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John Kilner

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  • Functional ceramics
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)
  • Structural ceramics
  • Sensors
  • Atomistic modelling
  • Waste materials
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Room 214, Royal School of Mines
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6745
Fax: +44 (0)20 7 584 3194
Email: j.kilnerimperial.ac.uk
 

Biography

Prof. Kilner is a Professor of Materials Science, former head of the Department of Materials and former Dean of the Royal School of Mines. He obtained a first degree in Physics and a PhD in Physical Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham. He spent several years as a post-doc at the University of Leeds in the Ceramics Department before moving to Imperial College in London as Wolfson Research Fellow.

He is primarily interested in studying the exchange and diffusion of oxygen in oxide ceramic materials for applications in devices such as fuel cells and air separators, and has been instrumental in the development of isotopic exchange-SIMS technique to study these phenomena. He has been involved in research into ionic and mixed conducting ceramics for 30 years and has published over 250 papers in this and related fields of materials science. Recently he was appointed as European Editor for the Journal Solid State Ionics.

He is the holder of a number of patents relating to fuel cells and gas separation devices and the co-founder of a successful spinout company CeresPower Ltd. Prof. Kilner is primarily interested in studying the exchange and diffusion of oxygen in oxide ceramic materials for applications in devices such as fuel cells, oxygen separators and sensors, and has been instrumental in the development of isotopic exchange-SIMS techniques to study these phenomena. Much of his work is now centred upon the development of the Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell and improved understanding of surface and interfacial phenomena is crucial for further development of this device.

Awards  

  • Schoenbein medal, European Solid Oxide Forum, 2004
  • Verulam Medal, Institute Of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 2005
  • Royal Society Armourers and Braziers Award, Royal Society, 2005
  • Excellence in Teaching, Imperial College, 1997
  • Teaching Fellowship, Imperial College, 2006
  • Excellence in teaching, Imperial College, 2006
  • Fellow, City and Guilds Institute of London, 2007

External Positions  

  • Member, Materials UK Energy Materials Working Group
  • Chair, IoM3 Energy Materials Group
  • Co-Director, UK Energy Research Centre
  • Chair and Panelist, EPSRC College
  • European Editor, Solid State Ionics
  • Member of Editorial Board, Materials Letters
  • Member of Editorial Board, Energy Materials
  • Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Member, Industry and Technology Policy Board IOM3
  • Member, Advisory Board, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton
  • Member, EU Basic Research and Innovative Science for Energy (BRISE) Steering Committee
  • Member, ESF OSSEP steering committee

Membership of Professional Bodies  

  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Fellow
  • Institute of Physics, Fellow
  • Electrochemical Society, Member
  • American Ceramics Society, Member
  • International Power Sources Symposium, Board member

Invited Presentation & Lectures  

From 2005  

  • "Oxygen Diffusion in Single Phase and Composite Mixed Conductors". Presentation given at the Materials Science Colloquium Series, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Seminar, MPI, Stuttgart, Germany, 14 February 2005.
  • Attendee, IDEA League Materials Science Group Meeting, ETH, Zurich, 25 February 2005.
  • "Oxygen Transport in Non-Stoichiometric Oxides". Keynote Presentation, International Conference on Non-Stoichiometric Compounds, Hawaii, USA, 3-8 April 2005.
  • Attendee, Hydrogen Energy Challenge Meeting, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK, 10 May 2005.
  • "Brian Steele's Contribution to Solid State Ionics". Invited talk, 9th Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-IX) at the 207th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Quebec, Canada, 15-22 May 2005.
  • "Oxygen Diffusion and Exchange in the Perovskite Oxides". Invited lecture, Danish Ceramic and Electrochemical Societies Meeting: 'Perovskites', Denmark, 31 May-2 June 2005.
  • External Examiner, Materials Course, University of Birmingham, UK, 15 June 2005.
  • "Powering the Future: Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells". Invited lecture, Armourers and Braziers' Cambridge Forum, Cambridge, UK, 16 June 2005.
  • "Ceramic Oxygen Ion Conductors for Application in Electrochemical Devices". Keynote Speake, Electroceramica: The 7th Spanish Conference on Electroceramics, Teruel, Spain, 30 June -1 July 2005.
  • "Materials for Advanced Energy Theme". Presentation given at the UKERC Annual Assembly, Keble College, Oxford, UK, 6-8 July 2005.
  • "Professor Brian Steele, An Appreciation". Keynote Speaker, SSI-I5 Conference, Baden Baden, Germany, 17-22 July 2005.
  • "Oxygen Isotope Mapping of LSM-YSZ Ceramic Composites" (Co-authored with Manjit Dhallu). Presentation given at SSI-I5 Conference, Baden Baden, Germany, 17-22 July 2005.
  • International Committee Member and session organiser, SSI-I5 Conference Baden Baden, Germany, 17-22 July 2005
  • Attendee, IDEA League Meeting, Materials Science Group, Delft University, Netherlands, 16-17 August 2005.
  • Attendee, Nuclear Technology Meeting, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK, 28 October 2005.

