Highlights

This is a selection of publications from the Structural Power Composites Group. For a full list of publications, please see below.

Highlights

Electrical performance of carbon fibre electrodes

The electrical response of carbon fibre reinforced electrodes in structural power composites under cyclic compaction.

Structural supercapacitor demonstrator

Manufacture and characterisation of a structural supercapacitor demonstrator.

Electrochemical performance of carbon fibre electrodes

Electrochemical performance of supercapacitor electrodes based on carbon aerogel-reinforced spread tow fabrics

Multifunctional design

Multifunctional design, feasibility and requirements for structural power composites in future electric air taxis.

Current collector design strategies

Current collector design strategies: The route to realising scale-up of structural power composites.
Model Car

Multifunctional performance

Mechanical, electrochemical and multifunctional performance of a CFRP/carbon aerogel structural supercapacitor
Structural power plane

Structural power in electric aircraft

Structural Power Performance Targets for Future Electric Aircraft

Silica aerogel

Silica aerogel infused hierarchical glass fiber polymer composites
CNT-infiltrated CF

CF-CNT structural supercapacitors

Robust Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors

Structural power phone

Massless energy

‘Massless’ energy for future electric vehicles using multifunctional structural power composites

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Greenhalgh:2025:10.1002/aenm.202404702,
author = {Greenhalgh, ES and Nguyen, S and Asp, LE and Bici, A and Bismarck, A and Fam, D and Johansson, M and Lindbergh, G and Lutkenhaus, JL and Shaffer, MSP and Shirshova, N and Srinivasan, M and Xu, J and Zenkert, D},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.202404702},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
title = {Characterization and reporting protocols for structural power composites: a perspective},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404702},
year = {2025}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Structural power composites, multifunctional materials that can withstand mechanical loads while storing/delivering electrical energy, are gaining significant interest. However, a consequence of melding disparate structural and electrochemical technologies is that there are no common characterization and reporting protocols, undermining the advancement of this emerging field. This Perspective paper sets out the challenges and resulting issues in the literature and recommends best practices and requirements for future protocols for reporting multifunctional performance. A key recommendation is that a “universal coupon” should be developed to be used for both mechanical and electrochemical characterization of cells, and hence credibly declare multifunctional performance. Ultimately, such a universal coupon can simultaneously characterize both functions, so as to glean electrochemical–mechanical coupling phenomena. This article recommends reporting guidelines so as to avoid the current ambiguities associated with normalization and permit robust comparison across the literature. The aspiration is that the guidelines and framework outlined in this paper lay the groundwork for formal standard methods to be developed and agreed upon. Establishing robust characterization and clearer reporting permits researchers and industry to take an informed view of the literature and provides a better grounding for the adoption of this technology, underpinning future industrialization of these emerging materials.
AU  - Greenhalgh,ES
AU  - Nguyen,S
AU  - Asp,LE
AU  - Bici,A
AU  - Bismarck,A
AU  - Fam,D
AU  - Johansson,M
AU  - Lindbergh,G
AU  - Lutkenhaus,JL
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
AU  - Shirshova,N
AU  - Srinivasan,M
AU  - Xu,J
AU  - Zenkert,D
DO  - 10.1002/aenm.202404702
PY  - 2025///
SN  - 1614-6832
TI  - Characterization and reporting protocols for structural power composites: a perspective
T2  - Advanced Energy Materials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404702
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404702
ER  -
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Professor Emile S Greenhalgh
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

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e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk