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Energy Storage (CHALLENGES (Materials Sustainability Challenges (Materials…

- - - - In-depth Analysis
        
        What would be needed to overcome/achieve this?
        
        Materials Specific
        
        In operando characterisation methods*
        
        Electrode-electrolyte composites
        
        Need for more challenge driven discovery
        
        Modelling-experimental collaborations
        
        Infrastructure Specific
        
        Short-term secondments/internships
        
        Cross-TRL funding mechanisms
        
        Support/funding for more continued in-depth study of new materials
        
        Definition of targets with industrial users
        
        Outputs
        
        5 -10 years
        
        Route to industrialisation
        
        Seeing UK exploitation/benefit
    - - In-depth Analysis
        
        What would be needed to achieve this?
        
        Materials Specific
        
        Functional molecules: organic molecules, no rare elements, low eight recyclability
        
        Sustainable periodic table
        
        Systems level thinking (across disciplines)
        
        Low rare-Earth content permanent magnets
        
        Infrastructure Specific
        
        Green chemistry: environmentally friendly process, novel solvents, efficiency in synthesis.
        
        Outputs
        
        0 - 5 years
        
        Sustainable periodic table
        
        Limited due to reducing industrial sector
        
        5 - 10 years
        
        Commercialization and public engagement
        
        Societal and Economic Impact
        
        We need to work with actual experts in societal and economic impact
        
        Key materials areas
        
        Sustainable periodic table
        
        Biofuels for up-cycling into energy materials
        
        Key stakeholders
        
        Geologists
        
        Non-EPSRC relevance
        
        Social science groups
    - - In-depth Analysis
        
        What would be needed to achieve this?
        
        Materials Specific
        
        Sustainable periodic table (materials)
        
        Developing of electrode materials
        
        Already commercial so need to focus on size and robustness
        
        Infrastructure
        
        National research and development lab (academia metrics independent)
        
        Efficient scale-up strategies
        
        Outputs
        
        0 -5 years
        
        Toxicity needs to be solved for materials
        
        5 - 10 years
        
        New materials
        
        New manufacturing techniques
        
        Academic Impact
        
        Networking the relevant groups
        
        Societal and Economic Impact
        
        Uses crude oil, making chemicals is better than burning
        
        Key Materials Areas
        
        Carbon based materials
        
        Manufacturing
        
        Key Stakeholders
        
        Industry
        
        Manufacturing
        
        Non-EPSRC relevance
        
        Changes in legislation
        
        NERC etc. (other UKRI councils)
  - - - In-depth Analysis
        
        What would be needed to overcome/achieve this?
        
        Materials Specific
        
        Redesign conventional batteries
        
        Turn electrodes from 2D to 3D
        
        New electrode materials for batteries
        
        New electrolyte materials
        
        Modelling and experimental collaboration on interface thermodynamics and kinetics
- - - - Fundamental research (think metal air) at the lab bench level