Academic year 2005/6  

  • "Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" lecture in Imperial College Short Course "Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology", 3rd October 2005,Imperial College, London.
  • "Principles of Fuel Cells" Short course given at 2005 Canadian Fuel Cell Systems Symposium. October 12th 2005, Banff, Canada.
  • "Oxygen Transport in Non-Stoichiometric Oxides for Applications in SOFC's and ITSOFC's" Keynote lecture, Canadian Fuel Cell Systems Symposium. October 12th - 14th 2005, Banff, Canada.
  • Materials for Energy Technology in the 21st Century, Rhine-Rhur International Materials Conference and Awards 2005, Attendee and awards finalist, Villa Hugel, October 23rd -24th 2005, Essen, Germany.
  • Attendee and Breakout Session leader for "Pathways to Transformational Breakthroughs in Energy", IEA AHGSET Transforming Our Energy Future: Advancing the Role of Science and the Critical Connections with Applied Energy Programs Meeting, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA, 14-18 November 2005.
  • "Materials for ITSOFC's" Departmental Seminar, 11th January 2006. Chemistry Department, University of Birmingham.
  • "Materials for Future Energy Systems" Seminar Earth, Energy and Environment Institute, March 27th 2006.University of Leeds.
  • "Materials for Future Energy Systems" Organiser of symposium at Materials Congress 2006, 5th -7th April 2006, London.
  • "Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies" Invited lecture at "materials Powering Europe" Workshop, 7th April 2006, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London
  • "Modern Fuel Cells" Invited lecture at the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR), May 22nd 2006, Churchill College, Cambridge.
  • "Oxygen Isotopic Studies of Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Departmental Seminar, 9th June 2005, Institut für Physikalische Chemie RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
  • Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum 2006, Organiser and Chair of the 7th European Fuel Cell Forum 3rd - 6th July 2006, Lucerne Switzerland.
  • "Fuel Cell Research in the UK", UK-French-Swiss Partnering Event (co-organiser), sponsored by the British Embassy in Berne, at 7th European Fuel Cell Forum 3rd July 2006 Lucerne Switzerland.
  • "Optimisation of Oxygen Ion Transport in Materials For Ceramic Devices" Invited introductory lecture in Atomic Transport and Defect Phenomena in Solids, Faraday Discussions 134, 10th -12th July 2006, University of Surrey, Guildford.
  • "Mass Transport in Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", Invited opening lecture in the Gordon Conference "High Temperature Materials, Processes & Diagnostics", July 16th - 21st 2006 Colby College, Waterville Maine, USA.
  • "Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Invited lecture, International Materials Forum 2006, Frontiers in Materials Science and Technology, Focus: Materials for Energy Technology, July 31st -August 1st 2006 Bayreuth Germany.

