Professor Peter R. Slater
I am a Professor in Materials Chemistry at the University of Birmingham and Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage. I have more than 25 years research experience in the area of solid state/materials chemistry, ranging from battery materials to solid oxide fuel cells. In these areas I have published more than 250 papers in scientific journals, and I have written more than 15 invited review articles. My current research is focusing mainly on the development of novel ionic and mixed conductors for energy storage and conversion applications (e.g. Li/Na ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells), including the use of novel doping strategies to stabilize new systems/improve materials performance.
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I am also active in promoting research into new energy technologies to the general public, and in schools
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My research areas include
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New materials for Li/Na ion batteries
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Recycling of Li/Na ion batteries
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New materials for use as electrolytes/electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells/electrolysers
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Novel anion/cation excess systems as new ionic conductors/magnetics materials​
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General Solid State Chemistry: synthesis and characterisation of inorganic solids
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Faraday Institution Award 2023: A message from the group
At the 2023 Faraday Institution conference Peter Slater was recognised with the Researcher Development Champion Award for his outstanding supervision and mentoring towards early career researchers in their research and career path. He always goes above and beyond to support the wider research community from students to fellow professors. Congratulations Peter, this is a truly deserved award.
Recent P ublications
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2024
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Green, A, Driscoll, L, Anderson, P, Kendrick, E & Slater, P 2024, 'High-Power Recycling: Upcycling to the Next Generation of High-Power Anodes for Li-ion Battery Applications', Journal of Materials Chemistry A. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA07549D
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2023
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Driscoll, L. L., Driscoll, E. H., Dong, B., Sayed, F. N., Wilson, J. N., O’Keefe, C. A., Gardner, D.J., Grey, C. P., Allan, P. K., Michalchuk, A. A. L., & Slater, P. R. (2023). Under Pressure: Offering Fundamental Insight into Structural Changes on Ball Milling Battery Materials. Energy & Environmental Science, 5196–5209. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ee00249g
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Stockham, M, Dong, B, James, M, Zhu, P, Kendrick, E & Slater, P 2023, 'Rapid sintering of Li6.5La3Zr1Nb0.5Ce0.25Ti0.25O12 for high density lithium garnet electrolytes with current induced in-situ interfacial resistance reduction.', Energy Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3YA00123G
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Xiu, J, Han, B, Gao, H, Chen, X, Chen, Z, Gong, S, Yan, X, Tian, W, Zhang, X, Chen, T, Feng, X, Chen, G, He, D, Deng, Y, Jin, S, Slater, P & He, Z 2023, 'A Sustainable Approach Using Nanocrystals Functionalized Green Alkanes as Efficient Antisolvents to Fabricate High-Quality Perovskite Films', Advanced Energy Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202300566
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Muhammad, A & Slater, P 2023, 'Assessing boron doped Ba2In1.8Si0.2O5.1 as a potential electrolyte for use in ceramic electrolyte fuel cells', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 317, 123671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123671
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Fordham, A, Milojevic, Z, Giles, E, Du, W, Owen, R, Michalik, S, Chater, P, Das, P, Attidekou, P, Lambert, S, Allan, P, Slater, P, Anderson, P, Jervis, R, Shearing, P & Brett, D 2023, 'Combining multi-modal non-destructive techniques to investigate ageing and orientation effects in automotive Li-ion pouch cells', Joule.
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Kyeremateng, NA, Elia, G, Hahn, R & Slater, P 2023, 'Lithium-ion batteries: Nomenclature of interphases with liquid or solid-state electrolytes', Batteries & Supercaps.
