Project overview
The project is aimed at the discovery of new hydrothermal routes to the preparation of metal oxide nanotubes. The proposal also seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating these new materials into energy conversion and storage applications including hydrogen storage, solar cells and fuel cells. The methodology used to search for hydrothermal conditions will include an analysis of the solubility of metal oxides under hydrothermal conditions, followed by formulation and testing of novel conditions favourable to the formation of metal oxide nanotubes. The sorption of hydrogen into the pores of novel metal oxide nanotubes will be quantitatively studied. Improvements in solar cell and fuel cell technology are anticipated by utilisation of the unique properties of novel metal oxide nanotubes.
Staff
Lead researchers
Research outputs
Dmitry V. Bavykin, Luca Passoni & Frank C. Walsh,
2013, Chemical Communications, 49(62), 7007-7009
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43264E
Type: article
Rachel D. White, Dmitry V. Bavykin & Frank C. Walsh,
2013, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1(3), 548-556
DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00257D
Type: article
Nina Podoliak, Oleksandr Buchnev, Dmitry V. Bavykin, Alexander N. Kulak, Malgosia Kaczmarek & Timothy J. Sluckin,
2012, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 386(1), 158-166
Type: article
Rachel D. White, Dmitry V. Bavykin & F.C. Walsh,
2012, Nanotechnology, 23(6), 065705-065715
Type: article
Dmitry V. Bavykin, Tanya L. Stuchinskaya, Lefteris Danos & David A. Russell,
2012, Langmuir, 28(50), 17419-17425
DOI: 10.1021/la304043d
Type: article
Rachel D. White, Dmitry V. Bavykin & Frank C. Walsh,
2012, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(15), 8824-8833
DOI: 10.1021/jp300068t
Type: article
Dmitry V. Bavykin, Alexander N. Kulak & F.C. Walsh,
2011, Langmuir, 27(9), 5644-5649
DOI: 10.1021/la200527p
Type: article