Division of Physical and Inorganic
Chemistry
Areas of Interest:
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Solid State Electrochemistry; ceramic oxygen ion, proton and electronic conductors; structure and composition of materials for SOFCs down to the atomic scale; catalytic electrodes; Impedance Spectroscopy; High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM).
Activity and Expertise:
Research interests lie in the areas of electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis and electron microscopy, all of which are highly relevant to the development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). Dr. Baker has worked in this area for 12 years. Research is carried out in several areas of Materials Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Catalysis and in the structure of materials. The group is particularly involved in the chemical and electrochemical study and development of new ceramic electronic and ionic conductors and of catalytic electrodes for application in SOFCs and related electrochemical reactors. Facilities exist for the preparation and characterisation of these materials. The main characterisation techniques employed are Impedance Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. A major recent project looked at the relationship between performance of electrodes in SOFCs based on proton-conducting ceramic electrolytes and their morphology and chemical composition. A current interest is in the elucidation of the relationship between electrochemical performance of electrolyte and electrode materials, on the macro-scale, and their structure, composition and disposition, down to the atomic scale.
Credentials:
Funding obtained from the EPSRC (recently for a
collaborative project with Imperial College, UMIST and St Andrews) and UK
companies; 30 papers published in refereed international journals on fuel cell
or catalysis work, including an invited chapter on HRTEM of catalyst systems.
Dr Baker is a member of the Committee of Electron Microscope Analysis Group of
the Institute of Physics
Fuel cell and/or Hydrogen courses and modules
offered:
BSc in Materials Science
(Jointly with St Andrews University
Contact: Dr Richard
Baker MRSC CChem
Email: r.t.baker@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1382
344330
Address: Division of
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry,