Prof Ana Sobrido has been shortlisted for this year's Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship Award for her work on solar flow batteries, a niche technology able to directly store solar energy and use it to photocharge a battery.

The Journal of Materials Chemistry annual lectureship honours researchers who have made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has put together a collection featuring some of the shortlisted candidates' recent work published in their journals.

Updated by: Ana Jorge Sobrido