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Research project

Next generation ammonia synthesis: a highly integrated computational modelling and experimental approach

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: A.L.Hector@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Structures and ammonia synthesis activity of hexagonal ruthenium iron nitride phases
Li Shao, Angela Daisley, Michael Higham, C. Richard A. Catlow, Justin S.J. Hargreaves & Andrew L. Hector, 2024, iScience, 27(9)
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110795
Type: article
A comparison of the reactivity of the lattice nitrogen in tungsten substituted Co3Mo3N and Ni2Mo3N
Samia Al Sobhi, Ihfaf AlShibane, C. Richard A. Catlow, Angela Daisley, Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Andrew L. Hector, Michael D. Higham & Constantinos D. Zeinalipour-Yazdi, 2023, ChemSusChem, 16(22)
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300945
Type: article
Fractal-like gold nanonetworks formed by templated electrodeposition through 3D-mesoporous silica films
Li Shao, Gilles E. Moehl, Ruomeng Huang & Andrew L. Hector, 2023, RSC Advances, 13(46), 32660-32671
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06588j
Type: article