Dr Fenwick’s work on the Materials for the Energy Transition roadmap was recognised in Physics World. He was quoted saying “The transition to net-zero emissions presents significant opportunities for new materials, and this is particularly the case for thermoelectric technology… The challenge is significant, but the opportunity for the UK in this sector is huge, with 17% of our CO2 emissions coming from space heating and cooling.”
Dr Trifiletti competes at the MSCA Falling Walls Lab 2020
Falling Walls Lab is an international showcase for the next generation of innovators, pioneers, creators and visionaries. The aim is to promote ideas and connect, globally, academia and business. Twenty MSCA fellows, including Dr Vanira Trifiletti, presented their research topic, innovative project, or idea to an audience of about 800 people. Watch her video entry below:
Dr Fenwick contributes to the UK Material Science community response to the net-zero emissions challenge
In May 2019 the UK Government became the first global economy to set a net zero emissions target for 2050, upgrading the previous target of delivering an 80% cut in emissions.
In response, the Henry Royce Institute for advanced materials, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics (IOP), convened the materials research communities to explore the critical role of novel materials and processes to deliver affordable, reliable and green energy. The output is a series of detailed technology roadmaps that set out how UK materials science can contribute to the UK’s low-carbon energy transition.
Dr Oliver Fenwick (SEMS) was the technical lead for one of the five technology roadmaps:
“The development of new or improved materials underpins most emerging technologies. Accordingly, the transition to net-zero emissions presents significant opportunities for new materials, and this is particularly the case for thermoelectric technology…. The challenge is significant, but the opportunity for the UK in this sector is huge, with 17% of our CO2 emissions coming from space heating and cooling. Breakthroughs in thermoelectrics can be achieved with sustained targeted research funding that addresses skills gaps, develops new advanced tools, and facilitates networking between stake-holders.”
https://www.royce.ac.uk/news/royce-launches-roadmaps-to-help-deliver-net-zero-targets/
Welcome to Ceyla Asker
Ceyla Asker has started her PhD in our labs. She will be working on halide perovskite thermoelectric materials.
New project to investigate low-dimensional energy materials
In the renewal of his Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Dr Fenwick will be develop new low dimensional materials for energy applications.
Materials confined into low dimensional structures develop new properties that are not observed in the bulk. This includes new (opto)electronic and thermoelectric properties.
Publication in Nature Communications highlighted
Our latest work on Enhanced control of self-doping in halide perovskites for improved thermoelectric performance has been highlighted by a number of news outlets. Read about it here, or the original article at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13773-3
European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2019
Thibault Degoussée and Oliver Fenwick presented the latest results on aligned polymers and halide perovskites at ECT2019 in Cyprus.
Lab visit
PhD student Kening Wan is visiting Dr. Juan José Vilatela’s group at IMDEA Materials Institute (Spain), funded by the MultiComp COST action.
Results presented to the UK parliament
PhD student Thibault Degousée presented his results at the STEM For Britain event in the Palace of Westminster. A number of MPs and policy members attended the event.
The event aims to present “ground-breaking” and frontier UK research and R&D to Members of both Houses of Parliament at Westminster and foster greater dialogue between early-stage researchers and Members both in Westminster and in their Constituencies.
Dr Vanira Trifiletti joins us
Dr Vanira Trifiletti has joined the Organic Thermoelectrics Laboratory as a Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellow. Her 2-year fellowship will focus on the development of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite thermoelectric materials.
