Ifan Stephens's group picture at a summer picnic gathering in Hyde Park

We are an interdisciplinary team, studying the electrochemical interface of processes involving energy storage, energy conversion, and electrochemical transformations.

Principal investigator

Research staff

Postgraduate students (PhD)

  • Guanglei Chen

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    Guanglei Chen PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Investigating the Solid Electrolyte Interphase of lithium-assisted N2 reduction by cryo‐atom probe tomography

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  • Paul-Benjamin Amar

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    Paul-Benjamin Amar PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Cryo-microscopy studies of carbon dioxide reduction catalysts

  • Boxi Ye

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    Boxi Ye PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Hydrogen-free ammonia production

  • Craig Burdis

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    Craig Burdis PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Nitrogenase-inspired nitrogen reduction to ammonia

  • Guangmeimei Yang

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    Guangmeimei Yang PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Chemistry - White City

    Stable electrode supports for PEM oxygen evolution

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  • Jiaze Sun

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    Jiaze Sun PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Automated chemistry approaches towards oxygen evolution catalysis discovery

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  • Johannes Rietbrock

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    Johannes Rietbrock PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Optimising nanostructures for SEIRAS, mainly to probe N2 reduction intermediates

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  • Ramin Jannat

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    Ramin Jannat PhD student

    Location

    Department of Materials - South Kensington

    Investigating the nucleation and growth of dendrites in lithium-ion batteries

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  • Sarat Alabidun

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    Sarat Alabidun PhD Student

    Location

    Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington

    Understanding the solid electrolyte interface and degradation mechanisms in Na-ion batteries

  • Shivam Sharma

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    Shivam Sharma PhD Student

    Location

    Chemical Engineering Department - South Kensington

    Understanding solid electrolyte interphase in hard carbons using electrochemistry - mass spectrometry

  • Yuxiang (Eric) Zhou

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    Yuxiang (Eric) Zhou PhD Student

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Nanostructured energy materials for CO2 reduction

Visiting Affiliates

  • Dr Sang Gu Ji

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    Dr Sang Gu Ji Visiting Research Fellow

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Investigating the Solid Electrolyte Interphase for efficient NH3 production

Past Members and Visitors

  • Dr Reshma Rao

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    Dr Reshma Rao Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow - Imperial College London

    Location

    Department of Materials - White City

    Previously

    Research Associate - operando study of (photo)electrochemical OER catalysts

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  • Dr Alexander Bagger

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    Dr Alexander Bagger Associate Professor

    Location

    DTU Energy

    Atomic simulations of electrochemical reactions

  • Dr Anastasia Teck

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    Dr Anastasia Teck

    Location

    Chemical Engineering Dept - South Kensington

    Previously

    PhD - Understanding electrochemical interfaces in aluminium graphite dual-ion batteries

  • Dr Angus Pedersen

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    Dr Angus Pedersen Research Fellow

    Location

    BAM Berlin - Electrochemical Energy Materials

    Previously

    PhD - Atomic Fe in N-doped Carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in low-temperature fuel cells

  • Dr Anna Winiwarter

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    Dr Anna Winiwarter Head of Research

    Location

    Radical Dot - Munich

    Previously

    Research Associate - EC-MS to study electrochemical nitrogen reduction in organic electrolytes

  • Dr Benjamin Bowers

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    Dr Benjamin Bowers Electrochemical Scientist

    Location

    Phlair, Munich, Germany

    Previously

    Bimetallic catalysts for CO2 conversion to high-value carbon products

  • Dr Benjamin Moss

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    Dr Benjamin Moss Research Fellow

    Location

    Location

    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    Previously

    Research Associate - Optical instrument development and optical spectroscopy of OER catalysts

  • Dr Daisy Thornton

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    Dr Daisy Thornton Cell Degradation Engineer

    Location

    Rimac Energy - London

    Previously

    PhD Student - Studying parasitic reactions in Li-ion batteries that contribute to degradation using EC-MS

  • Dr Hossein Yadegari

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    Dr Hossein Yadegari

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  • Dr Hui Luo

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    Dr Hui Luo Surrey Future Fellow

    Location

    Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences - University of Surrey

    Previously

    Research Associate - Electrochemical recycling of biomass and plastics

     
  • Dr Ieuan Seymour

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    Dr Ieuan Seymour Lecturer - Chemistry

    Location

    University of Aberdeen

    Previously

    Research Associate - Structural properties of commercial & next-gen materials for batteries and solid-oxide fuel cells

  • Dr James Murawski

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    Dr James Murawski Electrochemical Research Scientist - CO2 Reduction

    Location

    University of Manchester

    Previously

    Research Associate - PEM water electrolysis

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  • Dr Jesús Barrio Hermida

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    Dr Jesús Barrio Hermida Research Fellow

    Location

    Imperial College London - Chem. Eng.

    Previously

    Research Associate - Metal nitrogen carbon electrodes synthesis

  • Dr Matthew Spry

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    Dr Matthew Spry Research Fellow

    Location

    SANKEN, Osaka University, Japan

    Previously

    PhD - Probing N2 reduction intermediates and Solid-Electrolyte Interphase formation using in situ infrared spectroscopy

  • Dr Mengnan Wang

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    Dr Mengnan Wang Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

    Location

    Swansea University

    Previously

    PhD - Bridging the gap between active oxygen reduction catalyst and efficient catalyst layer in fuel cell via biomass

  • Dr Olivia Westhead

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    Dr Olivia Westhead NitroElectroChemist

    Location

    Nitrovolt, Denmark

    Previously

    Research Associate - Solid Electrolyte Interphase characterisation by XPS, TOF-SIMS, SEM, and Atomic probe tomography for the Li-mediated N2 reduction

  • Dr Ricardo Paz Moldes Duarte

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    Dr Ricardo Paz Moldes Duarte Research Fellow

    Location

    University of Colorado

    Previously

    PhD Student - O2 electrodes for redox flow batteries

  • Dr Rose Oates

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    Dr Rose Oates

    Location

    Bloomberg NEF

    Previously

    Electrochemical system engineering and copper nanomaterials for CO2 reduction

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  • Dr Saurav Chandra Sarma

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    Dr Saurav Chandra Sarma Research Scientist

    Location

    Johnson Matthey

    Previously

    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow - CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products

     
  • Dr Silvia Favero

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    Dr Silvia Favero Research Fellow

    Location

    Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)

    Previously

    Research Fellow - Engineering the electrochemical interfaces of oxygen reduction catalysts for more efficient and sustainable fuel cells

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  • Dr Simon Kellner

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    Dr Simon Kellner

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    Previously

    PhD Student - Flexible carbon structures for fuel cells

  • Dr Soren B Scott

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    Dr Soren B Scott Associate Professor

    Location

    University of Copenhagen - Denmark

    Previously

    Research Associate - PEM electrolyser catalysts for oxygen evolution based on abundant materials

  • Dr Zamaam Mukadam

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    Dr Zamaam Mukadam Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Location

    GORD Doha, Qatar

    Previously

    Research Associate - Electrocatalytic valorisation of biomass

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