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Materials and Energy team
Our 20-strong research team combines New Zealand and internationally trained scientists and engineers supported by a cluster of enthusiastic students from New Zealand and offshore.
Our wide base of experience, expertise and excellence in materials research enables the team to address science and technology challenges right through from strategic research, to applied science and the transfer of technology to our industry partners. The team uses and develops advanced materials and processes to create new intellectual property aligned to the needs of our industry partners, or in some cases to seed the development of new industry. We achieve this by innovating new materials and processes, and by measuring and refining their structures, properties and performance. Our primary research emphasis is the application of advanced materials science and engineering to solve industry challenges across the energy sector.
Our current research programmes are:
- Hydrogen as a renewable source of energy
- CO2 capture technologies
- Solar photovoltaics
- Inorganic cementing systems
- High performance ceramics
- Nanoceramics and nanowires for new energy technologies.