In EPSRC funded work and in collaboration with Dr Laura Torrente Murciano, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge and Dr Kate Black, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Dr Elena Madrid and Professor Frank Marken develop 'indirect fuel cells' with a hydrogen transport membrane separating the energy generating catalysis reaction from the electricity generating reaction.

With support from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the new collaboration with Professor Ozoemena aims at developing new processes and devices for converting ethanol to electricity.

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Professor Kenneth Ozoemena has been Professor of Materials for Energy and Electrochemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg since 2017. He serves on the editorial Boards of several leading science journals, including Electrochemistry Communications (Elsevier), Current Opinions in Electrochemistry (Elsevier) and Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing). He is currently visiting the University to start a new collaboration with the aim of developing new energy storage and conversion devices.