Contact Dr Jerry Luo
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754687
- Email: Z.Luo@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Hydrogen
- Nanotechnology
- Renewable Energy
Background
Dr Jerry Luo is a Reader in Energy Storage and Harvesting at Cranfield University. His current research focuses on Renewable Energy and Energy Harvesting, including projects developing solar-to-hydrogen generation and researching on energy harvesting materials/devices. He has expertise in energy systems and devices, from materials research to system design and prototyping. He completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales (Australia). During PhD he was awarded a fellowship and worked at Technical University Darmstadt (Germany) as a visiting researcher. After his PhD he has been working in the universities in Australia and the UK, and joined Cranfield in 2016.
His research has been sponsored with funding over £3.6M, from EPSRC, Innovate UK, RAEng, HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund) and industry. He has been the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of 14 Innovate UK projects, 1 EPSRC ICASE project collaborated with BAE Systems, and 1 EPSRC Researcher in Residence. He received an ICURe Award in 2019, a Golden Award for Academic Excellence in Hydrogen Research in 2024, and nominated for Earthshot Prize 2024. He has over over 60 publications and 5 patents. His current research group has 2 postdocs and 8 PhDs, and runs a laboratory well equipped for research on energy materials and devices.
Research opportunities
PhDs, MSc by Research, visiting academics and exchanged PhDs are welcome. You will be supported by my research group and laboratory, and involved in the exciting research projects.
If you are interested in the PhD study in my research group please contact me. PhD scholarships are available from time to time.
We recruit postdocs from time to time. Please contact me and we can discuss the opportunities.
Master placement, PhD exchanges, visiting academics please contact me to discuss the opportunities.
Current PhD students: 8 students
Current activities
1. Innovate UK 'Utilising green hydrogen to decarbonise the semiconductors industry' (PI, £209k, 2024 - 2026)
2. GFIL-TAF- HyWaves Local Green Hydrogen (PI, £50k, 2024)
3. British Council 'CPV for green hydrogen production' (PI, £40k, 2024 - 2025)
4. Innovate UK 'Shoreside Power from Optimised Hydrogen Lifecycle (SPOHL)' (PI, £151k, 2024 - 2025)
5. Innovate UK Energy Catalyst mid-stage project 'Hybrid energy system for clean cooking and electricity generation' (2023 - 2024, £121k)
6. EPSRC ICASE PhD project sponsored by EPSRC and BAE Systems (PI and supervisor, 2020 -2024);
7. Innovate UK Energy Catalyst project 'A CSP and TFG hybrid energy system' (PI and Project Lead, £299,918, 2020 - 2021, completed);
8. Innovate UK project 'Development of a shortlist-and-test diagnostic platform for brucellosis in livestock' (PI, £266,946, 2019 - 2022, completed);
9. EPSRC Researcher in Residence ''Renewable energy integrated intelligent charging system for EV', EP/T517306/1, (PI, £49,781, 2019 - 2021, completed);
10. Innovate UK project 'CoolerSun: creating a clean and reliable cooling, heating, water treatment and electricity' (PI, 2020, completed);
11. Innovate UK project 'HH-Gen: High performance green hydrogen generation from solar energy' (Co-I, £311,153, 2020-2021, completed);
12. Innovate UK project 'Second Life Batteries for Commercial Energy Use' (Co-I, £411,477, 2020-2021, completed);
13. Innovate UK project 'Advanced grid services provided by optimised EV community and fleet charging' (Co-I, £200,595, 2020-2021, completed);
14. Innovate UK project 'Development of a low carbon heating and cooling system with storage and gender-based temperature regulation for public and commercial buildings' (Co-I, £312,350, 2020-2021, completed);
15. Higher Education Innovation Fund 'Demonstration of Thermo-Foil-Generator (TFG) for Industrial Waste Heat Recovery' (Co-I, 2020, completed);
16. MSc Group project sponsored 'Renewable energy integrated base stations and their energy management' by Mobile Broadband Network Limited (Co-I, 2020, completed);
17. Innovate UK ICURe Award 'Make sense of your sole' (PI, 2019, completed);
18. MSc Group project 'Detection system for overhead distribution cable positional faults' sponsored by UK Power Networks Limited (Co-I, 2019, completed);
19. EPSRC eFutures sandpit 'Feasibility study Maternal IoT garment for foetal electrocardiogram' (PI, 2018, completed)
