By Dr Emma Catherine Lovell

Journal articles

Hong J; Zhang T; Sun J; Zhou R; Zhou R; Dou L; Masood H; Lovell EC; Zhang S; Ashford B; Shao T; Murphy AB; Ostrikov K; Jalili AR; Cullen PJ, 2025, 'Green chemical pathway of N2 fixation: perspectives from plasma modeling', Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41614-025-00189-4

Zhong W; Zhou S; Lovell EC; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'Copper-based electrocatalysts converting carbon dioxide to narrowly distributed products', Chemical Engineering Journal, 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163925

Md Azmi AZ; Tay R; Zhao J; Easton CD; Seeber A; Yang Y; Murphy AB; Lovell E; Scott J, 2025, 'The impact bimetallic Ni-Fe deposit configuration has on accessing synergy during plasma-catalytic CO2 methanation', Catalysis Science and Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5cy00036j

Rahimi K; Rawal A; Zhu YF; Hart JN; Lovell EC; Scott J, 2024, 'Defect engineering in SnO2 catalysts for the organic oxidation reaction', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124515

Bui TS; Ma Z; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; O'Connell GEP; Peng L; Yang Y; Lim M; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2024, 'Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Fe/ZnO Nanoparticles via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption in Alkaline Electrolyte', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408704

Alvand M; Ma Z; Kokate R; Kumar PV; Pan J; Amal R; Lovell EC; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Uncovering the role of vanadium doped Ni2P for low concentration urea oxidation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157130

Ramadhany P; Luong Q; Zhang Z; Leverett J; Samorì P; Corrie S; Lovell E; Canbulat I; Daiyan R, 2024, 'State of Play of Critical Mineral-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical E-Refinery to Synthetic Fuels', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202405029

O'Connell GEP; Webster RF; Elkington E; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Shining a light on methane dry reforming - exploring the impact of visible light on carbon formation over Co/xCeO2-Al2O3', Catalysis Science and Technology, 14, pp. 6790 - 6807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00925h

Lim M; Ma Z; O'Connell G; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Jalili R; Amal R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Ru-Induced Defect Engineering in Co3O4 Lattice for High Performance Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonium', Small, 20, pp. e2401333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202401333

Abbas A; Cross M; Duan X; Jeschke S; Konarova M; Huber GW; Lee AF; Lovell EC; Lim JYC; Polyzos A; Richards R; Wilson K, 2024, 'Catalysis at the intersection of sustainable chemistry and a circular economy', One Earth, 7, pp. 738 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.018

Knezevic J; Zhang T; Zhou R; Hong J; Zhou R; Barnett C; Song Q; Gao Y; Xu W; Liu D; Proschogo N; Mohanty B; Strachan J; Soltani B; Li F; Maschmeyer T; Lovell EC; Cullen PJ, 2024, 'Long-Chain Hydrocarbons from Nonthermal Plasma-Driven Biogas Upcycling', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, pp. 12601 - 12608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/JACS.4C01641

O'Connell GEP; Tan TH; Yuwono JA; Wang Y; Kheradmand A; Jiang Y; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Seeing the light: The role of cobalt in light-assisted CO2 methanation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123507

Sun J; Zhou R; Hong J; Gao Y; Qu Z; Liu Z; Liu D; Zhang T; Zhou R; Ostrikov K; Cullen P; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Sustainable ammonia production via nanosecond-pulsed plasma oxidation and electrocatalytic reduction', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123426

Zhu YF; Xie B; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Sharma AS; Nielsen MP; Bendavid A; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Making light work: designing plasmonic structures for the selective photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 834 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00315a

Gilmore N; Koskinen I; Burr P; Obbard E; Sproul A; Konstantinou G; Bilbao J; Daiyan R; Kay M; Corkish R; Macgill I; Lovell E; Menictas C; Bruce A, 2023, 'Identifying weak signals to prepare for uncertainty in the energy sector', Heliyon, 9, pp. e21295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21295

Zhang Q; Chen Y; Pan J; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Yun J; Amal R; Lu X, 2023, 'Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide through Selective Oxygen Reduction: A Carbon Innovation from Active Site Engineering to Device Design', Small, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202302338

