Name: Richard Thornton BAKER

Address: Avenida Amilcar Barca 29, 3º E, 11009, Cádiz, Spain

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 20th April 1966

Autumn 1995

Portuguese language course.

Aug.-Dec. 1994

French language courses.

Ph.D.: " Investigation of Oxide Anode Materials for Direct Oxidation of Methane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [ SOFCs] ".Surface analysis techniques such as temperature programmed desorption and reaction and XPS used to study the kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of methane fuel over cermet and oxide materials. Work within multi-disciplinary group spread over several departments. Regular presentation of results to the group and industrial sponsors in reports and at meetings. Applied Catalysis Group, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology. Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London.

Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Science (Distinction). Teesside Polytechnic, Middlesborough. Evening course.

BSc. in Chemistry: 2nd Class (Honours). Durham University, Durham.

Dissertation: " The Application of Spectrochemical Techniques to the Investigation of Cell Membranes".

Sept. ‘82-June ‘84 ‘A’ Levels: Chemistry (Grade A), Physics (B), Mathematics (B)

‘S’ Levels: Chemistry (Grade One), Physics (Two)

June 1997-present

Post-Doctoral Post. European Union (EU) CEZIRENCAT automotive catalyst network. High resolution transmission electron microscopy study of mixed oxide-supported metal three-way exhaust catalysts. Catalysis Group, Inorganic Chemistry Dept., University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.

Aug. 1996-April 1997

Post-Doctoral Post. EU BRITE-EURAM project. Electrochemical testing of planar SOFCs. Electroceramics Group, Ceramics and Glass Engineering Dept., University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Oct. 1995-July 1996

Continuation of previous post. New solid electrolyte materials; effect of morphology on electrochemical behaviour of electrode-electrolyte interface. Research centre as above.

Oct. 1994-Oct. 1995

Post-Doctoral Post within EU SOFC network (EU Human Capital & Mobility). Impedance spectroscopy study of metal and oxide point electrodes in different gas atmospheres. Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Materiaux et des Interfaces, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.

Jan. 1990-Aug. 1994

Imperial College. Research Assistant ((RA1B)/ PhD Student.

Nov. 1987-Dec. 1990

Middle Manager (R&D) at British Steel plc. Two years training and one year substantive post. Training consisted of real projects in several different areas of iron- and steel-making including an economic feasibility study, development of prototype microwave and infrared blast furnace probes and involvement in plant- and pilot plant-based trials and experiments. The substantive post involved a main project to study the refining of liquid steel using inert gas streams, as well as the co-ordination and running of pilot-scale experiments.

Summer 1985

Tioxide (UK) Ltd. Laboratory Research Assistant (seven weeks).

Spain: Initiated solid state conductivity research project and supervise Ph.D student. Spanish to English translation of scientific documents.

Portugal: Tutored Chemistry and Physics in Portuguese to ‘A’ Level at private college. Portuguese/English translation and interpretation.

Imperial College: Supervision of undergraduate and MSc. research projects. With two others set up and ran Postgraduate Society and held position of Postgraduate Affairs Officer (1992/3). This involved publicising and organising social events, co-ordinating the contributions of others, chairing meetings and representing 2000 Postgraduates on student and academic committees. Spanish language course.

British Steel: Member of Management Association and Newsletter Editor for one year.

Through my doctoral studies and my post-doctoral research posts I have gained experience of several distinct but inter-related areas of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. I have worked at excellent research centres specialising in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrochemical Reactors; Electrochemical Reaction Mechanisms; Chemistry of the Solid State and Electroceramics in particular; High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) applied to Heterogeneous Catalyst Systems and Solid State Structure. I have considerable knowledge of catalyst activity determination, including temperature-programmed techniques, of the construction of electrochemical cells and of electrochemical measurements, including several applications of Impedance Spectroscopy, of the preparation of special ceramics and of the manipulation of HRTEM instruments, interpretation of images and diffraction patterns, construction of crystallographic computer models and the computer simulation of HRTEM images. Further experience includes Mass Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Neutron Diffraction, XRD and IR spectroscopy, chemical test reactor design and construction, combustion synthesis and EELS and EDX Spectroscopy. I have particular interests in the elucidation of catalyst properties and function by transient thermal desorption and reaction methods and by Transmission Electron Microscopy; in the preparation and characterisation of new electronic-, ionic- and mixed-conducting ceramics for electrochemical reactors, such as fuel cells, and in the promising possibilities resulting from combining conducting materials and catalysts, such as electronic reaction control and sensor applications.