 Academic year 2006/7  

  • Member of Royal Society scoping mission to Vilnius to determine terms of reference of ESAC report on the European electricity grid, November 3rd 2006.
  • "Materials Selection for Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells" Invited Lecture, Asian Meeting on Electroceramics, AMEC5, December 10-14th 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • "SOFC Activities at Imperial College, London" seminar, National Materials Technology Centre (MTEC), December 15th 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • "Novel Materials for Fuel Cells" invited presentation at Novel Materials and Applications: How do we manage the emergence of new technologies in democratic society? Seminar convened by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution, London, 11th January 2007.
  • "Fuel cell research in the UK" Invited talk, UK Hydrogen Energy Network (H2NET), Cleveland, 24th of January 2007.
  • "SOFC Research and Development in the UK" First UK-Thailand network Meeting, Fuel cells Workshop MTEC, Bangkok, Thailand, March 29th 2006.
  • "Recent Developments in SOFC Materials" Lecture in Masters course "Pilas Combustibles" Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) Madrid, 16th April 2007.
  • Discussion Chair at European Strategic Energy Technology Plan- Basic Science and Energy-Workshop, convened by the Basic Research and Innovative Science for Energy project, (BRISE), Brussels, May 24th 2007.
  • "Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Departmental Seminar Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Oxford, 14th June 2007.
  • "Atomistic Simulations a Help or a Hindrance" Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Complex Materials: A conference to mark Professor Richard Catlow’s 60th birthday, Chemistry Department, University College London, "5th July 2007.
  • "Fast Oxygen Diffusion in Oxides with the Perovskite Structure" Keynote Lecture, 16th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Shanghai China, July 1st - 6th 2007.
  • " Materials Issues in Fuel Cells" Invited presentation, 7th International Charles Parsons Turbine Conference, Power Generation in an Era of Climate Change, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 11-13th September 2007.
  • "Materials Solutions for Intermediate temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells" Invited presentation, from microwatt to kilowa

Other Significant Activities  

Ceres Power, founded in 2001, is developing fuel cells technology to produce a method of energy supply that is secure, sustainable and low polluting. The technology has been developed at Imperial over the last 10 years by Professors John Kilner, Alan Atkinson and the late Brian Steele in the Department of Materials, and Professor Nigel Brandon in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology. 

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses / Modules

  • Lecturer, MSE 205 Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of Materials
  • Lecturer, MSE 411 Electroceramics
  • Lecturer, MSE 402 Technology Synthesis

Short Courses

  • Lecturer, Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology

Further Information  

International PhD's 

  • Member of Jury for PhD. Examination Domingo Perez Coll, Departamento de Quimica Inorganica, December 19th 2005, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
  • Member of Jury for PhD. Examination Nahum Maso, Departament de Quimica Inorganica i Organica, Universiat Jaume 1, June 23rd 2006, Castellon, Spain.
  • PhD Opponent Tommy Mokkelbost, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, October 27th 2006.
  • Member of Jury for PhD. Monica Burriel Lopez, Institut de Ciencia de Materiales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universita Autonoma de Barcelona, 18th May 2007.

 Academic Visitors 2005-6  

Dr Enrique Ruiz-Trejo, Facultad de Química, Universidad National Autónoma de México (UNAM). 

Prof. Vladimir Cherepanov, Department of Chemistry, Ural State University, Russia.  

Prof. Dennis Maugars, Prof. Michel de Glinasty, Porf. Tasadduq Khan, ONERA Delegation Visit to department of Materials October 18th 2005.  

Dr Lacey Zhao, NATO Science for Peace Project "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Energy Security". Hosted project meeting.June 4th-5th Imperial ollege, London  

Academic Visitors 2005-6 

Dr Enrique Ruiz-Trejo, Facultad de Química, Universidad National Autónoma de México (UNAM).  

Interests

Throughout my research career I have attempted to mix together fundamental studies of mass transport in oxide ceramics with the technological development of devices. Early in my career I had to develop techniques for measuring oxygen transport in ceramic materials and this has led me to the development of the SIMS technique for this purpose. The SIMS laboratory is used regularly by research groups from within the Department and College, and has attracted academic visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan, and is one of the few SIMS groups involved with research projects in materials other than semiconductors. One of the early topics to be investigated using SIMS and stable isotopes was the production of silicon on insulator substrates for VLSI applications, by the high dose implantation of oxygen into silicon, the so-called SIMOX process. The work was carried out as part of an academic-industrial collaboration involving Imperial College, the Universities of Surrey, Liverpool and Oxford, with Plessey, British Telecom, GEC and RSRE Malvern. SIMS proved to be an invaluable tool in the optimisation of the processing parameters needed to produce device quality SOI substrates, and in conjunction with isotopic experiments, was instrumental in determining the modes of layer growth and microstructural evolution both during implantation and the post implantation annealing stage.

