Rhys Charles, a researcher for the COATED Centre for Doctoral Training shows how waste from old thermocouples can be used to create ingredients for solar cells. The COATED CDT has Doctorate students co-located at SPECIFIC and industry. A great deal of the research is focused on functional industrial coatings for buildings that either generate, store or release energy – effectively creating Buildings as Power Stations.
SPECIFIC is an Innovation and Knowledge Centre. It aims to develop coated glass and steel products that capture, store and release solar energy, turning buildings into power stations. The centre brings together world class academic and industrial expertise in the fields of photovoltaics, solar thermal, batteries, chemical conversion and wide area lighting, alongside unique sheet and coil printing and coating facilities.
SPECIFIC is led by Swansea University in partnership with industrial partners Tata Steel, BASF and NSG Pilkington and research partners Imperial College London, Cardiff University, Bath University, Bangor University and Sheffield University; it is funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK and the Welsh Government.
SPECIFIC’s aim is to transform world-class research and innovative technology into a new, £1billion industry.
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Post time: Jun-13-2017