Research interests:
- Developing novel, highly active, nickel-based perovskite catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
- Understanding and exploring the mechanism of Fe uptake in nickel-based materials during OER catalysis
- Modifying the electronic properties of electrodeposited Ni(OH)2 thin films for OER activity using transition metal doping and surface exfoliation strategies
Technical skills:
- Flame spray synthesis of oxide nanoparticles
- Rotating disk electrode (RDE) kinetic studies
- Operando characterisations (XAS, XRD)
- Material characterisations (XRD, XAS, XPS, SEM-EDX, ICP-OES)
- Analysis of large datasets using python
First-author publications:
- N. Hales, J. Huang, B. H. Sjølin, A. Garcia-Padilla, C. N. Borca, T. Huthwelker, I. E. Castelli, R. Skoupy, A. H. Clark, M. Andrzejewski, N. Casati, T. J. Schmidt, E. Fabbri, Advanced Energy Materials, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404560
- N. Hales, T. J. Schmidt, E. Fabbri, Reversible and irreversible transformations of Ni-based electrocatalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101231