Professor Serena Margadonna

Chair

Chemical Engineering

s.margadonna@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 405
Fourth Floor
Engineering North
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6996-6562

About

Professor Margadonna has recently been appointed as a Chair in Materials Engineering.

Her work has been inspired by the simple realisation that major advances in modern technology are always driven by the availability of materials which possess a number of functionalities and are able to operate at different length scales, in harsh conditions such as extremes of pressures/temperature and highly corrosive environments. The performance requirements for materials are increasingly demanding and necessitate a truly multidisciplinary research.

Professor Margadonna over the years has acquired knowledge and know-how in a number of fields in science starting from her chemical background, indispensable for the design and production of new materials, through condensed matter physics and process engineering. This has been achieved by working in a variety of academic environments and visiting a number of international laboratories which have resulted in the establishment of contacts and collaborations with world leading scientist. Her interdisciplinary approach produced a number of significant advances which have attracted peer-recognition as shown by a number of high-impact publications and international awards.

Professor Margadonna’s current research focusses on new materials and process technologies all related to energy production, transport and storage. Her vision is to give a contribution to the global energy challenge by developing cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable solutions.

Publications

Research Highlights

Margadonna, S. & Tehrani, Z. (2024). Adaptive COF-PVDF composite artificial solid electrolyte interphase for stable aqueous zinc batteries. Electrochemical Acta, 506, 145059
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.145059, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67929
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468624012969
Willow, A., Hussein, H., Vajirakaphan, S., Chasri, A., & Margadonna, S. (2022). Improving In-Situ Sodium Metal Plating on Copper Foil Through Optimization of Mechanical Pressure: Towards High-Performance Anode-Free Sodium Ion Batteries. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.888321, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59757
Worsley, E., Margadonna, S., & Bertoncello, P. (2022). Application of Graphene Nanoplatelets in Supercapacitor Devices: A Review of Recent Developments. Nanomaterials, 12(20), 3600
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203600, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61568
Romani, L., Speltini, A., Ambrosio, F., Mosconi, E., Profumo, A., Marelli, M., Margadonna, S., Milella, A., Fracassi, F., Listorti, A., Angelis, F., & Malavasi, L. (2021). Water‐Stable DMASnBr3 Lead‐Free Perovskite for Effective Solar‐Driven Photocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie, 133(7), 3655-3662.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202007584, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55528
Yusenko, K., Sottmann, J., Emerich, H., Crichton, W., Malavasi, L., & Margadonna, S. (2015). Hyper-expanded interlayer separations in superconducting barium intercalates of FeSe. Chem. Commun., 51(33), 7112-7115.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC01583A, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20488
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc01583a#!divAbstract
Sottmann, J., Bernal, F., Yusenko, K., Herrmann, M., Emerich, H., Wragg, D., & Margadonna, S. (2016). In operando Synchrotron XRD/XAS Investigation of Sodium Insertion into the Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode Material Na 1.32 Mn[Fe(CN) 6 ] 0.83 · z H 2 O. Electrochimica Acta, 200, 305-313.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.131, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26940
Nakagawa, T., Yuan, Z., Zhang, J., Yusenko, K., Drathen, C., Liu, Q., Margadonna, S., & Jin, C. (2016). Structure and magnetic property of potassium intercalated pentacene: observation of superconducting phase in KxC22H14. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(48), 484001
https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/48/484001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30247
Yusenko, K., Bykova, E., Bykov, M., Gromilov, S., Kurnosov, A., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V., Crichton, W., Hanfland, M., Margadonna, S., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2017). High-pressure high-temperature stability of hcp-IrxOs1−x (x = 0.50 and 0.55) alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 700, 198-207.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.207, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31566
Jones, D., Gomez, V., Bear, J., Rome, B., Mazzali, F., McGettrick, J., Lewis, A., Margadonna, S., Al-Masry, W., & Dunnill, C. (2017). Active removal of waste dye pollutants using Ta3N5/W18O49 nanocomposite fibres. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04240-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34442
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2019). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55, 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
Mazzali, F., Orzech, M., Adomkevicius, A., Pisanu, A., Malavasi, L., Deganello, D., & Margadonna, S. (2019). Designing a High-Power Sodium-Ion Battery by in Situ Metal Plating. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(1), 344-353.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48051
Povia, M., Sottmann, J., Portale, G., Knudsen, K., Margadonna, S., & Sartori, S. (2018). Operando SAXS/WAXS on the a-P/C as the Anode for Na-Ion Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(11), 5917-5923.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12825, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38963
Yusenko, K., Riva, S., Crichton, W., Spektor, K., Bykova, E., Pakhomova, A., Tudball, A., Kupenko, I., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Mazzali, F., Margadonna, S., Lavery, N., & Brown, S. (2018). High-pressure high-temperature tailoring of High Entropy Alloys for extreme environments. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 738, 491-500.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.12.216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37789
Orzech, M., Mazzali, F., McGettrick, J., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Watson, T., Voice, W., Jarvis, D., & Margadonna, S. (2017). Synergic effect of Bi, Sb and Te for the increased stability of bulk alloying anodes for sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(44), 23198-23208.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA07648G, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36243
Sottmann, J., Di Michiel, M., Fjellvåg, H., Malavasi, L., Margadonna, S., Vajeeston, P., Vaughan, G., & Wragg, D. (2017). Chemical Structures of Specific Sodium Ion Battery Components Determined by Operando Pair Distribution Function and X-ray Diffraction Computed Tomography. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(38), 11385-11389.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34514
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201704271/epdf
Sottmann, J., Homs-Regojo, R., Wragg, D., Fjellvåg, H., Margadonna, S., & Emerich, H. (2016). Versatile electrochemical cell for Li/Na-ion batteries and high-throughput setup for combined operando X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 49(6), 1972-1981.
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057671601428X, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31079
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057671601428X
Samarasingha, P., Sottmann, J., Margadonna, S., Emerich, H., Nilsen, O., & Fjellvåg, H. (2016). In situ synchrotron study of ordered and disordered LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 as lithium ion battery positive electrode. Acta Materialia, 116, 290-297.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.06.040, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29192
Crichton, W., Yusenko, K., Riva, S., Mazzali, F., & Margadonna, S. (2016). An Alternative Route to Pentavalent Postperovskite. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(12), 5738-5740.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00780, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28821
Yusenko, K., Bykova, E., Bykov, M., Gromilov, S., Kurnosov, A., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V., Hanfland, M., van Smaalen, S., Margadonna, S., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2014). Compressibility of Ir–Os alloys under high pressure. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 622, 155-161.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.210, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21221
Margadonna, S. (2016). Observation of Sb2S3-type post-post-perovskite in NaFeF3. Implications for ABX3 and A2X3 systems at ultrahigh pressure. Mineralogical Magazine, 80(4), 659-674.
https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29037
http://minmag.geoscienceworld.org/content/80/4/659.full.pdf+html

