Dr Denis Cumming

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Visiting academic

Dr Denis Cumming
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d.cumming@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9609
Room G18, Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Denis Cumming
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room G18
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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I received a B. Applied Science (Materials Science) from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 2001.

After moving to the UK, I began working with the Imperial College fuel cell spin-out, Ceres Power. During my time at Ceres Power I worked on a range of material problems related to the development of metal-supported intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). My main interests during this time was the optimisation of existing anode composite structures and the development of new anode materials for SOFCs.

In 2009 I was awarded a PhD from Imperial College, London. My doctoral work was focused on the development and characterisation of novel ceramic anode materials for SOFC. This work also led to other, closely related, research interests in reduction-oxidation (redox) tolerance and sulfur tolerance of metal-ceramic anode materials in SOFC.

In 2010 I joined the electroceramics group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the ±¬ÁÏTV working of the development of novel high Curie temperature piezoelectric materials and processing into multilayer, co-fired actuators.

In 2012 I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and resumed research on high-temperature solid oxide cells (SOCs) for use in the electrolysis of steam and carbon dioxide for syngas production. I worked as part of the 4CU team and I was involved in the fabrication and in-situ characterisation of operational SOCs using vibrational spectroscopy techniques such as DRIFTS and Raman.

Since December 2014, have been a lecturer in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the ±¬ÁÏTV.

From 2025, I have been a visiting academic in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Research interests

My research interest sits at interface between manufacturing and materials engineering, encompassing a wide range of energy storage and functional materials. Applications for this research include designed particles, electrodes as well as manufacturing methods for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells and batteries. My active projects impact both wet and dry lithium-ion battery electrode manufacturing to add value to the Li-ion battery electrode value chain through development of next generation electrode structures and processes. Focused on developing new knowledge through the physical and data driven models coupled with a coordinated novel experimentation programmes.

Key research interests:

  • Batteries
  • Functional Devices
  • Manufacturing
  • Powder Technology
  • Characterisation
Publications