Clients
Public Clients:
- Innovate UK
- EPSRC
- Newton Fund
- The Higher Education Innovation Fund
- RAEng
Industrial Clients:
- BAE Systems
- Mobile Broadband Network Limited
- UK Power Networks Limited
- Thermoelectric Conversion Systems
- TFG Global Power
- FocalSun
- Biotangents
- IceRobotics
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Qin Q, Luo Z & Luk P. (2025). Battery thermal management for microchannel cooling system with scanning flow method. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 11(1)
- Kaheel S, Fallatah G, Luk P, Ibrahim KA & Luo Z. (2025). Decision support system for sustainable hydrogen production: case study of Saudi Arabia. Energy for Sustainable Development, 84
- Sun W, Thompson DJ, Yurchenko D, Zhao D, Luo Z, .... (2025). Energy harvesting technologies on high-speed railway infrastructure: review and comparative analysis of the potential and practicality. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 74
- Ibrahim KA, Maréchal TL, Luk P, Qin Q, Huang L, .... (2025). Floating solar wireless power transfer system for electric ships: design and laboratory tests. Energy Conversion and Management, 332
- Wei G, Qiao J, Li X, Dou A, Hu S, .... (2025). High performance rechargeable aluminium ion batteries enabled by strategy of covalent organic frame material. Chemical Engineering Journal, 511
- Ibrahim KA, Luk PC-K, Luo Z, Ng SY & Harrison L. (2025). Revolutionizing power electronics design through large language models: applications and future directions. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 123(D)
- Gao X, Wang Z, Xu Y, Feng S, Fu S, .... (2024). PFKFB3-Meditated Glycolysis via the Reactive Oxygen Species–Hypoxic Inducible Factor 1α Axis Contributes to Inflammation and Proliferation ofStaphylococcus aureusin Epithelial Cells. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 229(2)
- Esparza I, Olábarri Candela Á, Huang L, Yang Y, Budiono C, .... (2024). Floating PV systems as an alternative power source: case study on three representative islands of Indonesia. Sustainability, 16(3)
- Lakshminarayanan V, Ranjbar M, Ibrahim KA & Luo Z. (2024). A scalable optical meta-surface glazing design for agricultural greenhouses. Physica Scripta, 99(3)
- Fu S, Yang B, Gao Y, Qiu Y, Sun N, .... (2024). A critical role for host-derived cystathionine-β-synthase, in Staphylococcus aureus-induced udder infection. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 210
- Crawley FJE & Luo Z. (2024). High force compression mode to Shear mode piezoelectric energy harvesting. Micro and Nano Engineering, 23
- Khan MF, Thorup VM & Luo Z. (2024). Delineating mastitis cases in dairy cows: development of an IoT-enabled intelligent decision support system for dairy farms. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 20(7)
- Wei G, Qiao J, Li X, Tao F, Xue W, .... (2024). High performance rechargeable aluminium ion batteries enabled by full utilization and understanding of polyaniline cathodes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 496
- Huang L, Yang Y, Khojasteh D, Ou B & Luo Z. (2024). Floating solar power loss due to motions induced by ocean waves: an experimental study. Ocean Engineering, 312, Part 1
- Faniyi B & Luo Z. (2023). A physics-based modelling and control of greenhouse system air temperature aided by IoT technology. Energies, 16(6)
- Tao F, Wei G, Xu X, Xu W, Xie W, .... (2023). Spatial reticulate polytriphenylamine cathode material with enhanced capacity for rechargeable aluminum ion batteries. Ionics, 29(9)
- Abdulkhaliq HS, Crawley F, Luk P & Luo Z. (2023). Piezoelectric energy harvester for harnessing rotational kinetic energy through linear energy conversion. Energies, 16(18)
- Ibrahim KA, Luk PC-K & Luo Z. (2023). Cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells - a review and the perspective of pulsating flow cooling. Energies, 16(6)
- Nwalike ED, Ibrahim KA, Crawley F, Qin Q, Luk P, .... (2023). Harnessing energy for wearables: a review of radio frequency energy harvesting technologies. Energies, 16(15)
- Kaheel S, Ibrahim KA, Fallatah G, Lakshminarayanan V, Luk P, .... (2023). Advancing hydrogen: a closer look at implementation factors, current status and future potential. Energies, 16(24)
- Wei Y, Ou B, Wang J, Yang L, Luo Z, .... (2023). Simulation of a floating solar farm in waves with a novel sun-tracking system. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1288(1)
