Neil A Fox

2024

Diamond Gammavoltaic Cell

Mackenzie, R. (Inventor), Scott, T. B. (Inventor), Fox, N. A. (Inventor) & Hutson, C. (Inventor), 14 May 2024, Patent No. US 11,984,524 B2, 17 Feb 2022, Priority date 17 Feb 2022

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Enhanced Electron Emission Performance and Air-Surface Stability in ScO-Terminated Diamond for Thermionic Energy Converters

Zulkharnay, R., Fox, N. A. & May, P. W., 2 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Small. 20, 48, 2405408.

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Utilizing Solvent Repulsion between Dimethylformamide and Isopropanol to Manipulate Sn Distribution for Bifacial Cu ₂ZnSn(S,Se) ₄ Solar Cells

Sheppard, A., Agbenyeke, R. E., Laverock, J., King, L., Kenyon, J., Benhaddou, N., Fleck, N., Harniman, R. L., Sarua, A., Tiwari, D., Bowers, J. W., Fox, N. A. & Fermin, D. J., 27 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Applied Energy Materials. 7, 24, p. 11766-11774 9 p.

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Versatile Method for Preparing Two-Dimensional Metal Dihalides

Qi, R., You, Y., Grzeszczyk, M., Jyothilal, H., Bera, A., Laverock, J., Fox, N. A., Koperski, M., Radha, B. & al., E., 20 Aug 2024, In: ACS Nano. 18, 33, p. 22034-22044 11 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

2023

Deuterium retention in CVD diamond: Combined experimental and computational study

Pittard, J. A., Fox, N. A., Hollingsworth, A., Lavrentiev, M. Y., Wohlers, A. & Zayachuk, Y., 1 Mar 2023, In: Fusion Engineering and Design. 188, 7 p., 113403.

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2022

Experimental studies of electron affinity and work function from titanium on oxidised diamond (100) surfaces

Fogarty, F., Fox, N. A. & May, P. W., 31 Dec 2022, In: Functional Diamond. 2, 1, p. 103-111 9 p.

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Ex situ Ge-doping of CZTS nanocrystals and CZTSSe solar absorber films.

Naylor, M. C., Tiwari, D., Sheppard, A., Laverock, J., Campbell, S., Ford, B., Xu, X., Jones, M. D. K., Qu, Y., Maiello, P., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N. S., Fox, N. A., Fermin, D. J. & Zoppi, G., 13 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Faraday Discussions. 239, p. 70-84 15 p.

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Mapping the Energetics of Defect States in Cu2ZnSnS4 films and the Impact of Sb Doping

Tiwari, D., Yakushev, M. V., Koehler, T., Cattelan, M., Fox, N. A., Martin, R. W., Klenk, R. & Fermin, D. J., 22 Mar 2022, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5, 4, p. 3933-3940 8 p.

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2021

A diamond gammavoltaic cell utilizing surface conductivity and its response to different photon interaction mechanisms

Mackenzie, G. R., Kaluvan, S., Martin, P. G., Hutson, C., Connolley, T., Cattelan, M., Dominguez-Andrade, H., Martin, T. L., Fox, N. A. & Scott, T. B., 1 Sept 2021, In: Materials Today Energy. 21, 9 p., 100688.

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An investigation into the surface termination and near-surface bulk doping of oxygen-terminated diamond with lithium at various annealing temperatures

Ullah, S., Cullingford, L. J., Zhang, T., Wong, J. R., Wan, G., Cattelan, M. & Fox, N. A., 21 Apr 2021, In: MRS Advances. 6, 12, p. 311-320 10 p.

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A review of surface functionalisation of diamond for thermionic emission applications

James, M., Fogarty, F., Zulkharnay, R., Fox, N. A. & May, P. W., 1 Jan 2021, In: Carbon. 171, p. 532-550 19 p.

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Experimental Studies of Electron Affinity and Work Function from Aluminium on Oxidized Diamond (100) and (111) Surfaces

May, P. W., James, M. C., Cattelan, M., Fox, N. A., Silva, R. & Silva, R., 1 Jul 2021, In: physica status solidi (b). 258, 7, 13 p., 2100027.

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Modification of the Surface Structure and Electronic Properties of Diamond (100) with Tin as a Surface Termination: A Density Functional Theory Study

Ullah, S. & Fox, N. A., 7 Nov 2021, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125, 45, p. 25165-25174 10 p.

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Spectroscopic Insight of Low Energy Electron Emission From Diamond Surfaces

Wan, G., Cattelan, M., Croot, A., Dominguez Andrade, H., Nicley, S., Ken Haenen (Hasselt University, B. & Fox, N. A., 15 Nov 2021, In: Carbon. 185, p. 376-383 8 p.

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Structure and electronic properties of tin monoxide (SnO) and lithiated SnO terminated diamond (1 0 0) and its comparison with lithium oxide terminated diamond

Ullah, S., Wan, G., Kouzios, C., Woodgate, C., Cattelan, M. & Fox, N., 1 Sept 2021, In: Applied Surface Science. 559, 149962.