On a more general level, I have had the privilege to work at a wide range of scientific institutions in four European countries, including posts at three Universities and a French Polytechnique and three years in a commercial research and development environment. During my three years at British Steel I learned a great deal about the iron- and steel-making process, about physical modelling, and about commercial research in general and the relationship between the research and development and production arms of a large international company. I have collaborated with a large number of research centres within several EU and other research networks and, as a result, am familiar with their organisation and with the requirements for the efficient communication of information and ideas. This is in addition to my union, student representation, tutoring and supervision experience and to the fact that I speak three foreign European languages.

1. "Catalytic Behaviour of a LiFeO₂ Anode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, P. Petrolekas, B.C.H Steele, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 75 (1993), C, 2127-2130.

2. "Evaluation of Perovskite Anodes for the Complete Oxidation of Dry Methane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, B.C.H Steele, Solid State Ionics, 72 (1994), 328-333.

2. "Temperature Programmed Techniques in Catalysis: Anode Materials for Methane Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, Surface Engineering 10 (1994), 3, 220-224.

3. " Use of a Novel Temperature Programmable Electrochemical Cell to Investigate Electrochemically Generated Surface Oxygen Species.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, J. Catal. 155 (1995), 1, 21-31.

4. "Study of the Activity and Deactivation of Ni-YSZ Cermet in Dry CH₄ Using Temperature Programmed Techniques.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 34 (1995), 5, 1558-1565.

5. "Study of the Activity and Deactivation of La_0.8Ca_0.2CrO₃ in Dry methane Using Temperature Programmed Techniques.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, Appl. Cat. A, 126 (1995), 297-317.

6. "Study of the Activity and Deactivation of La_0.8Ca_0.2Cr_0.9X_0.1O₃ (X=Ni, Co) in Dry methane Using Temperature Programmed Techniques.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, Appl. Cat. A, 126 (1995), 319-332.

7. "Temperature Programmed Investigation of La(Ca)CrO₃ Anode for methane Oxidation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", I.S. Metcalfe, R.T. Baker, Catalysis Today 27 (1996), 285-288.

8. "Classification criteria for solid oxide fuel cell electrode materials", R.T. Baker, M. Kleitz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 144 (1997), 7, 2427-2432.

10. "Ionic and Electronic Conduction in Fe and Cr doped (La,Sr)GaO_3-d ", R.T. Baker, B. Gharbage, F.M.B Marques, J. Electrochem. Soc., 144 (1997), 9, 3130-3135.

11. "Role of Water Vapour Pressure on the Electrical Conductivity of La_0.9Sr_0.1GaO₃", B. Gharbage, R.T. Baker, F.M.B. Marques, J. Mat. Sci. Letters 17 (1998), 75-77.

12. "Processing and Electrical Conductivity of Pure, Fe- and Cr-Substituted La_0.9Sr_0.1GaO₃", R.T. Baker, B. Gharbage, F.M.B. Marques, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 18 (1998), 105-112.

13. "Surface and Structural Characterisation of Ce_xZr_1-xO₂ CEZIRENCAT Mixed Oxides as Potential Tree-Way Catalyst Promotors", G. Colón, M. Pijolat,H. Vidal, J. Kaspar, E. Finocchio, M. Daturi, C. Binet, J.C. Lavalley, R.T. Baker, S. Bernal, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1998, (024) , 3717-3726.

14. "Reversible Changes in the Redox Behaviour of a Ce_xZr_1-xO₂ Mixed Oxide: Effect of Alternating the Re-oxidation Temperature after Reduction at 1223 K", Chem. Commun., 1999, 149-150.

