Professor Peter Raymond Slater BSc, PhD

Professor Peter Raymond Slater

School of Chemistry
Professor of Materials Chemistry
Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage

Contact details

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+44 (0) 121 414 8906
Email
p.r.slater@bham.ac.uk
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@prslaterchem
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School of Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor Peter R. Slater is Professor in Materials Chemistry at the University of Birmingham and Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage. He has more than 30 years research experience in the area of solid state/materials chemistry, ranging from battery materials to solid oxide fuel cells. In these areas he has published more than 250 papers in scientific journals, and has written more than 20 review articles. His present research is focusing mainly on the development of ionic and mixed conductors for energy storage and conversion applications (e.g. Li/Na ion batteries and solid oxide fuel cells), as well as strategies for recycling such materials. 

He is also active in promoting research into new energy technologies in schools, and to general non-scientific audiences.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, 1990
  • BSc in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, 1987

Teaching

Teaching Programmes

  • MSci/BSc Chemistry single honours and major/minor programmes

Postgraduate supervision

Peter Slater’s research is in the area of materials chemistry, with the main focus being on the development of new materials for energy applications. Recent research has included the investigation of novel electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells and Li/Na ion batteries. His research group also has interests in the synthesis and characterisation of mixed metal oxide fluorides prepared by low-temperature routes for a range of applications. Experimental techniques employed include X-ray and neutron diffraction, conductivity measurements, thermogravimetric analysis, Raman and NMR spectroscopy.

Professor Slater is interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:

Synthesis and characterisation of new materials for Li/Na ion batteries
Synthesis and characterisation of new materials for use as electrolytes/electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells
Synthesis and characterisation of novel anion/cation excess systems as new ionic conductors/magnetics materials
General Solid State Chemistry: synthesis and characterisation of inorganic solids

Other activities

  • Member of the EPSRC College of Referees.
  • Member of the STFC ISIS Crystallography user group (2012-2016)
  • Member of the STFC ISIS facility Diffraction Panel (2007-2011).
  • Invited International Expert for the UK Government organized “Low Carbon Cars: Exploring the Challenge of bringing Electric Vehicles to Market International Experts’ Meeting”, BERR, London, 27-28 Oct. 2008.
  • Secretary of the RSC Solid State Chemistry Group 2004-2006.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Dong, B, haworth, A, yeandel, S, Stockham, M, James, M, Xiu, J, wang, D, goddard, P, johnston, K & Slater, P 2022, 'Halogenation of Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolytes: a combined solid-state NMR, computational and electrochemical study', Journal of Materials Chemistry A. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA07309E

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.122944

Stockham, M, Griffiths, A, Dong, B & Slater, P 2021, 'Assessing the importance of cation size in the tetragonal-cubic phase transition in lithium garnet electrolytes', Chemistry: A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103442

wissel, K, Schoch, R, vogel, T, Donzelli, M, Matveeva, G, Kolb, U, Bauer, M, Slater, P & Clemens, O 2021, 'Electrochemical reduction and oxidation of Ruddlesden–Popper-type La2NiO3F2 within fluoride-ion batteries', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 499–512. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01762

Stockham, M, Dong, B, James, M, Li, Y, Ding, Y, Kendrick, E & Slater, P 2021, '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, vol. 50, no. 39, pp. 13786-13800. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT02474D

Driscoll, L, Orera, A, Anderson, P, Sanjuan, ML & Slater, P 2021, 'Raman spectroscopy insights into the α - and δ - phases of Formamidinium Lead Iodide (FAPbI3)', Dalton Transactions, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 3315-3323. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT04300A

Waidha, AI, Siddiqi, HK, Ikeda, Y, Lepple, M, Vasala, S, Donzelli, M, Fortes, AD, Slater, P, Grabowski, B, Kramm, UI & Clemens, O 2021, 'Structural, magnetic and catalytic properties of a new vacancy ordered perovskite type barium cobaltate BaCoO2.67', Chemistry: A European Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101167

James, M, Berry, F, marco, JF & Slater, P 2021, 'Synthesis and characterisation of P-Doped Sr2MnFeO6-δ Systems', ECS Transactions, vol. 103, no. 1, pp. 2185-2194. https://doi.org/10.1149/10301.2185ecst

thomas, S, James, M, Stockham, M, jarvis, A & Slater, P 2021, 'Synthesis of borate-doped La10Ge6O27: confirming the presence of a secondary conduction pathway', ECS Transactions, vol. 103, no. 1, pp. 1885-1897. https://doi.org/10.1149/10301.1885ecst

Stockham, M, Dong, B, James, M, Li, Y, Ding, Y & Slater, P 2021, 'Water based synthesis of highly conductive GaxLi7-3xLa3Hf2O12 garnets with comparable critical current density to analogous GaxLi7-3xLa3Zr2O12 systems', Dalton Transactions, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 2364-2374. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03774E

Harrison, C, Slater, P & Steinberger-Wilckens, R 2020, 'A review of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell cathode materials with respect to their resistance to the effects of chromium poisoning', Solid State Ionics, vol. 354, 115410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2020.115410

ford, L, Slater, P, christie, J & goddard, P 2020, 'Carbon dioxide and water incorporation mechanisms in SrFeO3−δ phases: a computational study', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 22, no. 43, pp. 25146-25155. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP03537H

Patent

Driscoll, L, Slater, P & Anderson, P Apr. 28 2022, battery recycling, Patent No. WO/2022/084668. <https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2022084668A1/en?oq=WO%2f2022%2f084668>

Preprint

Stockham, M, Griffiths, A, Dong, B & Slater, P 2021 'Assessing the importance of cation size in the tetragonal-cubic phase transition in lithium garnet electrolytes' ChemRxiv. https://doi.org/10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-v36v1

Review article

Reynolds, CD, Slater, PR, Hare, SD, Simmons, MJH & Kendrick, E 2021, 'A review of metrology in lithium-ion electrode coating processes', Materials and Design, vol. 209, 109971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109971

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Expertise

Peter is an expert in materials chemistry and has worked in a range of areas. His current focus is on Lithium/Sodium ion batteries and fuel cells. His current research projects include the design and characterisation of new materials, and the investigation of strategies for the recycling of battery materials.

Policy experience

Peter has shared his expertise in a range of policy settings, including:

  • Chair of the STFC  IU Crystallography user group (2016-present)
  • Expert speaker on battery materials for the International Energy Agency workshop “Blue Sky Research for Energy Technology” (2017)
  • Invited International Expert for the UK Government organised “Low Carbon Cars: Exploring the Challenge of bringing Electric Vehicles to Market International Experts’ Meeting”, BERR (replaced by BIS), London, 27-28 October 2008. The recommendations from this meeting fed into the subsequent G8 summit meeting.

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