Dr Julia Payne

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2235

Email

jlp8@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Dr Payne was awarded her MChem in 2007 by the University of Warwick and her PhD in 2011 by Durham University (under the supervision of Dr Ivana Evans).   Following this, she worked as a PDRA in the groups of Dr Ivana Evans (Durham University, 2011-2012), Prof. Matthew Rosseinsky (University of Liverpool, 2012-2014) and Prof. John Irvine (University of St Andrews, 2014-2018).  In January 2019 Dr Payne took up a position as an independent Research Fellow in Energy Materials in the School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews.  Dr Payne’s research spans a broad range of energy materials and she is particularly interested in using in-situ and operando techniques to link structure with properties. 

Teaching

Julia contributes to teaching by lecturing in CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 (6 lectures).  Julia also takes tutorials in CH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 and CH4461/5461 Intergrating Chemistry.  In addition Julia offers projects for the CH3441 Mini-project and acts as an academic monitor for external placements in CH4441.

Research areas

Reducing the world’s reliance on fossil fuels is one of the greatest challenges facing society today.  In order to meet future energy demands, new materials are required for energy storage and conversion.   Our research spans a wide range of energy materials and we are currently interested in the synthesis of new materials for batteries and photovoltaics.  Work in our group focuses on the synthesis, characterisation and properties of energy materials.  We are particularly interested in understanding how the structure of materials changes during device operation (e.g. charging/discharging a battery).   To do this, we regularly carry out experiments at the UK synchrotron (Diamond Light Source) or the UK neutron facility (ISIS Neutron and Muon Source) in Oxfordshire.   We use a variety of techniques to probe energy materials, including powder diffraction (X-ray and neutron), single crystal diffraction and X-ray Absorption spectroscopy.    

For more information see the JLP group website.

PhD supervision

• Akshaya G
• Sara Henda
• Andrea Paris
• Yuri Hirano
• Xin Chen
• Max Stanzione
• Roxana Murgu

Selected publications

• Open access

  Manipulation of structure and optoelectronic properties through bromine inclusion in a layered lead bromide perovskite

  Yang, L., Xuan, W., Webster, D. E. J., Krishnan Jagadamma, L., Li, T., Miller, D. N., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Turnbull, G., Samuel, I. D. W., Chen, H.-Y. T., Lightfoot, P., Dyer, M. S. & Payne, J. L., 23 May 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 10, p. 3801–3814 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Manipulation of the Structure and Optoelectronic Properties through Bromine Inclusion in a Layered Lead Bromide Perovskite

  Yang, L.-J., Xuan, W., Webster, D., Jagadamma, L. K., Li, T., Miller, D. N., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Turnbull, G. A., Samuel, I. D. W., Chen, H.-Y. T., Lightfoot, P., Dyer, M. S. & Payne, J. L., 3 May 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 10, p. 3801-3814 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Synthesis and optical characterization of lead-free phenylenediammonium bismuth halide perovskites: a long charge carrier lifetime in phenylenediammonium bismuth iodide

  Siddique, Z., Payne, J. L., Sajjad, M. T., Mica, N., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Samuel, I. D. W., Iqbal, A. & Irvine, J. T. S., 7 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11, 1, p. 223-234 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Synthesis, structure and tunability of zero dimensional organic-inorganic metal halides utilising the m-xylylenediammonium cation: MXD₂PbI₆, MXDBiI₅, and MXD₃Bi₂Br₁₂·2H₂O

  Klee, P., Hirano, Y., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z. & Payne, J., 28 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Crystal Growth & Design. Articles ASAP, 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Time-resolved in-situ X-ray diffraction study of CaO and CaO:Ca₃Al₂O₆ composite catalysts for biodiesel production

  Bonaccorso, A. D., Papargyriou, D., Fuente Cuesta, A., Magdysyuk, O. V., Michalik, S., Connolley, T., Payne, J. L. & Irvine, J. T. S., 28 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 3, 3, 12 p., 034014.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Use of interplay between A-site non-stoichiometry and hydroxide doping to deliver novel proton-conducting perovskite oxides

  Lee, J., Naden, A. B., Savaniu, C. D., Connor, P. A., Payne, J. L., Skelton, J., Gibbs, A., Hui, J., Parker, S. & Irvine, J. T. S., 7 Oct 2021, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 11, 37, 7 p., 2101337.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Bandgap bowing in a zero-dimensional hybrid halide perovskite derivative: spin-orbit coupling: versus lattice strain

  Chatterjee, S., Payne, J., Irvine, J. T. S. & Pal, A. J., 28 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8, 8, p. 4416-4427 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Effect of halide-mixing on tolerance factor and charge-carrier dynamics in (CH₃NH₃PbBr_3-xCl_x) perovskites powders

  Siddique, Z., Payne, J. L., Irvine, J. T. S., Jagadamma, L. K., Akhter, Z., Samuel, I. D. W. & Iqbal, A., 23 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Lithiation of V₂O₃(SO₄)₂ - a flexible insertion host

  Linnell, S. F., Payne, J. L., Pickup, D. M., Chadwick, A. V., Armstrong, A. R. & Irvine, J. T. S., 7 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8, 37, p. 19502-19512 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  In situ thermal battery discharge using CoS₂ as a cathode material

  Payne, J. L., Percival, J. D., Giagloglou, K., Crouch, C., Carins, G. M., Smith, R., Gover, R. & Irvine, J. T. S., 2 Aug 2019, In: Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 166, 12, p. A2660-A2664 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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