My current research is on fundamental studies directed towards two main technological goals. These are materials for the Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (ITSOFC's) and materials for Ceramic Oxygen Generators (COG's). The two applications are very closely related in terms of the materials requirements. The majority of the fundamental research deals with the study of oxygen transport in ceramics. Early studies of electrical conductivity and the effects of vacancy trapping showed that ceria-gadolinia solid solutions were the optimum materials for the electrolyte in ITSOFC's. Such a study is not possible in mixed conducting materials because of the high electronic conductivity and oxygen isotopic exchange methods must be used instead. Oxygen exchange data is particularly relevant to fuel cell cathode and oxygen generator materials where the exchange of oxygen between the gas and the solid phase must be rapid in order not to provide the rate limiting step. 18O gas/solid exchange experiments, followed by SIMS analysis, provide a measurement of the kinetics of this step. The state of the art is such that the current goal is to understand the atomistic mechanisms of isotopic surface oxygen exchange. I am currently collaborating with a number of groups in order to solve this problem including: AIST Tsukuba and Oita University in Japan, the University of Lille, CSIC and UAB Barcelona and the University of Houston. The more applied research is again focused on the two devices mentioned above, SOFC's and ceramic oxygen generators. For the SOFC we are currently developing intermediate temperature fuel cells operating at 550°C based on metal supported ceramic membranes. My main role in this project is the development of optimised electrodes to give high current densities at low temperatures. This development is being achieved by a process of compositional and microstructural control, however there are many issues including material compatibility.

I also have an interest in the development of new materials for ITSOFC's and currently have projects running involving the characterisation and optimisation of electrolyte materials, cathode materials and anodes. Many of these materials have the perovskite or perovskite related structure and the group has been instrumental in developing oxygen excess materials such as La2NiO4 which show high rates of oxygen transport through oxygen interstitials

I am a founder, consultant and shareholder of CeresPower ltd. a spin out company formed at Imperial College to commercialise intermediate temperature fuel cell technology. Ceres is now an independent company operating from its own premises in Crawley and has a team of ~40 engineers. The Ceres cells use a composite cathode developed in my group at Imperial College, following from the basic work on oxygen transport and gas solid exchange. For oxygen generators I have been involved with two programmes. The first with Air Products and Chemicals inc. and is part of their programme to use inorganic membranes for oxygen separation. At present the work is centred on fabricating novel mixed conducting ceramic membranes by forming composites from ionic and electronically conducting ceramics and then determining their electrochemical performance. One of the key goals here is to develop a membrane that is very stable, both chemically and mechanically, under the demanding conditions required for successful operation in a commercial device. I have been involved for a number of years with Normalair-Garrett Ltd. (now Honeywell) in the construction of COG's for onboard oxygen generation for aircrew in military aircraft. The programme was initiated by a requirement for the US Naval Air Warfare Centre for the design of a COG suitable for installing as a retrofit to current military aircraft. The Navy eventually dropped the programme but NGL and Imperial decided to continue with the development of the device (funded by NGL). We have completed constructing a demonstrator device at Imperial to establish the operating characteristics of our design (now patented).

Current Projects 

1) FOXD The development of combinatorial methods for the discovery of new cathode materials for ITSOFC's in a collaborative project based in London. An ink jet printing system has been used to print combinatorial libraries of materials in the Lanthanum Manganate, Lanthanum ferrrate, Lanthanum cobaltate psuedo ternary system. These have been characterised by a variety of methods to yield candidate cathode materials.

2) Supergen

Funding

  • Professor John Kilner has beens awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Laboratory Refurbishment Grant 2008, valued at £286,100, for t he physical renovation and modernisation of a research laboratory in reduction in carbon emissions.
  • EP/F009720/1 New Research Directions for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Science and Engineering (Platform) £ 909,082
  • EP/D068924/1 Characterization and optimization of new fluorite-related oxide ion conductors £ 139,895
  • EP/C51596X/1 Nano-Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope  £ 2,398,436
  • GR/S85238/01 Discovery of new functional oxides by combinatorial methods FOXD £ 281,841
  • Part of Fuel cellSupergen
  • UKERC Materials theme
  • EU SOFC 600

