Dr Denis Cumming
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 9609
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room G18
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
-
I received a B. Applied Science (Materials Science) from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 2001.
After moving to the UK, I began working with the Imperial College fuel cell spin-out, Ceres Power. During my time at Ceres Power I worked on a range of material problems related to the development of metal-supported intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). My main interests during this time was the optimisation of existing anode composite structures and the development of new anode materials for SOFCs.
In 2009 I was awarded a PhD from Imperial College, London. My doctoral work was focused on the development and characterisation of novel ceramic anode materials for SOFC. This work also led to other, closely related, research interests in reduction-oxidation (redox) tolerance and sulfur tolerance of metal-ceramic anode materials in SOFC.
In 2010 I joined the electroceramics group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of 91Ö±²¥ working of the development of novel high Curie temperature piezoelectric materials and processing into multilayer, co-fired actuators.
In 2012 I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and resumed research on high-temperature solid oxide cells (SOCs) for use in the electrolysis of steam and carbon dioxide for syngas production. I worked as part of the 4CU team and I was involved in the fabrication and in-situ characterisation of operational SOCs using vibrational spectroscopy techniques such as DRIFTS and Raman.
Since December 2014, have been a lecturer in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
- Research interests
-
My research interest sits at interface between manufacturing and materials engineering, encompassing a wide range of energy storage and functional materials. Applications for this research include designed particles, electrodes as well as manufacturing methods for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and batteries. My active projects impact both wet and dry lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing to add value to the Li-ion battery electrode value chain through development of next generation electrode structures and processes. Focused on developing new knowledge through the physical and data driven models coupled with a coordinated novel experimentation programmes.
Key research interests:
- Batteries
- Functional Devices
- Manufacturing
- Powder Technology
- Characterisation
- Publications
-
Journal articles
- . Journal of Power Sources, 592, 233916-233916.
- . Solar Energy, 268, 112318-112318.
- . Energy Technology.
- . Chemical Engineering Journal, 465, 142749-142749.
- . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112624-112624.
- . Journal of Physics: Energy, 4(4).
- . Cleaner Production Letters, 2, 100004-100004.
- . Powder Technology, 403.
- . ACS Nano, 15(12), 18624-18632.
- . Journal of Energy Storage, 36.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02(2), 371-371.
- . Advanced Energy Materials, 10(43).
- . Renewable Energy, 151, 1082-1091.
- . ChemSusChem, 13(3), 647-658.
- . Journal of Power Sources, 414, 557-568.
- . Journal of Power Sources, 395, 369-378.
- . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 37(13), 3981-3993.
- . Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163(11), F3057-F3061.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2015-03(1), 100-100.
- . Journal of Power Sources, 280, 387-392.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2014-02(23), 1342-1342.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2014-02(23), 1360-1360.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(28), 15670-15680.
- . Materials Technology, 28(5), 247-253.
- . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2012-01(28), 1103-1103.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(9), 5557-5566.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(9), 2993-3000.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(13), 5021-5026.
- . CHEM ENG SCI, 60(21), 5649-5662.
- . JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE LETTERS, 22(22), 1627-1630.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
- . Batteries, 10(3), 78-78.
- . Nanoscale Advances.
- . ACS Applied Energy Materials.
- . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
- . Journal of Physics: Energy.
- . Faraday Discussions, 182, 97-111.
Chapters
- , Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources (pp. 461-471). Elsevier
- , Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Closing the Carbon Cycle: First Edition (pp. 183-209).
Conference proceedings papers
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 52-56), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018.
- A Study of 8YSZ/GDC Bi-Layered Electrolyte: The Effect of 2 Mol% Fe2O3 Dopant on Sintering and Conductivity. ECS meeting SOFC-XIV (SOFC Electrolytes, Cells and Stacks)
- . ECS Transactions, Vol. 68(1) (pp 3417-3427)
- Separation of sulphur dioxide and oxygen in thermochemical hydrogen production. Fuels and Petrochemicals Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future (pp 204)
- . ECS Transactions, Vol. 58(2) (pp 207-216)
- . ECS Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 2005-07(1) (pp 113-122)
- . JOURNAL OF FUEL CELL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 1(1) (pp 61-65)
Preprints
- Teaching activities
-
CPE61023/CPE6334 Electrochemical Engineering
CPE440 Research Project
- Professional activities and memberships
-
IOM3