Ifan E. L. Stephens

Professor Ifan E. L. Stephens is a leading academic in electrochemistry at Imperial College London, affiliated with the Department of Materials within the Faculty of Engineering. He leads the Interfacial Electrochemistry Group and serves as Research Area Lead in Atoms to Devices at the Henry Royce Institute.

• Research Focus: Electrocatalysis for green hydrogen/ammonia production, battery science, fuel cells, and sustainable chemical synthesis.
• Key Reactions: Oxygen evolution, CO2/N2 reduction, biomass valorisation, and parasitic reactions in batteries.

Article Trends: His work bridges electrochemical techniques (e.g., mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy) with computational methods (DFT) to design catalysts for renewable energy systems. Collaborations span institutions like DTU, ICN2, and Uppsala University.

Students & Collaborations: Supervised Romain Tort (PhD viva) and Craig Burdis (carbon cathode for N2 reduction). Active in conferences (e.g., MATSUS Fall 2024, Beyond H2 Workshop) and journal contributions (Materials Advances, RSC journals).