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Pitambar’s paper on heteroatom-doped carbons from ionic liquid precursors in Carbon

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Congratulations to Pitambar Poudel on his paper in Carbon on the synthesis and characterisation of heteroatom-doped carbon materials derived from ionic liquid precursors.…

New eScience paper on N-doped graphene for lithium-sulfur batteries

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We have a new paper in eScience showing how the curvature-rich structure of nitrogen-doped graphene enables asymmetric polysulfide redox catalysis for high-performance…

Danish’s paper on bioelectrochemical denitrification in Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Congratulations to Danish Laidin on his paper in the Journal of Water Process Engineering on bioelectrochemical denitrification. The work explores electrochemically-assisted…

Paper on temperature hotspots in PEM electrolysers in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society

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Just published a paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society investigating temperature hotspot formation in proton exchange membrane water electrolysers.…

Glen’s paper on Mo-doped BiVO4 photoelectrodes in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society

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Congratulations to Glen McClea on his paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society on molybdenum-doped bismuth vanadate (BiVO₄) photoelectrodes for solar-driven water…

Glen’s review on plasma-sprayed electrodes in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

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Congratulations to Glen McClea on his review in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry on plasma-sprayed electrode coatings for electrochemical applications. The review covers…

Fletcher’s paper on methanotrophic biotrickling filters coupled to microbial fuel cells in CEJ

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Congratulations to Fletcher Gilbertson on his paper in the Chemical Engineering Journal on integrating methanotrophic biotrickling filters with microbial fuel cells. The…

Pitambar’s paper on ionic liquid-derived carbon electrodes for vanadium flow batteries

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Congratulations to Pitambar Poudel on his paper in Carbon investigating ionic liquid-derived carbon materials as electrode catalysts for the V⁴⁺/V⁵⁺ redox reaction in…

New paper on gas diffusion layers in PEM electrolysers

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We have a new paper in Next Energy on gas diffusion layer design and performance in proton exchange membrane water electrolysers. The study examines how GDL properties…

Laura’s paper on NiFeMn catalysts for oxygen evolution in Chemical Engineering Journal

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Laura Titheridge keeps doing great work. Here is her latest paper in the Chemical Engineering Journal investigating NiFeMn electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution…

Laura’s paper on cathode ionomer selection for AEM water electrolysers

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Congratulations to Laura Titheridge on her paper in ACS Electrochemistry investigating how cathode ionomer choice and content affect the performance of anion exchange…

Sodastream vanadium leaching in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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Congratulations to Megan Girdwood on her paper in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering describing a novel CO₂-assisted leaching process for vanadium extraction — using a…

New Chemical Engineering Journal paper on NiFe electrocatalysts

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We have a new paper in the Chemical Engineering Journal on NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, in collaboration with…

XAS analysis helps understand vanadium recovery from slag

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Shailendra Sharma used his expertise on XAS to write a paper in Hydrometallurgy on the recovery of vanadium from industrial slag. The study investigates leaching and…

New review on ruthenium catalysts for the OER

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Congratulations to Shailendra Sharma on his paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy investigating ruthenium-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution…

Laura’s review on AEM water electrolysis in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

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Congratulations to Laura Titheridge on her review in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry covering anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis. The review provides a…

New ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces paper

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We have a new paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces on Prussian blue analogue electrode materials, featuring contributions from Shailendra Sharma, Campbell Tiffin…

New paper on sodium-oxygen batteries

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We have a new paper in Chemistry–A European Journal on sodium-oxygen battery chemistry, in collaboration with the Wollongong group. Our group was glad to help on such an…

Thermodynamic phase relations for selective metal reduction by molten oxide electrolysis

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Kathryn Ford has a new paper in ChemElectroChem examining phase relations in molten oxide systems relevant to molten oxide electrolysis. The work maps electrochemical…

Pitambar’s computational paper on decomposition of heterocycles

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Congratulations to Pitambar Poudel on his paper in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry using DFT calculations to predict the thermal decomposition temperatures of…

Sophie’s paper on ion beam modification of carbon electrodes

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Congratulations Sophie on her latest paper in Journal of Power Sources. Sophie investigated the role of defects and nitrogen doping on the redox activity for vanadium flow…

Cobalt phthalocyanine derived electrocatalysts published in Electrochimica Acta

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Congratulations to Johan Hamonnet on his paper in Electrochimica Acta investigating cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) electrocatalysts. A collaborative effort with Sally Brooker…