Journal articles

  • Lu X, Lian GJ, Parker J, Ge R, Sadan MK, Smith RM & Cumming D (2024) . Journal of Power Sources, 592, 233916-233916.
  • Bastianini F, Hidalgo AIC, Hook DZ, Smith JA, Cumming D & Dunbar A (2024) . Solar Energy, 268, 112318-112318.
  • Lu X, Lian GJ, Ge R, Parker J, Sadan MK, Smith R & Cumming D (2023) . Energy Technology.
  • Ge R, Boyce AM, Shui Zhang Y, Shearing PR, Cumming DJ & Smith RM (2023) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 465, 142749-142749.
  • Entwistle J, Ge R, Pardikar K, Smith R & Cumming D (2022) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112624-112624.
  • Grant PS, Greenwood D, Pardikar K, Smith R, Entwistle T, Middlemiss LA, Murray G, Cussen SA, Lain MJ, Capener MJ , Copley M et al (2022) . Journal of Physics: Energy, 4(4).
  • Robshaw TJ, Atkinson D, Howse JR, Ogden MD & Cumming DJ (2022) . Cleaner Production Letters, 2, 100004-100004.
  • Ge R, Cumming DJ & Smith RM (2022) . Powder Technology, 403.
  • Boyce AM, Cumming DJ, Huang C, Zankowski SP, Grant PS, Brett DJL & Shearing PR (2021) . ACS Nano, 15(12), 18624-18632.
  • Copley RJ, Cumming D, Wu Y & Dwyer-Joyce RS (2021) . Journal of Energy Storage, 36.
  • Entwistle J, Patwardhan S & Cumming DJ (2020) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02(2), 371-371.
  • Entwistle JE, Booth SG, Keeble DS, Ayub F, Yan M, Corr SA, Cumming DJ & Patwardhan SV (2020) . Advanced Energy Materials, 10(43).
  • Aldakheel F, Ismail MS, Hughes KJ, Ingham DB, Ma L, Pourkashanian M, Cumming D & Smith R (2020) . Renewable Energy, 151, 1082-1091.
  • Quintana-Gómez L, Shehab A, Al-Shathr A, Ingram W, Konstantinova M, Cumming D & McGregor J (2020) . ChemSusChem, 13(3), 647-658.
  • Bugryniec P, Davidson J, Cumming D & Brown SF (2019) . Journal of Power Sources, 414, 557-568.
  • Bryden TS, Dimitrov B, Hilton G, Ponce de León C, Bugryniec P, Brown S, Cumming D & Cruden A (2018) . Journal of Power Sources, 395, 369-378.
  • Mehranjani AS, Cumming DJ, Sinclair DC & Rothman R (2017) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 37(13), 3981-3993.
  • Cumming DJ, Thompson AR & Rothman RH (2016) . Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163(11), F3057-F3061.
  • Tumilson C, Cumming DJ, Taylor SFR, Call AV, Hardacre C & Elder RH (2015) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2015-03(1), 100-100.
  • Cumming DJ & Elder RH (2015) . Journal of Power Sources, 280, 387-392.
  • Manerova J, Cumming DJ, Sinclair DC & Elder RH (2014) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2014-02(23), 1342-1342.
  • Elder RH, Cumming DJ, Taylor R & Hardacre C (2014) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2014-02(23), 1360-1360.
  • He G, Elder RH, Cumming DJ & Allen RWK (2014) . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(28), 15670-15680.
  • Cumming DJ, Sebastian T, Sterianou I, Rödel J & Reaney IM (2013) . Materials Technology, 28(5), 247-253.
  • Elder R, Cumming D, Omojola K & Sinclair D (2012) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2012-01(28), 1103-1103.
  • Raengthon N, Cann DP, Sebastian T, Cumming D & Reaney IM (2012) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
  • Somalu MR, Yufit V, Cumming D, Lorente E & Brandon NP (2011) . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(9), 5557-5566.
  • Cumming DJ, Kharton VV, Yaremchenko AA, Kovalevsky AV & Kilner JA (2011) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(9), 2993-3000.
  • Cumming DJ, Kilner JA & Skinner S (2011) . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(13), 5021-5026.
  • Brett DJL, Atkinson A, Cumming D, Ramirez-Cabrera E, Rudkin R & Brandon NP (2005) . CHEM ENG SCI, 60(21), 5649-5662.
  • Hall BJ, Schaffer GB, Ning Z, McPhee WAG, Miller DN, Drennan J & Cumming DJ (2003) . JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE LETTERS, 22(22), 1627-1630.
  • Parker J, Smith R & Cumming D () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
  • Talplacido NC & Cumming DJ () . Batteries, 10(3), 78-78.
  • Sadan MK, Kim T, Haridas AK, Yu H, Cumming D, Ahn J-H & Ahn H-J () . Nanoscale Advances.
  • Sadan MK, Lian GJ, Smith RM & Cumming D () . ACS Applied Energy Materials.
  • Ge R, Boyce AM, Sun Y, Shearing PR, Grant PS, Cumming DJ & Smith RM () . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
  • Pardikar K, Entwistle J, Ge R, Cumming DJ & Smith R () . Journal of Physics: Energy.
  • Cumming DJ, Tumilson C, Taylor SFR, Chansai S, Call AV, Jacquemin J, Hardacre C & Elder RH () . Faraday Discussions, 182, 97-111.
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Book chapters

  • Shearing PR, Cumming D & Kendrick E (2025) , Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources (pp. 461-471). Elsevier
  • Elder R, Cumming D & Mogensen MB (2015) , Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Closing the Carbon Cycle: First Edition (pp. 183-209).
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Conference proceedings

  • Moore J, Cumming D & Brown SF (2018) . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 52-56), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018.
  • Mehranjani AS, Cumming DJ, Call AV & Rothman R (2015) A Study of 8YSZ/GDC Bi-Layered Electrolyte: The Effect of 2 Mol% Fe2O3 Dopant on Sintering and Conductivity. ECS meeting SOFC-XIV (SOFC Electrolytes, Cells and Stacks)
  • Thompson AR, Call AV, Cumming DJ, Sinclair DC & Elder RH (2015) . ECS Transactions, Vol. 68(1) (pp 3417-3427)
  • Elder RH, He G, Cumming DJ & Allen RWK (2013) Separation of sulphur dioxide and oxygen in thermochemical hydrogen production. Fuels and Petrochemicals Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future (pp 204)
  • Cumming DJ, Taylor R, Manerova J, Sinclair DC, Hardacre C & Elder RH (2013) . ECS Transactions, Vol. 58(2) (pp 207-216)
  • Attryde P (2005) . ECS Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 2005-07(1) (pp 113-122)
  • Brandon NP, Blake A, Corcoran D, Cumming D, Duckett A, El-Koury K, Haigh D, Kidd C, Leah R, Lewis G , Matthews C et al (2004) . JOURNAL OF FUEL CELL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 1(1) (pp 61-65)
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Preprints

  • Lu X, Lian G, Parker J, Ge R, Sadan M, Smith R & Cumming DJ (2023) , Elsevier BV.
  • Hart A, Lu X, Englezou G, Wheatcroft L, Patel C, Stallard JC, Booth SG, Stothard C, Fleck N, Ebbens SJ , Inkson BJ et al (2023) , Elsevier BV.
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