox active metal, which is both non-toxic and cheap. Traditional approaches to solid-state synthesis involve long reaction times at very high temperatures (~1000 C), often yielding large, bulk particles. Here, I will use microwaves to drive my reactions. The advantages this method provides over more traditional routes include high heating rates for faster reactions, automated control over reaction conditions, and enhanced reaction kinetics allowing for the formation of small, uniform, highly crystalline particles. Adding to the novelty of this proposal is the use of new iron alkoxide precursors as starting materials for my reactions. This is the first time such starting materials will be used in combination with microwaves to prepare battery electrodes and due to their reactivity, I expect faster reaction rates for these compounds. This could open up a new area of research since an exciting prospect of this chemistry is the possibility of designing tailored precursors which contain all desired end-material components in the future.
By using these synthetic routes (microwaves in combination with alkoxides), I will develop clean routes to highly crystalline materials with little defects and therefore optimised battery behaviour. The ultrasmall sizes of these particles will decrease the diffusion pathlengths the lithium ions must travel and also increase interactions between the electrode and the electrolyte, all of which will promote efficient electrochemistry. In this manner, my group will add a new dimension to the strong research effort on energy research in the UK and establish ourselves as leaders in the field of nanoparticle development and application.
Planned Impact
The last two decades has witnessed a huge consumer demand for the scaling down of devices and electronics. The development of nanotechnology solutions which perform these desired functions mirrors this, with an exponential growth in publications in this area over the same timeframe. Tied to these demands however has been a growing public consciousness of the need for environmentally friendly solutions to our requirements - be they portable devices or modes of transport. Concerns over global warming, carbon emissions and depletion of fossil fuels regularly feature in our news streams and it is critical we find solutions to these impending problems.
Lithium ion batteries now power our portable devices (cameras, cell phones, computers) and have begun to emerge as alternatives for hybrid electric and electric vehicles. The research I propose here will make an important impact on this field. By using environmentally-friendly pathways to prepare nanoparticles with optimal function, we aim to answer this global demand for materials which meet our energy requirements. Since taking a position as a research academic in the UK, I have been involved in working on existing technologies and new compounds which could have huge potential impact in the field of energy storage, of great societal and economic concern (Nature Mater., PRL, Nano Lett.). I now want to apply for my first grant from the EPSRC to establish a new field of research in this area; namely, the treatment of novel precursors to generate nanoparticles which can be employed in lithium ion batteries. In developing these new approaches, my research will answer vital questions about how these materials behave and establish the conditions for generating nanoparticles with optimised performance. The routes I am proposing to employ (microwave synthesis) are more environmentally friendly than some traditional approaches, which require high temperatures and long reaction times. I also plan to use materials which are non-toxic (e.g. iron compounds) and recyclable (e.g. ionic liquids). Given my previous experience of inorganic synthesis, nanoparticle development and materials characterisation, my group is in a unique position to develop these routes and optimise nanoparticle behaviour.
By taking a systematic approach to nanomaterials synthesis, I want to show how the shape and size of these particles can influence the electrochemical performance and in this manner, develop an intimate understanding of how these materials function in order to build better devices in the future. The development of new nanotechnologies is of great economic benefit to our country, given that nanoparticles currently find use in applications such as cosmetics, healthcare, manufacturing, electronics and information storage, areas which have significant impacts on our day-to-day lives. With the rise in energy storage demands and environmental concerns, providing nanotechnology solutions is a great challenge and one which the research proposed here will address. My research will therefore not only benefit the academic world, where new route to materials are of great interest, but could have far-reaching economic implications in providing energy storage materials and benefit our society as a whole.
Lithium ion batteries now power our portable devices (cameras, cell phones, computers) and have begun to emerge as alternatives for hybrid electric and electric vehicles. The research I propose here will make an important impact on this field. By using environmentally-friendly pathways to prepare nanoparticles with optimal function, we aim to answer this global demand for materials which meet our energy requirements. Since taking a position as a research academic in the UK, I have been involved in working on existing technologies and new compounds which could have huge potential impact in the field of energy storage, of great societal and economic concern (Nature Mater., PRL, Nano Lett.). I now want to apply for my first grant from the EPSRC to establish a new field of research in this area; namely, the treatment of novel precursors to generate nanoparticles which can be employed in lithium ion batteries. In developing these new approaches, my research will answer vital questions about how these materials behave and establish the conditions for generating nanoparticles with optimised performance. The routes I am proposing to employ (microwave synthesis) are more environmentally friendly than some traditional approaches, which require high temperatures and long reaction times. I also plan to use materials which are non-toxic (e.g. iron compounds) and recyclable (e.g. ionic liquids). Given my previous experience of inorganic synthesis, nanoparticle development and materials characterisation, my group is in a unique position to develop these routes and optimise nanoparticle behaviour.
