Dr Matthew Burton

Affiliate, Materials Science and Engineering

m.r.burton@swansea.ac.uk

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About

I joined SPECIFIC as a technology transfer fellow in 2017 to lead the research in thermoelectrics. My research centres around materials development and some of my latest work can be seen in Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials and the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Highlights of my thermoelectric research include the record efficiency factor (ZT) for a printed thermoelectric material, developing tin selenide (SnSe) thermoelectric generators and developing efficient Earth Abundant and non-toxic printed thermoelectric materials. I regularly present my work at international conferences and I was an invited speaker and session chair at the 2019 International Conference on Thermoelectrics.

One of my other research interests is microscopy. I am fully trained on FEG-SEM and high resolution TEM/STEM and I am always open to collaborations. A recent publication of mine in this area can be seen in ACS Nano.

Prior to joining SPECIFIC I completed my PhD on "Soft-Templating of Nanostructured Materials for Thermoelectric Power Harvesting and Catalysis" at the University of Southampton. My PhD work can be seen across 9 publications in 6 different journals. I was awarded a MChem from the University of Southampton in 2013, with my master's research conducted at Merck on thermotropic liquid crystals.

Areas Of Expertise

Thermoelectrics
Microscopy
Electrodeposition
Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Lecturer of CH006 - Fundamental Mathematics for Chemist

Lecture in EGSM12 – Postgraduate Module on Analytical and Instrumental Techniques

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Beynon, D., Burton, M., Mehraban, S., Beynon, D., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). 3D Printed SnSe Thermoelectric Generators with High Figure of Merit. Advanced Energy Materials, 9(26)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50643
Lei, C., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2016). Facile production of thermoelectric bismuth telluride thick films in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(21), 14164-14167.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp02360f, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50244
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/394559/
Richardson, S., Burton, M., Staniec, P., Nandhakumar, I., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., & Burton, M. (2016). Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates. Nanoscale, 8(5), 2850-2856.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr06691c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50243
Lei, C., Ryder, K., Koukharenko, E., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2016). Electrochemical deposition of bismuth telluride thick layers onto nickel. Electrochemistry Communications, 66, 1-4.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2016.02.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50241
Richardson, S., Burton, M., Luo, X., Staniec, P., Nandhakumar, I., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., & Burton, M. (2017). Watching mesoporous metal films grow during templated electrodeposition with in situ SAXS. Nanoscale, 9(29), 10227-10232.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr03321d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50240
Lei, C., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). Electrochemical Formation of p-Type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3Thick Films onto Nickel. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(4), D192-D195.
https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1151704jes, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50239
Burton, M., Richardson, S., Staniec, P., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., White, N., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). A novel route to nanostructured bismuth telluride films by electrodeposition. Electrochemistry Communications, 76, 71-74.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2017.02.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50238
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/407607/
Burton, M., Lei, C., Staniec, P., Terrill, N., Squires, A., White, N., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). 3D semiconducting nanostructures via inverse lipid cubic phases. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06895-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50237
Burton, M., Selvam, A., Lawrie-Ashton, J., Squires, A., Terrill, N., & Nandhakumar, I. (2018). Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Palladium with Single Diamond Architecture for Enhanced Catalytic Activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(43), 37087-37094.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13230, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50235
Burton, M., Naylor, A., & Nandhakumar, I. (2018). Electrochemically copper-doped bismuth tellurium selenide thin films. Electrochemistry Communications, 97, 56-59.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.10.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50234
De Fazio, A., El-Sagheer, A., Kahn, J., Nandhakumar, I., Burton, M., Brown, T., Muskens, O., Gang, O., & Kanaras, A. (2019). Light-Induced Reversible DNA Ligation of Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices. ACS Nano
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50091
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b01294
Burton, M., Liu, T., McGettrick, J., Mehraban, S., Baker, J., Pockett, A., Watson, T., Fenwick, O., & Carnie, M. (2018). Thin Film Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thermoelectric Generators Exhibiting Ultralow Thermal Conductivity. Advanced Materials, 30(31)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801357, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40905
Burton, M., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). Earth abundant, non-toxic, 3D printed Cu2−xS with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(44), 25586-25592.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10064d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52609

