School of Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor Tom Rufford

Associate Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
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Biography:

Tom Rufford is an Associate Professor in the UQ School of Chemical Engineering and chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of CO2 (GETCO2). Tom completed his BE and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland in 2000 and 2009, respectively. Tom's PhD thesis investigated the use of porous carbon materials derived from waste coffee grounds for energy storage via hydrogen or supercapacitors on board electric vehicles. From 2001 to 2005 he worked as a process engineer and technologist on the crude distillation columns, naptha reformers and hydrogen purification plant at Shell's Geelong Oil Refinery. From 2010 to late 2012, Tom was a research fellow at the University of Western Australia working on natural gas processing and LNG production research projects with the UWA's Chevron Chair in Gas Process Engineering, Prof. Eric May. He returned to UQ as a teaching and research academic in December 2012.

Dr Rufford is a chartered member of the IChemE and Engineers Australia (chemical engineering).

Dr Rufford has published more than 80 scientific papers in international journals and an edited book on carbon materials. He has been a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan, and an Endeavour Research Fellow visiting the Institute of Metals Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenyang, China.

Research:

Associate Professor Rufford conducts research on gas processing and purification for cleaner energy production and utilization. His research interests include electrochemical processes including energy storage and CO2 reduction, natural gas process engineering, porous carbons, and solid-fluid interactions in coal seam gas reservoirs. Current and recent projects include studies on electrochemical CO2 reduction, development of gas diffusion electrode materials, helium recovery and nitrogen rejection from natural gas, low permeability coals, and the capture of methane emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plants.

Teaching and Learning:

Tom teaches into the BE and BE/ME chemical engineering programs at UQ. He's taught core chemical engineering courses such as heat and mass transfer, unit operations, and the capstone design project courses CHEE4001 and CHEE7103. In 2024 he is teaching into CHEE3004 Unit Operations in Semester 1 and CHEE7103 BE/ME Design Project in Semester 2.

Publications

Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (95)
Conference Papers (78)
Thesis (1)
Preprints (2)
Research Reports (5)

Book Chapters

Wang, Li, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). Functionalization of carbon nanotubes for catalytic applications. Nanotubes and nanosheets: functionalization and applications of boron nitride and other nanomaterials. (pp. 409-439) edited by Ying (Ian) Chen. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b18073-20
Rufford, Thomas E., Fiset, Erika, Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa and Zhu, Zhonghua (2014). Biomass-derived carbon electrodes for electrochemical double-layer capacitors. Green Carbon Materials: Advances and Applications. (pp. 93-113) edited by Thomas E. Rufford, Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova and John Zhu. Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.1201/b15651-5

