Multiscale materials design for sustainable energy conversion and storage: The intertwined hydrogen and battery stories
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Multiscale materials design for sustainable energy conversion and storage: The intertwined hydrogen and battery stories
Wed, 04/06/2025 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location:
Speaker:
Prof Qiong Cai
Affiliation:
University of Surrey
Synopsis:
Materials are at the centre for developing net-zero energy conversion and storage technologies. In this seminar, I will share my personal stories with hydrogen and batteries, discussing my experience in the two different research areas. I will showcase our work in combining multiscale materials modelling with experimental research for Li/Na-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, aqueous Zn-ion batteries, redox flow batteries, hydrogen production electrolysers, and ammonia as a zero-carbon fuel.
Biography:
Prof. Qiong Cai (FRSC) is a Professor in Sustainable Energy and Materials at the University of Surrey. She received MEng in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and carried out postdoctoral research at Imperial College prior to joining Surrey. Her research focuses on multiscale materials design for sustainable energy conversion and storage including batteries, electrolysers, and fuel cells. She is involved in the UK Faraday Institution funded LiSTAR project, the EPSRC funded UK-HyRES Hub and UKCOMES consortium, and the Horizon Europe funded OPERA project. She has published 150 peer-reviewed journal papers, is currently the Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage and sits at Strategic Advisory Board for GW-SHIFT and FULL-MAP.