Professor Ludmilla Steier MRSC
Winner: 2023 Materials 九州影院 Early Career Prize
University of Oxford
For seminal contributions to the understanding of defect chemistry in semiconducting materials and interfacial energetics in photocatalytic and photovoltaic devices.
Celebrate Professor Ludmilla Steier
The motivational driver from within is my ambition to contribute to our transition to renewable and, in particular, solar energy.
We urgently need to transition to a circular sustainable economy if we want to succeed in mitigating the impacts of climate change and protecting our ecosystem. At the core of this transition is the ability to store and use renewable energy: solar energy, in particular, since the sun is the most abundant renewable energy source available to our planet.
Professor Steier’s group develops materials that can use solar energy to make energy-rich and therefore high value chemicals, such as hydrogen, ethylene and methanol, from water and atmospheric carbon dioxide. The chemicals can function as a fuel (and a form of energy storage) as well as a chemical feedstock for various branches of the chemical industry. Using a technique called atomic layer deposition (ALD), coupled with material characterisation carried out during catalysis, the group links material properties with catalyst performance, which is key for the development of the next generation of materials.
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