By taking a systematic approach to nanomaterials synthesis, I want to show how the shape and size of these particles can influence the electrochemical performance and in this manner, develop an intimate understanding of how these materials function in order to build better devices in the future. The development of new nanotechnologies is of great economic benefit to our country, given that nanoparticles currently find use in applications such as cosmetics, healthcare, manufacturing, electronics and information storage, areas which have significant impacts on our day-to-day lives. With the rise in energy storage demands and environmental concerns, providing nanotechnology solutions is a great challenge and one which the research proposed here will address. My research will therefore not only benefit the academic world, where new route to materials are of great interest, but could have far-reaching economic implications in providing energy storage materials and benefit our society as a whole.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
Publications
Laveda JV
(2016)
Fast microwave treatments of single source alkoxides for nanostructured Li-ion battery electrodes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Amores M
(2016)
Fast microwave-assisted synthesis of Li-stuffed garnets and insights into Li diffusion from muon spin spectroscopy
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
El-Shinawi H
(2017)
Low-temperature densification of Al-doped Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 : a reliable and controllable synthesis of fast-ion conducting garnets
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Ashton TE
(2015)
Microwave-assisted synthesis and electrochemical evaluation of VO2 (B) nanostructures.
in Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials
Williams M
(2016)
Microwave-assisted synthesis of highly crystalline, multifunctional iron oxide nanocomposites for imaging applications
in RSC Advances
Bai L
(2015)
Pressure-induced phase transitions and metallization in VO 2
in Physical Review B
Amores M
(2017)
Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity Studies of In- and Y-Doped Li 6 Hf 2 O 7 as Solid-State Electrolyte for All-Solid State Li-Ion Batteries
in Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Tapia-Ruiz N
(2015)
Ultra-rapid microwave synthesis of Li 3-x-y M x N (M = Co, Ni and Cu) nitridometallates
in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Jensen K
(2015)
X-Ray Diffraction Computed Tomography for Structural Analysis of Electrode Materials in Batteries
in Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Description | We have developed a new family of starting materials which contain both desired transition metals and Li metal for the fast, reliable synthesis of metal oxides and metal olivines as electrodes for Li-ion batteries. We have reduced our reaction times from days to minutes and we obtain phase pure materials without any need for post-synthetic workup. This has led to a number of publications and the results obtained here formed the basis of a successful application for further EPSRC funding (EP/N001982/1). |
Exploitation Route | As a result of our findings from this research, we have contacted several companies with a view to forming lasting collaborative partnerships. One of these is the microwave manufacturer CEM and the other is Johnson Matthey who are interested in our battery materials. We are now trying to broaden the scope of our research to include the preparation of high voltage materials which could be used in all-solid state batteries, which would have great impact on the public who use portable electronics and (hybrid) electric vehicles. |
Sectors | Energy Environment |
URL | http://corrgroupsheffield.com/ |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
Department | Johnson Matthey Technology Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | Loughborough University |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | SUPERGEN collaboration |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am PI on a currently funded EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage grant which funds a consortium of researchers across the UK. We are working towards new materials for energy storage applications. My research teams contribution to this is to lead the synthetic workpackages and advanced characterisation workpackages of this programme of research. In my capacity as PI, I lead this project and coordinate all project activities and meetings. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners at Loughborough and UCL lead the computational workpackages of this project. Partners at Strathclyde contribute to the synthetic workpackages and partners at Strathclyde, Oxford and STFC each contribute to specific aspects of the advanced characterisation workpackages. Our industrial partner, Johnson Matthey, contributes their time and expertise in industrially relevant aspects of the project and also host all project partners at their facilities. |
Impact | 22 publications as well as multiple conference talks, seminars and presentations. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | 2nd China-UK Policy Dialogue on Energy Storage |
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 | Talk delivered by Prof Corr as part of international UK-China workshop titled New materials discovery for safer energy storage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | 680th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on "Materials Development for Automotive Propulsion", Invited speaker, Oct 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled New series of active materials for safer energy storage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 8th North America-Greece-Cyprus Workshop on Paramagnetic Materials, Greece, Invited speaker, Jun 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled New series of active materials for safer energy storage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Adolphe Merkel Institute, Invited seminar 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Microwave-assisted synthesis of materials for safer, all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Advanced Characterisation of Energy Storage Materials Workshop, 6th June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk delivered by Dr Eddie Cussen titled "Crystalline Disorder in Lithium Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Dr Cussen titled Nanostructuring at the interface for efficient and high capacity-performing free standing electrodes in all solid-state Li-S batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | British Crystallographic Association Meeting, 15-18th April 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk delivered by Dr Eddie Cussen titled "Synthesis, Characterisation and Optimisation of New Fast Ion Conducting Phases as Battery Materials" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | British Crystallographic Association annual meeting, Plenary talk, Mar 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Designing materials for all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | CRSI National Symposium, Raipur, India, Invited speaker, Jan 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled "Microwave-assisted synthesis of new materials for safer, all solid-state batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Chemistry in Action, University of Salford, Invited speaker Dec 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Schools outreach talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Energy storage for a sustainable future |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | EUROMAT Conference (Stockholm). 1/9/19 - 5/9/19. