Research and innovation
Home to one of Europe's largest Green Hydrogen research groups and a high proportion of internationally respected centres of expertise engaged in Net Zero research and innovation with demonstrable commercial and societal impact.
Loughborough’s expertise including research, innovation and partners covers the hydrogen value chain from production, storage and end-use, policy and user-acceptance.
Materials Science and Technology
Material synthesis and characterisation of new materials
- Facility: LMCC, X-Lab Extreme
- Staff: Anish Roy, Bala Vaidhyanathan
Catalyst development to improve the efficiency of production and storage
- Facility: Operando Research Chemistry
- Staff: Simon Kondrat, Sandie Dann, Sonya Calnan
Low-cost production
Battery-electrolyser
- Demonstrator facility for green hydrogen production online from September 2026
- Staff: Dani Strickland, Lizzie Ashton, Jonathan Wilson
Photochemical water splitting Hydrogen
- Staff: Simon Kondrat, Jonathan Wagner, Dowon Bae
Seawater electrolysis
- Renewable generation powered electrolysis from waste including wastewater and sea water
- Staff: Wen Feng Lin
Bio-generation including augmented biohydrogen production
- Staff: Jonathan Wagner
Separation and purification of H2 in H2 production system
- Staff: Sonya Calnan
Green hydrogen and chemical production
- Staff: Sonya Calnan and Wen-Feng Lin
Hydrogen Storage
Metal hydrides as a safe method to store hydrogen
- Staff: Lizzie Ashton, Sandie Dann
Hydrogen end-use
Fuel cells – solid oxide
- Staff: Wen Feng Lin
Solid Oxide Electrolyser – Ammonia
- Staff: Ian McPherson
Low temperature Direct Ammonia Fuel cell
- Staff: Sonya Calnan
Integrating Hydrogen into Engine Test Cells
- Facility: Perkins Multi-fuel Power Unit
- Staff: Adrian Spencer, Ed Long
Thermodynamics and fluid dynamics modelling
- Application to the automotive, engine, powertrain, power, environmental and medical industries
- Staff: Ed Long
- Hydrogen combustion in the aerospace industry (NCCAT)
Future proof skills ecosystem
The University is integral to the East Midlands skills ecosystem delivering the skills needs for the future of hydrogen and Net Zero, from level four (advanced learning) to postdoctoral research.