Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 2023
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I am a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney, affiliated with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy and the Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation. My research focuses on solar energy conversion and green chemical production, with an emphasis on developing sustainable processes for value-added product generation through (photo)electrochemical approaches. This includes catalyst design, catalytic mechanism studies, and reactor development to enhance efficiency and scalability.
Bui TS; Ma Z; Zhong W; Alfaza G; Kumar PV; Zhou S; Yang Y; Li Y; Daiyan R; Lovell E; Dai L; Amal R, 2026, 'Selective electrochemical reduction of nitrate-to-ammonia mediated by silver single atoms anchored on defective g-C3N4', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125954
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Eskandari P; Zhou S; Yuwono J; Gunawan D; Webster RF; Ma Z; Xu H; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media via Ruthenium–Chromium Atomic Pairs Modified Ruthenium Nanoparticles', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202419360
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Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang SLY; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2025, 'Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3/BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202417651
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Gunawan M; Jin Y; Leung TC; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang M; Fang X; Zhang Q; Valanoor N; Amal R; Hart JN; Scott J; Toe CY, 2025, 'Inducing n-type photoanodic behavior in p-type bismuth ferrite via ferroelectric polarization', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5ta04859a
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Gunawan M; Priest M; Gunawan D; Nie S; Satriyatama A; Vongsvivut J; Hameiri Z; Zhang Q; Zhou S; Amal R, 2025, 'Differentiating the role of Ni and Fe in NiFeOx co-catalyzed BiVO4 photoanode for water oxidation', Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 1, pp. 100019 - 100019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eesus.2025.100019
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Huang S; Jiang Y; Mofarah SS; Zhou S; Zheng X; Guan P; Yao Y; Fang X; Xue K; Wong V; Huang YC; Scott J; Wang D; Sorrell CC; Koshy P, 2025, 'Impact of Dual Functionalities of Mo-Doped BiFeO3 Decorated with Bi4MoO9 Heteroatoms for Piezo-Photocatalytic Activity', Chemcatchem, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401005
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Jiang Y; Zhang J; Ma H; Zhou S; Lin HY; Mofarah SS; Lockrey M; Lu T; Ren H; Zheng X; Gunawan M; Huang S; Huang YC; Zhuo F; Ji D; Hart JN; Liu Y; Wu JM; Ashokkumar M; Wang D; Koshy P; Sorrell CC, 2025, 'Sono-Piezo-Photosynthesis of Ethylene and Acetylene from Bioethanol under Ambient Conditions', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202425784
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Lee CW; Cazorla C; Zhou S; Zhang D; Xu H; Zhong W; Zhang M; Chu D; Han Z; Amal R, 2025, 'Facet Engineering of Cobalt Manganese Oxide for Highly Stable Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202402786
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Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Coupled NOx production and electrochemical conversion processes for sustainable ammonium synthesis from air', Chemical Engineering Journal, 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.168996
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Satriyatama A; Zhou S; Toe CY; Pan J; Facchinetti I; Ng YH; Amal R, 2025, 'Optimizing Bismuth Vanadate Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzers', Energy and Fuels, 39, pp. 18649 - 18659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c03698
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Wang A; Cong J; Zhou S; Huang J; Cao J; Cui X; Yuan X; Yao Y; Xu Z; He G; Liu JZ; Cairney JM; Chen YS; Green MA; Wei SH; Sun K; Hao X, 2025, 'Hydrogen-enhanced carrier collection enabling wide-bandgap Cd-free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with 11.4% certified efficiency', Nature Energy, 10, pp. 255 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01694-5
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Wang S; Zhou S; Ma Z; Gao N; Daiyan R; Leverett J; Shan Y; Zhu X; Zhao Y; Liu Q; Amal R; Lu X; Liu T; Antonietti M; Chen Y; Zhang Q; Tian Z, 2025, 'Oxygen-Substituted Porous C2N Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202501896
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Wang S; Zhou S; Ma Z; Gao N; Daiyan R; Leverett J; Shan Y; Zhu X; Zhao Y; Liu Q; Amal R; Lu X; Liu T; Antonietti M; Chen Y; Zhang Q; Tian Z, 2025, 'Oxygen‐Substituted Porous C2N Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202501896
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Zhong W; Zhou S; Lovell EC; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'Copper-based electrocatalysts converting carbon dioxide to narrowly distributed products', Chemical Engineering Journal, 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163925
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Zhou S; Liu X; Gunawan M; Shan Y; Zhang M; Lucas S; Satriyatama A; Gunawan D; Wang A; Yuan X; Sun K; Amal R; Hao X, 2025, 'Unassisted Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Coupled with Selective Glucose Oxidation Using Metal Halide Perovskite Photoanodes', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505281
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Zhou S; Sun K; Satriyatama A; Facchinetti I; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2025, 'Nanoengineered Kesterite Photocathodes: Enhancing Photoelectrochemical Performance for Water Splitting and Beyond', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 17041 - 17061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c01821
