2022

18th December 2022 – Dr Bonan Zhu – gave talk at Solid-State Ionics 2022 Boston on ‘Searching for polyanionic cathode materials for Li-ion batteries in underexplored chemical spaces’

14th December 2022 – Dr Siȃn Dutton gave an invited talk at University of Nottingham Seminar100 on her battery research.

6th December 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen presented an invited talk at the Alistore battery network

2nd December 2022 – Dr Laura Wheatcroft and Dr Beth Johnston presented posters at the Sheffield Battery Symposium

27th November 2022 – Dr Bonan Zhu presented on “High-Valence Doping in Lithium-Excess Disordered Rock Salt Cathode” at MRS, (Materials Research Society) Boston

19th November 2022 – Dr Alex Squires gave poster presentation at MRS-2022 on ‘short range order suppression in high-entropy disordered rock salt cathode materials’

17th November 2022 – Suraj Mahato – poster presentation at Materials Chemistry poster symposium

16th November 2022 – Dr Debasis Nayak – gave a talk on ‘Origin of plane selective surface by-product and reconstruction mechanisms in Ni-rich cathodes for Li-ion batteries’ at the CAM-IES Science Day

16th November 2022 – Dr Venkat Daramalla – Presented a poster at the Cambridge CAM-IES Science day

11th November 2022 –Dr Alex Squires talked at Seminar given at Queen Mary University at a data-driven materials design symposium on ‘short range order suppression in high entropy disordered rock salt cathode materials’

10th November 2022 – Prof Norman Fleck (Cambridge) gave a plenary talk at Danish Mechanics Society DCAMM workshop.

3rd November 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen gave short talk to A level chemistry students at ‘Science Live’

1st November 2022 – Lavan Ganashkumar presented a poster at the Faraday Institution Early Career Conference on ‘Investigating the Effects of Doping Layered LiNiO2 Cathodes’.

31st October 2022 – Katja Kress gave 5 min flashtalk at Faraday ECR conference session on ‘Precipitation of Ni(OH)2 as Precursor for Cathode Material in Li Ion Batteries’

31st October 2022 – Dr Abby Haworth gave talk at at Faraday ECR conference session

31st October 2022 – Sarah McKinney gave talk ‘Why do variations in calcination temperature and other synthetic parameters lead to different electrochemical performance in the disordered rocksalt (DRX) material Li1.2Ni0.2Ti0.6O2’.at Faraday Early Career Researcher conference session.

1st November 2022 – Dr Ashok Menon gave an selected talk ‘In house X-ray diffraction and absorption studies of Li-ion battery cathodes: From Ex-situ to Operando’  at the Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference

1st November 2022 – Dr Joe Stellard gave a talk ‘The mechanical strength of NMC: single crystal vs polycrystal’. at the Faraday Early Career Researcher conference session

1st November 2022 – Dr Usama Mohamed (Industry Fellow, Exawatt & Sheffield) gave talk on ‘Techno Economic Optimization and Evaluation of an Integrated Industrial Scale NMC811’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

1st November 2022 – Jiayi Cen presented poster at Faraday Institution ECR conference on ‘Intrinsic Defect Study on High-voltage Spinel LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 as Cathode Material for Li-ion Batteries.’

1st November 2022 – James Nohl presented poster at Faraday Institution ECR Conference on ‘Tracking transition metal components in SEM-derived secondary electron spectra from cathode active materials’

1st November 2022 – Aysen Zerey presented poster at Faraday ECR conference on ‘Disordered Rock salt Cathode based on Lithium Manganese Oxyfluoride for Li-ion Battery.’

1st November 2022 – Dr Abarasi Hart presented poster at FI ECR Conference on ‘In what ways does PVDF molecular weight affect NMC811 slurry stability and microstructure?’

1st November 2022 – Suraj Mahato presented poster at Faraday Institution ECR Conference on ‘The Influence of Al and Ga doping on the chemical and electrochemical cycling of LiFeO2.’

31st October 2022 – Ryan Emmett  gave talk on ‘The challenges associated with NMC811 nanowire synthesis using the biotemplating method’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

31st October 2022 – Adam Lovett  gave talk on ‘Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Thin Films Incorporating 3D-Architectures for Solid-State Battery Application’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

31st October 2022 – Xabi Labalde gave talk on ‘LiFe2-xInxSbO6 Oxides as Li-ion Cathode Materials’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

31st October 2022 – Chirag Patel  gave talk on ‘Science Communication via Instagram & Public Engagement’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

31st October 2022 – Dr Gabriel Perez chaired one of the breakout sessions at the Faraday Early Career Researchers conference.

31st October 2022 – Dr Beth Johnston presented ‘Stabilisation of higher capacity cobalt-free cathodes for lithium-ion batteries through cation modification’  at Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference

31st October 2022 – Dr Naresh Gollapally  gave talk on ‘Optimizing the reaction conditions for synthesis of high quality single crystal LNO materials’ for session of Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher conference.

