Grants to research into sustainable energy systems
Eight research projects within the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology at Uppsala University have received grants in the call for curiosity-driven research into sustainable energy systems. The call is a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Energy Agency.
A total of 25 different projects have been granted approximately SEK 125 million and include research in both natural and engineering sciences as well as humanities and social sciences. The projects are found across a broad energy spectrum and will in the long term have the potential to contribute to new knowledge, increased understanding or new solutions to meet crucial challenges regarding future energy systems.
"The number of applications was at a record high and we are pleased that so many good projects were looking for support in the curiosity-driven research call into sustainable energy systems. More active researchers are needed in the field of energy to ensure the academy's long-term competitiveness and to achieve the goal of being one of the world's leading countries within research and innovation and a leading knowledge nation,” says Fredrik Brändström, Programme Director at the Swedish Energy Agency in a press release.
Here are the eight projects at the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology at Uppsala University that have received grants:
Marika Edoff, Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering: Advanced Optical Concepts in (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se-2 solar cells, SEK 5,988,614
Zhaohui Wang, Researcher at the Department of Chemistry-Ångström: Sustainable batteries via good design, SEK 4,433,826
Mun Hon Cheah, Researcher at the Department of Chemistry-Ångström: Ligand-centered strategy for self-assembly of biomimetic water oxidation catalysts, SEK 5,648,174
Håkan Rensmo, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy: New Calcogenic Perovskites for Solar Cells, SEK 5,883,350
Tomas Edvinsson, Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering: Properties in exited state and connection between charge carriers and phonons in metal halid perovskites, SEK 5,981,000
Jiefang Zhu, Researcher at the Department of Chemistry-Ångström: Real Li-air batteries for green energy system, SEK 6,000,000
Gunnar Pálsson , Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy: Optimization of hydrogen transport speeds in amorphous materials: from ultra-fast to ultra-sluggish, SEK 2,973,436
Laurent Duda, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy: X-ray-based methods for the development of the next generation of Na-ion battery cathodes,
SEK 5,662,471
Anneli Björkman