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- Mark Ormerod
I was appointed as a Lecturer in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry at Keele in 1992, having previously held the Oppenheimer Research Fellowship and a College Research Fellowship at Cambridge University for three years. In 1997 I was awarded a five year EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship and was promoted to Professor. I was appointed Head of the newly formed School of Physical and Geographical Sciences in August 2005. I obtained my first degree in Natural Sciences (specialising in Chemistry in the final year) from Cambridge University in 1986, and my PhD from the same institution in 1989, in the area of surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.
My research is in the area of environmental sustainability, focusing on sustainable technology and environmental catalysis, with particular interests in solid oxide fuel cells and environmental catalysis, including hydrocarbon and biogas conversion, pollution abatement and utilisation of waste biomass. This research includes the development of novel and more tolerant catalytic materials and studies of surface mechanisms and reaction pathways, catalyst deactivation and poisoning and tolerance to impurities, combining a wide range of spectroscopic and analytical techniques with temperature programmed reaction and conventional catalytic performance measurements to establish structure-activity relationships with the aim of gaining increased insight and understanding of surface processes, molecular mechanisms and deactivation processes, and in turn inform the design of new, improved materials.
The same approach of combining spectroscopic and analytical measurements with activity data is also extensively applied to a wide range of other solid materials and problems in environmental chemistry. My research has received substantial funding from the national research councils, government departments, the European Union and from industry.
Another strand to my research, which is increasingly developing, is in the area of environmental citizenship, and in particular investigating the factors influencing
Selected Publications
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2010. Quantification of surface species present on a nickel/alumina methane reforming catalyst. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, vol. 12(13), 3102-3107. link> doi> full text>
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2003. X-ray images of defect formation in porcelain ceramics during drying. NDT and E International. doi>
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2011. Inelastic neutron scattering and isotopic substitution experiments and their application in examining the CO2 reforming of methane over alumina-supported catalysts. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (vol. 241). link>
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Journal Articles
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2010. Persistent species formed during the carbon dioxide reforming of methane over a nickel-alumina catalyst. CATAL TODAY, vol. 155(3-4), 319-325. doi>
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2010. Quantification of surface species present on a nickel/alumina methane reforming catalyst. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, vol. 12(13), 3102-3107. link> doi> full text>
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2004. Influence of synthesis route on the properties of doped lanthanum cobaltite and its performance as an electrochemical reactor for the partial oxidation of natural gas. Dalton Transactions, vol. issue 19(19), 3110-3116. doi>
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2003. Clean destruction of waste ammonia with consummate production of electrical power within a solid oxide fuel cell system. Green Chemistry, vol. 5, 606-609. doi>
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2003. X-ray images of defect formation in porcelain ceramics during drying. NDT and E International. doi>
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2003. Clean destruction of waste ammonia with consummate production of electrical power within a solid oxide fuel cell system. Green Chemistry. doi>
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2003. Development of Anodes for Direct Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Ionics. doi>
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2003. Influence of Synthesis Route on the Powder Properties of a Perovskite-Type Oxide. Ionics. doi>
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2003. X-ray images of defect formation in porcelain ceramics during drying. NDT&E International.
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2002. Implications for Using Biogas as a Fuel Source for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Internal Dry Reforming in a Small Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Catalysis Letters, vol. 81, 19-23. doi>
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2002. A fast XPS investigation of NO-promoted acetylene cyclotrimerisation on Pd(111). Surface Science. doi>
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2001. Running fuel cells on biogas - a renewable fuel. Green Chemistry.
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2001. Running fuel cells on biogas - a renewable fuel. Green Chemistry.
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1999. Adsorption of metal cations by hydrous aluminium(III) or iron(II) hydroxide precipitates: enhancement by EDTA and related chelate molecules (pg 2525, 1998). CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 299. link>
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1993. CYCLOTRIMERIZATION OF ACETYLENE TO BENZENE OVER SINGLE-CRYSTAL PALLADIUM AND GOLD PALLADIUM SURFACES AND OVER SUPPORTED PALLADIUM CATALYSTS. STUDIES IN SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS, vol. 75, 371-382. link>
Chapters
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2003. Chapter 12: Fuels and Fuel Processing. In High-temperature solid oxide fuel cells: fundamentals, design and applications . Singhal SC and Kendall K (Eds.). ELSEVIER.
