About Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research
The Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research was formed in early 2000 by Professor Kevin Kendall who later secured £5 million funding from EPSRC to establish a Centre for Doctoral Training in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications.
Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens was appointed Director in 2012 and successfully secured a further £4.4 million funding from EPSRC to establish a further Centre for Doctoral Training in Fuel Cells and their Fuels as well as additional funding from a number of European Union funded projects.
The Centre is nationally and internationally recognised for its expertise in fuel cell technologies. The Centre focuses on research and development, applications and demonstrations of fuel cell and hydrogen systems and technologies.
Our research is driving both the technology and thinking required to solve some of the challenges facing the UK, as it seeks to develop sustainable solutions to the designing of future cities, energy and transportation. It is the ability to combine the practical with the radical, which has placed Birmingham at the forefront of this endeavour.
We are proud to be the only research institution in UK integrating research work across the full spectrum of fuel cells and their fuels.
We run an internationally recognised programme of research into hydrogen as a future energy vector, and the development of key technologies, from sustainable production and hydrogen storage to commercial utilisation, as well as the efficient provision of electricity and heat from fuel cells.
Visiting Scholars
Visiting Scholars
Scholars currently visiting the Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research
- Professor Li Dai; Visiting Professor from Harbin University of Science and Technology
- Professor Kenji Miyatake
- Taegyu Park
- Dr Liang Xu (Research Fellow)
Doctoral Researchers
Doctoral Researchers
Recep Akdeniz
(2019-2023). Production and characterisation of micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Alwani Algaddafi
(2019-2023). Development of a portable fuel cell device as an APU system for heavy duty vehicles or power supply for portable applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
A Hye
2018-2023). Low and high temperature fuel cell system integration to electric vehicles. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Zeyu Jiang
(2019-2023). Hydrogen and fuel cell research in SOFC. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Yang Li
(2019-2023). Aligned Pd-based nanowire electrodes for direct formic acid fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Kazeem Mohammed
(2019-2023). Integrating SOFC-based power plant with SOE, methanation reactor and MCFC for CO2 capture. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
William Ndifuna
(2019-2024). De-carbonising cooking applicances. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Abiola Oladeji
(2018-2023). Developing New Catalysts. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Osaze Omoregbe
(2019-2023). Catalysis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Pushpa Patel
(2018-2023). Evaluation of the effect of proton exchange membrane fuel cell nanocatalysts on membrane proteins. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Marco Pignataro
(2018-2023). Phase change materials based emulsions for thermal management applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Abubakr Siddiq(2018-2023). Novel electrode materials for proton conducting ceramic electrolysers. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Samuel Sogbesan
(2018-2023) Turning hydrogen into transport fuels. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Yichang Yan
(2019-2023). One-atom thick N-doped graphene modified polymer electrolyte membrane with aligned nanowire electrodes for direct alcohol fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Milon Miah
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher