Research and facilities
The Stephenson Institute For Renewable Energy (SIRE) is a dedicated institute focussing on the physics and chemistry that will enable future methods of energy, generation and storage. Most of our work takes place in our purpose-built dedicated labs.
Our facilities include:
- Battery chemistry laboratory (Hardwick)
- Photo and nano-catalysis laboratory (Cowan; Jaeckel)
- Heat storage and microencapsulation laboratory (Schukin)
- Solar energy materials and solar cells laboratory (Durose; Major)
- New materials and materials preparation (Alaria; Veal)
- Surface analysis and UHV laboratory (Dhanak)
- Fundamental electrochemistry (Grunder)
- Theory of energy materials.
SIRE staff located in the Department of Chemistry have the following facilities:
- Conversion of bio-materials (Lopez-Sanchez)
- Catalytic transformations lab (Sergeev)
- NMR lab (Blanc).
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Surface science, advanced NMR, fundamental electrochemistry and theory.
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Solar photovoltaics, photocatalysis and nano-catalysts, conversion of bio-materials, catalytic transformations, themoelectrics and new semiconductor materials.
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The electrical batteries of the future and encapsulated heat storage materials.
Energy research at the University of Liverpool
Meeting the challenges of tomorrow's energy needs.