Ben Spencer

2024

A novel cerium-based metal-organic framework supported Pd catalyst for semi-hydrogenation of phenylacetylene

Zeng, X., Wang, Z., He, M., Lu, W., Huang, W., An, B., Li, J., Mufan, L., Spencer, B., Day, S., Tuna, F., Mcinnes, E. J. L., Schroder, M. & Yang, S., 31 Oct 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

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Disorder and Sorption Preferences in a Highly Stable Fluoride-Containing Rare-Earth fcu -Type Metal–Organic Framework

Lutton-Gething, A. R. B. J., Spencer, B. F., Whitehead, G. F. S., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J., Lee, D. & Attfield, M. P., 27 Feb 2024, In: Chemistry of Materials. 36, 4, p. 1957-1965 9 p.

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HAXPES reference spectra of UO₂ generated with Ga Kα X-ray source

Dunn, S. A., Wood, A., Roussel, P., Spencer, B., Harrison, R., Kaye, P. & Higginson, M. .. A., 1 Jun 2024, In: Surface Science Spectra. 31, 1, 014003 .

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Nanosized Chevrel Phases for Dendrite-Free Zinc-Ion Based Energy Storage: Unraveling the Phase Transformations

Elgendy, A., Papaderakis, A., Ejigu, A., Helmbrecht, K., Spencer, B., Gross, A., Walton, A., Lewis, D. & Dryfe, R., 20 Jun 2024, In: Nanoscale.

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Neutral Ligand Triggered Low-Dimensional Reconstruction for Improving the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

Wang, R., Jia, Z., Spencer, B. F., Zhao, D., Thomas, A. G., Alkhudhari, O. M., Lewis, D. J., Cernik, R. J., Alanazi, A. & Saunders, B. R., 11 Nov 2024, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials.

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Revealing Disorder, Sorption Locations and a Sorption-Induced Single Crystal–Single Crystal Transformation in a Rare-Earth fcu-Type Metal–Organic Framework

Lutton-Gething, A. R. B. J., Pambudi, F. I., Spencer, B. F., Lee, D., Whitehead, G. F. S., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J. & Attfield, M. P., 18 Nov 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry.

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Spatial segregation of catalytic sites within Pd doped H-ZSM-5 for fatty acid hydrodeoxygenation to alkanes

Ding, S., Ainaga, D. L. F., Hu, M., Qiu, B., Khalid, U., D'Agostino, C., Ou, X., Spencer, B., Zhong, X., Peng, Y., Hondow, N., Theodoropoulos, C., Jiao, Y., Parlett, C. M. A. & Fan, X., 4 Sept 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 12 p., 7718.

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The effects of selectively blocking the electron transport layer of n-i-p perovskite solar cells with polymer particles on device performance

Altujjar, A., Wang, R., Wang, X., Saunders, J. M., Jia, Z., Spencer, B., Hodson, N., Jacobs, J., Alkhudhari, O. M., Thomas, A., Curry, R. & Saunders, B. R., 13 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: RSC Applied Interfaces.

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Toward Water-Resistant, Tunable Perovskite Absorbers Using Peptide Hydrogel Additives

Flavell, T., Zhao, D., Aljuaid, F., Liu, X., Saiani, A., Preobrajenski, A., Generalov, A., Spencer, B., Walton, A., Thomas, A. & Flavell, W., 13 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Applied Energy Materials.

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Trace benzene capture by decoration of structural defects in metal-organic framework materials

Han, Y., He, M., An, B., Chen, Y., Kippax-Jones, M., YANG, Y., Crawshaw, D., Spencer, B., Nikiel, M., Lee, D., Schröder, M., Yang, S. & al, E., 1 Nov 2024, In: Nature Materials. 23, p. 1531–1538

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Ultimate charge transport regimes in doping-controlled graphene laminates: phonon-assisted processes revealed by the linear magnetoresistance

Moazzami Gudarzi, M., Slizovskiy, S., Mao, B., Tovari, E., Pinter, G., Sanderson, D., Asaad, M., Xiang, Y., Wang, Z., Guo, J., Spencer, B., Geim, A., Fal'ko, V. & Kretinin, A. (Corresponding), 20 Aug 2024, In: ACS Nano. 18, 33, p. 22172 - 22180 9 p.

