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| Cranfield Univ, Dept of Materials & Medical Sciences | The Department of Materials and Medical Sciences has expertise in new membranes and membrane mlectrode assemblies, new methods of fabricating MEAs and fuel cell testing. The core activity of the Fuel Cell Group is the development of novel copolymer membranes and electrode systems for fuel cells.
| Dept of Materials & Medical Science | Yes |  |
| Imperial College Centre for Ion Conducting Membranes | A wide range of activities is covered, including polymer fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen generation, fuel processing, materials, electrocatalysts, polymer membranes, ceramic membranes, fuel cell economics, distributed energy generation, life cycle analysis, fuel cell testing, and fuel cell modelling and validation.
| Research Interests | Yes | |
| Qinetiq Ltd Electrochemical Power | QinetiQ has an interest in most areas of fuel cell research. It has programmes developing materials for fuel cells (PEMs, DMFCs & SOFCs), novel stack designs, systems integration, diesel processing and small-scale hydrogen generators. QinetiQ also has programmes to assess commercial fuel cells for end users such as the UK military.
| Qinetiq Energy | Yes | |
| Univ of Birmingham, Dept of Chemical Engineering | The dept of Chemical Engineering has activities in Fuel Cell Systems, fuels and fuel processing, and SOFCs.
| Dept of Chemical Engineering | Yes | |
| Univ of Glamorgan, SERC, Hydrogen Research Unit | The research activities are biological hydrogen production, hydrogen production from other renewable sources, biological fuel cells, and the social economic and technical implications of the hydrogen economy.
| Univ of Glamorgan, SERC | Yes | |
| Univ of Newcastle, Sch Chem Eng & Advanced Materials | Research is focussed upon the development of proton-conducting membrane fuel cells using gaseous and liquid fuels including hydrogen, methanol, ethanol and reformate gas, with application in transportation and propulsion, and in miniaturised, portable and static power. Present research of new fuel cell technologies involves novel electrode and catalyst fabrication techniques and structures, geometries and stack configurations.
| Sch Chemical Eng & Advanced Materials | Yes | |
| Univ of Reading, School of Chemistry | Research activities include polymer chemistry, synthesis of new ionomers, fabrication of such materials into proton transport membranes and (in collaboration with industry) membrane-electrode assemblies for air-hydrogen fuel cells, molecular simulation and diffraction-modelling of aromatic polymer structures, and hydrogen storage.
| School of Chemistry, Research Activities | Yes | |
| Univ of Sheffield, Dept of Mechanical Eng | The department is looking at energy storage systems based on the Regenesys technology (charging one fluid relative to another) which is a low-cost energy storage concept. Activities include flow through cells, durability, lifetimes, and optimisation of performance.
| Dept of Mechanical Eng | Yes | |
| Univ of St Andrews, School of Chemistry | The school's interest is in high temperature fuel cells, primarily solid oxide fuel cells, including basic material studies for fuel cell electrolyte and electrode materials, new fuel concepts, electrodes with better redox tolerance and higher hydrocarbon systems. We focus on the stability, durability and efficiency of ceramic fuel cells and in proton conducting oxides, intermediate temperature and alternative fuel cells, fuel production for high temperature fuel cells, and other chemical fuels such as ammonia.
| School of Chemistry Research | Yes | |