Dr Nik Reeves-McLaren
BSc (Hons) PhD
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Senior Lecturer in Energy Materials
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
Facility Director - XRD Research Facility
+44 114 222 6013
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91直播
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Nik Reeves-McLaren obtained his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry with New Materials Technology from The University of Aberdeen in 1999, before moving to 91直播 where he undertook a PhD on "Novel Cathode and Anode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium-ion Batteries鈥.
He was appointed as XRD Research Facility Manager in November 2003, and promoted to Research and Teaching Fellow in 2014 and then to Senior Lecturer in 2019.
Nik is one of the Principal Investigators of the new Energy Materials Research Group in the department, as well as part of the broader Functional Materials & Devices research group.
- Research interests
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Nik鈥檚 research programme focusses on energy storage materials, with projects ongoing studying electrode and solid electrolyte materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery applications. Nik is lead supervisor for one PhD project and currently co-supervises three other projects.
The primary and secondary battery markets are hugely important both to consumers and to the economy, with lithium-ion batteries taking a ~37% share of a $74billion industry. Despite their successes and widespread application, there are still genuine concerns over the use of lithium-ion batteries with regards both to performance and safety, with reports that they can catch fire under certain circumstances. The hazards have several causes, but are due in part to the use of flammable organic electrolytes, the formation of solid-electrolyte interfaces and dendritic growth from electrodes causing short circuits. Smaller 鈥榗oin cell鈥 designs bring risks through ingestion, particularly by children, which can cause severe, rapid, sometimes fatal, injuries to the oesophagus and stomach. Electrode materials also often contain high levels of toxic, environmentally hazardous materials, e.g. cobalt.
Nik鈥檚 research focusses on the search for high performance materials that also address these very real safety concerns for the next generation of Lithium-ion batteries.
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
- . Materials Research Express, 10(7).
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(31), 17073-17084.
- . ChemSusChem, 13(7), 1793-1799.
- . Nanomaterials, 9(11).
- . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(41), 23111-23118.
- . Frontiers in Materials, 6.
- . Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, 55(2), 305-314.
- . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(13), 5346-5355.
- . Langmuir, 33(12), 2965-2976.
- . Macromolecules, 49(12), 4579-4586.
- . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 401, 943-948.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 472(2185).
- . Dalton Trans., 45(1), 315-323.
- . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 1408-1413.
- . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 50(11), 1-4.
- . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 357, 87-92.
- . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 387, 47-56.
- . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 331, 67-71.
- . CrystEngComm, 15(10), 1853-1859.
- . Inorg Chem, 51(15), 8073-8082.
- . CHEM MATER, 23(15), 3556-3563.
- Synthesis, structure and electrical properties of Cu3.21Ti1.16Nb2.63O12 and the CuO x -TiO2-Nb2O5 pseudoternary phase diagram. Journal of Solid State Chemistry.
- . J AM CERAM SOC, 93(10), 2960-2963.
- . CRYST GROWTH DES, 10(7), 3141-3148.
- . CRYST GROWTH DES, 10(2), 988-994.
- Synthesis, structural characterization and Li+ ion conductivity of a new vanado-molybdate phase, LiMg3VMo2O12. Journal of Solid State Chemistry.
- . J ELECTROCHEM SOC, 155(4), A282-A291.
- . JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 174(2), 1078-1081.
- . J SOLID STATE CHEM, 180(6), 1894-1901.
- . J ELECTROCHEM SOC, 154(8), A760-A769.
- . J POWER SOURCES, 141(1), 156-158.
- Oxygen content and electrochemical activity of LiCoMnO4-delta. J MATER CHEM, 15(41), 4435-4440.
- . ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 48(14-16), 1939-1951.
- Reversible spinel to rock salt transition in LiCoMnO delta by oxygen (de) intercalation. J MATER CHEM, 11(2), 249-250.
- . Micromachines, 14(5), 1059-1059.
- . Frontiers in Energy Research, 10.
Chapters
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
- , Inside Energy Storage Materials AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York
Conference proceedings papers
- . Energy Reports, Vol. 6(Supplement 5) (pp 174-179). Southampton, UK, 9 July 2019 - 10 July 2019.
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 158-162), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018.
- Application of virtual learning environments to support research and teaching in the 21st century university. 6th International Symposium on Engineering Education (pp 101-108). Manchester, 14 July 2016 - 15 July 2016.
- High temperature behaviour of polyoxometalates containing lanthanides. SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXXI, Vol. 1107 (pp 347-353)
Reports
- Teaching activities
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Nik is responsible for training in the use of XRD equipment and data analysis, including offering workshops on structural refinements via the Rietveld method.
Nik is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, and has presented at the Technology Enhanced Learning Festival (2014, 2015) and the 91直播 Learning and Teaching Conference 2016 on aspects of flipped learning.