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2023

Control of the Pore Chemistry in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Adsorption of Benzene and Separation of Benzene/Cyclohexane

Han, Y., Chen, Y., Ma, Y., Bailey, J., Wang, Z., Lee, D., Sheveleva, A., Tuna, F., Mcinnes, E., Frogley, M., Day, S., Thompson, S. P., Spencer, B., Nikiel, M., Manuel, P., Crawshaw, D., Schroder, M. & Yang, S., 2023, In: Chem.

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Elucidating the mechanism of self healing in hydro gel lead halide perovskite composites for use in photovoltaic devices

Zhao, D., Flavell, T., Aljuaid, F., Edmondson, S., Spencer, B., Walton, A., Thomas, A. & Flavell, W., 14 Jun 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces . 15, 23, p. 28008-28022

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Elucidating the Mechanism of Self-Healing in Hydrogel-Lead Halide Perovskite Composites for Use in Photovoltaic Devices

Zhao, D., Flavell, T. A., Aljuaid, F., Edmondson, S., Spencer, B. F., Walton, A. S., Thomas, A. G. & Flavell, W. R., 14 Jun 2023, In: ACS applied materials & interfaces.

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Environment effects upon electrodeposition of thin film copper oxide nanomaterials

Buckingham, M., Xiao, W., Ward-O'Brien, B., Yearsley, K., Zulfiqar, U., Spencer, B., Matthews, A. & Lewis, D., 20 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11, 14, p. 4876-4891 16 p.

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Exploring the Influence of Mott-Schottky Acquisition Parameters on the Semiconduction Behaviour of Modified Native Aluminium Oxide Films

Kroll, R., Henderson, Z., Spencer, B. F., Kaya , P., Knoblauch , V. & Engelberg, D. L., 15 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 939, 117481.

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Improving the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells using π-conjugated aromatic additives with differing hydrophobicities

Wang, R., Altujjar, A., Zibouche, N., Wang, X., Spencer, B., Jia, Z., Thomas, A., Mokhtar, M. Z., Cai, R., Haigh, S., Saunders, J., Islam, M. S. & Saunders, B., 11 May 2023, In: Energy & Environmental Science. 16, 6, p. 2646-2657 12 p.

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Magic Angle HAXPES

Cant, D. J. H., Reed, B. P., Spencer, B. S., Flavell, W. R. & Shard, A. G., 23 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena.

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Reclamation and reuse of graphite from field lithium-ion battery anodes via water delamination

Sargent, A. T., Henderson, Z., Walton, A., Spencer, B., Sweeney, L. D., Flavell, W., Anderson, P. A., Kendrick, E., Slater, P. R. & Allan, P. K., 20 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

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Synthesis of High Entropy and Entropy-Stabilized Metal Sulfides and Their Evaluation as Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts

Xiao, W., Li, Y., Elgendy, A., Duran, E. C., Buckingham, M. A., Spencer, B. F., Han, B., Alam, F., Zhong, X., Cartmell, S. H., Cernik, R. J., Eggeman, A. S., Dryfe, R. A. W. & Lewis, D. J., 10 Oct 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 19, p. 7904-7914 11 p.

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The Potential Role of Biofilms in Promoting Fouling Formation in Radioactive Discharge Pipelines

Barton, F., Spencer, B. F., Tartese, R., Graham, J., Shaw, S., Morris, K. & Lloyd, J. R., 25 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Biofouling. 39, 8

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2022

Characterization of buried interfaces using Ga Kα Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES)

Spencer, B., Church, S., Thompson, P., Cant, D., Maniyarasu, S., Theodosiou, A., Jones, A. N., Kappers, M. J., Binks, D., Oliver, R. A., Higgins, J., Thomas, A., Thomson, T., Shard, A. G. & Flavell, W., 25 Aug 2022, In: Faraday Discussions.

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Efficient photocatalytic reduction of CO2 catalysed by the metal-organic framework MFM-300(Ga)

Luo, T., Wang, Z., Han, X., Chen, Y., Iuga, D., Lee, D., An, B., Xu, S., Kang , X., Tuna, F., Mcinnes, E. L., Hughes, L., Spencer, B. F., Schroder, M. & Yang, S., 10 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: CCS Chemistry.

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Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Catalyzed by the Metal–Organic Framework MFM-300(Ga)

Luo, T., Wang, Z., Han, X., Chen, Y., Iuga, D., Lee, D., An, B., Xu, S., Kang, X., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J. L., Hughes, L., Spencer, B. F., Schröder, M. & Yang, S., 5 Aug 2022, In: CCS Chemistry.

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Formation of cesium carbonate in ion-implanted graphite, examined with dual-source x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations and thermodynamic modelling.

