Newcastle University

Projects

• Ceramic hollow fibre membranes for energy
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Ian Metcalfe
• Hollow Fibre Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Project Leader(s): Prof Ian Metcalfe
• SUPERGEN: Delivery of sustainable hydrogen
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Ian Metcalfe

• Franca RV, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3−δ microtubular membranes for hydrogen production from water splitting. Journal of Membrane Science 2012, 389, 173-181.
• Murugan A, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. A chemical looping process for hydrogen production using iron-containing perovskites. Energy & Environmental Science 2011, 4(11), 4639-4649.
• Metcalfe IS, North M, Pasquale R, Thursfield A. An integrated approach to energy and chemicals production. Energy & Environmental Science 2010, 3(2), 212-215.
• Mather GC, Poulidi D, Thursfield A, Pascual MJ, Jurado JR, Metcalfe IS. Hydrogen-permeation characteristics of a SrCeO₃-based ceramic separation membrane: Thermal, ageing and surface-modification effects. Solid State Ionics 2010, 181(3-4), 230-235.
• Kanawka K, Dal Grande F, Wu ZT, Thursfield A, Ivey D, Metcalfe I, Kelsall G, Li K. Microstructure and Performance Investigation of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on Highly Asymmetric YSZ Microtubular Electrolytes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2010, 49(13), 6062-6068.
• Tan XY, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS, Li K. Analysis of a perovskite ceramic hollow fibre membrane reactor for the partial oxidation of methane to syngas. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 2009, 4(3), 251-258.
• Dal Grande F, Thursfield A, Kanawka K, Droushiotis N, Doraswami U, Li K, Kelsall G, Metcalfe IS. Corrigendum to “Microstructure and performance of novel Ni anode for hollow fibre solid oxide fuel cells” [Solid State Ionics 180/11-13 (2009) 800-804]. Solid State Ionics 2009. ,180 20-22 1231-1231.
• Poulidi D, Mather GC, Tabacaru CN, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Electrochemical promotion of a platinum catalyst supported on the high-temperature proton conductor La0.99Sr0.01NbO4−δ. Catalysis Today 2009, 146(3-4), 279-284.
• Yang NT, Tan XY, Ma ZF, Thursfield A. Fabrication and Characterization of Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9 Microtubular Dual-Structured Electrolyte Membranes for Application in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology. Journal of The American Ceramic Society 2009, 92(11), 2544-2550.
• Grande F, Thursfield A, Kanawka K, Droushiotis N, Doraswami U, Li K, Kelsall G, Metcalfe I. Microstructure and performance of novel Ni anode for hollow fibre solid oxide fuel cells. Solid State Ionics 2009, 180(11-13), 800-804.
• Dal Grande F, Thursfield A, Kanawka K, Droushiotis N, Doraswami U, Li K, Kelsall G, Metcalfe IS. Microstructure and performance of novel Ni anode for hollow fibre solid oxide fuel cells. In: Electroceramics XI - Ionic, Electronic and Mixed Conductors, Fuel Cells Symposium. 2008, University of Manchester, UK: Solid State Ionics: Elsevier BV.
• Kharton VV, Tsipis EV, Naumovich EN, Thursfield A, Patrakeev MV, Kolotygin VA, Waerenborgh JC, Metcalfe IS. Mixed conductivity, oxygen permeability and redox behavior of K2NiF4-type La2Ni0.9Fe0.1O4+δ. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2008, 181(6), 1425-1433.
• Dal Grande F, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Morphological control of electroless plated Ni anodes: Influence on fuel cell performance. Solid State Ionics 2008, 179(35-36), 2042-2046.
• Tan X, Li K, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Oxyfuel combustion using a catalytic ceramic membrane reactor. Catalysis Today 2008, 131(1-4), 292-304.
• Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Air separation using a catalytically modified mixed conducting ceramic hollow fibre membrane module. Journal of Membrane Science 2007, 288(1-2), 175-187.