New paper on a copper molecular electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

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We have a new paper in Dalton Transactions on a copper complex that forms an active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in neutral water. The work was led by…

Viewpoint on standardised testing protocols for AEM water electrolysers

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Congratulations to Laura Titheridge on her viewpoint paper in ACS Energy Letters making the case for a standardised testing protocol for anion exchange membrane (AEM) water…

Pitambar’s paper on oxygen-functionalized carbons

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Pitambar Poudel has a new paper in Carbon Trends investigating the synthesis of oxygen-functionalized carbon materials through the pyrolysis of heterocyclic precursors. The…

Coal-derived carbon foam electrodes for vanadium flow batteries

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Congratulations to Sophie McArdle on her paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society exploring coal-derived carbon foam as a low-cost electrode material for vanadium…

New paper on crucible selection and validation for molten oxide electrolysis

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We have a new paper in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, led by Kathryn Ford, on the selection and experimental validation of laboratory crucibles for molten oxide…

Review on defective carbon for sodium-ion and vanadium flow batteries

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Sophie McArdle led a new review in ChemElectroChem covering defective carbon materials for next-generation stationary energy storage across sodium-ion batteries and vanadium…

New Angewandte Chemie paper on carbon electrocatalysts for selective H2O2 electrosynthesis

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It was great to contribute to a paper in Angewandte Chemie on lattice-distorted and H-passivated pure carbon electrocatalysts for efficient and stable two-electron oxygen…

Alex’s second CO2 paper this year — electrode geometry effects on selectivity

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Alex Heenan has another paper out, this time in Electrochimica Acta, looking at how electrode geometry and electrolyte flow rate influence both the activity and selectivity…

Techno-economic modelling of AEM water electrolysis

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Laura Titheridge started her PhD project with a paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy! Laura built a techno-economic model for anion exchange membrane (AEM)…

Alchemy ? making copper gas diffusion electrodes behave like gold

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Congratulations to Alex Heenan on his paper in Electrochimica Acta. Alex showed that the Nafion ionomer loading in a CuO catalyst ink can be used to shift the selectivity of…

Paper on Nafion ionomer effects in Au cluster CO2 electroreduction

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Congratulations to Shailendra Sharma on his paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society investigating the role of Nafion ionomer in the electrochemical CO2 reduction…

XAS characterisation of phosphine-capped gold clusters

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Congratulations to Shailendra Sharma on his paper in Inorganics using X-ray absorption spectroscopy to characterise a series of phosphine-capped gold clusters. The study…

New paper on gold cluster-based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

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We have a new paper out in Electrocatalysis on atomically precise gold cluster electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Shailendra Sharma led the study, which examined a series…

Electrode orientation and carbon felt heterogeneity matters!

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Congratulations to Sophie McArdle on her paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Building on her earlier single-fibre electrode work, Sophie has shown that the orientation of…

Johan’s paper on cobalt phthalocyanine catalysts for CO2 electroreduction

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Congratulations to Johan Hamonnet on his paper in ACS Catalysis. Johan investigated materials based on cobalt phthalocyanine supported on carbon black and pyrolysed at…

Perspective on electrochemical engineering challenges in green hydrogen production

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We have a new perspective in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society examining the challenges facing green hydrogen production when coupled to renewable and variable…

Alex and Johan’s paper on iR compensation in CO2 reduction studies

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Congratulations to Alex Heenan and Johan Hamonnet on their viewpoint paper in ACS Energy Letters. The paper makes the case that sloppy iR compensation and inconsistent…

Review paper on electrochemical characterisation of macroporous electrodes

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We have a new review paper out in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, co-authored with Tim Tichter. The paper surveys recent advances — and highlights some hidden pitfalls…

Sophie’s paper on spatial variability of kinetics in carbon felt electrodes

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Congratulations to Sophie McArdle on her paper in Electrochemistry Communications. Building on Leatham’s earlier single-fibre methodology, Sophie used it to systematically…

New paper on electrochemical reduction of Si and Ti from molten slag

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We have a new paper out in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, led by Samuel Martín Treceño with contributions from Tom Hughes, Nick Weaver, and collaborators Matt…

Samuel’s paper on direct use of ironmaking slag as a molten oxide electrolyte

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Congratulations to Samuel Martín Treceño on his paper in JOM. This work assesses the thermochemical and electrical behaviour of ironmaking slag produced from titanomagnetite…

Zain’s review paper on sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling