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2020

Correlating Thermionic Emission with Specific Surface Reconstructions in a <100> Hydrogenated Single-Crystal Diamond

Dominguez-Andrade, H., Anaya, J., Croot, A., Cattelan, M., Twitchen, D. J., Kuball, M. & Fox, N. A., 10 Jun 2020, In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Correlation between crystal purity and the charge density wave in 1T-VSe2

Sayers, C. J., Farrar, L. S., Bending, S. J., Cattelan, M., Jones, A., Fox, N. A., Kociok-Köhn, G., Koshmak, K., Laverock, J., Pasquali, L. & Da Como, E., 11 Feb 2020, In: Physical Review Materials. 4, 025002.

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Diamond chemical vapor deposition using a zero-total gas ﬂow environment

Croot, A., Mahoney, E. J. D., Dominguez Andrade, H., Ashfold, M. N. R. & Fox, N. A., 1 Nov 2020, In: Diamond and Related Materials. 109, 7 p., 108011.

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Empty‐State Band Mapping Using Momentum‐Resolved Secondary Electron Emission

Wan, G., Croot, A., Fox, N. A. & Cattelan, M., 15 Oct 2020, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 31, 4, 2007319.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Graphene-diamond junction photoemission microscopy and electronic interactions

Wan, G., Panditharatne, S., Fox, N. A. & Cattelan, M., 21 Jul 2020, In: Nano Express.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Pulsed laser deposition of single phase n- and p-type Cu2O thin films with low resistivity

Farhad, S. F. U., Cherns, D., Smith, J., Fox, N. & Fermin, D., 1 Aug 2020, In: Materials and Design. 193, 9 p., 108848.

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Solar Thermal Characterisation of Micro-Patterned High Temperature Selective Surfaces

Cen, H., Nunez-Sanchez, S., Bickerton, I., Fox, N. A. & Cryan, M. J., 18 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Photonics for Energy. 10, 2, 024503.

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2019

Anodization study of epitaxial graphene: insights on the oxygen evolution reaction of graphitic materials

Cattelan, M., Vagin, M. Y., Fox, N., Ivanov, I. G., Shtepliuk, I. & Yakimova, R., 24 Apr 2019, In: Nanotechnology. 30, 28, 1 p., 285701.

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Characterisation of thermionic emission current with a laser-heated system

Dominguez-Andrade, H., Croot, A., Wan, G., Smith, J. A. & Fox, N. A., 5 Apr 2019, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 90, 4, p. 045110 7 p., 045110.

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Electrochemical modification and characterization of topological insulator single crystals

Yang, C., Cattelan, M., Fox, N., Huang, Y., Golden, M. & Schwarzacher, W., 26 Feb 2019, In: Langmuir. 35, 8, p. 2983-2988 6 p.

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Electronic Structure Tunability of Diamonds by Surface Functionalization

Wan, G., Cattelan, M. & Fox, N., 21 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123, 7, p. 4168-4177 10 p.

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Microscopic insight into the single step growth of in-plane heterostructures between graphene and hexagonal boron nitride

Nguyen, T. H., Perillli, D., Cattelan, M., Liu, H., Sedona, F., Fox, N., Di Valentin, C. & Agnoli, S., 1 Mar 2019, In: Nano Research. 12, 3, p. 675-682 8 p.

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Surface Investigation on Electrochemically Deposited Lead on Gold

Szczepanska, A., Wan, G., Cattelan, M., Fox, N. & Vasiljevic, N., 17 Jan 2019, In: Surfaces. 2, p. 56-68

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2018

A perspective on the application of spatially resolved ARPES for 2D materials

Cattelan, M. & Fox, N. A., May 2018, In: Nanomaterials. 8, 5, 26 p., 284.

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A theoretical study of substitutional boron-nitrogen clusters in diamond

Croot, A., Othman, M. Z., Conejeros, S., Fox, N. & Allan, N., 24 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 30, 42, 10 p., 425501.

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Epitaxial UN and α-U₂N₃ thin films

Lawrence Bright, E., Rennie, S., Cattelan, M., Fox, N. A., Goddard, D. T. & Springell, R., 1 Sept 2018, In: Thin Solid Films. 661, p. 71-77 7 p.

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Impact of Sb and Na Doping on the Surface Electronic Landscape of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Thin Films

Tiwari, D., Cattelan, M., Harniman, R. L., Sarua, A., Fox, N., Koehler, T., Klenk, R. & Fermin, D. J., 14 Dec 2018, In: ACS Energy Letters. 3, 12, p. 2977-2982 6 p.

