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Alex W. Robertson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several main fields, including Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering and renewable energy sustainability. The scientist's work engages deeply with catalysis, materials chemistry, and automotive engineering.

Their research topics cover advanced battery technologies and materials, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, photocatalysis, ammonia synthesis, and properties and applications of ionic liquids. These topics reflect a diverse engagement with energy storage and conversion, sustainable chemistry, and materials innovation.

The scientist's recent publications highlight their involvement in cutting-edge battery and catalysis research:

  • First-cycle voltage hysteresis in Li-rich 3d cathodes associated with molecular O2 trapped in the bulk (2020, Nature Energy)
  • Achieving Ultrahigh-Rate Planar and Dendrite-Free Zinc Electroplating for Aqueous Zinc Battery Anodes (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • Trapped O2 and the origin of voltage fade in layered Li-rich cathodes (2024, Nature Materials)
  • Stabilization of Cu+ by tuning a CuO-CeO2 interface for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene (2020, Green Chemistry)
  • Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy and its applications (2020, Royal Society Open Science)

Frequent co-authors in their scientific collaborations include Zhenyu Sun, Leiduan Hao, Song Hong, Peter G. Bruce, and Shengda D. Pu. These collaborations likely contribute to multidisciplinary advances within their research domains.

Key publication venues where the scientist frequently publishes include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Advanced Materials
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • The Innovation Materials

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

    Hengcong Tao;Changhyeok Choi;Liang-Xin Ding;Zheng Jiang

  • MoS2 monolayer catalyst doped with isolated Co atoms for the hydrodeoxygenation reaction

    Guoliang Liu;Alex W. Robertson;Molly Meng Jung Li;Winson C.H. Kuo

  • First-cycle voltage hysteresis in Li-rich 3d cathodes associated with molecular O2 trapped in the bulk

    Robert A. House;Gregory J. Rees;Miguel A. Pérez-Osorio;John-Joseph Marie

  • Dislocation-driven deformations in graphene.

    Jamie H. Warner;Elena Roxana Margine;Masaki Mukai;Alexander W. Robertson

  • Spatial control of defect creation in graphene at the nanoscale

    Alex W. Robertson;Christopher S. Allen;Yimin A. Wu;Kuang He

  • Hexagonal single crystal domains of few-layer graphene on copper foils.

    Alex W. Robertson;Jamie H. Warner

  • Large single crystals of graphene on melted copper using chemical vapour deposition

    Yimin A. Wu;Susannah Speller;Graham Creeth;Jurek Sadowski

  • Achieving Ultrahigh‐Rate Planar and Dendrite‐Free Zinc Electroplating for Aqueous Zinc Battery Anodes

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  • Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Metal Dopant Pairs in Graphene

    Zhengyu He;Kuang He;Alex W. Robertson;Angus I. Kirkland

  • Dynamics of single Fe atoms in graphene vacancies.

    Alex W. Robertson;Barbara Montanari;Kuang He;Judy Kim

  • Atomic structure of defects and dopants in 2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides.

    Shanshan Wang;Alex Robertson;Jamie H Warner

  • Growth of ultrahigh density single-walled carbon nanotube forests by improved catalyst design.

    Guofang Zhong;Jamie H. Warner;Martin Fouquet;Alex W. Robertson

  • Chemistry and Structure of Graphene Oxide via Direct Imaging

    Shreya H. Dave;Chuncheng Gong;Alex W. Robertson;Jamie H. Warner

  • Hydrogen-free graphene edges

    Kuang He;Gun-Do Lee;Alex W. Robertson;Euijoon Yoon

  • Controlling sulphur precursor addition for large single crystal domains of WS2

    Youmin Rong;Ye Fan;Ai Leen Koh;Alex W. Robertson

  • Low-Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Pt-Co Alloyed Nanoparticles with Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis.

    Dong Sung Choi;Alex W. Robertson;Jamie H. Warner;Sang Ouk Kim

  • Self- regeneration of Au/CeO2 based catalysts with enhanced activity and ultra-stability for acetylene hydrochlorination.

    Lin Ye;Xinping Duan;Simson Wu;Tai-Sing Wu

  • Decoupling, quantifying, and restoring aging-induced Zn-anode losses in rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries

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  • Atomic resolution imaging of graphene by transmission electron microscopy

    Alex W. Robertson;Jamie H. Warner

  • Structural reconstruction of the graphene monovacancy.

    Alex W. Robertson;Barbara Montanari;Kuang He;Christopher S. Allen

  • Edge-Enriched 2D MoS2 Thin Films Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Enhanced Catalytic Performance

    Sha Li;Shanshan Wang;Matteo M. Salamone;Alex W. Robertson

  • N-Doping of graphene oxide at low temperature for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Hengcong Tao;Chao Yan;Alex W. Robertson;Yunnan Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie H. Warner
Jamie H. Warner The University of Texas at Austin
Angus I. Kirkland
Angus I. Kirkland University of Oxford
Zhenyu Sun
Zhenyu Sun Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Mark H. Rümmeli
Mark H. Rümmeli Soochow University
Yousung Jung
Yousung Jung Seoul National University
Peter G. Bruce
Peter G. Bruce University of Oxford
Nigel D. Browning
Nigel D. Browning University of Liverpool
Chao Yan
Chao Yan Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Kazu Suenaga
Kazu Suenaga Osaka University
Mauro Pasta
Mauro Pasta University of Oxford

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