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Overview

Robert A. W. Dryfe is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas within engineering and materials science, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as biomedical engineering and sustainability.

The subfields of study that feature prominently in their work include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Their research primarily explores topics such as:

  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor materials and fabrication
  • Advanced battery materials and technologies
  • Advancements in battery materials
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Membrane-based ion separation techniques

Dryfe has authored a collection of papers published in various scientific venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Water friction in nanofluidic channels made from two-dimensional crystals," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric," 2020, Nature
  • "Quantitative Electro-Reduction of CO2 to Liquid Fuel over Electro-Synthesized Metal-Organic Frameworks," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Unravelling the Mechanism of Rechargeable Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries: Implementation of Charging Process by Electrodeposition of MnO2," 2020, ChemSusChem
  • "Ion-Exchange Materials for Membrane Capacitive Deionization," 2020, ACS ES&T Water

Frequent collaborators in Dryfe's work include:

  • Athanasios A. Papaderakis
  • Mark A. Bissett
  • Andinet Ejigu
  • Lewis W. Le Fevre
  • Amr Elgendy

Some of the primary publication venues where Dryfe's research appears are:

  • Electrochimica Acta
  • ChemElectroChem
  • Faraday Discussions
  • ChemSusChem
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

This profile reflects a research focus on electrochemical energy technologies and materials, highlighting multidisciplinary approaches combining engineering and materials science principles to address challenges in battery and energy storage technologies. Dryfe's work also intersects with environmental sustainability through investigations into membrane and catalytic materials.

Best Publications

  • Proton transport through one-atom-thick crystals

    S. Hu;M. Lozada-Hidalgo;F. C. Wang;A. Mishchenko

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction in a Droplet on Graphite: Direct Evidence that the Edge Is More Active than the Basal Plane†

    Anli Shen;Yuqin Zou;Qiang Wang;Robert A. W. Dryfe

  • Characterization of MoS2–Graphene Composites for High-Performance Coin Cell Supercapacitors

    Mark A. Bissett;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert A. W. Dryfe

  • How to get between the sheets: a review of recent works on the electrochemical exfoliation of graphene materials from bulk graphite

    Amor Abdelkader;Adam Cooper;Robert A W Dryfe;I A Kinloch

  • 3D Printing of Freestanding MXene Architectures for Current-Collector-Free Supercapacitors.

    Wenji Yang;Jie Yang;Jae Jong Byun;Francis P. Moissinac

  • Visible Light-Mediated Generation of Nitrogen-Centered Radicals: Metal-Free Hydroimination- and Iminohydroxylation-Cyclization Reactions

    Jacob Davies;Samuel G. Booth;Stephanie Essafi;Robert A. W. Dryfe

  • Sieving hydrogen isotopes through two-dimensional crystals.

    M. Lozada-Hidalgo;S. Hu;O. Marshall;A. Mishchenko

  • Desalination and Nanofiltration through Functionalized Laminar MoS2 Membranes

    Wisit Hirunpinyopas;Eric Prestat;Stephen D. Worrall;Sarah J. Haigh

  • Evaluation of electrolytes for redox flow battery applications

    M.H. Chakrabarti;R.A.W. Dryfe;E.P.L. Roberts

  • Two-Step Electrochemical Intercalation and Oxidation of Graphite for the Mass Production of Graphene Oxide

    Jianyun Cao;Pei He;Mahdi A. Mohammed;Xin Zhao

  • Single stage electrochemical exfoliation method for the production of few-layer graphene via intercalation of tetraalkylammonium cations

    Adam J. Cooper;Neil R. Wilson;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert A.W. Dryfe

  • Comparison of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Electrochemical Supercapacitors

    Mark A. Bissett;Stephen D. Worrall;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert A.W. Dryfe

  • Highly porous graphene on carbon cloth as advanced electrodes for flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors

    Shuangyin Wang;Bo Pei;Xinsheng Zhao;Robert A.W. Dryfe

  • Electron transfer kinetics on mono- and multilayer graphene

    Matěj Velický;Dan F. Bradley;Adam J. Cooper;Ernie W. Hill

  • Multispectral Electro-Optical Surfaces: from Visible to Microwave

    M. Said Ergoktas;Gokhan Bakan;Evgeniya Kovalska;Lewis W. Le Fevre

  • Electrochemical behavior of monolayer and bilayer graphene.

    Anna. T. Valota;Ian A. Kinloch;Kostya S. Novoselov;Cinzia Casiraghi

  • Multispectral graphene-based electro-optical surfaces with reversible tunability from visible to microwave wavelengths

    M. Said Ergoktas;Gokhan Bakan;Evgeniya Kovalska;Lewis W. Le Fevre

  • Chromium redox couples for application to redox flow batteries

    C.-H Bae;E.P.L Roberts;R.A.W Dryfe

  • A simple electrochemical route to metallic phase trilayer MoS2: evaluation as electrocatalysts and supercapacitors

    Andinet Ejigu;Ian A. Kinloch;Eric Prestat;Robert A. W. Dryfe

  • Electrochemical behaviour of monolayer and bilayer graphene

    Anna T. Valota;Ian A. Kinloch;Kostya S. Novoselov;Cinzia Casiraghi

  • Synthesis of Lateral Size-Controlled Monolayer 1H-MoS2@Oleylamine as Supercapacitor Electrodes.

    Nicky Savjani;Edward A. Lewis;Mark A. Bissett;Jack R. Brent

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Kinloch
Ian A. Kinloch University of Manchester
Kostya S. Novoselov
Kostya S. Novoselov National University of Singapore
Sarah J. Haigh
Sarah J. Haigh University of Manchester
Stuart M. Holmes
Stuart M. Holmes University of Manchester
Richard G. Compton
Richard G. Compton University of Oxford
Adrian C. Fisher
Adrian C. Fisher University of Cambridge
Andrew J. Forsyth
Andrew J. Forsyth University of Manchester
Yuqin Zou
Yuqin Zou Hunan University
Andre K. Geim
Andre K. Geim University of Manchester
Artem Mishchenko
Artem Mishchenko University of Manchester

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