Dr John Griffin

Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry, Recruitment & Outreach Officer

Research Interests

My research interests concern the study of structure and mechanisms in materials - in particular those with energy storage or conversion applications. One of the key tools I use for this is solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a powerful anayltical technique that can provide detailed information about atomic-scale structure, disorder and dynamics.

Most of my research has involved developing and applying NMR experiments to study materials and combining this with insight from computational calculations. In this way it is often possible to get access to information that is very difficult to obtain from other experimental approaches.

Next Generation Na-ion Batteries phase 2 (NEXGENNA 2)
01/10/2023 → 30/09/2025
Research

Next Generation Na-ion Batteries phase 2 (NEXGENNA 2)
01/10/2023 → 30/09/2025
Research

NMR at 1.2 GHz: A World-Leading UK Facility to Deliver Advances in Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2027
Research

Sydney Andrew Scholarship (Chris Cook)
07/10/2022 → 31/07/2023
Research

Sydney Andrew Scholarship : Development of Plasma Polymer Coatings for Extending the Life of Battery Electrodes (Chris Cook)
07/10/2022 → 31/07/2023
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Mechanistic Understanding of Capacitive Deionisation (MU-CDI)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2024
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The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research Facility
05/01/2020 → 04/01/2025
Research

MSI: Next Generation Na-ion Batteries
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
Research

Next-generation Li-ion cathodes
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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NMR Crystallography of Metal-Organic Frameworks
01/07/2019 → 31/08/2019
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MSI: Development of Solid-State Solar Thermal Fuels
08/04/2019 → 07/04/2022
Research

MSI Nano Sun (KTP)
01/02/2019 → 17/02/2022
Research

MSI Nano Sun (KTP)
01/02/2019 → 17/02/2022
Research

Design and Characterisation of New Sustainable Battery Electrode Materials
01/05/2016 → 30/04/2017
Research

Development of New NMR Methods for the study of Solar Thermal Batteries
01/03/2016 → 20/03/2017
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Development of Solar Thermal Fuels for Automotive Applications
01/01/1900 → …
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MSI: Lancaster University ECR Equipment
01/01/1900 → …
Research

iCASE:An Atom's eye view: linking atomic-scale structure, dynamics and function in microporous materials
01/01/1900 → …
Research

  • Energy Lancaster
  • MSF Supervisors 2019/20
  • Physical and Analytical Chemistry