CO2 Emission Reduction, Energy and Sustainability
Meeting the critically important 2050 Net-Zero CO2 emission target requires the decarbonisation of all sectors of our economy.
Our research tackles emission reduction through innovations in carbon capture, circular bioenergy, sustainable catalysis, and solar-driven processes. We integrate life cycle assessment, electrochemical storage, and whole-system optimisation to support net-zero transitions across manufacturing, energy, and transport sectors. This can be achieved through the development of new energy-efficient and sustainable processes, and technologies for abating emissions and enhancing circularity.
Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of new manufacturing processes to ensure sustainable technology development towards net zero targets
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage including hazard assessment of CO2 pipelines, solid sorbent CO2 capture and its integration with H2 production in the manufacturing and bioenergy industries, carbon capture for steel and bioenergy industries integrated in CCUS Clusters
Electrochemical energy conversion and storage including advanced batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors
Bioenergy and waste management to advance scientific and technological aspects of bioenergy and biofuels production, waste recycling and utilisation of products for renewable power, heat, transport fuels, hydrogen and chemicals
Solar energy & photo-catalysis to harvest sunlight and convert it into electrical energy and fuels, and chemicals providing technological solutions which are both sustainable and efficient
Catalysis that leads to reduced emissions and more sustainable and selective chemical processes, through greater efficiency and understanding of reaction mechanisms
Energy systems including development of optimisation-based frameworks and whole-systems thinking for design, operation and resilience