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2003. Fuels and Fuel Processing. In High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Singhal SC and Kendall K (Eds.). Elsevier, Oxford.
Other
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2011. Inelastic neutron scattering and isotopic substitution experiments and their application in examining the CO2 reforming of methane over alumina-supported catalysts. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (vol. 241). link>
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2001. Development and evaluation of novel gas atomised anode materials for internally reforming SOFCs. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS VII (SOFC VII) (vol. 2001, pp. 693-702). link>
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2001. Development and evaluation of novel gas atomised anode materials for internally reforming solid oxide fuel cells. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells VII.
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2001. Redox Properties Of Silver Incorporated Zeolites. Proceedings of the 13th International Zeolite Conference, Recent Research Report, Montpellier, 2001, p30-R-07.
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1999. Characterisation of advanced Raney nickel electrocatalytic coatings produced by the direct spraying method. 5TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING (pp. 101-110). link>
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1999. Electrochemical testing and structural characterisation of nickel based catalytic coatings produced by direct spraying. ADVANCED CATALYTIC MATERIALS-1998 (vol. 549, pp. 23-29). link>
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1999. Internal fuel reforming in intermediate temperature ceria/gadolinia based SOFCs. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC VI) (vol. 99, pp. 593-602). link>
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1999. Internal reforming and electrochemical performance studies of doped nickel/zirconia anodes in SOFCs running on methane. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC VI) (vol. 99, pp. 583-592). link>
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1999. Internal reforming in solid oxide fuel cells. REACTION KINETICS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CATALYTIC PROCESSES (vol. 122, pp. 35-46). link>
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1999. Internal reforming over nickel/zirconia anodes in SOFCs: Influence of anode formulation, pretreatment and operating conditions. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC VI) (vol. 99, pp. 568-576). link>
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1999. Methane oxidation over supported nickel catalysts. REACTION KINETICS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CATALYTIC PROCESSES (vol. 122, pp. 393-400). link>
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1997. An in situ catalytic and electrochemical study of working Ni/ZrO2 anodes in tubular SOFCs. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC-V) (vol. 97, pp. 965-972). link>
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1997. Study of surface carbon formed on working anodes of SOFCs running on methane. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC-V) (vol. 97, pp. 973-982). link>
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1993. CYCLOTRIMERIZATION OF ACETYLENE TO BENZENE OVER SINGLE-CRYSTAL PALLADIUM AND GOLD PALLADIUM SURFACES AND OVER SUPPORTED PALLADIUM CATALYSTS. NEW FRONTIERS IN CATALYSIS, PTS A-C (vol. 75, pp. 371-382). link>
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1992. ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF ULTRA-SELECTIVE ETHYLENE EPOXIDATION - STUDIES WITH AG(111) AND (110) MODEL SYSTEMS AND WITH AG/AL2O3 CATALYSTS. SURFACE SCIENCE (vol. 269, pp. 506-513). link>
- CHE-10027 : Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences (Applied Environmental Science/Earth System Science)
- ESC-10028 : Environmental Science Skills (AES)
- CHE-20002 : Spectroscopic Methods (Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry)
- CHE-20011 : Advanced Analysis and Spectroscopy (Forensic Science)
- ESC-200xx : Environmental Analytical Methods (AES)
- CHE-30005 : Solids, Surfaces and Catalysis (Chemistry)
- CHE-300xx : Advanced Chemical Analysis (Chemistry)
- CHE-30013 : Forensic Specialisms (Forensic Science)
- CHE-30002/30030 : Chemistry Research Project (Chemistry)
- ESC-30019 : Applied Environmental Science Research Project (AES)
- CHE-30011 : Forensic Science Team Research Project (Forensic Science)
- CHE-30024 : Environmental Technology (AES)
- CHE-4000x : Clean Technology (Chemistry)

