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ISCF Wave 1: Improved lifetime performance and safety of electrochemical energy stores through functionalization of passive materials and components

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Professor Nuria Garcia-Araez

Professor

Research interests

  • Electrochemistry
Connect with Nuria

Email: N.Garcia-Araez@soton.ac.uk

Professor Suleiman Sharkh BEng, PhD, CEng, MIET

Prof of Electrical Machines and Drives

Research interests

  • Electric Machines
  • Power Electronics
  • Microgrids
Connect with Suleiman

Email: S.M.Sharkh@soton.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Hector

Head of School

Research interests

  • Materials synthesis, including metal nitrides, thin film materials, sol-gel and solvothermal processes and porous structures.
  • Materials characterisation – powder and thin film diffraction, microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.
  • Electrochemistry, including charge storage in battery and supercapacitor type cells, and electrodeposition of various materials. 
Connect with Andrew

Email: A.L.Hector@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Wills

Head of Department
Connect with Richard

Email: rgaw@soton.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Cruden BEng, MSc, PhD, FIET

Associate Dean Infrastructure
Connect with Andrew

Email: A.J.Cruden@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrochemistry

A well-established world-class group researching energy charge transfer that affects many facets of life.

Energy Technology Group

The Energy Technology Group researches is the focal point for energy research in Engineering and the Environment. Our aim is to address major scientific and technological challenges faced in energy efficiency and technology.

Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group

Our research activities are often multidisciplinary involving collaborations with other research groups, Universities and industry partners.

Mechatronics

Our research examines the combination of mechanical and electrical engineering and computer science.

Research outputs

A polyacrylonitrile shutdown film for prevention of thermal runaway in lithium-ion cells
Jonathan Peter Charles Allen, Marcin Mierzwa, Denis Kramer, Nuria Garcia-Araez & Andrew L. Hector, 2023, Batteries, 9(5)
DOI: 10.3390/batteries9050282
Type: article
Solvothermal synthesis of nanoscale BaTiO3 in benzyl alcohol-water mixtures and effects of manganese oxide coating to enhance the PTCR effect
Min Zhang, Thomas Caldwell, Andrew L. Hector, Nuria Garcia-Araez & Joseph Falvey, 2022, Dalton Transactions
DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03307K
Type: article
A La and Nb co-doped BaTiO3 film with positive-temperature-coefficient of resistance for thermal protection of batteries
Min Zhang, Sacha Fop, Denis Kramer, Nuria Garcia-Araez & Andrew L. Hector, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(21), 11587 - 11599
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA00998F
Type: article
OpenImpala: OPEN source IMage based PArallisable Linear Algebra solver
2021, SoftwareX, 15
DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2021.100729
Type: article
Advances in prevention of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries
Rachel McKerracher, Jorge Guzman Guemez, Richard Wills, Denis Kramer & Suleiman Sharkh, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
DOI: 10.1002/aesr.202000059
Type: article