Energy Storage research within the energy initiative is carried out across a number of departments and research groups at the University of Cambridge.
There are also national hubs including the Energy Storage Research Network and the Faraday Institute with Cambridge leading on the battery degradation project.
Research includes:
Fuel Cells
- Solid oxide and hydrogen fuel cells optimising their atomic architecture and operations through system modelling.
- Ferroelectric materials for capacitive energy storage, designing and nanoengineering oxide thin film to create improved energy efficient ICT devices
- Microelectrochemical cells for catalysis and energy storage
- Innovative fuel cells, such as those made through inkjet printing.
- Micro-fuel cells and development of porous conducting polymers for use in them.
Batteries and Supercapacitors
- Functional behaviour of new materials for electrochemical energy storage
- Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs): Development of new electrode chemistries and novel electrodes for lithium ion batteries, including theoretical and experimental studies of electrode structure and phase transformation and electrode/electrolyte interfaces.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies of lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors to monitor processes and structural changes that occur during operation.
- Advanced lithium sulphur batteries that use sulphur in the cathode to increase capacity.
Thermal Storage
- Nano-scale structures for thermal energy storage.
- Gas storage materials: a new family of zeolitic frameworks based upon lithium-boron imidazolates, which could be used for gas storage and catalysis.
Batteries and smart grid:
- Stability of the grid and impact of storage technologies and their control
- Application of power control electronics and strategies to maximise the impact of battery technology.
We collaborate with industrial partners and are also actively involved in increasing both energy awareness and public understanding of the opportunities and challenges in energy storage.
Please visit individual faculty profiles to learn more about their research in the Energy Storage theme.
People specializing in this area
Principal Investigators
Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee
Professor of Advanced Materials Engineering
Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee
Professor of Materials Science
Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science
Head of Department (Joint)
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Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee
Professor of Device & Energy Materials
Member of the Energy IRC Steering Committee
Lecturer in Power Electronics
Professor of Materials Science
Director of the Electron Microscope Facility
Professor of Energy and Sustainability
Member of Energy IRC Steering Committee
Associate Members
Deputy Director, Centre for Climate Change Engagement
