Stephen Skinner joined Imperial College in 1998 and was promoted to Professor in 2014
His research interests are in materials for new energy technologies and is primarily concerned with the chemical and physical properties of solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes and electrodes and encompasses the electrical and structural characteristics of materials. He has extensive experience of the use of neutron and synchrotron facilities to undertake in-situ high temperature characterisation of new materials and in relating the structural characteristics of materials to their electrochemical properties. A particular field of interest is the development of interstitial oxide ion conductors for fuel cell applications. Further details about his research group can be found at stephenskinnerlab.com. He has collaborated widely throughout Europe, Canada and Japan on new materials development and continues to develop links with research groups worldwide. His group are also engaged in the development of high temperature electrolysers based on both oxide ion and proton conducting oxides, permeation membranes, sensor coatings and solid state electrochemical sensors.
Stephen is also the Director of the EPSRC-SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials (CDT-ACM), a joint centre in collaboration with UCL and Trinity College Dublin, focused on training future research leaders, with students in areas as diverse as Functional nanomaterials, Energy and Healthcare, with significant industrial support.
He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, and also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Stephen is a member of The Electrochemical Society, The American Chemical Society and the American Ceramic Society. He is also a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist.