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Zhu K; Zhang X; Wen L; Zhou S; Achilleos DS; Amal R; Ng YH; Abdi FF, 2025, 'Solar-driven electrolysis coupled with valuable chemical synthesis', Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 1, pp. 621 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44359-025-00089-3
Journal articles | 2024
Gunawan M; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang Q; Hart JN; Amal R; Scott J; Valanoor N; Toe CY, 2024, 'Ferroelectric materials as photoelectrocatalysts: photoelectrode design rationale and strategies', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, pp. 1612 - 1640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ta07812h
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Li Y; Verma V; Su H; Zhang X; Zhou S; Lawson T; Li J; Amal R; Hou Y; Dai L, 2024, 'Rationally Designed Carbon-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical C-N Coupling', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401341
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Wang A; Huang J; Cong J; Yuan X; He M; Li J; Yan C; Cui X; Song N; Zhou S; Green MA; Sun K; Hao X, 2024, 'Cd-Free Pure Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell with Over 800 mV Open-Circuit Voltage Enabled by Phase Evolution Intervention', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202307733
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Wang A; Huang J; Yan C; He G; Cui X; Yuan X; Zhou S; He M; Qiu T; Zhao C; Green MA; Sun K; Hao X, 2024, 'Cd-Free High-Bandgap Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell with 10.7% Certified Efficiency Enabled by Engineering Sn-Related Defects', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202407063
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Wang Y; Zhou S; Liu X; Sun K; Lee M; Liu Z; Zhang M; Bai Y; Hameiri Z; Hao X, 2024, 'Cu2(Thiourea)Br2 complex as a multifunctional interfacial layer for reproducible PTAA‐based p‐i‐n perovskite solar cells', Solar RRL, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300920
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Zhang M; Ma Z; Zhou S; Han C; Kundi V; Kumar PV; Thomsen L; Johannessen B; Peng L; Shan Y; Tsounis C; Yang Y; Pan J; Amal R, 2024, 'Surface Engineering on Ag-Decorated Co3O4 Electrocatalysts for Boosting Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia', ACS Catalysis, 14, pp. 11231 - 11242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01510
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Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO2-to-Formate Electrochemical Conversion', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403939
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Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Huang J; Wang A; Yuwono J; Kumar P; Wan T; Zhang D; Ma Z; Vongsvivut J; Chu D; Hao X; Amal R, 2024, 'Solar driven ammonia synthesis with Co-TiOx and Ag nanowires enhanced Cu2ZnSnS4 photocathodes', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.123836
Journal articles | 2023
He W; Li X; Tang C; Zhou S; Lu X; Li W; Li X; Zeng X; Dong P; Zhang Y; Zhang Q, 2023, 'Materials Design and System Innovation for Direct and Indirect Seawater Electrolysis', ACS Nano, 17, pp. 22227 - 22239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c08450
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Liu X; Zheng B; Shi L; Zhou S; Xu J; Liu Z; Yun JS; Choi E; Zhang M; Lv Y; Zhang WH; Huang J; Li C; Sun K; Seidel J; He M; Peng J; Hao X; Green M, 2023, 'Perovskite solar cells based on spiro-OMeTAD stabilized with an alkylthiol additive', Nature Photonics, 17, pp. 96 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01111-x
Zhang Y; Zhou S; Sun K, 2023, 'Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction: Efficiency, Selectivity, and Stability', Nanomaterials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13202762
Journal articles | 2022
Jiang L; Pan J; Li Q; Chen H; Zhou S; Yu Z; Jiang S; Yin H; Guan J; Taylor RA; Fisher R; Leslie G; Scott J; Zhao H; Wang DW, 2022, 'A holistic green system coupling hydrogen production with wastewater valorisation', Ecomat, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12254
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Ma Z; Tsounis C; Toe CY; Kumar PV; Subhash B; Xi S; Yang HY; Zhou S; Lin Z; Wu KH; Wong RJ; Thomsen L; Bedford NM; Lu X; Ng YH; Han Z; Amal R, 2022, 'Reconstructing Cu Nanoparticle Supported on Vertical Graphene Surfaces via Electrochemical Treatment to Tune the Selectivity of CO2Reduction toward Valuable Products', ACS Catalysis, 12, pp. 4792 - 4805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05431
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Xie B; Tan TH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Zheng J; Kumar P; Jiang J; Zhou S; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Promoting low-temperature methanol production over mixed oxide supported Cu catalysts: Coupling ceria-promotion and photo-activation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121599
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Yuan X; Li J; Huang J; Yan C; Cui X; Sun K; Cong J; He M; Wang A; He G; Mahboubi Soufiani A; Jiang J; Zhou S; Stride JA; Hoex B; Green M; Hao X, 2022, '10.3% Efficient Green Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Enabled by Liquid-Phase Promoted Grain Growth', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202204392
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Zheng Z; Deletic A; Toe CY; Amal R; Zhang X; Pickford R; Zhou S; Zhang K, 2022, 'Photo-electrochemical oxidation herbicides removal in stormwater: Degradation mechanism and pathway investigation', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129239
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Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Yin J; Huang J; Zeng Y; Zhang D; Chen W; Mohammed OF; Hao X; Amal R, 2022, 'Engineering a Kesterite-Based Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from NOx Reduction', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202201670
Journal articles | 2021
