PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
It is critically important that taxpayer funded efforts are disseminated to the public.ย Here youโll find a list of all publications from the Bedford Research Group and Dr. Bedford prior to his arrival at UNSW.
2026
“High-entropy alloy nanowires for direct electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater”
Nature Synthesis
2026
Advanced Functional Materials
2026
“PbCrO4/Pb Hybrid with Surface Unsaturated Metal Sites for Efficient CO2-to-Formate Reduction”
Advanced Functional Materials
2026
Chemistry of Materials
2026
2025
The American Ceramic Society
2025
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2025
“Lattice Oxygen-Mediated Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction”
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2025
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2024
“Degradation of Glyphosate to Benign N-Formyl Glycine Using MOF-808 Nanocrystals”
Angewandte Chemie
2025
“Lone-Pair Driven Na-Ion Diffusion Leading to Highly Conductive Na2(BH4)(NH2) Phases”
ACS Applied Energy Materials
2025
2024
“Intermarrying MOF Glass and Lead Halide Perovskites for Artificial Photosynthesis”
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2024
Advanced Materials Technology
2024
“High Entropy Alloys Enable Durable and Efficient Lithium-Mediated CO2 Redox Reactions”
Advanced Materials
2024
“High Entropy Alloys Enable Durable and Efficient Lithium-Mediated CO2 Redox Reactions”
Advanced Materials
2024
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
2024
2023
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2023
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“Doping and Structure-Promoted Destabilization of NaBH4 Nanocubes for Hydrogen Storage”
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2023
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“Electrochemical CโN Bond Formation within Boron Imidazolate Cages Featuring Single Copper Sites”
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2023
“Tuning the PtโRu Atomic Neighbors for Active and Stable Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis”
Chemistry of Materials
2023
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Advanced Materials Interfaces
2023
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“Interfacial alloying between lead halide perovskite crystals and hybrid glasses”
Nature Communications
2023
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2022
“Flexible 2D Boron Imidazolate Framework for Polysulfide Adsorption in LithiumโSulfur Batteries”
Chemistry of Materials
2022
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
2022
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Chemistry Sustainability Energy Materials
2022
“A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation”
Nature Catalysis
2022
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“Atomically-dispersed Mn-(N-C2)2(O-C2)2 sites on carbon for efficient oxygen reduction reaction”
Energy Storage Materials
2022
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
2022
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“Pt Single Atom Electrocatalysts at Graphene Edges forย Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution”
Advanced Functional Materials
2022
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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2022
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“Two Steps Back, One Leap Forward: Synergistic Energy Conversion in Plasmonic and Plasma Catalysis”
ACS Energy Letters
2021
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2021
The Journal of Chemical Physics
2021
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“Disordered TiOxโSiOx Nanocatalysts Using Bioinspired Synthetic Routes”
Applied Energy Materials
2021
“MixedโMetal MOFโ74 Templated Catalysts for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture and Methanation”
Advanced Functional Materials
2021
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Advanced Energy Materials
2021
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2020
Advanced Energy Materials
2020
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“Direct insights into the role of epoxy groups on cobalt sites for acidic H2O2ย production”
Nature Communications
2020
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Advanced Functional Materials
2020
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“Probing the Atomic-Scale Structure of Amorphous Aluminum Oxide
Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition”
Applied Materials & Interfaces
2020
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020
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“Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in
