The Grey group studies the nature of solid state materials by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), X-ray and Neutron scattering, electron microscopy and computational calculations. The materials we investigate have applications in supercapacitors, fuel cells, and batteries.
Our current research projects are described here and a full list of publications is available here. We currently have 52 group members including 23 PhD students (13 of whom are co-supervised by another PI) and 17 Post-Doctoral researchers all listed here. The group is very dynamic and also very international with nearly 20 nationalities represented.
News
- July 2026: Jana Fritzke and Mohammad Zabara will be presenting papers at the upcoming Faraday Discussions meeting on "Solid electrolyte interphases in next-gen batteries" (10.1039/D6FD00047A and 10.1039/D6FD00049E, respectively).
- July 2026: Welcome to several summer students James, Pinky, Isabel, Shruti, Seph and Bruno from the Faraday Institution's FUSE scheme, Henry Royce Institute's Undergraduate Internship scheme and the CamREPPS scheme.
- June 2026: Congratulations to Stefan Oswald for receiving the Colin Garfield Fink Summer Fellowship of the Electrochemical Society!
- June 2026: Congratulations to visiting Master's student Floris de Leeuw for winning best poster prize at the International Symposium on Beyond Lithium-Ion Batteries 2026 - BeLi26 in Zurich, Switzerland! We look forward to welcoming Floris back for his PhD in October!
- March 2026: Welcome to AMET MPhil students Ilayda Ayyildiz and Hao Ying who are doing their research projects in the group!
- March 2026: Congratulations to Stefan Oswald for winning the prize for the best poster at the Faraday ECR Conference 2026 in Warwick!
- February 2026: Congratulations to Clare for being awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry! Departmental News Story
- Jan-April 2026: Congratulations to James Steele and Kieran Mylrea for passing their PhD vivas!
Related publications
Resolving Self-Discharge Mechanisms in Anode-Less Lithium Metal Batteries
ACS Electrochemistry
(2026)
acselectrochem.6c00201
The interplay between stack pressure, mechanical expansion and degradation pathways in lithium-ion batteries
Nature Energy
(2026)
1
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-026-02087-6)
Monitoring Redox Pathways and Performance Limitations in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries Using In Situ
7/6
Li and
33
S NMR Spectroscopies
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2026)
65
e25050
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202525050)
Suppressing gliding in Ni-rich single-crystal cathodes by defect engineering
Joule
(2026)
102400
(doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2026.102400)
Structural Elucidation of Na2/3NiO2, a Dynamically Stabilized Cathode Phase with Nickel Charge and Sodium Vacancy Ordering
Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society
(2025)
37
2581
Collinear Jahn-Teller Ordering Induces Monoclinic DistorƟon in “Defect-free” LiNiO2
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2025)
147
29042
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c07435)