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Mapping Shunting Paths at the Surface of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Films via Energy-Filtered Photoemission Microscopy

Tiwari, D., Cattelan, M., Bowers, J., Fox, N., Abbas, A., Sarua, A., Harniman, R. & Fermin, D., 1 Nov 2018, In: iScience. 9, p. 36-46

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Molybdenum Gratings as a High Temperature Refractory Platform for Plasmonic Heat Generators in the Infrared

Nunez-Sanchez, S., Dominguez Andrade, H., Harwood, J., Bickerton, I., Fox, N. A. & Cryan, M. J., 6 Jun 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Micro and Nano Letters.

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Surface structure of few layer graphene

Zhou, L., Fox, L., Włodek, M., Islas, L., Slastanova, A., Robles, E., Bikondoa, O., Harniman, R., Fox, N., Cattelan, M. & Briscoe, W. H., 1 Sept 2018, In: Carbon. 136, p. 255-261 7 p.

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2017

Beta Radiation Enhanced Thermionic Emission from Diamond Thin Films

Croot, A., Wan, G., Rowan, A., Andrade, H. D., Smith, J. A. & Fox, N. A., Nov 2017, In: Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

Improving the Efficiency of a Thermionic Energy Converter Using Dual Electric Fields and Electron Beaming

Fox, N. A. & Bickerton, I., 2 Nov 2017, In: Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 3, 14.

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Investigations of the co-doping of boron and lithium into CVD diamond thin films

Halliwell, S., May, P., Fox, N. & Othman, Z., Jun 2017, In: Diamond and Related Materials. 76, p. 115-122 8 p.

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Tellurium-doped lanthanum manganite as catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Celorrio, V., Morris, L. J., Cattelan, M., Fox, N. A. & Fermin, D. J., 1 Jun 2017, In: MRS Communications. 7, 2, p. 193-198 6 p.

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2016

Solar Thermal Characterisation of Micro and Nano-Patterned Solar Absorbers

Cen, H., Ahmad, N., Nunez Sanchez, S., Reip, A., Dobson, P. J., Bickerton, I., Fox, N. & Cryan, M., 1 Mar 2016, (Accepted/In press).

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2015

Imaging the Predicted Isomerism of Oligo(aniline)s: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

Thomas, J. O., Dominguez Andrade, H., Mills, B., Fox, N., Hoerber, H. & Faul, C. F., 22 Jul 2015, In: Small. 11, 28, p. 3430-3434 5 p.

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Measurement of the secondary electron emission from CVD diamond films using phosphor screen detectors

Vaz, R. M. A., May, P. W., Fox, N. A., Harwood, C. J., Chatterjee, V., Smith, J. A., Horsfield, C. J., Lapington, J. S. & Osbourne, S., 3 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 10, March 2015, 18 p., P03004 .

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Plasmonic Couplers in Refractory Metals as Heat Generators for High Temperature Applications: META’15, The 6th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, New York, USA

Nunez-Sanchez, S., Dominguez Andrade, H., Harwood, C., Bickerton, I., Fox, N. & Cryan, M., Aug 2015.

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2014

Diamond based solar thermionic energy converters: 11th World Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity (TPV-11)

Cryan, M., Nunez-Sanchez, S., Ahmad, N., Wan, C., Stokes, J., Othman, Z., Dominguez Andrade, H., Harwood, J., Bickerton, I. & Fox, N., 2014.

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Incorporation of lithium and nitrogen into CVD diamond thin films

Othman, M. Z., May, P. W., Fox, N. A. & Heard, P. J., 8 Feb 2014, In: Diamond and Related Materials. 44, p. 1-7 7 p.

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35 Citations (Scopus)

Photoelectron emission from lithiated diamond

O'Donnell, K. M., Martin, T. L., Edmonds, M. T., Tadich, A., Thomsen, L., Ristein, J., Pakes, C. I., Fox, N. A. & Ley, L., 19 Aug 2014, In: physica status solidi (a). 211, 10, p. 2209-2222 14 p.

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30 Citations (Scopus)

Use of Energy-filtered PhotoElectron Emission Microscopy and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy to visualise work function changes on diamond thin films terminated with oxygen and lithium mono-layers for thermionic energy conversion

Dominguez Andrade, H., Othman, M. Z., O'Donnell, K. M., Lay, J. H., May, P. W., Fox, N. A., Morin, J. & Renault, O., 2014, In: International Journal of Nanotechnology. 11, p. 796-807

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Work Function Measurements of Co-Doped Diamond Thin Films with Different Surface Terminations Using UHV Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM)

Dominguez Andrade, H., Halliwell, S. C., Othman, M. Z., Thomas, J. O., May, P. W. & Fox, N. A., Nov 2014.

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2013

Thermionic emission from nanostructured lithiated diamond

Dominguez Andrade, H., Othman, M. Z., O'Donnell, K. M., Lay, J. H., May, P. W., Fox, N. A., Morin, J. & Renault, O., 2013.

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2012

Enhanced broadband optical absorption from nanostructured nickel thin-films for solar energy applications

Fox, N. A., 2012, In: ICTON 2012. Tu.B5.5.

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