Dr Stephen Lyth
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Chemical and Process Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
I am a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative academic with 15 years experience of working on hydrogen technologies and novel materials in Japan before returning to the UK. My main interests lay in energy and sustainabity and how we can ensure that so-called renewable technologies do not inherently rely on unsustainable or critical raw materials .
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Prize And Awards
- Outstanding Research Award
- Recipient
- 27/10/2025
- Daiwa Foundation Award
- Recipient
- 2023
- Daiwa Foundation Award
- Recipient
- 2021
- NICE STEP Researcher 2019
- Recipient
- 2019
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Publications
- Simulation of a hydrogen-circulating reversible solid oxide cell system under stoichiometric hydrogen balance
- Shigematsu Ryosuke, Tachikawa Yuya, Ozaki Ryota, Lyth Stephen M, Matsuzaki Yoshio, Sasaki Kazunari
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society Vol 173 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ae89eb
- Exchange current density in solid oxide cells : A generalized theoretical framework and application to H₂/H₂O reactions
- Nagatomo Yohei, Yasutake Masahiro, Tachikawa Yuya, Lyth Stephen M, Sasaki Kazunari
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society Vol 173 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ae7474
- Oxygen reduction reaction activity and durability of Pt-Ta-Co ternary catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
- Sanami K, Miyamoto R, Noda Z, Yasutake M, Lyth SM, Nishihara M, Matsuda J, Sasaki K
- Journal of Power Sources Vol 674 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2026.239742
- Enhancing durability with Ni–GDC co-impregnated electrodes for solid oxide electrolysis cells
- Matsubara Kyoko, Ikegawa Kazutaka, Yamada Kei, Yamamoto Yoshihisa, Yasutake Masahiro, Tachikawa Yuya, Lyth Stephen M, Matsuda Junko, Sasaki Kazunari
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society Vol 173 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ae5741
- Platinum counter electrode contamination in oxygen reduction reaction measurements
- Mufundirwa Albert, Eldiven Askin, Suzuki Shoyo, Sasaki Kazunari, Lyth Stephen M
- Johnson Matthey Technology Review Vol 71 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1595/205651327x17708941599793
- Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy of phosphomolybdic acid redox mediators for electrochemical conversion of biomass to green hydrogen
- Price Robert, MacDonald Lewis, Keenan Luke Lawrence, Johnson William, Lyth Stephen Matthew, Li Jun, Brightman Edward
- Catalysis Science and Technology Vol 16, pp. 1444-1456 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CY00763A
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Professional Activities
- 78th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
- Member of programme committee
- 5/9/2027
- Electrochem 2026
- Participant
- 24/8/2026
- University of Bath, Bath, U.K.
- Visiting researcher
- 4/8/2026
- Synchrotron Electrochemistry Workshop 2026
- Participant
- 14/7/2026
- Second SHINe co-creation workshop
- Participant
- 18/6/2026
- 14th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering, 14 ESEE 26+
- Participant
- 8/6/2026
Projects
- Entropyst HGSP Company Creation Project
- Badakhsh, Arash (Principal Investigator) Lyth, Stephen (Academic) Rohani, Hossein (Academic)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB)
- Zhang, Xiaolei (Principal Investigator) Johnston, Karen (Co-investigator) Lyth, Stephen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2029
- Combining Water Remediation with Green Hydrogen Production
- Lyth, Stephen (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Cross-linked cellulose nanocrystals as an alternative to sulfonated fluoropolymers in fuel cells
- Lyth, Stephen (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- HGSP Award Entropyst
- Badakhsh, Arash (Principal Investigator) Lyth, Stephen (Academic)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem: Next-generation solid oxide cells for power generation and hydrogen production
- Lyth, Stephen (Visiting Academic) Sasaki, Kazunari (Principal Investigator)
- The ASPIRE program is funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and aims to maintain and improve Japan's scientific and technological capabilities, to connect top researchers in Japan and advanced STI countries and regions through international joint research, and to accelerate talent circulation across the world. They aim to promote pioneering R&D, as well as nurture and mobilize the next generation of research leaders.
Kyushu University is one of the leading institutions in the worlds for hydrogen research, with state-of-the-art characterisation, testing and pilot-scale testing facilities, including the Next Generation Fuel Cell Research Center (NEXT-FC). In this project NEXT-FC is collaborating with me and other international researchers to develop "next-generation solid oxide cells for power generation and hydrogen production". - 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2029
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Contact
Dr
Stephen
Lyth
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Chemical and Process Engineering
Email: stephen.lyth@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted