Warwick Centre for Experimental Fuel Technologies
Warwick Centre for Experimental Fuel Technologies
Going Further, Faster in Energy Storage and Conversion
A world-leading, interdisciplinary team advancing research into energy storage and conversion
Fuel cell and battery research are inherently interdisciplinary, spanning physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. Accelerating progress in these sectors depends upon collaboration between electrochemists, battery scientists, project engineers, and materials experts.
The Centre for Experimental Fuel Technologies is the ideal environment for this interdisciplinary work, combining Warwick's ammonia fuel cell and world-leading battery research.
WE ARE RECRUITING 24 PhD students (UK and international), with the first cohort starting October 2025, each with 4 years' full funding. In recognition of the talented students who will join the programme, there is an enhanced stipend of £21,000, all tuition fees paid, and generous research support. Be part of a team of esteemed researchers converging around the shared technologies and research methods essential for battery and fuel cell development and validation.
You will be supported by leading academics and a further group of 12 postdoctoral research fellows.
Academic Leadership and Research Groups
Patrick Unwin, FRS,, Professor and Head of Chemistry and Director of CEFTLink opens in a new window
Patrick is internationally renowned for creating unprecedented nanoscopic views of structure-activity in electrochemistry. His strategy is now being used by upwards of 50 research groups across the globe.
Melanie Loveridge, Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials, WMGLink opens in a new window
Melanie’s research spans materials discovery and characterisation techniques, as well as understanding mechanisms of degradation and battery forensics.
Julie Macpherson, Professor of ChemistryLink opens in a new window
Julie has developed a range of electrochemical and microscopy techniques to enable accelerated testing of electrocatalysts under stop-start and long-term cycling conditions.
Louis Piper, Professor of Battery Innovation, WMG
Louis is interested in employing novel methods for studying real-format batteries to improve performance by connecting new materials, pilot line cell manufacturing and advanced characterisation.
Shanwen Tao, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Sustainable ProcessesLink opens in a new window
Shanwen has been active in developing new ionic/electronic materials for electrochemical devices such as fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors.
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Richard Walton, Professor of ChemistryLink opens in a new window
Richard’s research focuses on solid-state inorganic materials chemistry and has considerable experience in materials synthesis and characterisation and the application of materials in a variety of electrochemical energy devices.