Journal Articles

Konarova, Muxina, Fitzgerald, Rachel, Birkett, Greg, Bakharia, Aneesha, Howes, Tony, Rufford, Tom and O'Brien, Kate (2024). AI: Educating the educators. The Chemical Engineer, 26-28.
Wu, Yuming, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Feng, Desheng, Huang, Wengang, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Bo, Wang, Geoff, Li, Mengran and Rufford, Thomas E. (2024). Flooding control by electrochemically reduced graphene oxide additives in silver catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16 (42), 56967-56974. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c09095
Sun, Xin, Yang, Jindi, Zeng, Xiangkang, Guo, Lijun, Bie, Chuanbiao, Wang, Zhuyuan, Sun, Kaige, Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Pairing oxygen reduction and water oxidation for dual−pathway H2O2 production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition e202414417. doi: 10.1002/anie.202414417
Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Pokhriyal, Meenakshi, Banerjee, Debarun, Rufford, Thomas E. and Upadhyayula, Sreedevi (2024). An indirect Z-scheme heterostructure of nano-gold layer immobilized Cu-Al-doped SrTiO3 and CoOx-WO3 for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 487 150716, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150716
Kumar Sahu, Aloka, Yadav, Sushant, Banerjee, Debarun, Rufford, Thomas E. and Upadhyayula, Sreedevi (2024). Accelerating charge separation and CO2 photoreduction in aqueous phase under visible light with Ru nanoparticles loaded on Ga-doped NiTiO3 in a batch photoreactor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16 (6), 7057-7069. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c15915
Sun, Kaige, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Zhang, Hongxia, Zeng, Xiangkang, Wang, Zhuyuan, Xu, Zhen, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhang, Xiwang (2024). Electrode, electrolyte, and membrane materials for electrochemical CO2 capture. Advanced Energy Materials, 14 (24) 2400625. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202400625
Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Duignan, Timothy, Li, Mengran, Cartmill, Hayden, Maglaya, Irving, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Effect of dispersing solvents for an ionomer on the performance of copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15 (45), 52461-52472. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c11096
Iglesias van Montfort, Hugo-Pieter, Li, Mengran, Irtem, Erdem, Abdinejad, Maryam, Wu, Yuming, Pal, Santosh K., Sassenburg, Mark, Ripepi, Davide, Subramanian, Siddhartha, Biemolt, Jasper, Rufford, Thomas E. and Burdyny, Thomas (2023). Non-invasive current collectors for improved current-density distribution during CO2 electrolysis on super-hydrophobic electrodes. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 6579, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42348-6
Hu, Yichao, Rufford, Thomas E., Chen, Jian, Hao, Liangyuan, Li, Mengran, Qiu, Yinxuan, Garg, Sahil, Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2023). Opportunities to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions from ironmaking blast furnace using CO2 electrolysis to CO for carbon recycling. Journal of Cleaner Production, 389 135997, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.135997
Kuang, Yizhu, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E., Yuan, Zhiguo, Bell, John and Wang, Hao (2023). High‐concentration electrosynthesis of formic acid/formate from CO2 : reactor and electrode design strategies. Energy and Environmental Materials, 6 (6) e12596. doi: 10.1002/eem2.12596
Chen, Ping, Wu, Yuming, Rufford, Thomas E., Wang, Lianzhou, Wang, Geoff and Wang, Zhiliang (2023). Organic molecules involved in Cu-based electrocatalysts for selective CO2 reduction to C2+ products. Materials Today Chemistry, 27 101328, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101328
Garg, Sahil, Giron Rodriguez, Carlos A., Rufford, Thomas E., Varcoe, John R. and Seger, Brian (2022). How membrane characteristics influence the performance of CO2 and CO electrolysis. Energy and Environmental Science, 15 (11), 4440-4469. doi: 10.1039/d2ee01818g
Wu, Yuming, Charlesworth, Liam, Maglaya, Irving, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Li, Mengran, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Mitigating electrolyte flooding for electrochemical CO2 reduction via infiltration of hydrophobic particles in a gas diffusion layer. ACS Energy Letters, 7 (9), 2884-2892. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01555
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhao, Jing, Zhang, Xueqin, Li, Mengran, Hu, Shihu, Smart, Simon, Rufford, Thomas E., Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Regulating the reaction zone of electrochemical CO2 reduction on gas-diffusion electrodes by distinctive hydrophilic-hydrophobic catalyst layers. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 310 121362, 121362. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121362
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Hussain, Tanveer, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Zhao, Xiu Song, Wang, Geoff G. X. and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Urea-functionalized silver catalyst toward efficient and robust CO2 electrolysis with relieved reliance on alkali cations. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14 (31), 35504-35512. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c05918
Hu, Yichao, Qiu, Yinxuan, Chen, Jian, Hao, Liangyuan, Rufford, Thomas Edward, Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2022). Integrating a top-gas recycling and CO2 electrolysis process for H2-rich gas injection and reduce CO2 emissions from an ironmaking blast furnace. Materials, 15 (6) 2008, 2008. doi: 10.3390/ma15062008
Wu, Yuming, Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Li, Zhiheng, Lin, Rijia, Chen, Jian, Wang, Guoxiong and Rufford, Thomas E. (2022). Effects of microporous layer on electrolyte flooding in gas diffusion electrodes and selectivity of CO2 electrolysis to CO. Journal of Power Sources, 522 230998, 230998. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.230998
