Dr Edward Brightman
Lecturer
Chemical and Process Engineering
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Best Presentation Prize (Hydrogen Theme) at ETP Annual Conference 2022 Recipient 2022
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
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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 (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) Nanostructured tungsten oxide architectures for electrochemical energy storage Cadden Thomas, Brightman Edward 12th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering (2021) The role of tungsten oxide in enhancing the carbon monoxide tolerance of platinum-based hydrogen oxidation catalysts Stewart Douglas W G, Scott Keith, Wain Andrew J, Rosser Timothy E, Brightman Edward, MacPhee Donald, Mamlouk Mohamed ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Vol 12, pp. 37079-37091 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c07804 In operando measurement of localised cathode potential to mitigate DMFC temporary degradation Rabissi C, Brightman E, Hinds G, Casalegno A International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol 43, pp. 9797-9802 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.043
Publications
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E01-0942 Hydrothermally Enhanced Tungsten-Tungsten Bronze (W-MxWO3) Electrodes for Pseudocapacitive Energy Storage Contributor 9/10/2022 A02-0139 Hybrid Lithium Polysulfide Flow Batteries for Large Scale Energy Storage Speaker 9/10/2022 242nd ECS Meeting Participant 9/10/2022 Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (Journal) Associate Editor 12/9/2020 Journal of Power Sources (Journal) Peer reviewer 2012
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Johnson, William Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Lyth, Stephen (Co-investigator) Johnson, William (Research Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2026 Heat Utilisation via Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical System (HEATHER) Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Robertson, Stuart (Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2025 sHYp ABE cell design Roy, Sudipta (Principal Investigator) Brightman, Edward (Co-investigator) 15-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022 Advanced control and monitoring for flow battery grid integration. Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023 DiTo-H2 - Digital toolbox for hydrogen production: Bridging material innovations, electrolyser architecture and grid scale impact Neagu, Dragos (Principal Investigator) Brightman, Edward (Co-investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Steedman, Andrew (Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2023 Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Seecharam, Anshul Nilesh Burns, Iain (Principal Investigator) Brightman, Edward (Co-investigator) Jorge, Miguel (Co-investigator) Seecharam, Anshul Nilesh (Research Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2025
Research Interests
- Electrochemical Engineering for Energy Devices
- Hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers
- Redox flow batteries
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Dr
Edward
Brightman
Lecturer
Chemical and Process Engineering
Email: edward.brightman@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2224