 Past EPSRC Funding

  • D503523/1 Novel electrochemical solid state gas sensors
  • GR/S61676/01 Oxygen excess K2NiF4 oxides for harsh environment carbon monoxide (CO) sensing
  • GR/S81476/01 Optimised thick film electrolytes for IT-SOFC manufacture
  • GR/R93896/01 ROPA: THE EFFECT OF WATER ON THE ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN
  • GR/R52459/01 Determination of the Physical Basis Behind the Microwave Effect
  • GR/R23374/01 Novel Layered Oxide Ion Conductors For It-Sofc Devices
  • GR/R39191/01 A PC Based Control System for the Atomika 6500 SIMS Depth Profiling Instrument
  • GR/N04638/01 OPTIMISATION AND EVALUATION OF INTERMEDIATE-TEMP (500 C)SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (IT-SOFC) STACKS
  • GR/L73579/01 ROPA: OXYGEN ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE IN NOVEL OXYGEN EXCESS MIXED CONDUCTING OXIDES
  • GR/K87876/01 OPTIMISATION OF FUEL CELL CATHODES
  • GR/J32831/01 GROWTH OF THIN FILMS AND MULTILAYERS BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION (PLD)
  • GR/J51528/01 CERAMIC MEMBRANE SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATION OF OXYGEN FROM AIR
  • GR/J94242/01 EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE
  • GR/H66594/01 NOVEL OXIDE CERAMIC MEMBRANES AND ELECTRODES EXHIBITING HIGH PROTONIC CONDUCTIVITIES
  • GR/H72236/01 ADVANCED SOI SUBTRATES (SIMOX)
  • GR/F81743/01 OXYGEN EXCHANGE KINETICS AND DIFFUSION IN SELECTED CERAMIC OXIDES
  • GR/F42799/01 POROUS SILICON (FIPOS) DEVELOPMENT
  • GR/F35159/01 MATERIALS FROCESSING FOR ADVANCED SOI SUBSTRATES
  • GR/F34541/01 HIGH PRECISION CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FOR FUTURE SILICON MATERIALS/DEVICES IED 1559
  • GR/F42393/01 DYNAMIC SIMS FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE
  • GR/E76339/01 NOVEL DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES FOR SMALL GEOMETRY DEVICES
  • GR/F13164/01 LASER PROCESSING OF SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILMS: CHARACTERIZATION AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