Zhou L; Yin P; Tan C; Li Z; Lovell E; Liu H; Liu R; Yun J, 2023, 'Controlled double perovskites for the efficient catalytic combustion of Cl containing VOCs', Applied Catalysis A General, 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119439

Sun J; Zhang T; Hong J; Zhou R; Masood H; Zhou R; Murphy AB; Ostrikov KK; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2023, 'Insights into plasma-catalytic nitrogen fixation from catalyst microanalysis and chemical kinetics modelling', Chemical Engineering Journal, 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143841

Bui TS; Lovell EC; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2023, 'Defective Metal Oxides: Lessons from CO2RR and Applications in NOxRR', Advanced Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202205814

Zhu YF; Xie B; Amal R; Lovell EC; Scott J, 2023, 'Light-Enhanced Conversion of CO2 to Light Olefins: Basis in Thermal Catalysis, Current Progress, and Future Prospects', Small Structures, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200285

Farivar GG; Manalastas W; Tafti HD; Ceballos S; Sanchez-Ruiz A; Lovell EC; Konstantinou G; Townsend CD; Srinivasan M; Pou J, 2023, 'Grid-Connected Energy Storage Systems: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Technologies', Proceedings of the IEEE, 111, pp. 397 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2022.3183289

Lim M; Sun J; Ma Z; Jalili R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2023, 'Engineering CuOx Nanoparticles on Cu Foam for Acidic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium', ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, pp. 4936 - 4945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00681

Zurrer T; Lovell E; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2023, 'Harnessing the structural attributes of NiMg-CUK-1 MOF for the dual-function capture and transformation of carbon dioxide into methane', Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140623

Zurrer T; Lovell E; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Bimetallic RuNi-decorated Mg-CUK-1 for oxygen-tolerant carbon dioxide capture and conversion to methane', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 15669 - 15678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr03338k

Tavakoli A; Rahimi K; Saghandali F; Scott J; Lovell E, 2022, 'Nanofluid preparation, stability and performance for CO2 absorption and desorption enhancement: A review', Journal of Environmental Management, 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114955

Lovell EC; Ager JW; Kim YS; Modestino MA, 2022, 'Energy Spotlight Emergence of Membrane Electrode Assembly in Electrocatalysis', ACS Energy Letters, 7, pp. 1574 - 1576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00706

Horlyck J; Lovell E; Scott J, 2022, 'Complexities of Capturing Light for Enhancing Thermal Catalysis', Catalysis Letters, 152, pp. 619 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03669-7

Saputera WH; Tan TH; Lovell EC; Rawal A; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Friedmann D; Amal R; Scott JA, 2022, 'Modulating catalytic oxygen activation over Pt-TiO2/SiO2 catalysts by defect engineering of a TiO2/SiO2 support', Catalysis Science and Technology, 12, pp. 1049 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cy02037d

Lovell EC; Scott J; Bedford NM; Tan TH; Cullen PJ; Ostrikov KK; Amal R, 2022, 'Two Steps Back, One Leap Forward: Synergistic Energy Conversion in Plasmonic and Plasma Catalysis', ACS Energy Letters, 7, pp. 300 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02387

Ullah S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Photoenhanced CO2 methanation over La2O3 promoted Co/TiO2 catalysts', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120248

Zhao Y; Jiang WJ; Zhang J; Lovell EC; Amal R; Han Z; Lu X, 2021, 'Anchoring Sites Engineering in Single-Atom Catalysts for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Energy Conversion Reactions', Advanced Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202102801

Jantarang S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Altering the influence of ceria oxygen vacancies in Ni/CexSiy O2for photothermal CO2methanation', Catalysis Science and Technology, 11, pp. 5297 - 5309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cy00136a

Xie B; Lovell E; Tan TH; Jantarang S; Yu M; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Emerging material engineering strategies for amplifying photothermal heterogeneous CO2 catalysis', Journal of Energy Chemistry, 59, pp. 108 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.11.005

Jantarang S; Ligori S; Horlyck J; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Plasma-induced catalyst support defects for the photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154195

