News
Congratulations to Tara and Jas!
The recent Women in Science conference at Nottingham was very well attended, with more than 150 people engaging. Tara presented a talk titled "Shaping carbon nitride – towards more efficient photocatalysts", and Jas won first prize for her poster titled "Photoelectrochemical CO2 conversion using boron-doped graphitic carbon nitride". Congratulations!
7th March 2025
Congratulations to Elena!
Prof Elena Besley has received a Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Fellowship 2025. Through a generous donation from the Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation, Prof. Besley will forge new scientific collaborations with the Indian and international scientific communities and exchange ideas and expertise.
10th February 2025
Congratulations to Tom!
Dr Tom Burwell successfully defended his thesis. His hard work and dedication have truly paid off—welcome to the world of accomplished researchers!
24th January 2025
Congratulations to Ilya!
Ilya Popov, PhD candidate in Nottingham, has recently been awarded an Early Career Researcher Prize by Molecular Physics for his publication "Effective hamiltonian of crystal field method for periodic systems containing transition metals"
11th June 2024
MASI on TV
NottsTV covered one of our latest publications, Tara Le Mercier's paper on CO2 reduction to methanol using a novel photocatalyst. Andrei was interviewed in-studio to explain how the catalyst works and why it could be an important step towards achieving net zero.
2nd April 2024
Congratulations to Simon Grant
Congratulations to Simon Grant, Chair of our External Advisory Board, for being appointed an MBE for services to diversity in the chemical industry!
4th January 2024
Congratulations to Graham Hutchings
Congratulations to Graham Hutchings for being recognised as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering!
20th September 2023
Symposium - Making, Breaking and Utilising Ammonia, 26th June 2023
MASI hosted a symposium on the ammonia economy. Thanks to everyone who joined us for a day of talks covering a wide range of aspects enabling the development of the ammonia economy. Featuring cutting-edge research presented across ammonia synthesis, decomposition, combustion and electrochemical processes.
Seminar with Dr Arkady Krasheninnikov
Dr Arkady Krasheninnikov of the Ion Beam Centre, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Dresden, visited Nottingham and gave a talk entitled "Engineering the structure and properties of 2D materials through defect creation and intercalation"
26th January 2023
Functional Materials Seminar with Chilean Universities
Jesum, Anabel and Andreas gave talks at a recent symposium bringing together researchers across UoN and Chile investigating functional materials for energy applications.
13th December 2022
Latest publications
In Situ Transformation of Tin Microparticles to Nanoparticles on Nanotextured Carbon Support Boosts the Efficiency of the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, Tom Burwell et al, ACS Applied Energy Materials
A Descriptor Guiding the Selection of Catalyst Supports for Ammonia Synthesis, Andreas Weilhard et al, Chemical Science
Evolution of amorphous ruthenium nanoclusters into stepped truncated nano-pyramids on graphitic surfaces boosts hydrogen production from ammonia, Yifan Chen et al, Chemical Science
Electrochemical Characterisation and Fuel Cell Testing of Bespoke, Low Loading Platinum on Carbon Black Catalysts Fabricated By Physical Vapour Deposition, Richard Clark et al, ECS Meeting Abstracts
Direct formation of copper nanoparticles from atoms at graphitic step edges lowers overpotential and improves selectivity of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, Tom Burwell et al, Communications Chemistry
Machine learning insights into predicting biogas separation in metal-organic frameworks, Isabel Cooley et al, Communications Chemistry
From scrap metal to highly efficient electrodes: harnessing the nanotextured surface of swarf for effective utilisation of Pt and Co for hydrogen production, Madasamy Thangamuthu et al, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol, Tara Le Mercier, Madasamy Thangamuthu et al, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Chemical Kinetics of Metal Single Atom and Nanocluster Formation on Surfaces: An Example of Pt on Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Ilya Popov et al, Nano Letters
Selective Excitation of Pd-decorated Titania Enables Consecutive C−C Couplings and Hydrogenations under Ambient Conditions, Ryan Z. Whitehead et al, ChemCatChem
A high-throughput, solvent free method for dispersing metal atoms directly onto supports, Emerson Kohlrausch et al, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Blurring the boundary between homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis using palladium nanoclusters with dynamic surfaces, Israel Cano, Andreas Weilhard et al, Nature Communications