31st October 2022 – Dr Laura Wheatcroft on organising committee of Faraday Institution Early Career Researchers conference

27th October 2022 – Suraj Mahato – poster presentation at ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Student meeting

27th October 2022 – Dr Debasis Nayak gave a talk on his battery research at Energy & Light Symposium

2-7 October 2022 – Prof Norman Fleck (Cambridge) gave plenary talk at 10th Int. Conf. on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD, USA, on the ‘Mechanics of Multi-scale lattices’.

22nd September 2022 – Dr Siȃn Dutton gave talk as part of IoP Sustainable Materials Meeting, Keele

15th September 2022 – Dr Debasis Nayak presented poster at CAM-IES workshop on Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conductors for energy applications

14th September 2022 – Dr Venkat Daramalla presented on “Composition and Depth Profile of Light Elements of Epitaxial Thin Films by Ion Beam Analysis for Advanced Li-ion Battery Technologies” at UK Ion Beam Centre, University of Surrey

9th September 2022 – Dr Bonan Zhu gave talk at CCP9 Community Meeting – on ‘First-principles exploration of earth-abundant cathode materials for Li-ion batteries’

17th August 2022 – Dr Peter Baker featured in Which? Shorts podcast: Are batteries as good as they’re going to get?

17th July 2022 – Dr Alex Squires gave a poster presentation SSI-2022 on short range order suppression in high-entropy disordered rock salt cathode materials at MRS Boston.

21st July 2022 – Dr Bonan Zhu gave talk at RSC SSCG Christmas Meeting –  on ‘Locating novel polyanionic cathode materials for Li-ion batteries in underexplored chemical spaces’

5th July 2022 – Royal Society of Chemistry Summer Party – Exhibition from FutureCat on outreach materials – Dr Abby Haworth, Dr Li Zhang, Chirag Patel, Muhammad Ans, Katja Kress

1st July 2022 – ‘Understanding the Local Structure of Protective Alumina Coatings for Cathodes and the Coating-Cathode Interface’ – Talk and poster at Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance by Dr Abby Haworth 

14th July 2022 – Poster at RSC North West Electrochemistry conference in Liverpool – Sarah McKinney

7th July 2022 – Dr Abby Haworth gave talk at  Institute of Physics  and helped organise “IOP BRSG AGM: Local Structural Characterisation of Energy Materials”

21st June 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen was a panellist member – EPSRC’s Engineering Net Zero Week event ‘How do Fundamental Sciences Deliver to Net Zero’

20th June 2022 – Dr Nuria Tapia Ruiz  gave webinar talk on “Engineering Net Zero: the Role of Batteries”, for UKRI EPSRC Engineering Net Zero Week, Glasgow

9th June 2022 – 8th Core-to-core seminar – Dr Viktoria Falkowski presented on Mixed Anion Research for Energy Conversion

29th May 2022 – ECS 241st meeting – Beth Murdock presented

16th May 2022 – ISIS-ILL Crystallography Winter Meeting 2022 (delayed to May) – invited speaker – Dr Gabriel Perez

8th May 2022 – MRS Spring Meeting – presentation by Dr Viktoria Falkowski

16th May 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen gave invited talk at International Operando Battery Days (1st)

25th April 2022 – Dr Gabriel Perez organised the ISIS Student Conference.

31st March 2022 – Dr Abby Haworth gave invited talk at UK Solid-State NMR Facility Annual Symposium on ‘Understanding the Local Structure of Protective Alumina Coatings for Cathodes and the Coating-Cathode Interface’

18th March 2022 – Royal Institution – ‘For your inspiration – powering our sustainable future’ – FutureCat exhibition stand featuring outreach interactive activities with Dr Laura Wheatcroft, Chirag Patel, Sarah McKinney, Beth Murdock, Seb Altus (Solbat project), Calum Clenahan (Degradation Project) and Elinor Noble 

14th March 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen joined with Robert Llewellyn on Radio 4 Royal Society of Chemistry podcast

11th March 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen – gave talk on ‘Opportunities and challenges for research & innovation’ at IOM3 hosted event ‘COP26 and beyond’

10th March 2022 – Prof Judith Driscoll – gave talk on UKIERI SPARC webinar

8th March 2022 – Prof Serena Cussen and Dr Alisyn Nedoma gave talks at STFC (Science Technologies Facilities Council) International women’s day symposium.

1st March 2022 – Schools Climate Education Schools Conference – online session for schools presented by Dr Alisyn Nedoma, Dr Abby Haworth, and Elinor Noble with contributions from Dr Beth Johnston, , Dr Kirstie McCombie, Dr Usama Mohamed, Heather Grievson, Chirag Patel, Katja Kress , and other researchers.

18th February 2022 – Faraday Battery Day – Online webinar presented by Dr Beth Johnston, Dr Bonan Zhu, Dr Kirstie McCombie, and Dr Gabriel Perez with contribution from Dr Alex Squires and Mrs Elinor Noble

14th February 2022 – Royal Society Meeting with South Korea for Early Career Researchers – Prof Serena Cussen

1st February 2022 – US-UK Battery Technology Research and Innovation Summit, Day 2,  Prof Serena Cussen invited speaker on ‘Next generation cathodes for Li-ion batteries’