Daiyan R; Tran-Phu T; Kumar P; Iputera K; Tong Z; Leverett J; Khan MHA; Asghar Esmailpour A; Jalili A; Lim M; Tricoli A; Liu RS; Lu X; Lovell E; Amal R, 2021, 'Nitrate reduction to ammonium: From CuO defect engineering to waste NOx-to-NH3 economic feasibility', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 3588 - 3598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ee00594d

Wu H; Kong XY; Wen X; Chai SP; Lovell EC; Tang J; Ng YH, 2021, 'Metal–Organic Framework Decorated Cuprous Oxide Nanowires for Long-lived Charges Applied in Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 8455 - 8459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015735

Wu H; Kong XY; Wen X; Chai S; Lovell EC; Tang J; Ng YH, 2021, 'Metal–Organic Framework Decorated Cuprous Oxide Nanowires for Long‐lived Charges Applied in Selective Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to CH₄', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 8536 - 8540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202015735

Sun J; Alam D; Daiyan R; Masood H; Zhang T; Zhou R; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Jalili A; Amal R, 2021, 'A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 865 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ee03769a

Zurrer T; Wong K; Horlyck J; Lovell EC; Wright J; Bedford NM; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Mixed-Metal MOF-74 Templated Catalysts for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture and Methanation', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007624

Zhou R; Zhou R; Alam D; Zhang T; Li W; Xia Y; Mai-Prochnow A; An H; Lovell EC; Masood H; Amal R; Ostrikov K; Cullen PJ, 2021, 'Plasmacatalytic bubbles using CeO2 for organic pollutant degradation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126413

Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Huang B; Zubair M; Leverett J; Zhang Q; Lim S; Horlyck J; Tang J; Lu X; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Hart JN; Bedford NM; Amal R, 2020, 'Uncovering Atomic-Scale Stability and Reactivity in Engineered Zinc Oxide Electrocatalysts for Controllable Syngas Production', Advanced Energy Materials, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202001381

Ullah S; Lovell EC; Wong RJ; Tan TH; Scott J; Amal R, 2020, 'Light-Enhanced CO2 Reduction to CH4 using Nonprecious Transition-Metal Catalysts', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, pp. 5056 - 5066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06823

Ahmad F; Lovell EC; Masood H; Cullen PJ; Ostrikov KK; Scott JA; Amal R, 2020, 'Low-Temperature CO2 Methanation: Synergistic Effects in Plasma-Ni Hybrid Catalytic System', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, pp. 1888 - 1898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06180

García-García I; Lovell EC; Wong RJ; Barrio VL; Scott J; Cambra JF; Amal R, 2020, 'Silver-Based Plasmonic Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, pp. 1879 - 1887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06146

Lovell EC; Lu X; Zhang Q; Scott J; Amal R, 2020, 'From passivation to activation-tunable nickel/nickel oxide for hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis', Chemical Communications, 56, pp. 1709 - 1712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc07486d

Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Bedford NM; Saputera WH; Wu KH; Lim S; Horlyck J; Ng YH; Lu X; Amal R, 2019, 'Modulating Activity through Defect Engineering of Tin Oxides for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction', Advanced Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201900678

Horlyck J; Sara M; Lovell EC; Amal R; Scott J, 2019, 'Effect of Metal-Support Interactions in Mixed Co/Al Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane', Chemcatchem, 11, pp. 3432 - 3440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201900638

Saputera WH; Tahini HA; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Rawal A; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Friedmann D; Smith SC; Amal R; Scott J, 2019, 'Cooperative defect-enriched SiO2 for oxygen activation and organic dehydrogenation', Journal of Catalysis, 376, pp. 168 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2019.07.006

Lovell EC; Großman H; Horlyck J; Scott J; Mädler L; Amal R, 2019, 'Asymmetrical Double Flame Spray Pyrolysis-Designed SiO2/Ce0.7Zr0.3O2 for the Dry Reforming of Methane', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, pp. 25766 - 25777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b02572

Kumar R; Strezov V; Lovell E; Kan T; Weldekidan H; He J; Jahan S; Dastjerdi B; Scott J, 2019, 'Enhanced bio-oil deoxygenation activity by Cu/zeolite and Ni/zeolite catalysts in combined in-situ and ex-situ biomass pyrolysis', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 140, pp. 148 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2019.03.008

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