Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- ieuan.seymour@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
I have been a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry since 2023 and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow since 2024.
My research involves the discovery and development of new materials for energy applications, such as batteries and fuel cells. My group uses a combination of computational and experimental materials chemistry techniques to understand the complex relationships between the structure of materials and their performance in sustainable energy devices.
Public engagement
Discussion of battery sustainability on the Zwittering On podcast.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Member of the Advanced Centre for Energy and Sustainability (ACES)
- External Memberships
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Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the IOM3
Latest Publications
Tuning the band gap and structure from wide gap SrBi3O4Cl3 to narrow gap Bi4O4SeCl2 by aliovalent anion substitution
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 13, no. 39, pp. 20302-20309Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding the Beneficial Role of Transition-Metal Layer Na+ Substitution on the Structure and Electrochemical Properties of the P2-Layered Cathode Na2+xNi2-x/2TeO6
Chemistry of Materials, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 3040-3053Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRevealing Local Grain Boundary Chemistry and Correlating it with Local Mass Transport in Mixed‐Conducting Perovskite Electrodes
Small, vol. 20, no. 50, 2404702Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202404702
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The importance of A-site cation chemistry in superionic halide solid electrolytes
Nature Communications, vol. 15, 7501Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProbing Jahn-Teller Distortions and Antisite Defects in LiNiO2 with 7Li NMR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory
Chemistry of Materials, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 4226-4239Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
My group focuses on developing combined experimental and computational tools for the discovery and characterisation of sustainable next-generation materials for energy applications, including rechargeable batteries and fuel cells. My group uses computational methods to understand the long timescale atomistic dynamics in the bulk and at the interfaces of energy materials, using techniques such as transition state searching and Monte Carlo methods. I also work on the development of novel cathode and solid-state electrolyte chemistries for Li and beyond Li-ion batteries with improved sustainability from materials synthesis to end of life.
Research Specialisms
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Science
- Physical Chemistry
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Featured Research
Development of new Na-Ni-Te-O Na-ion battery cathode materials with enhanced electrochemical performance.
Funding and Grants
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, Round 8, 2024-current: £1,289,623
Royal Society of Edinburgh Small Research Grant, 2023-2024: £3,017.60
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Undergraduate, 5 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Publications
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A systematic study of 25Mg NMR in paramagnetic transition metal oxides: Applications to Mg-ion battery materials
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 613-625Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp06338a
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Preventing Structural Rearrangements on Battery Cycling: A First-Principles Investigation of the Effect of Dopants on the Migration Barriers in Layered Li0.5MnO2
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 120, no. 35, pp. 19521-19530Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05307
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Characterizing Oxygen Local Environments in Paramagnetic Battery Materials via 17O NMR and DFT Calculations
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 138, no. 30, pp. 9405-9408Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05747
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Mapping Structural Changes in Electrode Materials: Application of the Hybrid Eigenvector-Following Density Functional Theory (DFT) Method to Layered Li0.5MnO2
Chemistry of Materials, vol. 27, no. 16, pp. 5550-5561Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01674
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Anisotropic oxygen diffusion in PrBaCo 2O 5.5 double perovskites
Solid State Ionics, vol. 216, pp. 41-43Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2011.09.002
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Defect processes in orthorhombic LnBaCo2O5.5 double perovskites
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 13, no. 33, pp. 15305-15310Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp21471c
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