  • Higgins, S, Sammes, NM, Smirnova, A, et al , Yttrium-doped barium zirconates as ceramic conductors in the intermediate temperature range, J FUEL CELL SCI TECH, 2008, Vol: 5, ISSN: 1550-624X
  • Burriel, M, Garcia, G, Santiso, J, et al , Anisotropic oxygen diffusion properties in epitaxial thin films of La2NiO4+delta, J MATER CHEM, 2008, Vol: 18, Pages: 416 - 422, ISSN: 0959-9428
  • Scott, DJ, Manos, S, Coveney, PV, et al , Functional Ceramic Materials Database: An Online Resource for Materials Research., J Chem Inf Model, 2008, Vol: 48, Pages: 449 - 455, ISSN: 1549-9596 ( publication )
  • Scott, DJ, Coveney, PV, Kilner, JA, et al , Prediction of the functional properties of ceramic materials from composition using artificial neural networks, J EUR CERAM SOC, 2007, Vol: 27, Pages: 4425 - 4435, ISSN: 0955-2219
  • Tarancon, A, Morata, A, Dezanneau, G, et al , GdBaCO2O5+x layered perovskite temperature solid oxide fuel as an intermediate cell cathode, J POWER SOURCES, 2007, Vol: 174, Pages: 255 - 263, ISSN: 0378-7753
  • Tarancon, A, Skinner, SJ, Chater, RJ, et al , Layered perovskites as promising cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells, J MATER CHEM, 2007, Vol: 17, Pages: 3175 - 3181, ISSN: 0959-9428
  • Kilner, JA, Optimisation of oxygen ion transport in materials for ceramic membrane devices., Faraday Discuss, 2007, Vol: 134, ISSN: 1359-6640 ( publication )
  • Rossiny, JCH, Fearn, S, Kilner, JA, et al , Combinatorial searching for novel mixed conductors, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2006, Vol: 177, Pages: 1789 - 1794
  • Chang, AM, Skinner, SJ, Kilner, JA, Electrical properties of GdBaCo2O5+x for ITSOFC applications, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2006, Vol: 177, Pages: 2009 - 2011, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Raj, ES, Kilner, JA, Irvine, JTS, Oxygen diffusion and surface exchange studies on (La0.75Sr0.25)(0.95)Cr0.51Mn0.5O3-delta, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2006, Vol: 177, Pages: 1747 - 1752
  • Fearn, S, Rossiny, JCH, Kilner, JA, et al , High throughput screening of novel oxide conductors using SIMS, APPL SURF SCI, 2006, Vol: 252, Pages: 7159 - 7162, ISSN: 0169-4332
  • Raj, ES, Pratt, KFE, Skinner, SJ, et al , High conductivity La2-xSrxCu1-y(Mg, Al)(y)O-4 solid state metal oxide gas sensors with the K2NiF4 structure, CHEM MATER, 2006, Vol: 18, Pages: 3351 - 3355, ISSN: 0897-4756
  • Wang, J, Binner, J, Vaidhyanathan, B, et al , Evidence for the microwave effect during hybrid sintering, J AM CERAM SOC, 2006, Vol: 89, Pages: 1977 - 1984, ISSN: 0002-7820
  • Stephens, IEL, Kilner, JA, Ionic conductivity of Ce1-xNdxO2-x/2, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2006, Vol: 177, Pages: 669 - 676, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Capoen, E, Nowogrocki, G, Chater, RJ, et al , Oxygen permeation in bismuth-based materials. Part II: Characterisation of oxygen transfer in bismuth erbium oxide and bismuth calcium oxide ceramic, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2006, Vol: 177, Pages: 489 - 492, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Vladikova,D., Kilner,J.A., Skinner,S.J., et al , Differential impedance analysis of single crystal and polycrystalline yttria stabilized zirconia, Electrochimica Acta, 2006, Vol: 51, Pages: 1611 - 1621, ISSN: 0013-4686
  • Vladikova, D, Raikova, G, Stoynov, Z, et al , Differential impedance analysis of solid oxide materials, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2005, Vol: 176, Pages: 2005 - 2009, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Tao, S, Irvine, JTS, Kilner, JA, An efficient solid oxide fuel cell based upon single-phase perovskites, ADV MATER, 2005, Vol: 17, Pages: 1734 - +, ISSN: 0935-9648
  • Oishi, N, Atkinson, A, Brandon, NP, et al , Fabrication of an anode-supported gadolinium-doped ceria solid oxide fuel cell and its operation at 550 degrees C, J AM CERAM SOC, 2005, Vol: 88, Pages: 1394 - 1396, ISSN: 0002-7820
  • Raj, ES, Skinner, SJ, Kilner, JA, Electrical conductivity, oxygen diffusion and surface exchange studies on a melilite-type La1.05Sr0.95Ga3O7+delta, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2005, Vol: 176, Pages: 1097 - 1101, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Ji, Y, Kilner, JA, Carolan, MF, Electrical properties and oxygen diffusion in yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ)-La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 +/-delta (LSM) composites, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2005, Vol: 176, Pages: 937 - 943, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Dhallu, M, Kilner, JA, Oxygen transport in YSZ/LSM composite materials, J FUEL CELL SCI TECH, 2005, Vol: 2, Pages: 29 - 33
