Research project

EP/J019208/1 - Nitride Catalysis

Lead researchers:

Professor Andrew Hector
Other researchers:

Emeritus Professor William Levason
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Andrew Hector

Head of School

Research interests

Materials synthesis, including metal nitrides, thin film materials, sol-gel and solvothermal processes and porous structures.
Materials characterisation – powder and thin film diffraction, microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.
Electrochemistry, including charge storage in battery and supercapacitor type cells, and electrodeposition of various materials.

Connect with Andrew

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Emeritus Professor William Levason

Research interests

Coordination chemistry, group 15 and 16 donor ligands, early transition metal chemistry, main group metal chemistry

Connect with William

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Citrate-gel preparation and ammonia synthesis activity of compounds in the quaternary (Ni,M)₂Mo₃N (M = Cu or Fe) systems

Samia, Ibrahim N Alsobhi, Justin Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector & Said Laassiri, 2019, Dalton Transactions, 48(44), 16786-16792

DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03673C

Type: article

The reactivity of lattice nitrogen within the Ni₂Mo₃N and NiCoMo₃N phases

Samia Al Sobhi, Nicolas Bion, Justin Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector, Said Laassiri, William Levason, Andrew Lodge, A.R. McFarlane & Clemens Ritter, 2019, Materials Research Bulletin, 118, 1-13

DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2019.110519

Type: article

The role of composition for cobalt molybdenum carbide in ammonia synthesis

Ihfaf Al Shibane, Angela Daisley, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector, Said Laassiri, Jose L. Rico & Ronald I. Smith, 2017, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5(10), 9214-9222

DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02168

Type: article

Synthesis and methane cracking activity of a silicon nitride supported vanadium nitride nanoparticle composite

Ihfaf AlShibane, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector, William Levason & Andrew McFarlane, 2017, Dalton Transactions

DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00285H

Type: article

Synthesis and processing of silicon nitride and related materials using preceramic polymer and non-oxide sol-gel approaches

Andrew Hector, 2016, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 1-36

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.05.009

Type: article