All Research

Journal Articles

Margadonna, S. & Tehrani, Z. (2024). Adaptive COF-PVDF composite artificial solid electrolyte interphase for stable aqueous zinc batteries. Electrochemical Acta, 506, 145059
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.145059, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67929
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468624012969
Worsley, E., Margadonna, S., & Bertoncello, P. (2022). Application of Graphene Nanoplatelets in Supercapacitor Devices: A Review of Recent Developments. Nanomaterials, 12(20), 3600
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203600, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61568
Willow, A., Hussein, H., Vajirakaphan, S., Chasri, A., & Margadonna, S. (2022). Improving In-Situ Sodium Metal Plating on Copper Foil Through Optimization of Mechanical Pressure: Towards High-Performance Anode-Free Sodium Ion Batteries. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10
https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.888321, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59757
Romani, L., Speltini, A., Ambrosio, F., Mosconi, E., Profumo, A., Marelli, M., Margadonna, S., Milella, A., Fracassi, F., Listorti, A., Angelis, F., & Malavasi, L. (2021). Water‐Stable DMASnBr3 Lead‐Free Perovskite for Effective Solar‐Driven Photocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie, 133(7), 3655-3662.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202007584, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55528
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2019). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55, 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
Mazzali, F., Orzech, M., Adomkevicius, A., Pisanu, A., Malavasi, L., Deganello, D., & Margadonna, S. (2019). Designing a High-Power Sodium-Ion Battery by in Situ Metal Plating. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(1), 344-353.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48051
Yusenko, K., Riva, S., Crichton, W., Spektor, K., Bykova, E., Pakhomova, A., Tudball, A., Kupenko, I., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Mazzali, F., Margadonna, S., Lavery, N., & Brown, S. (2018). High-pressure high-temperature tailoring of High Entropy Alloys for extreme environments. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 738, 491-500.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.12.216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37789
Povia, M., Sottmann, J., Portale, G., Knudsen, K., Margadonna, S., & Sartori, S. (2018). Operando SAXS/WAXS on the a-P/C as the Anode for Na-Ion Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(11), 5917-5923.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12825, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38963
Jones, D., Gomez, V., Bear, J., Rome, B., Mazzali, F., McGettrick, J., Lewis, A., Margadonna, S., Al-Masry, W., & Dunnill, C. (2017). Active removal of waste dye pollutants using Ta3N5/W18O49 nanocomposite fibres. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04240-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34442
Orzech, M., Mazzali, F., McGettrick, J., Pleydell-Pearce, C., Watson, T., Voice, W., Jarvis, D., & Margadonna, S. (2017). Synergic effect of Bi, Sb and Te for the increased stability of bulk alloying anodes for sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(44), 23198-23208.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA07648G, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36243
Sottmann, J., Di Michiel, M., Fjellvåg, H., Malavasi, L., Margadonna, S., Vajeeston, P., Vaughan, G., & Wragg, D. (2017). Chemical Structures of Specific Sodium Ion Battery Components Determined by Operando Pair Distribution Function and X-ray Diffraction Computed Tomography. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(38), 11385-11389.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34514
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201704271/epdf
Yusenko, K., Bykova, E., Bykov, M., Gromilov, S., Kurnosov, A., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V., Crichton, W., Hanfland, M., Margadonna, S., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2017). High-pressure high-temperature stability of hcp-IrxOs1−x (x = 0.50 and 0.55) alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 700, 198-207.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.207, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31566
Sottmann, J., Homs-Regojo, R., Wragg, D., Fjellvåg, H., Margadonna, S., & Emerich, H. (2016). Versatile electrochemical cell for Li/Na-ion batteries and high-throughput setup for combined operando X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 49(6), 1972-1981.
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057671601428X, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31079
https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057671601428X
