Technical Competences of R&D providers

Department of Metallurgy and Materials

Areas of Interest:

• Solid-state storage of hydrogen,
• hydrogen membrane materials,
• hydrogen processing of materials.

Activity and Expertise:

• Synthesis of novel materials for solid-state storage of hydrogen
• Advanced membrane materials for hydrogen purification
• Evaluation of the interaction of hydrogen with a range of infrastructure materials that will be required in the hydrogen supply chain (from generation to end-use).

Credentials:

Key Projects and Collaborations

• Coordination of the EC-Framework 5 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage for Integrationinto Automobiles (FUCHSIA), (3 years, from Feb 2001).
• UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC), part of the EPSRC SUPERGEN Initiative. (4 years, from April 2003)
• Carbon Trust R&D “The Safe, Efficient, and Economic Large-scale Storage of Hydrogen”.(2 years, from April 2003)
• ?Mercia Fund feasibility study into novel hydrogen membrane materials. (From May 2003).

Fuel cell and/or Hydrogen courses and modules offered:

• Materials for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (MRes)
• Materials for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (EngD)
• Together with Professor Gary Acres (Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Sustainable Development), developing undergraduate student case studies in: fuel cell technology, the hydrogen economy, and vehicles for sustainable transport.