On 26 January the first meeting on the EPSRC Networking Grant for The Centre of Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems (CAM-IES) was held in Cambridge and chaired by Prof Clare Grey. The £2 Million EPSRC Networking Grant is a partnership between four UK universities, Cambridge, Newcastle, Queen Mary and University College London and industry partners.
The academic partners presented the scientific work packages and led an initial discussion on the main challenges to be tackled and agreed plans for further engagement with industry and the wider community.
The focus of CAM-IES is on the development of advanced materials for energy conversion and energy storage. The overarching goal of CAM-IES is to help build a UK-wide community of cross-disciplinary materials researchers focused on energy applications.
The work packages cover the following areas:
1. Solid-solid inorganic electrolyte led by Prof Judith Driscoll
2. Gas-solid interfaces led by Prof Ian Metcalfe
3. Liquid solids interfaces for redox flow batteries led by Prof Clare Grey
4. Organic and inorganic hybrid interfaces led by Dr Hugo Bronstein
5. Organic heterostructures for efficient large area thermoelectrics led by Prof Henning Sirringhaus
In addition to the Centre at Cambridge, EPSRC has also funded the Centre for advanced materials for renewable energy generation at the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Multiscale tuning of interfaces and surfaces for energy applications at the University of St Andrews. The networking element will also be shared between all three centres.