Theodosiou, A., Spencer, B., Counsell, J., Ouzilleau, P., He, Z. & Jones, A., 17 Jun 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Carbon.

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Functionalization of metallic powder for performance enhancement

Unnikrishnan, R., Gardy, J., Spencer, B., Kurinjimala, R., Dey, A., Nekouie, V., Irukuvarghula, S., Hassanpour, A., Eisenmenger-Sittner, C., Francis, J. & Preuss, M., 24 Jun 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Materials & Design.

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High efficiency semitransparent perovskite solar cells containing 2D nanopore arrays deposited in a single step

Alkhudhari, O. M., Altujjar, A., Mokhtar, M. Z., Spencer, B. F., Chen, Q., Thomas, A. G., Hodson, N. W., Wang, X., Hill, P., Jacobs, J., Curry, R. J. & Saunders, B. R., 6 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10, 18, p. 10227-10241

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Quantification of hard X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Calculating relative sensitivity factors for 1.5‐ to 10‐keV photons in any instrument geometry

Cant, D. J. H., Spencer, B. F., Flavell, W. R. & Shard, A. G., 11 Jan 2022, In: Surface and Interface Analysis.

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Spherical hydroxyapatite nanoparticle scaffolds for reduced lead release from damaged perovskite solar cells

Mokhtar, M. Z., Altujjar, A., Wang, B., Chen, Q., Ke, J.C.-R., Cai, R., Zibouche, N., Spencer, B. F., Jacobs, J., Thomas, A. G., Hall, D., Haigh, S. J., Lewis, D. J., Curry, R., Islam, M. S. & Saunders, B. R., 1 Dec 2022, In: Communications Materials. 3, 1, 77.

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Surface stability of ionic-liquid-passivated mixed-cation perovskite probed with in-situ photoelectron spectroscopy

Maniyarasu, S., Spencer, B., Mo, H., Walton, A., Thomas, A. & Flavell, W., 2022, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

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2021

Combined Pulsed RF GD-OES and HAXPES for Quantified Depth Profiling through Coatings

Bouttemy, M., Béchu, S., Spencer, B., Dally, P., Chapon, P. & Etcheberry, A., 11 Jun 2021, In: Coatings. 11, 6, 11 p., 702.

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Improving the Efficiency, Stability, and Adhesion of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Nanogel Additive Engineering

Altujjar, A., Mokhtar, M. Z., Chen, Q., Neilson, J., Spencer, B. F., Thomas, A., Saunders, J. M., Wang, R., Alkhudhari, O., Mironov, A. & Saunders, B. R., 15 Dec 2021, In: ACS applied materials & interfaces. 13, 49, p. 58640-58651

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Inelastic background modelling applied to Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of deeply buried layers: a comparison of synchrotron and lab-based (9.25 keV) measurements

Spencer, B., Maniyarasu, S., Reed, B., Cant, D. J. H., Ahumada Lazo, R., Thomas, A., Muryn, C., Maschek, M., Eriksson, S. K., Wiell, T., Lee, T. L., Tougaard, S., Shard, G. & Flavell, W., 1 Mar 2021, In: Applied Surface Science. 541, 11 p., 148635.

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Sustainable ITO films with reduced indium content deposited by AACVD

Ma, T., Missous, M., Pinter, G., Zhong, X., Spencer, B., Thomas, A. G. & Lewis, D. J., 7 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10, 579-589.

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The role of alkali cations in stabilizing mixed cation perovskites to thermal stress and moisture conditions

Maniyarasu, S., Ke, J.C.-R., Spencer, B., Walton, A., Thomas, A. & Flavell, W., 31 Aug 2021, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces . 13, 36, p. 43573–43586

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2020

A point-of-care immunosensor based on quartz crystal microbalance with graphene biointerface for antibody assay

Hampitak, P., Jowitt, T., Melendrez Armada, D., Fresquet, M., Hamilton, P., Iliut, M., Nie, K., Spencer, B., Lennon, R. & Vijayaraghavan, A., 2 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: ACS Sensors.

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Bioinspired scaffolds that sequester lead ions in physically damaged high efficiency perovskite solar cells

Mokhtar, M. Z., He, J., Li, M., Chen, Q., Ke, J. C. R., Lewis, D. J., Thomas, A. G., Spencer, B. F., Haque, S. A. & Saunders, B. R., 22 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Communications.

