"Innovations in Electrochemical Technologies for the Low Carbon Energy Transition"

Join the ME and MME departments on September 30th at 3:30 pm in BE 241 for a presentation by Dr. Nigel Brandon, Imperial College of London.

Electrochemical technologies will play an important role in the transition to low carbon energy systems, offering highly efficient and modular options to convert low carbon power into low carbon molecules, and low carbon molecules int low carbon power. Dr. Brandon has been working in the field for over 40 years, in both industry and academia, and has been involved in co-founding several new companies based on his research. He will discuss his work on solid oxide fuel cells that led to the formation of Ceres Power, now a FTSE listed company; a novel manganese-hydrogen flow battery chemistry that led to the formation of RFC Power; and the invention of a new process for making high surface metals and oxides that led to the formation of M-SPIN. Dr. Brandon will introduce both the technology and some of the personal lessons learned about spinning out a company from a university and building a business.

Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng FRS is Dean of Engineering and holds the Chair in Sustainable Development in Energy at Imperial College London. A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and an overseas member of the US National Academy of Engineering, he has received the 2024 Castner Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry for his contribution to electrochemical technology.