Prof John Irvine

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3817

Email

jtsi@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

My research interests are in the study of inorganic materials, at the interface between solid state chemistry, condensed matter physics and ceramics. The major themes of this research are as follows:

1. Synthesis and development of new inorganic solids with useful and important electrochemical, electrical and magnetic properties. 2. Study of the relationships between stoichiometry, structure and electronic and ionic transport properties. 3. Optimisation of properties by control of composition and microstructure and development of improved materials for important applications in energy technology.

PhD supervision

• Mina Ardani
• Sarah Bogan
• Manikandan Chithravelu
• Jiaxin Ding
• Eleanor Gladders
• Nur Faezah Ibadat
• Kashif Iqbal
• Byeongyun Jeong
• Ziming Ji
• Jameel Khan
• Su Ji Kim
• Alexandra Knebel
• Blaine Manning
• Ziming Peng
• Debbie Redpath
• Ned Sawdy
• Megan Smeaton
• Grant Stone
• Demeke Fantaw Tegegne
• Timothy Weiss
• Haodong Wu
• Zhi Xia
• Bo Yu
• Naicai Zhang
• Zhanyu Zhang

Selected publications

• Open access

  Al/Nb co-doped La₂Ti₂O₇ as an efficient photocatalyst for H₂ production

  Zhang, H. & Irvine, J. T. S., 15 Jun 2026, In: ChemCatChem. 18, 11, 10 p., e70839.

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

• Open access

  A numerical study of direct ammonia-fuelled solid oxide fuel cells based on a transient internal cracking model

  Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Williams, R. J., Wu, D. & Irvine, J. T. S., 15 Jun 2026, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 538, 17 p., 176840.

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

• Open access

  Engineering site disorder to give rise to enhanced conductivity in a scandia-stabilised zirconia electrolyte via disruption of short-range ordering

  Zhang, S., Veronese, A., Miller, D. N., Savaniu, C. D. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 May 2026, In: Solid State Ionics. 439, 12 p., 117162.

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

• Open access

  Flexibly fuelled reversible solid oxide cells based on ceria-nickel fuel electrodes support

  Sarruf, B. J. M., Nowicki, K. M., Naden, A. B., Irvine, J. T. & Steinberger-Wilckens, R., 1 Oct 2026, In: Journal of Power Sources. 688, 240617.

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

• Open access

  Investigation into the electrochemical performance of micron- and nanosized tin in diglyme and carbonate electrolytes in sodium ion batteries

  Murugesan, C., Naden, A. B., Connor, P. A., Armstrong, A. R. & Irvine, J. T. S., 30 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Energy Materials. Early View, 18 p., e71023.

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

• Open access

  Iron doped magnesium chromite spinel and LSM coating to diminish chromium poisoning in the SOFC cathode environment

  Unsal, H., Majee, R., Veronese, A., Ozkan, S., Connor, P., Naden, A., Akkas Boynuegri, T., Savaniu, C. & Irvine, J. T. S., 25 Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 212, 9 p., 153708.

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

• Open access

  MWCNTs growth and low-carbon H₂ synthesis in the catalytic CH₄ decomposition reaction

  Akkas-Boynuegri, T., Savaniu, C. & Irvine, J. T., 14 Apr 2026, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 225, 15 p., 154512.

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

• Open access

  NH₃ synthesis with Ca₂NH supported Ru catalyst under mild conditions

  Akkas Boynuegri, T., Irvine, G. J., Jowitt, S., Magdysyuk, O. V., Unsal, H., Long, A. & Irvine, J. T. S., 5 Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 197, 8 p., 152552.

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

• Open access

  Study of the effect of replacing Sm³⁺ by divalent cations on the structure and electrical properties of Sm₂TiO₅

  Chavez-Cardenas, H., Savaniu, C. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Jul 2026, In: Solid State Ionics. 441, 8 p., 117195.

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

• Open access

  Unravelling the role of B-site cation enrichment and Co–Fe exsolution in LaAl_0.90Co_0.05Fe_0.05O₃ on oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

  Ozkan, S., Kim, S., Pawlyta, M., Kroner, A., Magdysyuk, O. V., Savaniu, C. & Irvine, J. T. S., 1 Sept 2026, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 8, 3, 16 p., 035002.

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

 

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