In December 2010 a Joint Statement was signed between the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (RTD) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to boost research cooperation on renewable and energy efficient technologies, with special focus on participation of SMEs where appropriate. At a later stage Energy Storage – in particular battery interfaces – was identified as a first area of common interest.
The SIRBATT project (Stable Interfaces for Rechargeable Batteries) based within the Department of Chemistry at the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, is one of four related projects selected by the EC to take part in the first Sino-European Workshop which will take place in Tianjin, China on 20th and 21st May 2014. The workshop will allow for the establishment of personal contacts between project partners on both sides. Its main objectives, at this early stage, are to identify issues of common interest for possible future cooperation and agree to EU-China knowledge exchange.
Dr. Gilberto Teobaldi will attend this event on behalf of the SIRBATT Consortium’s Work Package 3 and will present his work on modelling and simulation of the electrode interface. Other partners involved in this particular area of SIRBATT research are Universita Degli Studi di Camerino (Italy), Centro de Investigacion Cooperativade Energias Alternativas Fundacion (Spain), Johnson Matthey PLC (UK) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France).
Full details of all SIRBATT Work Packages and research can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/sirbatt.
Contacts: Dr. Laurence Hardwick (hardwick@liverpool.ac.uk); Coordinator
Dr. Glenda Wall (g.p.wall@liverpool.ac.uk); Project Manager
