About us

We are an interdisciplinary team, studying the electrochemical interfaces of processes involving energy storage, energy conversion, and electrochemical transformations.
Principal investigator
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Dr Ifan E.L. Stephens
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Department of Materials - White City
Reader in Electrochemistry
Research staff
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Anna Winiwarter
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Department of Materials - White City
EC-MS to study electrochemical nitrogen reduction in organic electrolytes
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Benjamin Moss
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Department of Chemistry - White City
Optical instrument development and optical spectroscopy of OER catalysts
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Dr Bethan J V Davies
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Department of Materials - White City
Li-ion battery degradation study by EC-MS
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Dr Cindy Tseng
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Department of Materials - White City
Spectroelectrochemical development and characterisation for OER catalysts
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Dr Soren B Scott
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Department of Materials - White City
Replacing Iridium with electrocatalysts based on abundant elements for water oxidation in acid
Postgraduate students (PhD)
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Anastasia Teck
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Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington
Understanding electrochemical interfaces in aluminium graphite dual-ion batteries
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Angus Pedersen
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Department of Materials - South Kensington
Atomic Fe in N-doped Carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in low-temperature fuel cells
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Artem Khobnya
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Department of Materials - White City
Studying N2 reduction using electrochemistry - mass spectrometry
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Benjamin Bowers
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Department of Materials - White City
Bimetallic catalysts for CO2 conversion to high-value carbon products
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Caiwu Liang
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Department of Materials - White City
Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation mechanism on metal oxides
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Craig Burdis
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Department of Materials - White City
Nitrogenase-inspired nitrogen reduction to ammonia
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Daisy Thornton
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Department of Materials - White City
Studying parasitic reactions in Li-ion batteries that contribute to degradation, mainly using EC-MS
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James Murawski
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Department of Materials - White City
Oxygen evolution catalyst stability studies for PEM water electrolysis
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Johannes Rietbrock
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Department of Materials - White City
Optimising nanostructures for SEIRAS, mainly to probe N2 reduction intermediates
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Matthew Spry
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Department of Materials - White City
Probing N2 reduction intermediates and Solid-Electrolyte Interphase formation using in situ infrared spectroscopy
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Mengnan Wang
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Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington
Bridging the gap between active oxygen reduction catalyst and efficient catalyst layer in fuel cell via biomass
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Olivia Westhead
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Department of Materials - White City
Solid Electrolyte Interphase characterisation by XPS, TOF-SIMS, SEM, and Atomic probe tomography for the Li-mediated N2 reduction
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Ramin Jannat
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Department of Materials - South Kensington
Investigating the nucleation and growth of dendrites in lithium-ion batteries
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Romain Tort
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Chemical Engineering Dept - White City
Characterising and reshaping the electrolyte for the Li-mediated N2 reduction
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Rose Oates
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Department of Materials - White City
Modifying copper nanomaterials for CO2 reduction, and optimising the electrochemical system
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Sarat Alabidun
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Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington
Understanding the solid electrolyte interface and degradation mechanisms in Na-ion batteries
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Silvia Favero
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Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington
Engineering the electrochemical interfaces of oxygen reduction catalysts for more efficient and sustainable fuel cells
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Simon Kellner
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Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington
Flexible carbon structures for fuel cells
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Yuxiang (Eric) Zhou
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Department of Materials - White City
Nanostructured energy materials for CO2 reduction
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Zamaam Mukadam
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Department of Materials - White City
Electrocatalytic valorisation of biomass
Visiting Affiliates
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Alexander Bagger
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Chemical Engineering Dept
Atomic simulations of electrochemical reactions
Past Members
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Dr Reshma Rao
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Dr Reshma Rao Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow - Imperial College LondonLocation
Department of Materials - White City
Previously
Research Associate - operando study of (photo)electrochemical OER catalysts
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Dr Hossein Yadegari
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Dr Hossein YadegariLocation
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Dr Hui Luo
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Ceres Power - London
Previously
Research Associate - Electrochemical recycling of biomass and plastics
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Dr Ieuan Seymour
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University of Aberdeen
Previously
Research Associate - Structural properties of commercial & next-gen materials for batteries and solid-oxide fuel cells
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Dr Jesús Barrio Hermida
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Imperial College London - Chem. Eng.
Previously
Research Associate - Metal nitrogen carbon electrodes synthesis
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Ricardo Paz Moldes Duarte
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Ricardo Paz Moldes Duarte Research FellowLocation
University of Colorado
Previously
PhD Student - O2 electrodes for redox flow batteries
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Dr Saurav Chandra Sarma
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Johnson Matthey
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow - CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products