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

Sol–gel preparation of low oxygen content, high surface area silicon nitride and imidonitride materials

Kripasindhu Sardar, Richard Bounds, Marina Carravetta, Geoffrey Cutts, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector, Joseph A. Hriljac, William Levason & Felix Wilson, 2016, Dalton Transactions, 1-10

DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04961J

Type: article

The role of preparation route upon the ambient pressure ammonia synthesis activity of Ni2Mo3N

N. Bion, F. Can, J Cook, J.S.J. Hargreaves, Andrew Lee Hector, William Levason, A.R. McFarlane, M. Richard & K Sardar, 2015, Applied Catalysis A General

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2014.10.030

Type: article

Chromium(V) oxide trichloride, and some pentachlorido-oxido-chromate(V) salts: structures and spectroscopic characterization

Andrew L. Hector, William Levason, Mark E. Light, Gillian Reid, K Sardar & Wenjian Zhang, 2013, Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie, 639(6), 906-910

DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201300084

Type: article