Professor John Griffin

Professor in Materials Chemistry

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.

Pushing the Limits of High-Field Solid-State NMR Technology: Enhancing Applications to Advanced Materials, the Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals
01/11/2024 → 30/09/2027
Research

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
Research

Mechanistic Understanding of Capacitive Deionisation (MU-CDI)
08/04/2022 → 07/04/2025
Research

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
Research

NMR Crystallography of Metal-Organic Frameworks
01/07/2019 → 31/08/2019
Research

MSI: Development of Solid-State Solar Thermal Fuels
08/04/2019 → 07/04/2022
Research

MSI Nano Sun (KTP)
01/02/2019 → 06/07/2021
Research

MSI Nano Sun (KTP)
01/02/2019 → 06/07/2021
Research

MSI: Lancaster University ECR Equipment
01/10/2018 → 31/03/2020
Research

Development of Solar Thermal Fuels for Automotive Applications
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2021
Research

iCASE:An Atom's eye view: linking atomic-scale structure, dynamics and function in microporous materials
07/10/2016 → 30/09/2021
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
Research

Routine, non-destructive water-state sensing in ion-exchange membranes under controlled temperature and humidities using terahertz spectroscopy
01/01/1900 → …
Research

Routine, non-destructive water-state sensing in ion-exchange membranes under controlled temperature and humidities using terahertz spectroscopy
01/01/1900 → …
Research

Lancaster Chemistry Academia-Industry Symposium
Symposium

Chemistry (Organisational unit)
Member of Advisory Panel

Chemistry (Organisational unit)
Member of Advisory Panel

Chemistry (Organisational unit)
Member of Advisory Panel

David O Scanlon
Hosting an academic visitor

NMR Crystallography of Photoresponsive Materials
Oral presentation

Sharon E. Ashbrook
Hosting an academic visitor

Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Understanding Supercapacitor Charging Mechanisms by NMR
Oral presentation

Claire Vallance
Hosting an academic visitor

Tony Marmont
Hosting an academic visitor

Solid-State NMR as a Probe of Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Organic Materials
Oral presentation

Johnson Matthey visit to Lancaster University.
Types of Business and Community - Hosting of external, non-academic visitor

Structural insight into materials for organic electronics using high-field solid-state NMR and DNP
Invited talk

Understanding the behaviour of ions in carbon micropores by NMR spectroscopy
Invited talk

Molecular-level Insight into Thin Films and Photoresponsive Materials by Solid-State NMR
Invited talk

Studying Ion Behaviour in Porous Carbon Electrodes using NMR Spectroscopy
Invited talk

New Methods in Solid-State NMR for the study of Functional Materials
Invited talk

New Methods in Solid-State NMR for the Study of Functional Materials
Invited talk

An Atom's Eye View: Studying Structure and Function in Materials Using NMR Spectroscopy
Invited talk

Developments and Applications of Solid State NMR to Materials Science, Chemistry and Engineering
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Understanding Supercapacitor Charging Mechanisms using NMR Spectroscopy
Invited talk

  • Analytical and Spectroscopy Research Group
  • Energy Lancaster
  • Energy Storage
  • Inorganic Research group
  • MSF Supervisors 2019/20
  • Physical and Analytical Chemistry