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

The Group :-)

Decorating a gingerbread house

Playing a game of Cranium

The whole group is here!

Theme of the day

Beautiful view!

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

The UK electrochemist delegation

Some exceptional local honey

A beautiful venue in the sunshine

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!

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

Magda Titirici

A very entertained audience

Cleo Contoravdi

Francesca Ceroni

Panel discussion: Francesca, Cleo, Magda

Karen Polizzi

Anna Hankin

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

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

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

All set to go!

Lots of learning about solar energy conversion :-)

Oxygen evolving on a hematite photoanode

Sachertorte (2018)

Птичье Молоко (Ptichye Moloko) cake (2019)

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

Cooling towers

It 'rains' at the base of a cooling tower

Arrays of transformers

Gypsum

Biomass storage domes

Some chemical engineers

Limoges

Limoges

Limoges

Limoges

Limoges

Hawaii Convention Center

Waikiki beach

Sunset in Honolulu

At Hawaii Hilton Village, after presenting

Hawaii Hilton Village

Near Haleiwa, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii

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