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Chan, J, et al , Grain boundary conduction of Ce0.9Gd0.1O2-delta ceramics derived from oxalate coprecipitation: effects of Fe loading and sintering temperature, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2005, Vol: 176, Pages: 377 - 384, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Raikova,G., Vladikova,D., Kilner,J.A., et al , Differential impedance analysis of the condutivity and oxygen transfer in yttria stabilised zirconia, Bulgarian Chemical Communication, 2005, Vol: 37, Pages: 46 - 52, ISSN: 0324-1130
  • Ji, Y, Kilner, JA, Carolan, MF, Electrical conductivity and oxygen transfer in gadolinia-doped ceria (CGO)-Co3O4-delta composites, J EUR CERAM SOC, 2004, Vol: 24, Pages: 3613 - 3616, ISSN: 0955-2219
  • Haavik, C, Ottesen, EM, Nomura, K, et al , Temperature dependence of oxygen ion transport in Sr plus Mg-substituted LaGaO3 (LSGM) with varying grain sizes, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 174, Pages: 233 - 243, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Bertolo, E, Kilner, JA, Sahibzada, M, Oxygen diffusion in SrCe0.95Yb0.05O3-delta, J SOLID STATE ELECTR, 2004, Vol: 8, Pages: 585 - 591
  • Raj, ES, Skinner, SJ, Kilner, JA, Solution synthesis and electrical properties of K2NiF4 type LaSrAlO4, SOLID STATE SCI, 2004, Vol: 6, Pages: 825 - 829, ISSN: 1293-2558
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Chan, SH, et al , Intermediate-temperature ionic conductivity of ceria-based solid solutions as a function of gadolinia and silica contents, SOLID STATE SCI, 2004, Vol: 6, Pages: 565 - 572, ISSN: 1293-2558
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Kong, LB, et al , Aging behavior and ionic conductivity of ceria-based ceramics: a comparative study, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 170, Pages: 209 - 217, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Leng, YJ, et al , Effect of transition metal oxides on densification and electrical properties of Si-containing Ce0.8Gd0.2O2-delta ceramics, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 168, Pages: 187 - 195, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Kong, LB, et al , Iron oxide as an effective sintering aid and a grain boundary scavenger for ceria-based electrolytes, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 167, Pages: 203 - 207, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Kong, LB, et al , Preparation and mechanical properties of dense Ce0.8W0.2O2-delta ceramics, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 167, Pages: 191 - 196, ISSN: 0167-2738
  • Esquirol, A, Brandon, NP, Kilner, JA, et al , Electrochemical characterization of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 cathodes for intermediate-temperature SOFCs, J ELECTROCHEM SOC, 2004, Vol: 151, Pages: A1847 - A1855, ISSN: 0013-4651
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Kong, LB, et al , High-temperature aging behavior of Gd-doped ceria, ELECTROCHEM SOLID ST, 2004, Vol: 7, Pages: J13 - J15, ISSN: 1099-0062
  • Zhang, TS, Ma, J, Chan, SH, et al , Improvements in sintering behavior and grain-boundary conductivity of ceria-based electrolytes by a small addition of Fe2O3, J ELECTROCHEM SOC, 2004, Vol: 151, Pages: J84 - J90, ISSN: 0013-4651
  • Dhallu,M., Kilner,J.A., Kharton,V.V., et al , Oxygen permeation studies in YSZ-LSM composite materials for oxygen separators and syngas membrances, Solid State Ionics, 2004, Vol: The Science and Technology of, Pages: 345 - 355
  • Esquirol,A., Kilner,J., Brandon,N., Oxygen transport in La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-[delta]/Ce0.8Ge0.2O2-x composite cathode for IT-SOFCs, Solid State Ionics, 2004, Vol: 175, Pages: 63 - 67, ISSN: 01672738
  • Skinner,S.J., Palmer,H.M., Raj,Edwin S., et al , Structural studies of cerium tantalates, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2004, Vol: 177, Pages: 2685 - 2690, ISSN: 0022-4596
  • Rohnke, M, Janek, A, Kilner, JA, et al , Surface oxygen exchange between yttria-stabilised zirconia and a low-temperature oxygen rf-plasma, SOLID STATE IONICS, 2004, Vol: 166, Pages: 89 - 102, ISSN: 0167-2738