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Congratulations to Zain Kader on his review paper in Emergent Materials. With electric vehicle production growing rapidly, the question of what to do with end-of-life…

Samuel’s paper on electrochemistry of titanium-bearing slag for molten oxide electrolysis

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Congratulations to Samuel Martín Treceño on his paper in Electrochimica Acta. Samuel used a containerless approach inside a modified thermal imaging furnace to investigate…

Leatham’s paper on single fibre electrode measurements in carbon felt

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Congratulations to Leatham Landon-Lane on his new paper in Electrochimica Acta. Carbon felt electrodes are widely used in redox flow batteries, but their complex porous…

New paper on EIS at carbon fiber microelectrodes

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Congratulations to Leatham Landon-Lane on his paper in Electrochemistry Communications, co-authored with Prof. David Harrington. The work provides the first experimental…

Hani’s paper on preventing deactivation of gold CO2 reduction cathodes

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Another paper from Hani Taleshiahangari, this time published in Electrocatalysis. A persistent challenge in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on gold is that cathode…

Asad’s paper on improving DSA electrode lifetime

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We have a new paper out in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society from Asad Kariman. Asad investigated whether incorporating TiO2 nanoparticles into thermally prepared…

New paper on CO2 reduction in batch and flow cells

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Congrats to Hani on his latest paper in Electrochemistry Communications. Hani, along with co-author Thibault Portail, compared the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO on…

Tobias’s review paper on through-mask electrochemical micromachining

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Tobias Baldhoff has a comprehensive review paper out in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society covering through-mask electrochemical micromachining (TMEMM) — a…

New paper on how OER kinetics governs electrochemical wastewater treatment

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We have a new paper in Electrochimica Acta modelling how the kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction influences the rate of organic oxidation at electrocatalytic anodes.…

Asad’s paper on organic oxidation kinetics at active anodes

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Congratulations to Asad Kariman on his paper in Electrocatalysis. Asad investigated the mechanism and kinetics of organic oxidation occurring in parallel with the oxygen…

Tobias’s paper on electrochemical micromachining of aluminium

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Congratulations to Tobias Baldhoff on his paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. Tobias demonstrated through-mask electrochemical micromachining of aluminium…

New paper on mass transfer effects in CO2 reduction on copper

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Calvin Lim has a new paper out in Electrochimica Acta looking at how mass transfer affects CO2 reduction on copper. Using a rotating cylinder electrode, Calvin found that…

Calvin’s paper on controlling CO2 reduction selectivity on copper

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Congratulations to Calvin Lim on his paper in Electrochimica Acta. Calvin showed that by periodically interrupting galvanostatic CO2 reduction on copper with short cyclic…

Sophie’s paper on spontaneous iridium deposition onto nickel for OER

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Another paper from Sophie Mellsop, this time in Electrocatalysis. Sophie investigated whether iridium can be spontaneously deposited onto nickel substrates from H2IrCl6…

Jared’s paper on the electrochemical stability of gold nanoparticle catalysts

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Congratulations to Jared Steven on his paper in Electrochimica Acta. Jared assessed the stability of carbon-supported gold nanoparticles with different size distributions…

New paper on Tafel slope analysis for the OER

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We have a new paper in Electrochemistry Communications on interpreting Tafel slopes for the oxygen evolution reaction. Using a full kinetic steady-state model rather than…

Rejuvenating nickel OER anodes — new paper from Sophie

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Sophie Mellsop has another paper out in Electrochimica Acta, this time showing that nickel oxy-hydroxide anodes age and lose oxygen evolution activity over time, but that…

Sophie’s paper on nickel oxy-hydroxide films for water electrolysis

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Congratulations to Sophie Mellsop on her new paper in Electrochimica Acta. Sophie, along with co-authors Alister Gardiner and Bernt Johannessen, used in situ X-ray…

New paper on the effect of gold loading on glycerol electrooxidation

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We have a new paper out in Electrochimica Acta on the electrocatalytic oxidation of glycerol using carbon-supported gold nanoparticles. The study looked at a wide range of…

Diandree’s paper on gold particle size and glycerol oxidation activity

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Diandree Padayachee has a new paper out in Electrochimica Acta examining how the size of gold nanoparticles affects the electrocatalytic oxidation of glycerol. Using…

New paper on gold-MnO2 catalysts for glycerol electrooxidation

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Congratulations to Diandree Padayachee on her new paper in Electrochimica Acta. Diandree investigated the effect of adding MnO2 to a carbon-supported gold catalyst for…