By Associate Professor Emma Catherine Lovell

Book Chapters

Daiyan R, 2023, 'Clean Energy Options for the Future', in The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific The Pacific, Springer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25463-5_18

Journal articles

Liang S; Bui TS; Ma Z; Han C; Zhou S; Webster RF; Shan Y; Liu J; Zhang Q; Lu X; Lovell E, 2026, 'Asymmetric coordination in Mo single-atom catalysts drives selective electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.126962

Ahmad F; Azmi AM; Lovell EC; Cullen PJ; Scott JA; Amal R, 2026, 'Influence of the Support on Ni Catalyst Response During Plasma-Driven CO2 Methanation', Chemcatchem, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.71005

Lim M; Ma Z; Gunawan D; Ch'ng YY; Zhong W; Ramadhany P; Menon K; Ruan D; Kumar P; Jalili AR; Amal R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC, 2026, 'Electrochemical reduction conditioning modified Fe-based catalysts with structural disorders for efficient ammonium production from nitrite reduction', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14, pp. 29835 - 29848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5ta09764a

Bui TS; Ma Z; Zhong W; Alfaza G; Kumar PV; Zhou S; Yang Y; Li Y; Daiyan R; Lovell E; Dai L; Amal R, 2026, 'Selective electrochemical reduction of nitrate-to-ammonia mediated by silver single atoms anchored on defective g-C3N4', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125954

Li Y; Guo J; Yang Y; Wang B; Wen H; Bui TS; Chang SLY; Bedford NM; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R; Hou Y; Tilley R; Xia Z; Dai L, 2026, 'Atomically Dispersed Copper Electrocatalysts with Proton-feeding Centers for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis by Nitrate Electroreduction', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508619

Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “coupled NOx production and electrochemical conversion processes for sustainable ammonium synthesis from air” [Chem. Eng. J. Volume 524 (2025) 168996] (Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) 524, (S1385894725098389), (10.1016/j.cej.2025.168996))', Chemical Engineering Journal, 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170986

Zhu YF; Yuwono JA; Wilson M; Xie B; Kumar P; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2025, 'Visible light contributions transform CO2 into higher hydrocarbons during Fischer Tropsch synthesis over K-Fe catalysts', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125736

Hong J; Zhang T; Sun J; Zhou R; Zhou R; Dou L; Masood H; Lovell EC; Zhang S; Ashford B; Shao T; Murphy AB; Ostrikov K; Jalili AR; Cullen PJ, 2025, 'Green chemical pathway of N2 fixation: perspectives from plasma modeling', Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41614-025-00189-4

Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Coupled NOx production and electrochemical conversion processes for sustainable ammonium synthesis from air', Chemical Engineering Journal, 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.168996

Xie B; Zhu YF; Shakeri M; Jin S; O’Connell G; Saha S; Mensi M; Kumar PV; Luterbacher JS; Lovell EC; Amal R; Kröcher O, 2025, 'Flame-Made Surface-Substituted Copper–Ceria as an Excellent Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction Catalyst via Three Reaction Pathways', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, pp. 32649 - 32661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07701

Zhong W; Zhou S; Lovell EC; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'Copper-based electrocatalysts converting carbon dioxide to narrowly distributed products', Chemical Engineering Journal, 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163925

Md Azmi AZ; Tay R; Zhao J; Easton CD; Seeber A; Yang Y; Murphy AB; Lovell E; Scott J, 2025, 'The impact bimetallic Ni-Fe deposit configuration has on accessing synergy during plasma-catalytic CO2 methanation', Catalysis Science and Technology, 15, pp. 3372 - 3384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5cy00036j

Rahimi K; Rawal A; Zhu YF; Hart JN; Lovell EC; Scott J, 2024, 'Defect engineering in SnO2 catalysts for the organic oxidation reaction', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124515

Bui TS; Ma Z; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; O'Connell GEP; Peng L; Yang Y; Lim M; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2024, 'Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Fe/ZnO Nanoparticles via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption in Alkaline Electrolyte', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408704

Alvand M; Ma Z; Kokate R; Kumar PV; Pan J; Amal R; Lovell EC; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Uncovering the role of vanadium doped Ni2P for low concentration urea oxidation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157130