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Modulation of neuronal cell affinity on PEDOT–PSS non-woven silk scaffolds for neural tissue engineering

Magaz, A., Spencer, B., Hardy, J. G., Li, X., Gough, J. & Blaker, J. (Corresponding), 14 Dec 2020, In: ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 6, 12, p. 6906-6916 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01239.

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Photo and Electroluminescence from Zn doped InN Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Fairclough, S. M., Taylor, P. N., Smith, C., Clark, P. C. J., Skalsky, S., Ahumada Lazo, R., Lewis, E., Tate, D., Spencer, B., Burkitt-Gray, M., Píš, I., Bondino, F., Bergstrom-Mann, P., Carter-Searjeant, S., Turner, M., Binks, D., Haigh, S., Flavell, W., Curry, R. & Green, M., 1 Sept 2020, In: Advanced Optical Materials. 8, 18, 2000604.

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PMMA-grafted graphene nanoplatelets to reinforce the mechanical and thermal properties of PMMA composites

Vallés, C., Papageorgiou, D. G., Lin, F., Li, Z., Spencer, B. F., Young, R. J. & Kinloch, I. A., Feb 2020, In: Carbon. 157, p. 750-760 11 p.

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Protein interactions and conformations on graphene-based materials mapped using quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D)

Hampitak, P., Melendrez Armada, D., Iliut, M., Fresquet, M., Parsons, N., Spencer, B., Jowitt, T. & Vijayaraghavan, A., 26 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Carbon.

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Quantitative electro-reduction of CO2 to liquid fuel over electro-synthesised metal-organic frameworks

Kang , X., Wang, B., Hu, K., Lyu, K., Han, X., Spencer, B., Frogley, M. D., Tuna, F., Mcinnes, E., Dryfe, R., Han, B., Yang, S. & Schroder, M., 8 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Quantitative Electro-Reduction of CO2 to Liquid Fuel over Electro-Synthesized Metal-Organic Frameworks

Kang, X., Wang, B., Hu, K., Lyu, K., Han, X., Spencer, B. F., Frogley, M. D., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J. L., Dryfe, R. A. W., Han, B., Yang, S. & Schroder, M., 14 Oct 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 41, p. 17384-17392 9 p.

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The influence of crystal thickness and interlayer interactions on the properties of heavy ion irradiated MoS2

Baidak, A., Casiraghi, C., Isherwood, L., Spencer, B., De Moraes Shubeita, S. & Wady, P., 7 May 2020, In: 2 D Materials. 7, p. 035011 15 p., 7.

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Using soft polymer template engineering of mesoporous TiO2 scaffolds to increase perovskite grain size and solar cell efficiency

Lian, Q., Mokhtar, M. Z., Lu, D., Zhu, M., Jacobs, J., Foster, A. B., Thomas, A. G., Spencer, B. F., Wu, S., Liu, C., Hodson, N., Smith, B., Alkaltham, A., Alkhudhari, O., Watson, T. M. & Saunders, B. R., 2 Apr 2020, In: ACS applied materials & interfaces. 12, 16, p. 18578-18589 12 p.

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2019

Accessing γ-Ga2S3 by solventless thermolysis of gallium xanthates: A low temperature limit for crystalline products?

Alderhami, S., Mcnaughter, P., Spencer, B., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., Whitehead, G., O'Brien, P. & Lewis, D., 2019, In: Dalton Transactions.

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Air-Stable Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Thin Films Fabricated via Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition from a Pseudohalide Pb(SCN)₂ Precursor

Ke, J.C.-R., Lewis, D., Walton, A., Chen, Q., Spencer, B., Mokhtar, M. Z., Compean Gonzalez, C. L., O'Brien, P., Thomas, A. (Corresponding) & Flavell, W. (Corresponding), 2019, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials.

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An XPS/UPS study of the surface / near-surface bonding in nuclear grade graphites: A comparison of monatomic and cluster depth-profiling techniques

Theodosiou, A., Spencer, B., Counsell, J. & Jones, A., 27 Nov 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Surface Science. 508, 144764.

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Iodine adsorption in a redox-active metal-organic framework: Electrical conductivity induced by host-guest charge-transfer

Zhang, X., Silva, I. D., Fazzi, R., Sheveleva, A., Han, X., Spencer, B., Sapchenko, S., Tuna, F., Mcinnes, E., Li, M., Yang, S. & Schroder, M., 2019, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 58, p. 14145-14150 6 p.

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Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni-P coatings

Stankiewicz, A., Kefallinou, Z., Mordarski, G., Jagoda, Z. & Spencer, B., Feb 2019, In: Electrochimica Acta. p. 427-434 8 p.

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