Makepeace Group

(full details via Google Scholar)

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• Ravi M and Makepeace JW* 'Lithium–nitrogen–hydrogen systems for ammonia synthesis: exploring a more efficient pathway using lithium nitride–hydride' Chemical Communications, 2022, 58(41), 6076-6079
   

• Ravi M and Makepeace JW* 'Facilitating green ammonia manufacture under milder conditions: what do heterogeneous catalyst formulations have to offer?' Chemical Science, 2022, 13(4), 890-908

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• Makepeace JW*, Brittain JM, Sukhwani Manghnani A, Murray CA, Wood TJ and David WIF 'Compositional flexibility in Li-N-H materials: implications for ammonia catalysis and hydrogen storage' Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23, 15091-15100

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• Coates CS, Baise M, Schmutzler A, Simonov A, Makepeace JW, Seel AG, Smith RI, Playford HY, Keen DA, Siegel R, Senker J, Slater B and Goodwin 'Spin-ice physics in cadmium cyanide' Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1), 1-8
   

• Hirscher M, Yartys VA et al. ‘Materials for hydrogen-based energy storage – past, recent progress and future outlook’ Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 827, 153548

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• Kong L, Guo J, Makepeace JW, Xiao T, Greer HF, Zhou W, Jiang Z and Edwards PP ‘Rapid Synthesis of BiOBrxI1-x photocatalysts: Insights to the visible-light photocatalytic activity and strong deviation from Vegard’s law’ Catalysis Today, 2019, 335, 477-484

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• Makepeace JW*, He T, Weidenthaler C, Jensen TR, Chang F, Vegge T, Ngene P, Kojima Y, de Jongh PE, Chen P and David WIF ‘Reversible ammonia-based and liquid organic hydrogen carriers for high-density hydrogen storage: recent progress’ International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019, 44(15), 7746-7767

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• Makepeace JW*, Wood TJ, Marks P, Smith RI, Murray CA and David WIF ‘Bulk phase behaviour of lithium imide–metal nitride ammonia decomposition catalysts’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 20(35), 22689-22697

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• Wood TJ and Makepeace JW ‘Assessing potential supports for lithium amide-imide ammonia decomposition catalysts’ ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1, 2657-2663

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• Coates CS, Makepeace JW, Seel AG, Baise M, Slater B and Goodwin AL ‘Synthesis, PtS-type structure, and anomalous mechanics of the Cd(CN)2 precursor Cd(NH3)2[Cd(CN)4]’ Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47(21), 7263-7271

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• Wood TJ, Makepeace JW and David WIF ‘Neutron diffraction and gravimetric study of the manganese nitriding reaction under ammonia decomposition conditions’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 20, 8547-8553

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• Makepeace JW* and David WIF ‘Structural Insights into the Lithium Amide-Imide Solid Solution’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121(22), 12010-12017

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• Wood TJ, Makepeace JW and David WIF ‘Neutron diffraction and gravimetric study of the iron nitriding reaction under ammonia decomposition conditions’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19, 27859-27865

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• Wood TJ, Makepeace JW and David WIF ‘Isotopic studies of the ammonia decomposition reaction using lithium imide catalyst’, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(6), 4719-4724

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• Hunter HMA, Makepeace JW, Wood TJ, Mylius OS, Kibble MG, Nutter JB, Jones MO and David WIF ‘Demonstrating hydrogen production from ammonia using lithium imide – powering a small PEM fuel cell’ Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 329, 138-147

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• Makepeace JW, Hunter HMA, Wood TJ, Smith RI, Murray CA and David WIF ‘Ammonia decomposition catalysis using lithium-calcium imide’ Faraday Discussions, 2016, 188, 525-544

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• Wood TJ, Makepeace JW, Hunter HMA, Jones MO and David WIF ‘Isotopic Studies of the Ammonia Decomposition Reaction Mediated by Sodium Amide’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17, 22999-23006

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• Makepeace JW, Wood TJ, Hunter HMA, Jones MO and David WIF ‘Ammonia decomposition catalysis using non-stoichiometric lithium imide’ Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3805-3815

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• Humphries TD, Makepeace JW, Hino S, David WIF and Hauback BC ‘Regeneration of Sodium Alanate studied by powder in situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction’ Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 16594-16600

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• David WIF, Makepeace JW, Callear SK, Hunter HMA, Taylor JD, Wood TJ and Jones MO ‘Production of hydrogen from ammonia using sodium amide’ Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136 (38), 13082-13085

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• Makepeace JW, Jones MO, Callear SK, Edwards PP and David WIF ‘X-ray Powder Diffraction Studies of Hydrogen Storage and Release in the Li-N-H system’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16, 4061-4070

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• Ogilvie AD, Makepeace JW, Hore K, Ramirez-Cuesta AJ, Apperley DC, Mitchels JM, Edwards PP and Sartbaeva A  ‘Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel’ Chemical Physics, 2013, 427, 61-65

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• Makepeace JW, Lenehan CE, Quinton JS, Proud J and Pring A ‘Mutiny and Mineralogy: sourcing hematite in William Bligh's logbooks’ Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 2008, 14, 1, 200

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Policy Briefings, Technical Reports

• Ravi, M, Ding Y and Makepeace JW, 'Green ammonia: from fertiliser to sustainable fuel', in Addressing the climate challenge, 2021, University of Birmingham

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• 'Ammonia: zero-carbon fertiliser, fuel and energy store', Royal Society Policy Briefing, 2020

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• 'Ammonia to Green Hydrogen Project: Feasibility study', BEIS Hydrogen Supply Competition, 2019