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Read more at: Professor Vasant to co-lead a £7.2 million new research centre to develop next-generation battery technologies

Professor Vasant to co-lead a £7.2 million new research centre to develop next-generation battery technologies

28 January 2022

We are extremely excited to share the great news that, Professor Vasant is recently announced to co-lead the WP-Cambridge Materials Innovation Centre (WP-CAMMIC), a newly-established Cambridge research centre working to develop next-generation batteries and battery materials, one of the major technological hurdles in the...


Read more at: Prof Vasant to present keynote talk at "Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for manufacturing industry" webinar

Prof Vasant to present keynote talk at "Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for manufacturing industry" webinar

18 January 2022

Following on from COP26, NISCO Centre of the University of Leicester will host a series of webinar on "Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for manufacturing industry". Our first seminar is on Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Target 2050 for Steel Industry which will be held online via "Zoom" on 9 February 2022 at 10:30am...


Read more at: Prof Vasant and Minfei presented at Li-ION 2021

Prof Vasant and Minfei presented at Li-ION 2021

5 December 2021

Professor Vasant Kumar recently presented at Li-ION 2021 international conference from December 1-3, 2021, joinly hosted by the Open University and IIT Hyderabad, and supported by Indian Goverment Department of Science and Technology, Royal Academy of Engineering, UKIERI, and many others. Professor Vasant's invited talk on...


Read more at: Minfei won the Best Poster Award at IBA 2021

Minfei won the Best Poster Award at IBA 2021

30 October 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei was awarded the Best Poster Award by Professor Andy Xueliang Sun at the International Battery Materials Association IBA 2021 Annual Meeting (IBA 2021), at Xiamen, China, October 24 - 29, 2021. Minfei's presentation on Li metal anode protection is a collabrative project between the University of...


Read more at: Welcome Francisco on board!

Welcome Francisco on board!

13 October 2021

The MCG is happy and excited to have Francisco on board! Francisco recently joins the group as PDRA, working on industrial implementation of sustainable synthesis methods for the production of high-performance inorganic material for different applications. He obatined his PhD from Imperial College London, before that...


Read more at: Minfei presented at the 240th ECS Meeting

Minfei presented at the 240th ECS Meeting

6 October 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently gave a poster along with a recorded 12 min talk at the 240th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Minfei's presentation titled "Stabilizing Lithium Anode Via Separator Engineering and in-Situ Electrolyte Additive Tuned SEI" was a collabrative work between the University of Cambridge...


Read more at: Minfei presented at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium

Minfei presented at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium

30 September 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently gave a talk at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium, representing Cambridge against Oxford. The title of his talk was "High performance anode strategy in Li based batteries: Li metal anode and Si-based anode". Minfei briefly introduced the current portable device market energy supply situation...


Read more at: Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021

Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021

31 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. student Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021 last week. The title of her poster was "Investigating Separator Membranes Used In Organic Redox Flow Battery Systems Using NMR Spectroscopy". In the poster, she presented some results showing that crossover and sorption of model quinone electrolytes can be...


Read more at: MCG alumni Wei (Alex) Wang appointed as a Professor at Beihang University

MCG alumni Wei (Alex) Wang appointed as a Professor at Beihang University

29 August 2021

Dr Wei (Alex) Wang, a joint PhD student at MCG during 2015-2016, is now a professor at the School of Space and Environment, Beihang University (BUAA). He received a PhD from University of Science and Technology Beijing’s State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy in 2016. Subsequently followed by a Boya Postdoctoral...


Read more at: Minfei's field trip to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Minfei's field trip to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

29 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently took a field trip co-organized by Nanjing University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this late June. The research team was hosted by Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, & Tianshan Glaciological Station...