Tang R; Zhou S; Li C; Chen R; Zhang L; Zhang Z; Yin L, 2021, 'Correction to: Janus-Structured Co-Ti 3 C 2 MXene Quantum Dots as a Schottky Catalyst for High-Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation (Advanced Functional Materials, (2020), 30, 19, (2000637), 10.1002/adfm.202000637)', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100955
Toe CY; Zhou S; Gunawan M; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2021, 'Recent advances and the design criteria of metal sulfide photocathodes and photoanodes for photoelectrocatalysis', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 20277 - 20319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta05407d
Journal articles | 2021
Zhou S; Sun K; Huang J; Lu X; Xie B; Zhang D; Hart JN; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2021, 'Accelerating Electron-Transfer and Tuning Product Selectivity Through Surficial Vacancy Engineering on CZTS/CdS for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction', Small, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100496
Journal articles | 2020
Li H; Zhou S; Yin L, 2020, 'Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect Enhanced CsPbBr3 Inverse Opals for High-Performance Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201901885
Journal articles | 2020
Ma Z; Tsounis C; Kumar PV; Han Z; Wong RJ; Toe CY; Zhou S; Bedford NM; Thomsen L; Ng YH; Amal R, 2020, 'Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction of Cu@CuxO Nanoparticles Decorated on 3D Vertical Graphene with Intrinsic sp3-type Defect', Advanced Functional Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201910118
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Tang R; Zhou S; Li C; Chen R; Zhang L; Zhang Z; Yin L, 2020, 'Janus-Structured Co-Ti3C2 MXene Quantum Dots as a Schottky Catalyst for High-Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation', Advanced Functional Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202000637
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Tang R; Zhou S; Li H; Chen R; Zhang L; Yin L, 2020, 'Halogen bonding induced aqueously stable CsPbBr3@MOFs-Derived Co3O4/N-doped-C heterostructure for high-performance photoelectrochemical water oxidation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118583
Journal articles | 2019
Zhou S; Tang R; Li H; Fu L; Li B; Yin L, 2019, 'Fluorescence resonance energy transfer effect enhanced high performance of Si quantum Dots/CsPbBr3 inverse opal heterostructure perovskite solar cells', Journal of Power Sources, 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.227065
Journal articles | 2018
Fu L; Zhang Y; Chang B; Li B; Zhou S; Zhang L; Yin L, 2018, 'A fluorine-modulated bulk-phase heterojunction and tolerance factor for enhanced performance and structure stability of cesium lead halide perovskite solar cells', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, pp. 13263 - 13270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ta02899k
Journal articles | 2018
Li B; Zhang Y; Fu L; Yu T; Zhou S; Zhang L; Yin L, 2018, 'Surface passivation engineering strategy to fully-inorganic cubic CsPbI3 perovskites for high-performance solar cells', Nature Communications, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03169-0
Zhou S; Yin L, 2017, 'CdS quantum dots sensitized mesoporous BiVO4heterostructures for solar cells with enhanced photo-electrical conversion efficiency', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 691, pp. 1040 - 1048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.296
Journal articles | 2016
Tang R; Xie Z; Zhou S; Zhang Y; Yuan Z; Zhang L; Yin L, 2016, 'Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanoparticle Sensitized Metal-Organic Framework Derived Mesoporous TiO2 as Photoanodes for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 22201 - 22212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06183
Preprints | 2025
Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono J; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, Coupled Nox Production and Electrochemical Conversion Processes for Sustainable Ammonium Synthesis from Air, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5387052
Preprints | 2025
Zhang M; Li Z; Tsounis C; Han C; Zhou S; Zhong W; Vongsvivut J; Yun J; Weng Z; Pan J; Amal R; Ma Z, 2025, Cufe Dual-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5149221
Preprints | 2024
Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang S; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2024, Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3-Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-lh925
Preprints | 2024
Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang S; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2024, Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3-Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-lh925-v2
Conference Papers | 2023
Sun K; Zhou S; Amal R; Hao X, 2023, 'Kesterite-based photocathode for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction and NH3 production', in Proceedings of the MATSUS23 & Sustainable Technology Forum València (STECH23), FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at MATSUS23 & Sustainable Technology Forum València (STECH23), 06 March 2023 - 10 March 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.310
2025: Photoelectrochemical (PEC) NOx conversion to NH3, $100,000
Oral Presentation Award at 24th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-24), Japan
Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses, UNSW Sydney
People's Choice Award (poster presentation) at the 4th Energy Future Conference, Australia
I am passionate about developing sustainable energy solutions through solar-driven chemical production. My research focuses on (photo)electrochemical processes for value-added chemical synthesis, integrating catalyst design, mechanistic studies, and reactor development to improve efficiency and scalability.
Development of active catalyst for photoelectrochemical reactions
Mechanism study of the photoelectrochemical reaction process, especially through in-situ characterisations
