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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Senior Research Associate

             

Research Interests

My scientific interests lie in the development of novel materials for energy related applications. Highly efficient and robust electrochemical processes will be crucial for the widespread implementation of technologies making use of renewable sources of energy for generation (e.g. photovoltaics), storage (e.g. batteries & supercapacitors) and transformation (e.g. carbon-capture, hydrogen generation, water purification, etc.). The development of novel materials that outperform the current state-of-the-art or enable next-generation applications with ultra-high efficiency will rely on a deeper understanding of their activity, at smaller time and length scales and during operando conditions. In particular, the main current limitations in the implementation of improved energy solutions rest in our inability for controlling the reactivity at the interfaces of their components (electrode-electrolyte).

Gas analysis systemsMy research studies these interactions in electro-chemical systems using common characterization techniques adapted for operando measurements. For that purpose, I have developed novel techniques with which to study energy storage devices while in operation. Initially, I designed and developed two operando gas-analysis systems to study reactions occurring during cycling of different types of batteries (schematically represented in image): A system of multiple pressure monitoring devices (PMS), and a high-resolution online electrochemical mass spectrometer (OEMS), which can detect and quantify the evolution of individual gases with great mass and time resolution (<1 picomol/s). I am currently developing similarly operando techniques for battery monitoring based on XRD, MS, NMR and EPR for various technologies.

These systems, allowed me to study efficiency improvements in different battery architectures, such as Li-Air (e.g. Joule, 2020), organic redox flow (e.g. Nature, 2020), lithium-ion batteries (e.g. ACS Energy Lett., 2022), and carbon capture devices (e.g. Nanoscale, 2022), in collaboration with academic institutions and consortiums (Faraday Institution, ALISTORE-ERI, Oxford, UCSD, etc.) and several industrial partners (Johnson Matthey, Umicore, Nyobolt, etc.).

 

Career path

I am a senior RA (2022-) and PI at the University of Cambridge and associated RA at ALISTORE-ERI (2019-), The Faraday Institution (2020-), and the Graphene Flagship (2022-) leading teams that develop post-intercalation batteries, and tackle degradation in Li-ion batteries, as well as consultant for Nyobolt (2022-).

Prior to working in the Energy Storage field, I worked in the disciplines of Surface Science and catalysis as Co-I leading the Spectroscopy team of the Surface Science Research group (2009-2015), and as Marie-Curie PDRA at the University of Liverpool (2009). Surface Science was also my field of study during MSc (2006) and PhD (2010) research programs at Laval University, Canada.

 

Publications

Co3O4-Catalyzed LiOH Chemistry in Li–O2 Batteries
J Lu, S Dey, I Temprano, Y Jin, C Xu, Y Shao, CP Grey
– ACS Energy Letters
(2020)
5,
3681
Toward Reversible and Moisture-Tolerant Aprotic Lithium-Air Batteries
I Temprano, T Liu, E Petrucco, JHJ Ellison, G Kim, E Jónsson, C Grey
– Joule
(2020)
4,
2501
Electrolyte oxidation pathways in lithium-ion batteries
BLD Rinkel, DS Hall, I Temprano, CP Grey
– J Am Chem Soc
(2020)
142,
15058
Towards Reversible and Moisture Tolerant Aprotic Lithium-Air Batteries
I Temprano, T Liu, E Petrucco, J Ellison, G Kim, E Jónsson, C Grey
(2020)
In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries
EW Zhao, T Liu, E Jónsson, J Lee, I Temprano, RB Jethwa, A Wang, H Smith, J Carretero-González, Q Song, CP Grey
– Nature
(2020)
579,
224
Understanding LiOH Formation in a Li-O 2 Battery with LiI and H 2 O Additives
T Liu, G Kim, E Jónsson, E Castillo-Martinez, I Temprano, Y Shao, J Carretero-González, RN Kerber, CP Grey
– ACS Catalysis
(2018)
8,
66
Cycling Non-Aqueous Li-O2 Batteries with Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Sulfolane Co-Solvent
G Kim, T Liu, I Temprano, EA Petrucco, N Barrow, CP Grey
– Johnson Matthey Technology Review
(2018)
62,
332
Increased thermal stability of activated N
SJ Jenkins, T Liu, I Temprano
– Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(2017)
19,
21848
Activity of iron pyrite towards low-temperature ammonia production
I Temprano, T Liu, SJ Jenkins
– Catalysis Today
(2017)
286,
101
Proline-derived structural phases on Cu{311}
DC Madden, I Temprano, SJ Jenkins, SM Driver
– Topics in Catalysis
(2015)
58,
591
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Telephone number

01223 336482

Email address

it251@cam.ac.uk