Enhancing Performance in Polyanionic Cathode Materials
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Publications
El-Shinawi H
(2019)
Morphology-Directed Synthesis of LiFePO4 and LiCoPO4 from Nanostructured Li1+2 xPO3+ x.
in Inorganic chemistry
Description | We have developed microwave-assisted approaches for the solution based synthesis of polyanionic iron-based cathode materials and demonstrated a morphology-directed approach to maintain nanostructure. We have shown that microwave methods allow us to obtain phase pure materials at lower temperatures and shorter reaction times than conventional methods. |
Exploitation Route | We are now employing these synthetic approaches for more complex polyanionic materials synthesis as well as targeting scaled-up synthesis. |
Sectors | Energy Environment |
URL | https://cussengroupsheffield.com/ |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |