Centre for Energy Materials Research officially opens

11 May 2023

Centre for Energy Materials Research Opened by Vice-Chancellor

Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, opens the Centre for Energy Materials Research

Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, speaking at the launch event for the Centre for Energy Materials Research. Photo credit: Andrew Bailey.

Yesterday, 10th May 2023, the Vice-Chancellor oficially opened the Centre for Energy Materials Research (CEMR)

The Centre is the culmination of a vision Sir Peter Bruce, Wolfson Professor of Materials, had several years ago to found a physical space dedicated to energy materials research by bringing together investment by the University, the Faraday Institution and the Sir Henry Royce Institute.

Speaking at the event, Sir Peter said:

I am delighted that Vice Chancellor has joined us today to open the Centre for Energy Materials Research. Tackling climate change needs us to fundamentally transform our lives. We need to change how we power road, rail, sea and air transport, how we generate and store electricity, how we heat and cool our homes and how we manufacture the wealth of products used today. Materials are key to the transformation to new low carbon technologies and to a successful green economy.  The world-leading research carried out at the CEMR will provide the new materials and fundamental understanding that underpins these technologies. To address global challenges, such as climate change, we must work collaboratively and this centre brings together researchers from different disciplines, unifies experimentalists and modellers, fostering interactions from Faculty members to postgraduate students. This state-of-the-art facility has only been made possible by significant investment in the building, equipment and people by the University, Royce Institute, Wolfson Foundation and Faraday Institution.

Spread over five floors of the recently refurbished Rex Richards Building, the CEMR will bring together experimental and computational scientists working on different aspects of energy storage and conversion. With an extensive range of synthesis, characterisation, and analytical equipment, the facility will enable a highly interdisciplinary approach to energy materials research.

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