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Research Group

Electrochemistry

The Electrochemistry Group has research programmes to generate new materials and new electrochemical approaches to energy conversion and storage. This includes research into fuel cells, thermoelectrics, lithium batteries and supercapacitors.

Part of Chemistry

About

Electrochemistry covers many aspects of fundamental science and large-scale industrial processes. Our group has developed courses that are popular with industry and academia across the world.

Our work on the development and application of high-throughput methodologies in electrochemistry has been applied to functional materials discovery for a wide range of applications and for electrode modification in:

  • electroanalysis
  • biosensors
  • biofuel cells

This has resulted in a successful spin-out company, Ilika, with more important work still being sought within chemistry. This includes work with the Advanced Composite Materials Facility. Work in the design of microflow electrolysis cells is enabling efficient laboratory organic synthesis.

Our group is active in the area of templated electrodeposition of nanomaterials and the applications of nanomaterials. Templated electrodeposition technologies, pioneered in Southampton, offer effective routes to new nanostructures which can produce large quantities, or areas, of material at a reasonable cost.

People, projects and publications

People

Professor Andrea Russell

Professor of Physical Electrochemistry

Research interests

  • Structure/property relationships in electrocatalysts
  • Development and application of syncrotron based spectroscopic techniques for operando characterisation of electrocatalysts, electrode structures, and electrochemical interfaces

Connect with Andrea

Email: a.e.russell@soton.ac.uk

Address: B29, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Andrew Hector

Associate Dean Education

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Andrew

Email: a.l.hector@soton.ac.uk

Address: B30, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Doctor Antonia Kotronia

Research Fellow

Connect with Antonia

Doctor Ioanna Bakaimi

Research Fellow

Connect with Ioanna

Email: i.bakaimi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B27, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Doctor Iris Nandhakumar

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Iris

Email: iris@soton.ac.uk

Address: B29, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

My work has centred on the phenomena of cavitation; this is both a fascinating and experimentally challenging arena but ultimately this work has led to a number of exploitable technologies.
Senior Lecturer
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