bp-ICAM Webinar: Electrochemical Technology for the Low Carbon Transition

Professor Nigel Brandon continues the bp-ICAM webinar series with his talk on "Electrochemical Technology for the Low Carbon Transition".



Abstract
Electrochemical technology is of increasing importance to the low carbon energy transition, offering flexible and high efficiency conversion between electrons and molecules. The talk will present the opportunities for key technologies such as electrolysers, fuel cells and batteries, then focus on the speakers own work on materials and device engineering for solid oxide fuel cells and flow batteries. This will include references to two spin-out companies formed in the sector by the speaker and colleagues, Ceres Power and RFC Power, one of which (Ceres, a fuel cell company) currently has a market capital of over £2.5B, the other (RFC Power, a flow battery company) being more nascent.


About Nigel Brandon
Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng is an electrochemical engineer whose research interests focus in particular on the science, engineering and technology relevant to fuel cells, hydrogen, and energy storage. He is Dean of Engineering at Imperial College London, and a member of BPs Technology Advisory Committee. He is also Chair of Imperials’ Sustainable Gas Institute, and Director of the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Supergen Hub.Prior to his 22 year academic career at Imperial College, he spent 8 years with BP and 6 with Rolls-Royce, working in research roles in electrochemical technology. He was awarded the Royal Academy Silver Medal in 2007 and the ASME Francis Bacon Medal in 2014 for his contribution to fuel cell technology, and an OBE in 2011 for his services to UK-China science in the area of energy and climate change. He has recently been awarded bp-ICAM funding to lead a 12 month feasibility project on high temperature solid oxide electrolysis for green hydrogen production.