Ramadhany P; Luong Q; Zhang Z; Leverett J; Samorì P; Corrie S; Lovell E; Canbulat I; Daiyan R, 2024, 'State of Play of Critical Mineral-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical E-Refinery to Synthetic Fuels', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202405029

O'Connell GEP; Webster RF; Elkington E; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Shining a light on methane dry reforming - exploring the impact of visible light on carbon formation over Co/xCeO2-Al2O3', Catalysis Science and Technology, 14, pp. 6790 - 6807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00925h

Lim M; Ma Z; O'Connell G; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Jalili R; Amal R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Ru-Induced Defect Engineering in Co3O4 Lattice for High Performance Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonium', Small, 20, pp. e2401333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202401333

Abbas A; Cross M; Duan X; Jeschke S; Konarova M; Huber GW; Lee AF; Lovell EC; Lim JYC; Polyzos A; Richards R; Wilson K, 2024, 'Catalysis at the intersection of sustainable chemistry and a circular economy', One Earth, 7, pp. 738 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.018

Knezevic J; Zhang T; Zhou R; Hong J; Zhou R; Barnett C; Song Q; Gao Y; Xu W; Liu D; Proschogo N; Mohanty B; Strachan J; Soltani B; Li F; Maschmeyer T; Lovell EC; Cullen PJ, 2024, 'Long-Chain Hydrocarbons from Nonthermal Plasma-Driven Biogas Upcycling', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, pp. 12601 - 12608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/JACS.4C01641

O'Connell GEP; Tan TH; Yuwono JA; Wang Y; Kheradmand A; Jiang Y; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Seeing the light: The role of cobalt in light-assisted CO2 methanation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123507

Sun J; Zhou R; Hong J; Gao Y; Qu Z; Liu Z; Liu D; Zhang T; Zhou R; Ostrikov K; Cullen P; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Sustainable ammonia production via nanosecond-pulsed plasma oxidation and electrocatalytic reduction', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123426

Zhu YF; Xie B; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Sharma AS; Nielsen MP; Bendavid A; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Making light work: designing plasmonic structures for the selective photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 834 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00315a

Gilmore N; Koskinen I; Burr P; Obbard E; Sproul A; Konstantinou G; Bilbao J; Daiyan R; Kay M; Corkish R; Macgill I; Lovell E; Menictas C; Bruce A, 2023, 'Identifying weak signals to prepare for uncertainty in the energy sector', Heliyon, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21295

Zhang Q; Chen Y; Pan J; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Yun J; Amal R; Lu X, 2023, 'Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide through Selective Oxygen Reduction: A Carbon Innovation from Active Site Engineering to Device Design', Small, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202302338

Zhou L; Yin P; Tan C; Li Z; Lovell E; Liu H; Liu R; Yun J, 2023, 'Controlled double perovskites for the efficient catalytic combustion of Cl containing VOCs', Applied Catalysis A General, 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119439

Sun J; Zhang T; Hong J; Zhou R; Masood H; Zhou R; Murphy AB; Ostrikov KK; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2023, 'Insights into plasma-catalytic nitrogen fixation from catalyst microanalysis and chemical kinetics modelling', Chemical Engineering Journal, 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143841

Bui TS; Lovell EC; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2023, 'Defective Metal Oxides: Lessons from CO2RR and Applications in NOxRR', Advanced Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202205814

Zhu YF; Xie B; Amal R; Lovell EC; Scott J, 2023, 'Light-Enhanced Conversion of CO2 to Light Olefins: Basis in Thermal Catalysis, Current Progress, and Future Prospects', Small Structures, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200285

Farivar GG; Manalastas W; Tafti HD; Ceballos S; Sanchez-Ruiz A; Lovell EC; Konstantinou G; Townsend CD; Srinivasan M; Pou J, 2023, 'Grid-Connected Energy Storage Systems: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Technologies', Proceedings of the IEEE, 111, pp. 397 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2022.3183289

Lim M; Sun J; Ma Z; Jalili R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2023, 'Engineering CuOx Nanoparticles on Cu Foam for Acidic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium', ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, pp. 4936 - 4945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00681