- Wei G, Tao F, Xu X, Li X, Lai F, .... (2023). Phytic acid-doped and ammonium hydroxide de-doped polyaniline cathodes for rechargeable aluminum ion battery. Solid State Ionics, 392
- Hussaini ZA, Crawley F, Luo Z, Sansom C, King P, .... (2023). A Novel Application of a Parabolic Trough Collector for Solar Cooking, Thermal Storage and Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting. SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 1
- Wan Z, Fu S, Wang Z, Xu Y, Zhou Y, .... (2022). FABP4-mediated lipid droplet formation in Streptococcus uberis-infected macrophages supports host defence. Veterinary Research, 53(1)
- Fu S, Wen C, Wang Z, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, .... (2022). Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of outbreaks of Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical mastitis in Chinese dairy farms. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(6)
- Huang L, Li F, Li M, Khojasteh D, Luo Z, .... (2022). An investigation on the speed dependence of ice resistance using an advanced CFD+DEM approach based on pre-sawn ice tests. Ocean Engineering, 264(November)
- Nnachi RC, Sui N, Ke B, Luo Z, Bhalla N, .... (2022). Biosensors for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens in water, food and environment. Environment International, 166(August)
- Dore H, Aviles-Espinosa R, Luo Z, Anton O, Rabe H, .... (2021). Characterisation of textile embedded electrodes for use in a neonatal smart mattress electrocardiography system. Sensors, 21(3)
- Wang Z, Lan R, Xu Y, Zuo J, Han X, .... (2021). Taurine alleviates Streptococcus uberis-induced inflammation by activating autophagy in mammary epithelial cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 12
- Wan Z, Lan R, Zhou Y, Xu Y, Wang Z, .... (2021). Taurine-Mediated IDOL Contributes to Resolution of Streptococcus uberis Infection. Infection and Immunity, 89(5)
- Lan R, Wan Z, Xu Y, Wang Z, Fu S, .... (2021). Taurine reprograms mammary-gland metabolism and alleviates inflammation induced by Streptococcus uberis in mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 12(June)
- Munthala D, Sonklin T, Pomyai P, Luo Z, Crawley FJE, .... (2021). In-situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) studies of electrical field induced domain switching in BCZT ceramics. Ceramics International, 47(17)
- Luo Z, Kampoosiri S, Sonklin T, Jongpinit W, Marungsri B, .... (2021). A study of the electrical fatigue behavior of lead zirconate titanate for micro-actuator application in hard disk drives. Integrated Ferroelectrics, 214(1)
- Yan X, Luo Q, Sun J, Luo Z & Chen Y. (2020). Online dynamic working-state recognition through uncertain data classification. Information Sciences, 555
- Luo Q, Yan X, Ju C, Chen Y & Luo Z. (2020). An ultra-short baseline underwater positioning system with Kalman filtering. Sensors, 21(1)
- Shi J, Luo Z, Dibin Z & Beeby S. (2019). Optimization a structure of MEMS based PDMS ferroelectret for human body energy harvesting and sensing. Smart Materials and Structures, 28(7)
- Mitrovic IZ, Weerakkody AD, Sedghi N, Ralph JF, Hall S, .... (2018). Controlled modification of resonant tunneling in metal-insulator-insulator-metal structures. Applied Physics Letters, 112(1)
- Promsawat M, Promsawat N, Wong JW, Luo Z, Pojprapai S, .... (2017). Effects of frequency on electrical fatigue behavior of ZnO-modified Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.65Ti0.35O3 ceramics. Ceramics International, 43(16)
- Promsawat N, Promsawat M, Janphuang P, Marungsri B, Luo Z, .... (2017). Investigation of the effect of temperature on aging behavior of Fe-doped lead zirconate titanate. Functional Materials Letters, 10(03)
- Almusallam A, Luo Z-H, Komolafe A, Yang K, Robinson A, .... (2017). Flexible piezoelectric nano-composite films for kinetic energy harvesting from textiles. Nano Energy, 33
- Promsawat M, Marungsri B, Promsawat N, Janphuang P, Luo Z, .... (2017). Effects of temperature on aging degradation of soft and hard lead zirconate titanate ceramics. Ceramics International, 43(13)
- Huang J-F, Han S-J, Chen H-J, Liu G-S, Li G-T, .... (2016). Enhancement of polar phases in PVDF by forming PVDF/SiC nanowire composite. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 23(6)
- Chen H-J, Han S, Liu C, Luo Z, Shieh H-PD, .... (2016). Investigation of PVDF-TrFE composite with nanofillers for sensitivity improvement. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 245
