Summary
Niall is a postdoctoral research associate in the Electrochemical Science & Engineering group, working within the Mechanical Engineering department. His research focuses on lithium-ion batteries, studying their electrochemical and thermal performance, and investigating degradation effects.
Niall obtained his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, working on electrochemical flow systems such as electrolysers and flow batteries for green hydrogen production and energy storage.
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Bonkile MP, Jiang Y, Kirkaldy N, et al., 2023, Coupled electrochemical-thermal-mechanical stress modelling in composite silicon/graphite lithium-ion battery electrodes, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol:73, ISSN:2352-152X
Zhuo M, Kirkaldy N, Maull T, et al., 2023, Diffusion-aware voltage source: An equivalent circuit network to resolve lithium concentration gradients in active particles, Applied Energy, Vol:339, ISSN:0306-2619
Kirkaldy N, Samieian MA, Offer GJ, et al., 2022, Lithium-ion battery degradation: measuring rapid loss of active silicon in silicon-graphite composite electrodes, Acs Applied Energy Materials, Vol:5, ISSN:2574-0962, Pages:13367-13376
Huang M, Kirkaldy N, Zhao Y, et al., 2022, Quantitative characterisation of the layered structure within lithium-ion batteries using ultrasonic resonance, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol:50, ISSN:2352-152X, Pages:1-14
Ai W, Kirkaldy N, Jiang Y, et al., 2022, A composite electrode model for lithium-ion batteries with silicon/graphite negative electrodes, Journal of Power Sources, Vol:527, ISSN:0378-7753, Pages:231142-231142