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Price, J-M, Allan, P & Slater, P 2023, 'Optimising the synthesis of LiNiO2: coprecipitation versus solid-state, and the effect of molybdenum doping', Energy Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3YA00046J
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Sargent, A, Henderson, Z, Walton, A, Spencer, B, Sweeney, L, flavell, W, Anderson, P, Kendrick, E, Slater, P & Allan, P 2023, 'Reclamation and reuse of graphite from field lithium-ion battery anodes via water delamination', Journal of Materials Chemistry A. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA09769A
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Harper, GDJ, Kendrick, E, Anderson, PA, Mrozik, W, Christensen, P, Lambert, S, Greenwood, D, Das, PK, Ahmeid, M, Milojevic, Z, Du, W, Brett, DJL, Shearing, PR, Rastegarpanah, A, Stolkin, R, Sommerville, R, Zorin, A, Durham, JL, Abbott, AP, Thompson, D, Browning, ND, Mehdi, BL, Bahri, M, Schanider-Tontini, F, Nicholls, D, Stallmeister, C, Friedrich, B, Sommerfeld, M, Driscoll, LL, Jarvis, A, Giles, EC, Slater, PR, Echavarri-Bravo, V, Maddalena, G, Horsfall, LE, Gaines, L, Dai, Q, Jethwa, SJ, Lipson, AL, Leeke, GA, Cowell, T, Farthing, JG, Mariani, G, Smith, A, Iqbal, Z, Golmohammadzadeh, R, Sweeney, L, Goodship, V, Li, Z, Edge, J, Lander, L, Nguyen, VT, Elliot, RJR, Heidrich, O, Slattery, M, Reed, D, Ahuja, J, Cavoski, A, Lee, R, Driscoll, E, Baker, J, Littlewood, P, Styles, I, Mahanty, S & Boons, F 2023, 'Roadmap for a sustainable circular economy in lithium-ion and future battery technologies', Journal of Physics: Energy, vol. 5, no. 2, 021501. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/acaa57
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Dong, B, Castells-Gil, J, Zhu, P, Driscoll, L, Kendrick, E, Allan, P & Slater, P 2023, 'Synthesis, Structure and Electrochemical Properties of a New Cation Ordered Layered Li-Ni-Mg-Mo Oxide', Materials Advances. <https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ma/d2ma00981a>
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2022
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Murray, E, Zhou, Y, Slater, P, Smith, R, Goddard, P & Steele, H 2022, 'Atomistic simulation of helium diffusion and clustering in plutonium dioxide', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP02244C
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Dong, B, Haworth, A, Yeandel, S, Stockham, M, James, M, Xiu, J, Wang, D, Goddard, P, Johnston, K & Slater, P2022, 'Halogenation of Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolytes: a combined solid-state NMR, computational and electrochemical study', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 10, no. 20, pp. 11172-11185. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA07309E
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Stockham, M, Dong, B & Slater, P 2022, 'High entropy lithium garnets – Testing the compositional flexibility of the lithium garnet system', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 308, 122944 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.122944
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Song, T, Chen, L, Gastol, D, Dong, B, Marco, JF, Berry, F, Slater, P, Reed, D & Kendrick, E 2022, 'High-voltage stabilization of O3-type layered oxide for sodium-ion batteries by simultaneous tin dual modification', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 4153-4165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00522
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Majewski, A, Khodimchuk, A, Zakharov, D, Ananyev, M, johnson, I, darr, J, Slater, P & Steinberger-Wilckens, R2022, 'Oxygen surface exchange properties and electrochemical activity of lanthanum nickelates', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 312, 123228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123228
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2021
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Stockham M, Griffiths A, Dong B, Slater P. Assessing the importance of cation size in the tetragonal-cubic phase transition in lithium garnet electrolytes. ChemRxiv. Cambridge. Preprint.
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M. P. Stockham, B. Dong, M. S. James, Y. Li, Y. Ding, E. Kendrick and P. Slater. Evaluation of Ga0.2Li6.4Nd3Zr2O12 garnets: exploiting dopant instability to create a mixed conductive interface to reduce interfacial resistance for all solid state batteries. Dalton Transactions, 2021, advance article
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Reynolds, C. D.; Slater, P. R.; Hare, S. D.; Simmons, M. J. H.; Kendrick, E., A review of metrology in lithium-ion electrode coating processes. Materials & Design 2021, 209, 109971
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Driscoll, E. H.; Orera, A.; Anderson, P. A.; Sanjuán, M. L.; Slater, P. R., Raman spectroscopy insights into the α- and δ-phases of formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3). Dalton Transactions 2021, 50 (9), 3315-3323.
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Stockham, M. P.; Dong, B.; James, M. S.; Li, Y.; Ding, Y.; Slater, P. R., Water based synthesis of highly conductive GaxLi7−3xLa3Hf2O12 garnets with comparable critical current density to analogous GaxLi7−3xLa3Zr2O12 systems. Dalton Transactions 2021, 50 (7), 2364-237
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Wissel, K.; Schoch, R.; Vogel, T.; Donzelli, M.; Matveeva, G.; Kolb, U.; Bauer, M.; Slater, P. R.; Clemens, O., Electrochemical Reduction and Oxidation of Ruddlesden–Popper-Type La2NiO3F2 within Fluoride-Ion Batteries. Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33 (2), 499-512.
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Thomas, S. W.; James, M. S.; Stockham, M. P.; Deakin, J.; Jarvis, A.; Slater, P. R., Synthesis of Borate Doped La10Ge6O27: Confirming the Presence of a Secondary Conducting Pathway. ECS Transactions 2021, 103 (1), 1885-1897
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James, M. S.; Berry, F. J.; Marco, J. F.; Slater, P. R., Synthesis and Characterisation of P-Doped Sr2MnFeO6-δ Systems. ECS Transactions 2021, 103 (1), 2185-2194.
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Working Papers
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Gardner, D, James, M, Wright, S, Williams, J, Baldwin, O, Ball, T, Cooper, E, Monk, C, Driscoll, L & Slater, P 2023 'Feeling blue: utilising cation ordering to engineer the colour of apatite pigments', ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-spq6s
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Driscoll, L, Jarvis, A, Madge, R, Price, J-M, Sommerville, R, Schnaider Tontini, F, Bahri, M, Mehdi, BL, Kendrick, E, browning, N, Allan, P, Anderson, P & Slater, P 2023 'Phase-selective recovery and regeneration of end-of-life electric vehicle blended cathodes via selective leaching and direct recycling' ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-56rkk
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