Books

  • Campisano,S.U., Gyulai,J., Hemment,P.L.F., et al , High Energy and High Dose Ion Implantation: Proceedings of the European Materials Research Society, Amsterdam, 1992, ISBN: 0 444 89418 7

Chapters in books

  • Kilner,J.A., Ion-conducting membranes: membrane separations, In: Wilson,I.D., Adlard,E.R., Cooke,M., Poole,C.F., editor, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, 2000, Pages: 3187 - 3192
  • Vazquez-Navarro,M.D., McAleese,J., Kilner,J.A., Candidate interconnect materials: Oxidation study of a Ni-based superalloy in pure oxygen at 800OC, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC VI), 1999, Pages: 749 - 758
  • McAleese,J., Vazquez-Navarro,M.D., van Berkel,F.P.F., et al , Comparison between the theoretical and practical performance of ceramic membranes in oxygen generation, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC VI), 1999, Pages: 1185 - 1192
  • Sirman,J.D., Waller,D., Kilner,J.A., Cation diffusion into a CGO electrolyte, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-V), 1997, Pages: 1159 - 1168
  • Ralph,J.M., Kilner,J.A., Grain boundary conductivity enhancement in ceria-gadolinia solid solutions, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-V), 1997, Pages: 1021 - 1030
  • Li,Y.P., Liu,J.R., Chu,W.K., et al , Ion beam techniques applied to the study of oxygen diffusion in YBa2Cu3O7-d films, Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry - Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference, Pts 1 and 2, 1997, Pages: 693 - 696
  • Waller,D., Sirman,J.D., Kilner,J.A., Manganese diffusion in single crystal and polycrystalline yttria stabilised zirconia, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-V), 1997, Pages: 1140 - 1149
  • Sirman,J.D., Kilner,J.A., Enhancement of the surface exchange coefficient of gadolinia doped ceria, High Temperature Electrochemistry: Ceramics and Metals, 1996, Pages: 417 - 422
  • Kilner,J.A., DeSouza,R.A., Measurement of oxygen transport in ceramics by SIMS, High Temperature Electrochemistry: Ceramics and Metals, 1996, Pages: 41 - 54
  • RuizTrejo,E., Kilner,J.A., Oxygen diffusion in La1-xSrxYO3-x/2, High Temperature Electrochemistry: Ceramics and Metals, 1996, Pages: 411 - 416
  • Li,Y.P., Kilner,J.A., Flux pinning centres, oxygen diffusion, and water diffusion in YBa2Cu3O7-d films: a study for potential applications, Applied Superconductivity 1995, Vols. 1 and 2, 1995, Pages: 947 - 950
  • Kilner,J.A., Fast ion conduction in ceramics, In: Brook,R.J., Flemings,M.C., Mahajan,S., editor, The Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials, Oxford, Pergammon Press, 1994
  • Marsh,C.D., Li,Y., Nejim,A., et al , TEM and HREM studies of as-implanted high dose oxygen-implanted silicon at doses and energies suitable for thin film silicon-on-insulator substrates, Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 1993, 1993, Pages: 129 - 132
  • Li,Y., Kilner,J.A., Chater,R.J., et al , An investigation of buried layer formation by 40kev oxygen implantation into silicon, Phase Formation and Modification by Beam-Solid Interactions, 1992, Pages: 115 - 120
  • Saba,F.M., Kilner,J.A., Sagoo,P., et al , Cluster emission and the production of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O thin-films by laser ablation, High T(C) Superconductor Thin Films, 1992, Pages: 257 - 262
  • Kilner,J.A., Perovskites, In: Brook,R.J., editor, Concise Encyclopedia of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Oxford, Pergammon Press, 1991, Pages: 349

Recent Conference Contributions

  • Professor John Kilner has been invited to give the prestigious IOM3 Finniston Lecture in October 2008. The Finniston Lecture was founded in 1992 in memory of Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston. The lectures are held every two years and typically cover innovation in engineering
  • Vladikova,D., Kilner,J.A., Skinner,S.J., et al , An insight into the conductivity of yttrium iron garnet single crystal by differential impedance analysis, 3rd Croatian symposium on electrochemistry, 30 May - 3 June 2004, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, 2004, Pages: 105 - 110
  • Dhallu,M., Kilner,J.A., Kharton,V.V., et al , Oxygen permeation studies in YSZ-LSM composite materials for oxygen separators and syngas membranes, 9th asian conference on solid state ionics, 6 - 11 June 2004, Cheju Isl, South Korea, In: Chowdari,B.V.R., Yoo,H.L., Choi,G.M., Lee,J.H., editor, Singapore, World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, 2004, Pages: 345 - 355

Patents

  • Phillips, RJ, Simons, A, Kilner, JA, et al , Gas Generating System, EP 0997164 B1, 2006
  • Lane , JA, Kilner, JA, Waller , DR, et al , Solid Electrolyte Ion Conducting Device, DE 69924175T, 2006
  • Phillips, RJ, Simons, A, Lane, JA, et al , Ionic Conduction Device, US 6,203,676, 2006
  • Steele,B.C.H., Atkinson,A., Kilner,J.A., et al , Forming an impermeable sintered ceramic electrolyte layer on a metallic foil substrate for solid oxide fuel cell, US2003224234, 2003
  • Steele,B.C.H., Atkinson,A., Kilner,J.A., et al , Fuel cells, US2002048699, 2002
  • Steele, BCH, Atkinson, A, Kilner, JA, et al , Fuel Cells, GB 2,638,450, 2002
  • Phillips, RJ, Simons, A, Kilner, JA, Gas Generating System, US 6,319,395, 2001