• Poulidi D, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Electrochemical promotion of catalysis controlled by chemical potential difference across a mixed ionic-electronic conducting ceramic membrane - An example of wireless NEMCA. Topics in Catalysis 2007, 44(3), 435-449.
• Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS, Kruth A, Irvine JTS. Defect chemistry and transport in metal oxides. In:Fierro JLG, ed. Metal oxides: chemistry and applications.Hoboken :CRC Press ,2006, pp. 55-86.
• Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Hollow fibre La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-Δ mixed conducting membranes for oxygen separation and methane combustion. In: AIChE Annual Meeting.2006,San Francisco, California, USA
• Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Methane oxidation in a mixed ionic-electronic conducting ceramic hollow fibre reactor module. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 2006, 10(8), 604-616.
• Baranova EA, Thursfield A, Brosda S, Foti G, Comninellis Ch, Vayenas CG. Electrochemical promotion of ethylene oxidation over Rh catalyst thin films sputtered on YSZ and TiO2/YSZ supports. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2005,152 2 E40-E49.
• Baranova EA, Thursfield A, Brosda S, Foti G, Comninellis Ch, Vayenas CG. Electrochemically induced oscillations of C2H4 oxidation over thin sputtered Rh catalyst films. Catalysis Letters 2005,105 1-2 15-21.
• Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. The use of dense mixed ionic and electronic conducting membranes for chemical production. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2004,14 16 2475-2485.
• A. Thursfield,S. Brosda,C. Pliangos,T. Schober,C. G. Vayenas. Electrochemical promotion of an oxidation reaction using a proton conductor. Electrochimica Acta 2003. , 48(25-26), 3779-3788.
• Poulidi D, Castillo-del-Rio MA, Salar R, Thursfield A, Metcalfe IS. Electrochemical promotion of catalysis using solid-state proton-conducting membranes. In: Solid State Ionics: Eleventh International Conference on Solid State Protonic Conductors. 2003, Guildford, UK: Elsevier BV.
• Ferreira P, Mosselmans F, Pillinger M, Rocha J, Thursfield A. Erratum: Structural studies of MCM-48 derivatized with (1,1'- ferrocenediyl)dimethylsilane (European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2000) (97-102)). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2000, (3), 576.
• P. Ferreira,I. S. Gonçalves,F. E. Kühn,M. Pillinger,J. Rocha,A. M. Santos,A. Thursfield. Structural studies and catalytic activity of MCM-41 and MCM-48 modified with the titanocenophane [SiMe2(η5-C5H4)2]TiCl2. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2000. , (3), 551-557.
• Ferreira P, Goncalves IS, Mosselmans F, Pillinger M, Rocha J, Thursfield A. Structural Studies of MCM-48 Derivatized with (1,1′-Ferrocenediyl)dimethylsilane. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2000, 2000(1), 97-102.
• Ferreira P, Gonçalves IS, Kühn FE, Pillinger M, Rocha J, Thursfield A, Wen-Mei X, Zhang G. Synthesis and characterisation of MCM-41-supported dimolybdenum complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2000, 10(6), 1395-1401.
• Z. Lin,J. Rocha,P. Ferreira,A. Thursfield,J. R. Agger,M. W. Anderson. Synthesis and structural characterization of microporous framework zirconium silicates. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 1999. , 103(6), 957-963.
• A. Thursfield,M. W. Anderson,J. Dwyer,G. J. Hutchings,D. Lee. 13C and 15N solid-state MAS NMR study of the conversion of methanol and ammonia over H-RHO and H-SAPO-34 microporous catalysts. Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions 1998. , 94(8), 1119-1122.
• S. M. Holmes,V. L. Zholobenko,A. Thursfield,R. J. Plaisted,C. S. Cundy,J. Dwyer. In situ FTIR study of the formation of MCM-41. Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions 1998. , 94(14), 2025-2032.
• A. Thursfield,M. W. Anderson. 1H, 2H, and 13C solid-state NMR studies of methanol adsorbed on a series of acidic microporous zeotype materials. Journal of Physical Chemistry 1996. , 100(16), 6698-6707.