Crichton, W., Yusenko, K., Riva, S., Mazzali, F., & Margadonna, S. (2016). An Alternative Route to Pentavalent Postperovskite. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(12), 5738-5740.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00780, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28821
Nakagawa, T., Yuan, Z., Zhang, J., Yusenko, K., Drathen, C., Liu, Q., Margadonna, S., & Jin, C. (2016). Structure and magnetic property of potassium intercalated pentacene: observation of superconducting phase in KxC22H14. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(48), 484001
https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/48/484001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30247
Samarasingha, P., Sottmann, J., Margadonna, S., Emerich, H., Nilsen, O., & Fjellvåg, H. (2016). In situ synchrotron study of ordered and disordered LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 as lithium ion battery positive electrode. Acta Materialia, 116, 290-297.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.06.040, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29192
Margadonna, S. (2016). Observation of Sb2S3-type post-post-perovskite in NaFeF3. Implications for ABX3 and A2X3 systems at ultrahigh pressure. Mineralogical Magazine, 80(4), 659-674.
https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29037
http://minmag.geoscienceworld.org/content/80/4/659.full.pdf+html
Sottmann, J., Bernal, F., Yusenko, K., Herrmann, M., Emerich, H., Wragg, D., & Margadonna, S. (2016). In operando Synchrotron XRD/XAS Investigation of Sodium Insertion into the Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode Material Na 1.32 Mn[Fe(CN) 6 ] 0.83 · z H 2 O. Electrochimica Acta, 200, 305-313.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.131, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26940
Yusenko, K., Sottmann, J., Emerich, H., Crichton, W., Malavasi, L., & Margadonna, S. (2015). Hyper-expanded interlayer separations in superconducting barium intercalates of FeSe. Chem. Commun., 51(33), 7112-7115.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC01583A, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20488
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc01583a#!divAbstract
Yusenko, K., Bykova, E., Bykov, M., Gromilov, S., Kurnosov, A., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V., Hanfland, M., van Smaalen, S., Margadonna, S., & Dubrovinsky, L. (2014). Compressibility of Ir–Os alloys under high pressure. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 622, 155-161.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.210, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21221

Supervision

Automotive Batteries- Sodium-ion and Lithium-ion Unified Technology (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
Efficient direct recycling of spent Li-ion battery cathodes (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Zari Tehrani
High performance carbon anodes for asymmetric supercapacitors (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Davide Deganello
Synthesis and Surface functionalisation of TiO2 nanoparticles - Development of versatile colloidal formulations for the fabrication of photocatalytic self-cleaning glass. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Charlie Dunnill
Synthesis of Solid-state NASICON Electrolytes for Sodium-ion Batteries (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Jenny Baker
Development of Sodium Solid-State Electrolytes for SolidState batteries (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Anji Munnangi
Hard Carbon and Sodium Rhodizonate Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Davide Deganello
Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Rich cathodes for next-generation sustainable batteries (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Davide Deganello
Development of greener electrode coatings for next generation supercapacitors (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Paolo Bertoncello
Molecular Vapor Deposition for Next Generation Functional«br /» Coatings«br /» (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Owen Guy

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Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Supervision

Automotive Batteries- Sodium-ion and Lithium-ion Unified Technology (current)

Efficient direct recycling of spent Li-ion battery cathodes (current)

High performance carbon anodes for asymmetric supercapacitors (current)

Synthesis and Surface functionalisation of TiO2 nanoparticles - Development of versatile colloidal formulations for the fabrication of photocatalytic self-cleaning glass. (current)

Synthesis of Solid-state NASICON Electrolytes for Sodium-ion Batteries (current)

Development of Sodium Solid-State Electrolytes for SolidState batteries (current)

Hard Carbon and Sodium Rhodizonate Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries (awarded 2024)

Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Rich cathodes for next-generation sustainable batteries (current)

Development of greener electrode coatings for next generation supercapacitors (current)

Molecular Vapor Deposition for Next Generation Functional«br /» Coatings«br /» (current)