BSc(Hons) PhD S’ton
Industrial Research Limited
PO Box 31 310
Lower Hutt 5040
Phone: +64 4 569 0149
Fax: +64 4 569 0142

t.kemmitt@irl.cri.nz

IRL Website

Research interests

Theme 5

• Metal alkoxides, sol-gel precursors and appliations.
• Functional oxides, ceramics, thick and thin films.
• Formation of photocatalytic and photofunctional films and coatings.

Selected publications

1. Regeneration of Sodium Borohydride from Sodium Metaborate, and Isolation of Intermediate Compounds, T. Kemmitt and G.J. Gainsford, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, (2009), 5726-5731.
2. High Capacity Hydrogen Storage in a Hybrid Ammonia Borane – Lithium Amide Material, K.R. Graham, T. Kemmitt and M.E. Bowden, Energy and Environmental Science, 2, (2009), 706-710.
3. A. Kirchner, I.W.M. Brown, M. Bowden, T. Kemmitt in Functional Nanoscale Ceramics for Energy Systems, ed. E. Ivers-Tiffee and S. Barnett, Hydrogen purifi cation using ultra-thin palladium fi lms supported on porous anodic alumina membranes, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1023, (2007), 76-81.
4. New Ceramic Membrane Materials for Gas Purifi cation, I.W.M. Brown, M.E. Bowden, T. Kemmitt A. Kirchner, and K.J.D. MacKenzie, Advanced Materials Research, 29-30, (2007), 15-20.
6. Structural characterisation of heat-treated anodic alumina membranes prepared using a simplifi ed fabrication process, A. Kirchner, K.J.D. MacKenzie, I.W.M. Brown, T. Kemmitt and M.E. Bowden, J. Membrane Sci., 287, (2007), 264-270
7. Mechanistic Studies of Hydrogen Release from Solid Amine Borane Materials, M. Bowden, T. Kemmitt, W. Shaw, N. Hess, J. Linehan, M. Gutowski, B. Schmid and T. Autrey, Hydrogen Storage Materials Symposium of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Apr 17-21 (2006).

Post Doctoral Fellow

Aidan Young

Research Students

Kathryn Graham, PhD
Rachael Linklater, MSc

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