Energy Storage: the Frontiers of Materials and Physics

15 November 2010
Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK

Organised by the IOP Energy Group

Storing energy in various forms is essential for the smart homes and smart grids of the future. New discoveries in and applications of the physics of materials offer exciting opportunities for both academia and industry.

Speakers

The behaviour of storage devices in the electricity grids
Mike Barnes (Manchester)
Thermal storage
Philip Eames (Loughborough)
Hydrogen storage materials
Xiao Guo (UCL)
Overview of energy storage
David Hodgson (Vallontia)
Modelling materials for batteries
Prof Saiful Islam (Bath)

Organiser