Research
Plasma-catalytic electrification technologies for decentralised Power-to-X processes
- Hydrogen production (e.g. methane cracking, ammonia cracking, biogas reforming)
- CO2 conversion and utilisation (e.g., CO2 splitting to CO, CO2 hydrogenation to CO, CO2 methanation and CO2 hydrogenation to methanol)
- CH4 activation (e.g., biogas reforming to syngas, CH4 oxidation to methanol, single-step biogas to liquid fuels and chemicals such as methanol, ethanol and acetic acid, CH4 cracking to H2 and carbon nanomaterials)
- Nitrogen fixation (e.g., NOx synthesis from the air, NH3 synthesis from N2 and H2)
- Syngas cleaning and removal of tars from biomass gasification to deliver clean syngas
- Biomass/plastics waste to fuels and chemicals
- AI/ML-guided rational design of catalytic materials for fuel and chemical production
- Techno-economic assessment of plasma-based chemical processes
Plasma technology for environmental pollution control
- Plasma catalysis for the removal of environmental pollutants such as VOCs, PAHs, PM, and NOx.
- Plasma treatment of organic solvents from the nuclear industry
- Thermal plasma vitrification of nuclear waste
Plasma synthesis of energy and functional materials
- Plasma synthesis and modification of catalytic materials for thermal catalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis.
- Plasma synthesis of carbon nanomaterials from the pyrolysis of carbon sources
- Plasma synthesis of electrode materials for batteries
Research grants
Synergizing Bio- and (electro)-chemical conversion for advanced BiO-alkanes production from biOwaSTes (BioBOOST)
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
October 2024 - September 2026
Development of functional porous particulates for green ammonia production
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2023 - June 2024
Decentralised Ammonia from Renewable Energy utilising novel sorption-enhanced plasma-catalytic Power-to-X technology (DARE2X )
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
September 2022 - September 2025
Coldspark driven energy and cost-efficient methane cracking for hydrogen production (COLDSPARK)
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
June 2022 - December 2025
Plasma-Assisted Thermo-CHemical energy storage for Carnot batteries (PATCH)
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2022 - August 2025
Pyrolysis-plasma-catalysis of MSW for upgraded biofuels
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2021 - September 2022
Novel Low-Temperature Plasma-Catalyst Control of Dioxins Emissions from Waste Incinerators
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2021 - February 2025
Biomass Conversion and Utilisation
BRITISH COUNCIL (UK)
February 2021 - December 2021
Integrated biomass gasification and plasma-catalytic tar reforming
BRITISH COUNCIL (UK)
February 2021 - February 2023
Plasma catalysis for CO2 recycling and green chemistry - PIONEER
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2019 - December 2022
Biomass gasification with negative carbon emission through innovative CO2 capture and utilisation and integration with energy storage
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2019 - December 2023
The Extensive and Ubiquitous Role of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Space - Europah
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
October 2016 - March 2021
Atomic scale insights into the mobility of radionuclides in the plasma vitrification of simulant plutonium contaminated materials
NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LTD (UK)
October 2018 - October 2023
Development of an integrated biomass pyrolysis/gasification - plasma-catalytic gas cleaning process for cogeneration of high quality syngas and value-added char
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
March 2018 - August 2022
Novel and integrated low carbon process combining the gasification of waste biomass and plasma-catalytic reforming for the production of sustainable aviation biofuels
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UK)
January 2018 - June 2018
Novel low energy plasma/catalytic gas cleaning process to deliver high quality syngas from the gasification of waste biomass.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2015 - August 2018
Novel plasma-catalytic process for the conversion of biogas into hydrogen
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2015 - April 2017
Plasma-catalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable chemicals.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2014 - February 2015
Small items of Research Equipment at the University of Liverpool
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2012 - March 2013
Decompostition of tars from the gasification of municipal solid waste by rotating gliding arc warm plasma
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS (UK)
September 2016 - August 2017
Novel nanosecond-pulsed plasma/catalysis process for the conversion of methane into value-added fuels
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS (UK)
March 2015 - February 2019
Plasma-catalysis for NOx storage and reduction at ambient temperature
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
March 2013 - February 2014
Plasma-catalysis for the conversion of tar from biomass gasification into clean fuels
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (UK)
June 2013 - August 2014