Jessica C McGlynn

• PhD Student at University of Glasgow

Minor structural changes in transition metal dichalcogenides can have dramatic effects on their electronic properties. This makes the quest for key parameters that enable a selective choice between the competing metallic and semiconducting phases in the 2D MoTe2 system compelling. Herein, we report the optimal conditions at which the choice of the...

MoTe 2 has been shown to undergo an electrochemical activation in operando, which is evidenced by a dramatic reduction of the overpotential. This work identifies the optimum reaction conditions in which...

Minor structural changes in transition metal dichalcogenides can have dramatic effects on their electronic properties. This makes the quest for key parameters that can enable a selective choice between the competing metallic and semiconducting phases in the 2D MoTe₂ system compelling. Herein, we report the optimal conditions at which the...

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The electrochemical generation of hydrogen is a key enabling technology for the production of sustainable fuels. Transition metal chalcogenides show considerable promise as catalysts for this reaction, but to date there are very few reports of tellurides in this context, and none of these transition metal telluride catalysts are especially active....

The production of hydrogen through water splitting using earth-abundant metal catalysts is a promising pathway for converting solar energy into chemical fuels. However, existing approaches for fine stoichiometric control, structural and catalytic modification of materials by appropriate choice of earth abundant elements are either limited or challe...

Sunlight is widely distributed geographically and provides enough energy in one hour to supply the world’s energy demands for a full year. However, this form of renewable energy is intermittent; thus current renewable energy technologies must be fed in to the grid or the excess energy is otherwise wasted. Recent efforts have therefore been focused...

In this work, we explore the implementation of new design principles for the development of efficient molecular HER catalysts. We aim to investigate the effects of stoichiometric and structural control resulting from the appropriate choice of the chalcogen elements and their ratio (e.g. O 2− /S 2 2− , O 2− /S 2 2− /S 4 2−) within the coordination s...

The production of hydrogen through water splitting using earth-abundant metal catalysts is a promising pathway for converting solar energy into chemical fuels. However, existing approaches for fine stoichiometric control, structural and catalytic modification of materials by appropriate choice of earth abundant elements are either limited or challe...

Molybdenum oxy-sulfides provide the latest molecular resource to assist the hydrogen reduction reaction.

The production of hydrogen through water splitting using earth-abundant metal catalysts is a promising pathway for converting solar energy into chemical fuels. However, existing approaches for fine stoichiometric control, structural and catalytic modification of materials by appropriate choice of earth abundant elements are either limited or challe...

A novel method to obtain Al2O3–ZrO2 nanocomposites is presented. It consists of the co-precipitation step of boehmite (AlO(OH)) and ZrO2, followed by microwave hydrothermal treatment at 270 °C and 60 MPa, and by calcination at 600 °C. Using this method, we obtained two nanocomposites: Al2O3–20 wt % ZrO2 and Al2O3–40 wt % ZrO2. Nanocomposites were c...

We report on optimisation of the environmental stability and high temperature operation of surface transfer doping in hydrogen-terminated diamond using MoO3and V2O5surface acceptor layers. In-situ annealing of the hydrogenated diamond surface at 400 °C was found to be crucial to enhance long-term doping stability. High temperature sheet resistance...

Hydrogen has a large array of uses throughout the chemical and energy industries, yet is largely produced through the reformation of fossil fuels. Renewable production of hydrogen, via electrolytic water splitting, could be key to moving beyond fossil fuel reliance, but research has mainly focused on maximising efficiency to increasing the performa...

The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of central importance for the production of H₂ from sustainable sources. Currently, platinum is the best electrocatalyst for this transformation, but other materials based on less precious elements are now attracting increasing attention. Of these alternatives, the molybdenum chalcogenides s...

In this paper, we show a novel sustainable route for the production of sorption materials for carbon capture technologies by utilizing a general plastic waste. By supporting aminated poly(vinyl chloride) on mesoporous silicas, a family of polymer / silica composites was synthesized, characterised and tested gravimetrically for adsorption of CO2 fro...