All Research

Journal Articles

Rafique, S., Burton, M., Badiei, N., Mehraban, S., Tarat, A., Zuo, G., Li, L., & Zhan, Y. (2023). Ultralow Thermal Conductivity Achieved by All Carbon Nanocomposites for Thermoelectric Applications. Advanced Electronic Materials, 9(7)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300023
Howells, G., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Lavery, N., Carnie, M., & Burton, M. (2023). Rapid Printing of Pseudo-3D Printed SnSe Thermoelectric Generators Utilizing an Inorganic Binder. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(19), 23068-23076.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01209, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01209
Burton, M., Howells, G., Atoyo, J., & Carnie, M. (2022). Printed Thermoelectrics. Advanced Materials, 34(18), 2108183
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202108183, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60530
Rafique, S., Badiei, N., Burton, M., Gonzalez-Feijoo, J., Carnie, M., Tarat, A., & Li, L. (2021). Paper Thermoelectrics by a Solvent-Free Drawing Method of All Carbon-Based Materials. ACS Omega, 6(7), 5019-5026.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c06221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56231
Rafique, S., Burton, M., Badiei, N., Gonzalez-Feijoo, J., Mehraban, S., Carnie, M., Tarat, A., & Li, L. (2020). Lightweight and Bulk Organic Thermoelectric Generators Employing Novel P-type Few Layered Graphene Nano-flakes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06050, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54462
Burton, M., Boyle, C., Liu, T., McGettrick, J., Nandhakumar, I., Fenwick, O., & Carnie, M. (2020). Full Thermoelectric Characterization of Stoichiometric Electrodeposited Thin Film Tin Selenide (SnSe). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(25), 28232-28238.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06026, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54520
Atoyo, J., Burton, M., McGettrick, J., & Carnie, M. (2020). Enhanced Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in PEDOT:PSS via a Two-Step Ionic liquid and NaBH4 Treatment for Organic Thermoelectrics. Polymers, 12(3), 559
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12030559, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53695
Burton, M., Mehraban, S., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). Earth abundant, non-toxic, 3D printed Cu2−xS with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(44), 25586-25592.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10064d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52609
Beynon, D., Burton, M., Mehraban, S., Beynon, D., McGettrick, J., Watson, T., Lavery, N., & Carnie, M. (2019). 3D Printed SnSe Thermoelectric Generators with High Figure of Merit. Advanced Energy Materials, 9(26)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50643
De Fazio, A., El-Sagheer, A., Kahn, J., Nandhakumar, I., Burton, M., Brown, T., Muskens, O., Gang, O., & Kanaras, A. (2019). Light-Induced Reversible DNA Ligation of Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices. ACS Nano
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50091
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b01294
Burton, M., Naylor, A., & Nandhakumar, I. (2018). Electrochemically copper-doped bismuth tellurium selenide thin films. Electrochemistry Communications, 97, 56-59.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.10.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50234
Burton, M., Selvam, A., Lawrie-Ashton, J., Squires, A., Terrill, N., & Nandhakumar, I. (2018). Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Palladium with Single Diamond Architecture for Enhanced Catalytic Activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(43), 37087-37094.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13230, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50235
Burton, M., Liu, T., McGettrick, J., Mehraban, S., Baker, J., Pockett, A., Watson, T., Fenwick, O., & Carnie, M. (2018). Thin Film Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thermoelectric Generators Exhibiting Ultralow Thermal Conductivity. Advanced Materials, 30(31)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801357, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40905
Richardson, S., Burton, M., Luo, X., Staniec, P., Nandhakumar, I., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., & Burton, M. (2017). Watching mesoporous metal films grow during templated electrodeposition with in situ SAXS. Nanoscale, 9(29), 10227-10232.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr03321d, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50240
Lei, C., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). Electrochemical Formation of p-Type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3Thick Films onto Nickel. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(4), D192-D195.
https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1151704jes, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50239
Burton, M., Lei, C., Staniec, P., Terrill, N., Squires, A., White, N., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). 3D semiconducting nanostructures via inverse lipid cubic phases. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06895-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50237
Burton, M., Richardson, S., Staniec, P., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., White, N., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2017). A novel route to nanostructured bismuth telluride films by electrodeposition. Electrochemistry Communications, 76, 71-74.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2017.02.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50238
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/407607/
Lei, C., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2016). Facile production of thermoelectric bismuth telluride thick films in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(21), 14164-14167.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp02360f, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50244
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/394559/
Richardson, S., Burton, M., Staniec, P., Nandhakumar, I., Terrill, N., Elliott, J., Squires, A., & Burton, M. (2016). Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates. Nanoscale, 8(5), 2850-2856.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr06691c, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50243
Lei, C., Ryder, K., Koukharenko, E., Burton, M., Nandhakumar, I., & Burton, M. (2016). Electrochemical deposition of bismuth telluride thick layers onto nickel. Electrochemistry Communications, 66, 1-4.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2016.02.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50241

Career History

Technology Transfer Fellow, SPECIFIC - Swansea University

March 2017 - Present
PhD Student, University of Southampton

October 2013 - March 2017
MChem, University of Southampton

October 2009 - June 2013