Chem4Energy: a consortium of the Royal Society Africa Capacity-Building Initiative

Author:

Ungerer Marietjie J.12,Adei Evans3,Amakali Theopolina4,Botchway Cecil H.3,Daniel Likius S.4ORCID,Darkwa James5,Dzade Nelson Y.16,Mbaiwa Foster7,Mensah Mary13,Nyepetsi Maipelo7,Makhubela Banothile8,Mitchell Claire E.1,Olaoye Oluwasegun Emmanuel5,Oyetunji Olayinka A.5,Sankar Meenakshisundaram1ORCID,Sejie Fortunate P.5,Sheehama Jacobina4,Tia Richard3,Uahengo Veikko4,Živković Aleksandar19,De Leeuw Nora H.129ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK

2. School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

3. Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

4. Department of Physics, Chemistry and Material Science, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

5. Department of Chemistry, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

6. Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

7. Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana

8. Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

9. Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 8a Princetonlaan, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands

Abstract

The Africa Capacity-Building Initiative is a Royal Society programme funded by the former UK Department for International Development to develop collaborative research between scientists in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK. Initially, four institutions were involved in the Chem4Energy consortium: Cardiff University in the UK and three African partners, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, the University of Namibia and the University of Botswana, soon also including the Botswana International University of Science and Technology. The Chem4Energy research programme focused on ‘New materials for a sustainable energy future: linking computation with experiment’, aiming to deploy the synergy between state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques to design and optimize new catalysts and semiconductor materials for renewable energy applications, based on materials that are abundant and readily available in African countries. The Chem4Energy consortium has achieved ambitious research goals, graduated seven PhD students and delivered a high-quality cross-disciplinary training programme in materials science and simulation techniques relevant to renewable energy applications. Since 2021, the extended consortium, including North-West University and the Centre for High-Performance Computing in South Africa, has remained active through an annual Chem4Energy conference series, with the sixth meeting taking place in Namibia in April 2025.

Funder

Royal Society

FCDO Africa Capacity Building Initiative

Centre for High Peformance Computing

Publisher

The Royal Society

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