Professor Laura Herz has been awarded the Michael Faraday Medal and Prize for pioneering advances in the photophysics of next-generation semiconductors, accomplished through innovative spectroscopic experiments.
A new report from the UK’s leading offshore renewable energy (ORE) experts, including Professor Byron Byrne, Fellow and Finance Bursar of St Catherine’s, calls for urgent action to help the UK meet its Net Zero targets.
Oxford University has been world number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings since 2017 – the longest time any university has held the position in the 21 annual editions of the rankings.
Wind turbines are playing a crucial role in the expansion of greener energy alternatives currently contributing around 30% of the UK’s total electricity generation. Like any rotating industrial applications and machinery, timely and efficient maintenance is critical for wind turbines. For examp...
China is winning the clean energy race.
Recent announcements showcase the UK as an attractive location for battery manufacturing, but redoubling of efforts are needed to keep pace with investments across Europe.
Cold climate countries are making significant efforts to transition from fossil fuels, such as oil and gas, to sustainable heating sources, such as heat pumps or district heating to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But fossil-fuel-based heat demand is expected to increase over the next few decades...
When electric vehicles reach the end of their life, their batteries still have economic value and a range of possible uses. For example, a battery may still be able to support solar and wind generation by providing electricity storage. Such ‘second-life’ schemes are also preferable to direct ...
Sebastian Bonilla, Associate Professor of Materials, writes in The Conversation on how tandem solar cells can improve the efficiency of solar panels. Key elements considered in the use of solar panels are the production costs and their power conversion efficiency – a measure of how much sun...