The Sustainable Materials for Emerging Energy Technologies (SMEET) took place in London on 28 February 2011. 

Please find the programme below with links to the presentations given in PDF format.

Programme

9:30 Registration and coffee
10:20 Welcome

10:30 - Materials risk access to technology minerals - PDF 1.7Mb

- Michael Nestour, Ernst & Young

11:00 - Minor metals supply - PDF 6.3Mb

- Michael Forrest, Mining Research

11:30 - Effect of catalyst development on Pt supply - case study - PDF 3.9Mb

- Alan Gibbon, formerly JM

12:00 - Li supply - PDF 820Kb

- Gerry Clarke, Independent Industrial Minerals Specialist

12:30 Lunch

14:00 - Magnets for DC electric motors - PDF 1.4Mb

- Rex Harris, Birmingham University

14:30 - Battery storage - PDF 220Kb

- Peter Hall, Strathclyde University

15:00 - Fuel cells - PDF 2.4Mb

- John Kilner, Imperial College

15:30 Refreshments

16:00 - Materials sustainability: Thin film photovoltaics in a terrawatt solar electricity market - PDF 4.7Mb

- Ian Forbes, University of Northumbria

16:30 - Hydrogen Storage: Material demand and sustainability issues - PDF 2.4Mb

- Gavin Walker, University of Nottingham

17:00 Close