Leif Nyholm

leif nyholmProfessor, analytical chemistry

E-mail:
leif.nyholm@kemi.uu.se
Telephone:
+46 (0)18-471 3742
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsv. 1
Postal address:
Box 538
751 21 UPPSALA


 

Research interests

Electrochemical reactions play important roles in many applications such as batteries, fuel cells and sensors, frequently used in today's society. Electrochemical techniques are also commonly utilised for the manufacturing and modification of different materials, studies of the properties of different materials, as well as to improve our understanding of redox processes in general. Electrochemistry has therefore developed into a very wide and multidisciplinary research field with applications within many areas from nanotechnology to large-scale industrial processes. Our current research is centred on electrochemical processes and techniques suitable for use in batteries, fuel cells, miniaturised sensors, material design and fundamental studies of electrochemical processes.

 

  • Electrodeposition of nanostructured materials for Li-ion batteries

  • Composites of cellulose and electronically conducting polymers

  • Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells

  • Electric field driven electrochemical reactions

  • Electrochemistry coupled to electrospray mass spectromet

 

Teaching

Under graduate courses

  • Electrochemistry, 5 hp

  • Advanced Electrochemistry, 5 hp

Graduate courses

  • Electrochemistry Methods, 10 hp

 

Documents

 

Selected publications

  • Leif Nyholm, Gustav Nyström, Albert Mihranyan and Maria Strømme, ”Toward flexible polymer and paper-based energy storage devices”, Adv. Mater., in press.
  • Gustav Nyström, Aamir Razaq, Maria Strømme, Leif Nyholm and Albert Mihranyan, “Ultrafast All-Polymer Paper-Based Batteries ”, Nano Letters, 9 (2009) 3535-3639.
  • Seng Kian Cheah, Emilie Perre, Mårten Rooth, Mattis Fondell, Anders Hårsta, Leif Nyholm, Torbjörn Gustafsson, Mats Boman, Jun Lu, Patrice Simon and Kristina Edström, ”Self-Supported Three-Dimensional Nanoelectrodes for Microbattery Applications”, Nano Letters, 9 (2009) 3230-3233.
  • Christian Ulrich, Olof Andersson, Leif Nyholm and Fredrik Björefors, “Potential and Current Distributions at Electrodes intended for Bipolar Patterning”, Anal. Chem., 81 (2009) 453-459.
  • Camilla Zettersten, Per J. R. Sjöberg and Leif Nyholm, ”The Oxidation of 4-Chloroaniline studied by Electrochemistry coupled to Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry and Cyclic Voltammetry”, Anal. Chem., 81 (2009) 5180-5187.
  • Emilie Perre, Leif Nyholm, Torbjörn Gustafsson, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon and Kristina Edström, “Direct Electrodeposition of Aluminium Nano-Rods”, Electrochem. Commun., 10 (2008) 1467-1470.
  • Albert Mihranyan, Leif Nyholm, Alfonso Garcia-Bennett, Maria Strømme, “A novel high specific surface area Conducting Paper Material composed of Polypyrrole and Cladophora cellulose”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 112 (2008) 12249-12255.
  • Olga Ordeig, Neus Godino, Javier del Campo, Francesc Xavier Munoz, Fredrik Nikolajeff and Leif Nyholm, “On-Chip Electric Field Driven Electrochemical Detection using a PDMS Microchannel with Gold Microband Electrodes”, Anal. Chem., 80 (2008) 3622-3632.
  • Christian Ulrich, Olof Andersson, Leif Nyholm and Fredrik Björefors, “Formation of Molecular Gradients on Bipolar Electrodes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47 (2008) 3034-3036.
  • Hanna Bryngelsson, Jonas Eskhult, Leif Nyholm, Oscar Alm, Merja Herranen and Kristina Edström, ”Electrodeposited Sb and Sb/Sb2O3 Nanoparticle Coatings as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries”, Chem. Mater., 19 (2007) 1170-1180.
  • Gustav Liljegren, Andreas Dahlin, Camilla Zettersten, Jonas Bergquist and Leif Nyholm, “On-line Coupling of a Microelectrode Array equipped Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microchip with an Integrated Graphite Electrospray Emitter to Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry”, Lab Chip, 5 (2005) 1008-1016.
  • Leif Nyholm, “Electrochemical Techniques for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications”, Analyst, 130 (2005) 599-605.
  • Oliver Klett and Leif Nyholm, "Separation High Voltage Field Driven On-Chip Amperometric Detection in Capillary Electrophoresis", Anal. Chem.,75 (2003) 1245-1250.
  • Gustav Liljegren and Leif Nyholm, "Electrochemically Controlled Solid Phase Microextraction and Preconcentration using Polypyrrole Coated Microarray Electrodes in a Flow System", Analyst, 128 (2003) 232-236.
  • Gustav Liljegren, Jean Pettersson, Karin E. Markides and Leif Nyholm, “Electrochemical Solid-Phase Microextraction of Anions and Cations using Polypyrrole Coatings and an Integrated Three-Electrode Device”, Analyst, 127 (2002) 591-597.
  • Oliver Klett, Fredrik Björefors and Leif Nyholm, “Elimination of High Voltage-Field Effects in End Column Electrochemical Detection in Capillary Electrophoresis by use of On-Chip Microband Electrodes”, Anal. Chem., 73 (2001) 1909-1915.
  • Mikael Wirde, Ulrik Gelius and Leif Nyholm, "Self Assembled Monolayers of Cystamine, Cysteamine and 4-aminothiophenol studied by XPS and Voltammetry", Langmuir, 15 (1999) 6370.
  • Maher Kalaji, Leif Nyholm and Laurence M. Peter, "A microelectrode study of the influence of pH and solution composition on the electrochemical behaviour of polyaniline films", J. Electroanal. Chem., 313 (1991) 271-289.

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