Zurrer T; Lovell E; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2023, 'Harnessing the structural attributes of NiMg-CUK-1 MOF for the dual-function capture and transformation of carbon dioxide into methane', Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140623

Zurrer T; Lovell E; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Bimetallic RuNi-decorated Mg-CUK-1 for oxygen-tolerant carbon dioxide capture and conversion to methane', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 15669 - 15678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr03338k

Tavakoli A; Rahimi K; Saghandali F; Scott J; Lovell E, 2022, 'Nanofluid preparation, stability and performance for CO2 absorption and desorption enhancement: A review', Journal of Environmental Management, 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114955

Lovell EC; Ager JW; Kim YS; Modestino MA, 2022, 'Energy Spotlight Emergence of Membrane Electrode Assembly in Electrocatalysis', ACS Energy Letters, 7, pp. 1574 - 1576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00706

Horlyck J; Lovell E; Scott J, 2022, 'Complexities of Capturing Light for Enhancing Thermal Catalysis', Catalysis Letters, 152, pp. 619 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03669-7

Saputera WH; Tan TH; Lovell EC; Rawal A; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Friedmann D; Amal R; Scott JA, 2022, 'Modulating catalytic oxygen activation over Pt-TiO2/SiO2 catalysts by defect engineering of a TiO2/SiO2 support', Catalysis Science and Technology, 12, pp. 1049 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cy02037d

Lovell EC; Scott J; Bedford NM; Tan TH; Cullen PJ; Ostrikov KK; Amal R, 2022, 'Two Steps Back, One Leap Forward: Synergistic Energy Conversion in Plasmonic and Plasma Catalysis', ACS Energy Letters, 7, pp. 300 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02387

Ullah S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Photoenhanced CO2 methanation over La2O3 promoted Co/TiO2 catalysts', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120248

Zhao Y; Jiang WJ; Zhang J; Lovell EC; Amal R; Han Z; Lu X, 2021, 'Anchoring Sites Engineering in Single-Atom Catalysts for Highly Efficient Electrochemical Energy Conversion Reactions', Advanced Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202102801

Jantarang S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Altering the influence of ceria oxygen vacancies in Ni/CexSiy O2for photothermal CO2methanation', Catalysis Science and Technology, 11, pp. 5297 - 5309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cy00136a

Xie B; Lovell E; Tan TH; Jantarang S; Yu M; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Emerging material engineering strategies for amplifying photothermal heterogeneous CO2 catalysis', Journal of Energy Chemistry, 59, pp. 108 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.11.005

Jantarang S; Ligori S; Horlyck J; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Plasma-induced catalyst support defects for the photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154195

Daiyan R; Tran-Phu T; Kumar P; Iputera K; Tong Z; Leverett J; Khan MHA; Asghar Esmailpour A; Jalili A; Lim M; Tricoli A; Liu RS; Lu X; Lovell E; Amal R, 2021, 'Nitrate reduction to ammonium: From CuO defect engineering to waste NOx-to-NH3 economic feasibility', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 3588 - 3598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ee00594d

Wu H; Kong XY; Wen X; Chai SP; Lovell EC; Tang J; Ng YH, 2021, 'Metal–Organic Framework Decorated Cuprous Oxide Nanowires for Long-lived Charges Applied in Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, pp. 8455 - 8459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015735

Wu H; Kong XY; Wen X; Chai S; Lovell EC; Tang J; Ng YH, 2021, 'Metal–Organic Framework Decorated Cuprous Oxide Nanowires for Long‐lived Charges Applied in Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4', Angewandte Chemie, 133, pp. 8536 - 8540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202015735

Sun J; Alam D; Daiyan R; Masood H; Zhang T; Zhou R; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Jalili A; Amal R, 2021, 'A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 865 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ee03769a

Zurrer T; Wong K; Horlyck J; Lovell EC; Wright J; Bedford NM; Han Z; Liang K; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Mixed-Metal MOF-74 Templated Catalysts for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture and Methanation', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007624

Zhou R; Zhou R; Alam D; Zhang T; Li W; Xia Y; Mai-Prochnow A; An H; Lovell EC; Masood H; Amal R; Ostrikov K; Cullen PJ, 2021, 'Plasmacatalytic bubbles using CeO2 for organic pollutant degradation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126413

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