Dr Edward Brightman

Lecturer

Chemical and Process Engineering

Personal statement

Electrochemical Engineering for Energy Storage and Conversion

My research is focused on electrochemical devices for energy storage and hydrogen. My focus is on developing innovative diagnostic techniques for elucidating degradation mechanisms and engineering devices with improved performance and durability. In addition, I am interested in novel device concepts, scale-up and system integration, with tangible impact in industry. My specific research goals include:

Using embedded sensors for characterisation of polymer electrolyte membrane devices,
Engineering novel biomass-fuelled devices for hydrogen production and biomass valorisation.
Development of metal oxide-based electrochemical capacitors and other novel devices in collaboration with industry partners.

Expertise

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Area of Expertise

We have a diverse Electrochemical Engineering laboratory with expertise in standard electrochemical analysis methods, as well as design, prototyping, and proof of concept testing for flow cells for energy storage, hydrogen production and fuel cells. Our technical capabilities include:

Greenlight G50 FCATS PEM fuel cell test station
NEWARE 50mA 8-channel battery cycler
Solartron EnergyLab XM potentiostat/galvanostat
Biologic SP300 bi-potentiostat
Autolab potentiostats: 2x PGSTAT204 with FRA and 10A booster; PGSTAT101; uAutolab
Rotating Disc and Rotating Ring Disc electrodes
EA PSB9060 2.4kW bi-directional DC power supply
Membrane casting
Access to analytical facilities including gas analysis, spectrophotometry, microscopy etc.

Prize And Awards

Best Presentation Prize (Hydrogen Theme) at ETP Annual Conference 2022: Recipient; 2022

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Publications

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Publications

Recent advances in in situ / operando characterization of lithium–sulfur batteries: Leckie Thomas J, Robertson Stuart D, Brightman Edward; Energy Advances (2024); https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ya00416g
Investigating the effects of catholyte additives on the performance of lithium polysulfide flow batteries: Brightman Edward, Leckie Thomas, Robertson Stuart; International Flow Battery Forum (2024)
Flow battery activities at the University of Strathclyde: Brightman Edward, Robertson Stuart, Lyth Stephen, Sims Ryan, Tuohy Paul, Lue Leo, Bae Dowon, Berlouis Leonard; International Flow Battery Forum, pp. 30 (2024)
Utilisation and valorisation of distillery whisky waste streams via biomass electrolysis : electrosynthesis of hydrogen: Price Robert, MacDonald Lewis, Gillies Norman, Day Alasdair, Brightman Edward, Li Jun; Faraday Discussions Vol 247, pp. 270-290 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1039/D3FD00086A
Hydrogen production from biomass : a comparison of gasification and electrolysis pathways: Iwube Pamela, Li Jun, Brightman Edward; H2FC Supergen : Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Conference 2022 (2022)
A summary of current techniques used to identify pinholes in fuel cell membranes: Amadi Grace, Smith Graham, Brightman Edward; H2FC Supergen : Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Conference 2022 (2022)

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Research

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Research Interests

Electrochemical Engineering for Energy Devices
Hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers
Redox flow batteries

Professional Activities

Electric car battery charges in under five minutes in track test: Recipient; 28/6/2024
International Flow Battery Forum: Participant; 25/6/2024
Flow Battery Activities at the University of Strathclyde: Speaker; 25/6/2024
Advanced characterisation of polymer electrolyte membrane devices: Speaker; 24/1/2024
New material found by AI could reduce lithium use in batteries: Recipient; 9/1/2024
12th Annual ETP Conference 2023: Participant; 12/12/2023

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Projects

FITG-FUSE-218 Summer Internships: Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator); 03-Jun-2024 - 06-Sep-2024
ReSTOR: Designing recyclable flow batteries for locally managed energy storage in developing countries: Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Academic) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Ijomah, Winifred (Co-investigator); 22-Apr-2024 - 21-Jan-2025
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Leckie, Thomas: Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Robertson, Stuart (Co-investigator) Leckie, Thomas (Research Co-investigator); 01-Oct-2023 - 01-Apr-2027
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Johnson, William: Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Lyth, Stephen (Co-investigator) Johnson, William (Research Co-investigator); 01-Aug-2023 - 01-Feb-2027
Heat Utilisation via Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical System (HEATHER): Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Robertson, Stuart (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jun-2025
sHYp ABE cell design: Roy, Sudipta (Principal Investigator) Brightman, Edward (Co-investigator); 15-Sep-2022 - 30-Dec-2022