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by PhD student Innes McClelland at EUROMAT Conference (Stockholm). 1/9/19 - 5/9/19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | EUROMAT conference (Stockholm), September 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | EUROMAT (Stockholm), September 2019, Talk presented by PhD student Beth Johnston, "Microwave assisted synthesis of high nickel content layered oxides" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Electrochem Northwest Meeting (Manchester Metropolitan Uni). 4/7/19. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation by PhD student Innes McClelland at Electrochem Northwest Meeting (Manchester Metropolitan Uni). 4/7/19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Electrochemistry Northwest meeting, July 2019, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Plenary talk delivered by Dr Hany El-Shinawi titled "Development of electrode and solid-electrolyte materials for next-generation solid-state Li-ion batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | IIT Indore-RSC Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Invited speaker, Jan 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled "Microwave-assisted synthesis of new materials for safer, all solid-state batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | IMLB 2018 - The 19th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, Kyoto, Japan, Jun 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation by Dr Hany El-Shinawi titled "Highly efficient nanoarchitectures for free standing electrodes in all solid-state Li-S batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ISIS Neutron and Muon Science User Meeting (University of Warwick), April 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ISIS Neutron and Muon Science User Meeting (University of Warwick), April 2018, Poster presented by PhD student Beth Johnston, "Local Li+ and Na+ diffusion in tavorite LiFeSO4F and Na2FePO4F studied by muon spin spectroscopy" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ISIS Neutron and Muon Science User Meeting (University of Warwick), May 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ISIS Neutron and Muon Science User Meeting (University of Warwick), May 2018, Poster presented by PhD student Beth Johnston "Local Li-diffusion in LiFeSO4F and NMC-811 electrode materials studied using muon spin spectroscopy" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ISIS Student Meeting 2018 (Oxfordshire). 29/10/18 - 30/10/18. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation by PhD student Innes McClelland |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ISIS Student Meeting 2019 (Oxfordshire). 28/10/19 - 29/10/19 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by PhD student Innes McClelland at ISIS Student Meeting 2019 (Oxfordshire). 28/10/19 - 29/10/19 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Invited speaker Apr 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Next generation battery materials for EV applications |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | International Winter School, JNCASR, India, Invited speaker Dec 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Designing materials for energy and environmental applications |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | International Women's Day celebration, University of Manchester, Invited speaker Mar 2019 |
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 | Delivered a talk at the Department of Chemistry at University Manchester for International Women's day |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Irvine Lecture, University of St Andrews, Invited speaker Sep 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Designing materials for all solid-state Li- and Na-ion batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston), December 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston), December 2018, Poster presented by PhD student Beth Johnston, "Muon spin spectroscopy as a nanoscale prove for studying ionic diffusion in electrode materials" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston), December 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston), December 2019, Talk presented by PhD student Beth Johnston, "Doped high nickel content layered oxides for high energy density electrodes" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Materials Research Society Spring meeting, Invited speaker Apr 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Designing materials for all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | RSC Solid State Group Christmas Meeting (UCL), December 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | RSC Solid State Group Christmas Meeting (UCL), December 2018, Poster presented by PhD student Beth Johnston "Microwave assisted sol-gel synthesis and alumina coating of NMC-811" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Recent Appointees in Materials Science, RAMS2019 Conference, Plenary speaker, Sep 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Designing materials for all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Royal Institution public lecture: The Battery: Inside Out, Mar 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture as part of group presentation delivered by Prof Corr titled The Battery: Inside Out |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Solid State Chemistry Conference 2018 (UCL, London). 17/12/18 - 18/12/18. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation by PhD student Innes McClelland at Solid State Chemistry Conference 2018 (UCL, London). 17/12/18 - 18/12/18. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Solid State Chemistry Conference 2019 (Uni of Liverpool). 16/12/19 - 17/12/19. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by PhD student Innes McClelland at Solid State Chemistry Conference 2019 (Uni of Liverpool). 16/12/19 - 17/12/19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University of Cambridge, Invited seminar, Feb 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Microwave-assisted synthesis of materials for safer, all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University of Oxford, Invited seminar, Feb 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Microwave-assisted synthesis of materials for safer, all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University of Sheffield, Invited seminar 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Microwave-assisted synthesis of materials for safer, all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University of St Andrews, Invited seminar, Jan 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Microwave-assisted synthesis of new materials for safer, all solid-state batteries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Materials Development for Automotive Propulsion" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Materials Development for Automotive Propulsion" (Bad Honnef, Germany), November 2018, Talk presented by PhD student Beth Johnston, "Muon spin spectroscopy for studying local ionic diffusion in electrode materials for Li-ion batteries" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Workshop on Advanced Characterisation of Energy Materials, University of Sheffield, Invited speaker Jun 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Local structure and dynamics in Li-ion battery cathodes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | iWish Inspiring Women in STEM, Royal Dublin Society, Invited speaker Jan 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Schools outreach talk delivered by Prof Corr titled Energy storage for a sustainable future |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |