Field trip to Stellenbosch (2024)
Stellenbosch + Imperial research team :-) L to R: Craig McGregor, Anna Hankin, Arend Moelich, George Creasey and John Rodriguez Acosta
Photoelectrochemical reactor irradiated by an optical system of a coupled fresnel lens arrays with waveguides
Waveguide delivering light to a bismuth vanadate photoelectrode
View of light refracting through the fresnel lenses
Double-sided photoelectrochemical reactor irradiation using mirrors
View of light reflecting onto a bismuth vanadate photoanode
View of light reflecting onto an antimony selenide photocathode
Prof Craig McGregor showing us the rooftop solar cookers
We attended the inagural Hydrogen Symposium at Stellenbosch
Arend Moelich presenting his poster on Multiphysics modelling of the optical system
This is a different view from the office to what we are used to :-)
John and George visited the cheetah sanctuary in Somerset West
View during a hike up the Helderberg mountain
Arend, George, John and Anna visited the Aquila wildlife reserve
View across the Aquila wildlife reserve
Zebras in Aquila
Lion in Aquila
Rhinos in Aquila
Geological Society Business Forum & Critical Minerals Association UK Conference with visit to the House of Commons (2023)
View of Elizabeth Tower from an inner courtyard of the Houses of Parliament
Statue of Oliver Cromwell in front of the Houses of Parliament
Inside the House of Commons
View onto the river Thames from Terrace Pavillion at The House of Commons
Anna representing Imperial with Dr Jacqueline Edge and Pete Ford at the Geological Society
Beautiful facade of Fortnum & Mason in Christmas colours
nanoGe MAT-SUS in Torremolinos (2023)
Hanzhi Ye with her poster on biomass waste valorisation
Kloy Plub-in telling Franky Bedoya about glycerol oxidation
Dr John Rodriguez demonstrates the effects of doping on electrodeposited WO3/BiVO4 photoactive layers
Electrochem2023 conference in Bristol (2023)
Mengya with her poster, accompanied by George and Derek
Derek is in the middle of his talk on carbon nanotube synthesis
George is discussing issues with photoelectrochemical reactor scale-up
Stunning conference audotorium in the Wills Memorial Building
Awe inspiring staircase inside the entrace to the Wills Memorial Building in Clifton
SS Great Britain, the world’s first great ocean liner, where the conference reception was held
13th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering, Toulouse (2023)
Xiaochu giving her talk
Anna delivering an invited speech
Tour of Toulouse with Prof Sudipta Roy
Taking an electric boat down the river Garonne
George is the captain!
Derek assumes a relaxed pose :-)
Derek with his poster
George next to his poster
Ariane 5 at Cite de l'espace
Moon Lander at Cite de l'espace
Xiaochu, George and Derek in front of the Moon Lander
Inside the MIR Space Station (life size model)
Great Exhibition Road Festival (2023)
Derek Zhu, Liam O'Neill and Arend Moelich are keen to explain solar fuel production
John Rodriguez is busy explaining key photoelectrochemistry principles :-)
Yasmine Baghdadi operates the Hydrogen Canon! 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...bang!
Joint Seven Sisters hike with Dr Qilei Song's research team (2023)
Our research group (those who could come)
The magnificent Seven Sisters cliffs
With colleague Dr Qilei Song
Having a well-deserved rest with the research group of Qilei's research group
With Dr John Rodriguez Acosta
This marks the place where a long detour is required
UK-HyRES regional roadshow, Westminster (2023)
Derek and George from the venue
View of Westminster Abbey
Dean's Yard
Solar2Chem Winter School, Valencia (2023)
George Creasey presents his poster
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Solar2Chem Winter school crew
Commonwealth Science Conference (CSC) - Caribbean edition - by the University of the West Indies with the Royal Society, Kingston (2023)
The South Jamaica Power Centre and it’s brand new CCGT plant
Anna gives a talk about photoelectrochemical reactors
Panel discussion about solar energy conversion
Dinner at the British High Commission in Kingston
Dinner at Usain Bolt's Tracks & Records
Frenchman Cove
Wise words at Winifred Beach
Pool at Reach Falls
Blue Mountains
Visit from AZBUKA Foundation (2023)
In front of the CO2 capture Pilot Plant
Learning about graphene exfoliation from Dr Andrius Patapas
Observing infrared spectra of fibres with Prof Sergei Kazarian
Observing simulated solar hydrogen production with George Creasey
Mini demo of light-to-electricity-to-hydrogen-to-electricity conversion
Group Christmas bash (2022)
The Group :-)
Decorating a gingerbread house
Playing a game of Cranium
H2SUPERGEN Meeting at the Science Museum in London (2022)
The whole group is here!
Theme of the day
Beautiful view!
Electrochem2022 conference in Edinburgh (2022)
Inyoung presents her poster on 'Structural effects on performances of solid oxide electrochemical reactors with 3D printed Ni(O)-YSZ pillared negative electrodes'
Nahmkang presents his poster on 'Making Ni-based electrodes for alkaline H2O electrolysis via electrodeposition'
Exploring Edinburgh ahead of the conference
Having delicious Scottish food at Howie's
Catch of the day!
Some goodies from the Palace of Holyroodhouse gift shop
Electrochemistry meeting at Gregynog, Wales (2022)
The UK electrochemist delegation
Some exceptional local honey
A beautiful venue in the sunshine
Our activities at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (2022)
Science Communicator Dan Plane begins with a demo of water electrolysis
Dan and Anna talk about how hydrogen is made from water and what it is used for
Shall we explode some hydrogen in the palm of the hand?....
...BANG!!!
Our stall poster
Our stall on Solar Hydrogen
The hydrogen cannon!
H2SUPERGEN Conference in St Andrews (2022)
Beautiful view from a seaside walk
Our whole research group
Sea view - lots of seagulls!
Sea view with flowers
Low tide
Upper and Lower College Hall for poster session an gala dinner
Women@Imperial Week (2020)
Women@Imperial Week
Magda Titirici
A very entertained audience
Cleo Kontoravdi
Francesca Ceroni
Panel discussion: Francesca, Cleo, Magda
Karen Polizzi
Anna Hankin
Outreach - EFL's Energy Showcase at Imperial College (2019)
Our stall on solar to hydrogen conversion and solar coatings for buildings for breaking down pollution
Sze, Anna, Megan, Xiaochu and Nahmkang all set to go!
Getting the crowd excited with demos ahead of the talk on 'Sustainable Materials for Energy' by Professor Anna Korre
STFC-funded collaboration visit to LRESE at EPFL, Lausanne (2018)
Solar concentrator (7 m diameter, 25 kW thermal power)
Setup in progress
EPFL campus at dusk in December
Lake Geneva
Isaac, Anna and Franky
Essentials
In front of the SwissTech Convention Center
Visiting a H2 refuelling facility in Martigny
In centre of Lausanne
Outreach - Hydrogen Festival at UCL (2017)
Electrochemical Engineers from Imperial College London
Our 'Solar2H2' stall - with exhibits and gadgets about solar energy conversion to fuel
How can we explain the process of electron excitation in a semiconductor, followed by electrochemical reduction of water to hydrogen? We use a marble run....
Chatting to an interested audience
A hydrogen fuel cell vehicle
Fuel cell stack of UCell, an electrochemical energy outreach group based at UCL
Outreach - Imperial College Festival (2017)
All set to go!
Lots of learning about solar energy conversion :-)
Oxygen evolving on a hematite photoanode
Home bakes for the Macmillan Coffee Morning in Chem Eng (2018 - 2019)
Sachertorte (2018)
Птичье Молоко (Ptichye Moloko) cake (2019)
Outdoor photo-electrochemical reactor testing (2016)
Ready, steady, go!
Perfect day for doing experiments on the rooftop of Blackett Laboratory
Jose and Franky measure the current in the external circuit - spontaneous water splitting!
Setting up the experiment: Franky, Isaac, Anna, pram + baby, reactor and potentiostat
After sunset a solar simulator was needed
Intitial tests required manual adjustment of the tilt table to follow the solar elevation
Educational visit to Drax power station (2016)
Cooling towers
It 'rains' at the base of a cooling tower
Arrays of transformers
Gypsum
Biomass storage domes
Some chemical engineers
Cedardop 3D inkjet printer acquisition trip, Limoges (2013)
PRiME 2012, Honolulu, Hawaii (2012)
Hawaii Convention Center
Waikiki beach
Sunset in Honolulu
At Hawaii Hilton Village, after presenting
Hawaii Hilton Village
Near Haleiwa, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
PhD - Nickel electrodeposition and recovery (2007 - 2011)
Pilot plant reactor for electrochemical nickel recovery
Pilot reactor, operated at Gower Chemicals, Swansea
UROP student Tom Fryatt has things under control
Nickel was electrodeposited onto nickel mesh. Morphology is not crucial in the recovery process.
Side view of pilot reactor
Bench-scale nickel reactor