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EP/J019208/1 - Nitride Catalysis

Staff

Lead researcher

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. 
Other researchers

Emeritus Professor William Levason

Research interests

  • Coordination chemistry, group 15 and 16 donor ligands, early transition metal chemistry, main group metal chemistry 

Research outputs

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
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 f{\"u}r anorganische und allgemeine Chemie , 639 (6) , 906--910
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201300084
Type: article