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New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster

A study led by Drs Kent Griffith , Lauren Marbella and Professor Clare Grey ( Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge) has identified new materials that could improve battery charging speeds. A group of materials have been identified that could be used to make even higher power batteries. They have used materials...

Cambridge - China General Nuclear Power Corporation Seminar

On the 23rd May Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Energy@Cambridge hosted 27 senior executives from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) who are involved with the development of new build projects at Hinkley Point, Bradwell and Sizewell. The seminar kicked-off with a history of the Nuclear Industry in the UK...

CAM-IES Industry Workshop: Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors and the Internet of Things, Thursday 12 April 2018

CAM-IES Industry Workshop: Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors and the Internet of Things Thursday 12 April 2018 On 12 May 2018 the first CAM-IES Industry Workshop was held at Trinity College, Cambridge. The workshop brought together academic experts, with backgrounds in energy materials and devices, with industrial...

AIP Horizons/CAM-IES Conference on Interfaces in Energy Materials

CAM-IES/AIP Horizons Conference on Interfaces in Energy Materials 10-12 April 2018, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge The AIP/CAM-IES Conference: "Interfaces in Energy Materials" was held on 10-12 April 2018 at Trinity College, Cambridge. The conference was attended by 100 delegates from all over the...

Professor Lynn Gladden named Executive Chair of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng has been selected to be the next Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as announced on 3 May 2018, by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. She will take up the role in October. Professor Gladden is currently Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering...

Some superconductors can also carry currents of ‘spin’

Researchers have shown that certain superconductors, materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance at very low temperatures, can also carry currents of ‘spin’. The successful combination of superconductivity and spin could lead to a revolution in high-performance computing, by dramatically reducing energy...

Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost

A simple potassium solution could boost the efficiency of next-generation solar cells, by enabling them to convert more sunlight into electricity. An international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge found that the addition of potassium iodide ‘healed’ the defects and immobilised ion movement, which to...

Professor Clare Grey discusses the Big Battery Challenge on BBC Radio 4

Prof Clare Grey developed a new way of looking inside solids (using nuclear magnetic resonance), her interest in batteries was sparked by a man from Duracell who asked her a question at an academic conference, and charged up by some electrochemists she met playing squash. For the last twenty years she has sought to...

SMART ENERGY: Transatlantic Summit on the future of Smart Energy Networks

Delegates from the US and the UK came together this week at the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge to debate the future of the UK and US energy systems. The two-day ‘smart grid’ summit was organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Energy@Cambridge and Cambridge Cleantech. The summit brought together industry, government...

Cambridge to lead £11.9m research project to extend battery life for electric vehicles

The University of Cambridge is leading one of four government-funded projects into battery research, in order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and a low-carbon economy. The funding for the four projects, totalling up to £42 million, was announced this week by the Faraday Institution , the UK’s independent...