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EP/J019208/1 - Nitride Catalysis

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

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: wxl@soton.ac.uk

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
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