Professor Saiful Islam is Professor of Materials Science at the University of Oxford and a member of the Royce Modelling and Simulation Steering Group.
Overview
The Royal Institution in London is hosting a public lecture with Professor Saiful Islam exploring the latest in new battery and solar materials and how these are impacting energy solutions.
The supply of low-carbon energy is one of the greatest global challenges of our time. Major breakthroughs in clean energy technologies require advances in new materials and a deeper understanding of these materials on the atomic scale. But how can we develop new crystalline materials to produce better batteries for electric cars and for storing energy from renewables such as wind and solar?
In this talk, materials chemist and 2016 Christmas Lecturer Saiful Islam will explain how the use of atomistic modelling on supercomputers in close synergy with experimental studies can help to understand and design better materials for clean energy applications, particularly electric vehicle batteries and next-generation solar cells. 10 years on from his Christmas Lectures on energy, Saiful will navigate how the field has changed and what is coming next.
Registration and further event details
This event takes place at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS.
This is an in-person, theatre-only event where the speakers and audience are together in the Royal Institution Theatre.
Find out more and book tickets here.
October 3 2026
