The annual production of hydrogen is over 90 million tonnes, with > 96% generated from fossil fuels (mostly by steam methane reformation of natural gas) releasing large quantities of CO2 as a by-product. Electrochemical water splitting technologies offer an important alternate platform to produce clean and sustainable hydrogen from surplus renewable energy. Centralā¦
The formation of intermediates plays a key role in reactivity, selectivity and deactivation in heterogeneous catalytic processes. However, their observation and determination remain a significant challenge due to the lack of selective techniques of sufficient sensitivity to detect their low concentrations (< 10 Āµmol/g).[1,2] We will show how an approach combining 13Cā¦
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Polymer Chemistry to work under the supervision of Professor Charlotte Williams for 24 months. The post is supported by Prof. Williamsā EPSRC Established Career Fellowship. The research targets the preparation and properties of new plastics, thermoplastic elastomers and adhesives prepared fromā¦
Royal Society Publishing has recently publishedĀ special issue ofĀ Philosophical Transactions AĀ entitled Supercomputing simulations of advanced materialsOrganised and edited by Scott M Woodley, C Richard A Catlow, Nora H De Leeuw and Angelos Michaelides. The development and optimisation of materials is critical to several contemporary scientific and technological challenges, including renewable energyā¦
The Metal Atoms on Surfaces and Interfaces (MASI) programme is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiative spearheaded by Nottingham and collaborating with three other UK Universities (Cardiff, Cambridge, and Birmingham). By leveraging the distinctive traits and unique possibilities of individual metal atoms and metal nanoclusters (of single or multiple species), MASI aimsā¦
The Department of Chemistry have an exciting opportunity for a motivated researcher with a keen interest in heterogeneous photocatalysis to join the Catalytic Plasmonics(CPLAS) project. CPLAS is Ā£10 million programme grant funded by EPSRC to investigate light-driven energy-conversion at the nanoscale to promote chemical transformations. The project aims to advance a new fieldā¦
CatSci and LabLinks are pleased to invite you to take part in their 2nd annual virtual chemistry poster competition, The Scientists of Tomorrow, Innovating Today! With a chance to win Ā£1000, the virtual poster competition is for final year PhD students and will take place on LabLinks on Friday 7th July 2023. It is free to enter and attend. Theā¦
When: 6 October 2023, 15:00 BSTWhere: Online The evaluation of catalysts through testing is ubiquitous in laboratories world wide, and there are many textbooks and literature articles that describe in varying levels of detail how such tests should be undertaken. In the chemical industry, catalyst testing also forms an essentialā¦
When: 3 October 2023Where: Online This webinar continues our look at our pathfinder activities in the current phase. The subject of this webinar is experimental data capture in catalysis research. This is the focus of Pathfinder 1 which is led by Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga. Experimental Data Capture: producingā¦
When: 23 May 2023, 15:00 BSTWhere: Online Carbon supported metal catalysts play an important role in the electrification of the chemical production. In this webinar, an overview on how advanced characterization techniques, and particularly synchrotron based spectroscopic techniques, can aid the design of these materials will be provided. Examples includeā¦