15. "Characterisation of La₂O₃/SiO₂ Mixed Oxide Catalyst Supports", S. Bernal, R.T Baker, D. Finol, J.A. Perez-Omil, J.M Pintado, J.M. Rodríguez-Izquierdo, H. Vidal, J. Catalysis (accepted).

16. "Textural and Phase Stability of Ce_xZr_1-xO₂ Mixed Oxides under High Temperature Oxidising Conditions", G. Colón, F. Valdivieso, M. Pijolat, R.T. Baker, J.J. Calvino, S. Bernal, Catalysis Today (accepted).

1. "Catalytic Behaviour of a LiFeO₂ Anode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, P. Petrolekas, B.C.H Steele, 10th International Congress on Catalysis, Budapest, Hungary, July 1992.

2. "Hydrocarbon Activation in Ceramic Electrochemical Reactors.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, P. Petrolekas, B.C.H Steele, AIChemE Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., 1993.

3. "Evaluation of Novel Oxide Anodes for Methane Conversion in SOFC Systems.", P.H. Middleton, R.T. Baker, H.J. Steiner, G.M Christie, I.S. Metcalfe, B.C.H. Steele, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Hawaii, May 1993.

4. "Electrochemical and Temperature Programmed Study of a Perovskite Oxide Catalyst.", P. Petrolekas, R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, 1st European Congess on Catalysis, Montpellier, France, September 1993.

5. "Evaluation of Perovskite Anodes for the Complete Oxidation of Dry Methane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, B.C.H Steele, 9th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, The Hague, Netherlands, September 1993.

6. "Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research at Imperial College.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, P.H. Middleton, B.C.H Steele, Third Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, Imperial College, London, September 1993.

7. "Temperature Programmed Techniques in Catalysis: Anode Materials for Methane Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, 7th International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, Niigata, Japan, November 1993.

8. "Oxide Anode Materials for Methane Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, 1994 IChemE Research Event, University College, London, U.K., January 1994.

9. "Temperature Programmed Investigation of La(Ca)CrO₃ Anode for Methane Oxidation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, 1st World Conference on Environmental Catalysis. Pisa, Italy, May 1995.

10. "Evaluation of Perovskite Anodes for Methane Oxidation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", R.T. Baker, I.S. Metcalfe, 4th International Symposium on Solid Oxide fuel Cells, Yokohama, June 1995.

11. "Investigation of the Electrical Conductivity of Pure, Fe- and Cr- Doped La_0.9Sr_0.1GaO₃.", R.T. Baker, B. Gharbage, F.M.B. Marques, Electroceramics 5, Aveiro, Portugal, September 1996.

12. "The Effect of Morphology on the Electrochemical Behaviour of La(Sr)CrO₃ Electrodes.", R.T. Baker, F.M.B. Marques, Electroceramics 5, Aveiro, Portugal, September 1996.

13. "Alternative Electrolyte Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", R.T. Baker, B. Gharbage, F.M.B. Marques, Electrochem'97, SCI, University College, University of London, London, UK, August 1997.

14. "Estudio de un Óxido Mixto de CeO₂-ZrO₂ con Aplicación en Convertidores Catalíticos para Automóviles. Influencia sobre su Comportamiento Redox de Tratamientos Cíclicos de Reducción/Oxidación a Alta Temperatura", R. Baker, S. Bernal, G. Blanco, J.J. Calvino, J. Kaspar, J.M. Pintado, H. Vidal, Simposio Iberamericano de Catalísis, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, August 1998.

15. "High Resolution Electron Microscopy and its Application to Catalysis", R.T. Baker, CEZIRENCAT Network Summer School, Trieste, Italy, August 1998.

16. "HREM Characterisation of a High Oxygen Storage Capacity Cerium-Zirconium Oxide", C. López-Cartes, R.T. Baker, S. Bernal, G. Blanchard, J.J. Calvino, J.A. Perez-Omil, 14th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Cancun, Mexico, September 1998.