Industry Day - Sustainable Energy Materials Innovations PhD Programme

Sustainable Energy Materials Innovations (SEM) PhD Programme

Agenda

09:45 Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee
10:00 Welcome and Introduction to SEM PhD Programme
10:10 Introduction to MPhil in Advanced Materials for the Energy Transition
10:20 Introduction to Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre
10:30 Plenary Talk 1: Dr Markus Hellenbrand From fundamental materials science to AI hardware product development
11:20 Dr Ibrahim Dar Fundamental Understanding of Open-Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Solar Cells
11:50 Dr Kieran Walsh Scalable 2D Materials: Integration and Fabrication Towards High Performance Electronics

12:20 Flash Talks (First-Cohort PhD Students)

• Amelia Jones Barocaloric Liquid Crystals for Zero Carbon Cooling and Heating
• Benjamin Hodgson Highly Disorder Carbons for Enhanced Energy Storage in Supercapacitors
• Yida Wu Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Conjugated Polymers via Structural Modulation and Advanced Doping Strategies
• Emile Plompen Nanoscale Understanding driving the development of high-performance perovskite tandem solar cells
• Lidia Stroganova Optimising carbon nanotube fibres for thermoelectric applications

12:45 Lunch & Networking

14:00 Plenary Talk 2: Dr Gianna Huhn from Lab to System: Collaborating for Impact in Sustainable Energy Materials
14:50 Dr Raj Pandya Watching Ion Motion in Li-ion Batteries with Non-linear Photonics
15:20 Dr Ibrahim Dar Fundamental Understanding of Open-Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Solar Cells
15:50 Closing and Discussion
15:30 Drinks Reception & Networking