the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction”
Nature Catalysis
2020
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Amino-acid conjugated
protein-Au nanoclusters with tuneable fluorescence properties”
JPhysย Materials
2020
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020
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“Tungsten Oxide/Carbide Surface
Heterojunction Catalyst with High Hydrogen
Evolution Activity”
ACS Energy Letters
2020
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Applied Nano Materials
2020
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2020
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2019
“Chiral Restructuring of Peptide Enantiomers on Gold Nanomaterials”
ACS Biomaterials. Science & Engineering
2019
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Advaced Energy Materials
2019
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Catalysis Science and Technology
2019
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2019
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“Hierarchically Structured Co(OH)2/CoPt/N-CN Air Cathodes for Rechargeable ZincโAir Batteries”
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019
“A Fully Reversible Water Electrolyzer Cell Made Up from FeCoNi (Oxy)hydroxide Atomic Layers”
Advanced Energy Materials
2019
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“Discovery of Anion Insertion Electrochemistry in Layered Hydroxide Nanomaterials”
Scientific Reports
2019
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2018
“Programmable Mechanical Properties from a Worm Jaw-Derived Biopolymer through Hierarchical Ion Exposure”“
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018
Journal of Material Chemistry A
2018
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Before UNSW 2008-2017
Journalย ofย Synchrotronย Radiation
2017
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2016
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“Oxidation behavior of zero-valent iron nanoparticles in mixed matrix water purification membranes”
Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology
2015
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“Light-Activated Tandem Catalysis Driven by Multicomponent Nanomaterials“
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2013
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“NanofiberโBased BulkโHeterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using Coaxial Electrospinning”
Advanced Energy Materials
2012
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“Photocatalytic Self Cleaning Textile Fibers by Coaxial Electrospinning”
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2010
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2015
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
2013
Journal of Materials Chemistry
2012
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“Photocatalytic Self Cleaning Textile Fibers by Coaxial Electrospinning”
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2010
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“Effects of Metal Composition and Ratio on Peptide-Templated Multimetallic PdPt Nanomaterials”
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017
“Keratin-based antimicrobial textiles, films, and nanofibers”
Journal of Material Chemistry B
2013
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“Immobilization of Stable Thylakoid Vesicles in Conductive Nanofibers by Electrospinning“
Biomacromolecules
2011
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2010
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Chemistry of Materials
2014
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2013
“Periodicity and Atomic Ordering in Nanosized Particles of Crystals“
The Journal of Chemistry C
2008
Just finished up with ~2 weeks of beamtime ๐คฏโ ๏ธ๐. First up was high resolution ๐ธ RIXS measurements at the SIX 6๏ธโฃ beamline at NSLS-II, were we examined the electronic structure โ๏ธ of rare earth complexes for separation processes. Cool stuff (and tons of groundhogs)!! Then off to PETRA-III ๐ฉ๐ช to do quick XAS measurements on similar materials, along with some insitu electrocatalysis โก๏ธ. Tons of nice data, plus some World Cup watching as well. Thanks to @yuweii77vv and her team at KAIST for crushing the PETRA-III experiments. #synchrotronlife #rixs #xas #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Busy week of experiments โ๏ธ at BESSY-II ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช concluded recently ๐. The old crew got together to do so liquid cell soft XAS โ๏ธ๐ฉปโ๏ธ, on rare earth separation projects and some electrocatalysis work โก๏ธ. After that, I