Natasha Rose Hales

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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.

Paul Scherrer Institut
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Suisse
Téléphone
+41 56 310 43 27

 

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…)