- Mitrovic IZ, Weerakkody AD, Sedghi N, Hall S, Ralph JF, .... (2016). (Invited) Tunnel-Barrier Rectifiers for Optical Nantennas. ECS Transactions, 72(2)
- Mitrovic IZ, Weerakkody AD, Sedghi N, Hall S, Ralph JF, .... (2016). (Invited) Tunnel-Barrier Rectifiers for Optical Nantennas. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2016-01(16)
- Luo Z, Zhu D & Beeby S. (2016). An electromechanical model of ferroelectret for energy harvesting. Smart Materials and Structures, 25(4)
- Luo Z, Zhu D & Beeby SP. (2015). Multilayer ferroelectret-based energy harvesting insole. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 660(1)
- Luo Z, Zhu D, Shi J, Beeby S, Zhang C, .... (2015). Energy harvesting study on single and multilayer ferroelectret foams under compressive force. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 22(3)
- Pojprapai S, Luo Z & Yimnirun R. (2012). Frequency effect on electrical fatigue behaviour of lead zirconate titanate ceramics. Electronics Letters, 48(17)
- Luo Z, Pojprapai S, Glaum J & Hoffman M. (2012). Electrical Fatigue‐Induced Cracking in Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoelectric Ceramic and Its Influence Quantitatively Analyzed by Refatigue Method. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 95(8)
- Luo Z, Glaum J, Granzow T, Jo W, Dittmer R, .... (2011). Bipolar and Unipolar Fatigue of Ferroelectric BNT‐Based Lead‐Free Piezoceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(2)
- Pojprapai S, Simons H, Studer AJ, Luo Z & Hoffman M. (2011). Temperature Dependence on Domain Switching Behavior in Lead Zirconate Titanate Under Electrical Load via In Situ Neutron Diffraction. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(10)
- Luo Z, Granzow T, Glaum J, Jo W, Rödel J, .... (2011). Effect of Ferroelectric Long‐Range Order on the Unipolar and Bipolar Electric Fatigue in
Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3 ‐Based Lead‐Free Piezoceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(11) - Pojprapai(Imlao) S, Luo Z, Clausen B, Vogel SC, Brown DW, .... (2010). Dynamic processes of domain switching in lead zirconate titanate under cyclic mechanical loading by in situ neutron diffraction. Acta Materialia, 58(6)
- Matsutani A, Luo ZJ, Pojprapai S, Hoffman M & Pezzotti G. (2009). Visualization of highly graded oxygen vacancy profiles in lead-zirconate-titanate by spectrally resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 95(20)
Conference Papers
- Crawley FJE & Luo Z. (2024). High force compression mode to shear mode piezoelectric energy harvesting
- Adedokun SO, Farhan Khan M, Luk P & Luo Z. (2023). Machine Learning-Based Restoration Forecast with Predictive Power Outage for Diverse Power Outage Scenarios
- Ajayi A, Luk P, Lao L, Khan MF & Luo Z. (2023). Feed Forward Cascaded Neural Network Enhanced Stochastic Predictive Model Control for Microgrid Energy Management
- Adedokun SO, Luo Z, Luk P, Balta-Ozkan N, Khan MF, .... (2022). ML Self-Sufficient Sustainable Energy Resiliency Management System: Outage Forecasting, Classification and Restoration with Maintenance Indicators for All Types of Power Outages
- Ibrahim KA, Kim M, Kinuthia D, Hussaini ZA, Crawley F, .... (2021). High Performance Green Hydrogen Generation System
- Dore H, Aviles-Espinosa R, Luo Z, Anton O, Rabe H, .... (2020). Evaluation of screen-printing techniques for embedding ECG sensors in medical devices
- Aviles-Espinosa R, Rendon-Morales E, Luo Z, Dore H, Anton O, .... (2019). Neo-SENSE: a non-invasive smart sensing mattress for cardiac monitoring of babies
- Balakrishna C, Rendon-Morales E, Aviles-Espinosa R, Dore H & Luo Z. (2019). Challenges of Wearable Health Monitors : A Case study of Foetal ECG Monitor
- Balakrishna C, Rendon-Morales E, Aviles-Espinosa R, Dore H & Luo Z. (2019). Challenges of Wearable Health Monitors
- Promsawat N, Promsawat M, Janphuang P, Beeby S, Rojviriya C, .... (2018). CNTs-added PMNT/PDMS flexible piezoelectric nanocomposite for energy harvesting application
- Rodriguez A, Balsamo D, Luo Z, Beeby SP, Merrett GV, .... (2017). Intermittently-powered energy harvesting step counter for fitness tracking
- Shi J, Lou Z, Zhu D & Beeby SP. (2016). PDMS/PVA composite ferroelectret for improved energy harvesting performance
- Luo Z-H, Shi J & Beeby SP. (2016). Novel thick-foam ferroelectret with engineered voids for energy harvesting applications
- Huang J, Han S, Chen H-J, Luo Z, Shieh H-PD, .... (2016). Enhancement of electroactive phases of PVDF by mixing SiC nanowires for pressure sensing