made a brief stop and BNL ๐๐ฆ for a great workshop on the new AMP beamline of NSLS-II. Also, went to Istanbul to see cats ๐ beforehand. #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #catsofistanbul #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Chemistry of Materials ๐งช๐งฑ๐๐๐!! In a co-led effort ๐ค with our colleagues at AFRL ๐ฉ๏ธโ๏ธ, we investigate the influence of residual copper ๐ฝcatalysts, used to polymer click reactions ๐ซฐโ๏ธ, on the influence of SiC conversion from the pyrolysis ๐ฅof preceramic polymers. While a contaminate, copper increases the yield of SiC through the formation of silicide intermediates๐งโ๐ฌ. The process was using a range of synchrotron techniques, using facilities in the US ๐บ๐ธ, Taiwan ๐น๐ผ, Australia ๐ฆ, and France ๐ฅ. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02801 #ceramics #copper #preceramicpolymers #synchrotronscience #dataordie
New paper out in Materials Today Chemistry ๐งฑโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐งช๐ฑ!! This work showcases the importance of phosphonate chemistry in solid phase sorbents for actinide/lanthanide separations โข๏ธ๐ . Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468519426001734 #phosphonate #actinides #lanthanides #synchrotron #dataordie
Last week we were in Reno ๐ฐparticipating in an ARO ๐ฃ work on REE ๐งฒ extraction and separations, hosted at UNR ๐บ. It was great to connect with research staff and industry folks from the region, and UNT has an amazing mining โ๏ธ museum ๐๐ช๐ฟ๐ค. Big outcomes coming from this event for sureeee ๐. #reno #unr #ree #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
Last week we wrapped ๐ป on some NEXAFS and RIXS ๐งโโ๏ธ measures at the Advanced Light Source ๐ฆโก๏ธโญ๏ธ at LBNL ๐ฅฐโฎ๏ธโ๏ธ. We examined a range of REE ๐งฒ complexes important to improving separation processes over SX ๐ to better understand how we can improve selectivity. Cool stuff, cool turkeys ๐ฆ, and as always, and amazing view of the bay from LNBL ๐. Thanks to the staff help from LBNL, INL ๐ฅ, and Colorado School of Mines โ๏ธ. #criticalminerals #criticalmaterials #synchrotronlife #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
What a week at DMC2025!๐คฉD๐คบ๐ญ. Great talks and a great group of researchers all collected together to discuss the future of defense manufacturing. There was also a space launch!๐ ๐ญ๐จโ๐๐ฉโ๐๐งโ๐๐พ๐ฝ๐#dmc #artemisii #collabos #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Nature Synthesis ๐ธ ๐ด๐งชโ๏ธ๐๐ป๐ฉ๏ธ. Co-lead by our colleagues at USyd ๐ฆ, high entropy nanowires ๐งถ were used for the Cl2 evolution, which exhibits 98% FE at 10kA/ m2 โก๏ธ. We employed multiple in-situ experiments to showcase an PtO2 edge site activation mechanism, which enables high selectivity. Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-026-00999-5 #nature #synthesis #highentropy #synchrotronscience #dataordie
We recently wrapped on some nice in-situ electrochemical โก๏ธ๐งช XAS beamtime at the ISS ๐ฐ๏ธ beamline, NSLS-II. Huge thanks to our colleagues at Johns Hopkins for the assist. New data to be published soon! #synchrotronlife #synchrotronscience #synchrotron #cantstopwontstop #dataordie
New paper out in Chemistry of Materials ๐งช๐งฑ๐ โฑ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ช. Led by the team at UQ๐ธ, a novel method for making PbI2 ๐จ๐งquantum dots was examined, using the thermal decomposition ๐ฅ MOF glasses ๐ and Pb halides. The decomposed MOF chemistry provides an excellent shell around the QDs while also resulting in a tight size distribution, important for optoelectronic applications. Read the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02293 #quantumdots #leadiodine #synchrotron #dataordie
Nice little call out on the INL ๐ฅโข๏ธ๐ฌwebpage on our critical materials ๐งฑ work for the military ๐ช๐ซก. Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon and big projects coming up ๐๐๐ช. Read here: https://inl.gov/feature-story/idaho-national-laboratory-strengthening-national-security-with-critical-materials-research/ #watchout #criticalmaterials #criticalminerals #research #dataordie
New paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition ๐ฉ๐ชโ๏ธ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ. In another effort led by the folks at Griffith University ๐ฆ, new dual site catalysts were engineered for the CO2 reduction reaction ๐จ๐ฅ. Using Ni-Cr atomic pairs anchored โ๏ธ into a nitrated carbon matrix, Ni atoms promote CO2 activation while Cr atoms promote H20 ๐ฆdissociation, ultimately boosting reaction efficiency ๐ง๐ง . Great work by all! Read the paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.202521247 #electrocatalysis #nickel #chromium #co2 #dataordie
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