Natasha Rose Hales
Natasha joined PSI in September 2021 as a PhD candidate in the Electrocatalysis and Interfaces Group under the supervision of Dr Emiliana Fabbri and Prof. Thomas Schmidt.
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
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, SEM-EDX, TEM, ICP-OES)
Recent publications:
1. 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://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451910323000248?via…)