Wang, Hongmin, Li, Mengran, Garg, Sahil, Wu, Yuming, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Hocking, Rosalie, Duan, Haoran, Gao, Shuai, Yago, Anya Josefa, Zhuang, Linzhou and Rufford, Thomas Edward (2021). Cobalt electrochemical recovery from lithium cobalt oxides in deep eutectic choline chloride + urea solvents. ChemSusChem, 14 (14) cssc.202100954, 2972-2983. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202100954
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Wu, Yuming, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wang, Hongmin, Anya Josefa, Yago, Ge, Lei, Wang, Geoff G. X. and Rufford, Thomas Edward (2021). Understanding the effects of anion interactions with Ag electrodes on electrochemical CO2 reduction in choline halide electrolytes. ChemSusChem, 14 (12) cssc.202100848, 2601-2611. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202100848
Quader, M. Abdul, Rufford, Thomas E. and Smart, Simon (2021). Integration of hybrid membrane-distillation processes to recover helium from pre-treated natural gas in liquefied natural gas plants. Separation and Purification Technology, 263 118355, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118355
Quader, M. Abdul, Rufford, Thomas E. and Smart, Simon (2021). Evaluation of flowsheet design approaches to improve energy efficiency in multistage membrane processes to recover helium. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60 (6) acs.iecr.0c05871, 2588-2599. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c05871
Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Garg, Sahil, Gao, Shuai, Lin, Rijia, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Li, Zhiheng, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas Edward, Zhu, Zhonghua, Li, Liye and Wang, Geoff (2021). Unveiling the effects of dimensionality of tin oxide-derived catalysts on CO2 reduction by using gas-diffusion electrodes. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 6 (2), 345-352. doi: 10.1039/d0re00396d
Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Burdyny, Thomas, Garg, Sahil, Zhao, Xiu Song, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E. (2021). The role of electrode wettability in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (35), 19369-19409. doi: 10.1039/d1ta03636j
Raza, Syed Shabbar, Rudolph, Victor, Rufford, Tom and Chen, Zhongwei (2020). A stochastic method to estimate the anisotropic stress-dependent coal permeability by pore-volume distribution and stress-strain measurements. SPE Journal, 25 (5), 2582-2600. doi: 10.2118/198260-pa
Zhang, Aoxiang, Cao, Daiyong, Wei, Yingchun and Rufford, Thomas E. (2020). Characterization of fines produced during drainage of coalbed methane reservoirs in the Linfen block, Ordos Basin. Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 38 (5), 014459872093552-1679. doi: 10.1177/0144598720935528
Li, Mengran, Tian, Xiaohe, Garg, Sahil, Rufford, Thomas E., Zhao, Peiyao, Wu, Yuming, Yago, Anya Josefa, Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2020). Modulated Sn oxidation states over a Cu2O-derived substrate for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (20) acsami.0c00412, 22760-22770. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c00412
Quader, M. Abdul, Rufford, Thomas E. and Smart, Simon (2020). Modeling and cost analysis of helium recovery using combined-membrane process configurations. Separation and Purification Technology, 236 116269, 116269. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116269
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas Edward, Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor, Knibbe, Ruth, Konarova, Muxina and Wang, Guoxiong (2020). Catalyst‐electrolyte interactions in aqueous reline solutions for highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction. ChemSusChem, 13 (2) cssc.201902433, 304-311. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201902433
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E., Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor, Knibbe, Ruth, Konarova, Muxina and Wang, Geoff G. X. (2020). Front Cover: Catalyst–Electrolyte Interactions in Aqueous Reline Solutions for Highly Selective Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction (ChemSusChem 2/2020). ChemSusChem, 13 (2), 278-278. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201903391
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E., Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor, Knibbe, Ruth, Konarova, Muxina and Wang, Geoff G. X. (2020). Catalyst–Electrolyte Interactions in Aqueous Reline Solutions for Highly Selective Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. ChemSusChem, 13 (2), 282-282. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201903390
Wu, Benjamin, Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2020). Use of pressure signal analysis to characterise counter-current two-phase flow regimes in annuli. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 153, 547-561. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.11.009
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Weber, Adam Z., Ge, Lei, Li, Liye, Rudolph, Victor, Wang, Guoxiong and Rufford, Thomas E. (2020). Advances and challenges in electrochemical CO2 reduction processes: an engineering and design perspective looking beyond new catalyst materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (4), 1511-1544. doi: 10.1039/c9ta13298h
Li, Mengran, Garg, Sahil, Chang, Xiaoxia, Ge, Lei, Li, Liye, Konarova, Muxina, Rufford, Thomas E., Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2020). Toward excellence of transition metal-based catalysts for CO2 electrochemical reduction: an overview of strategies and rationales. Small Methods, 4 (7) 2000033, 2000033. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202000033
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2019). Characteristics of counter-current gas-liquid two-phase flow and its limitations in vertical annuli. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 109 109899, 109899. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2019.109899
Arami-Niya, Arash, Rufford, Thomas E., Dresp, Gerrit, Al Ghafri, Saif, Jiao, Fuyu and May, Eric F. (2019). Measurements of helium adsorption on natural clinoptilolite at temperatures from (123.15 to 423.15) K and pressures up to 35 MPa. Separation and Purification Technology, 223, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.04.049
Ge, Lei, Soares, Fabio Terzini, Mahoney, Shilo, Hamilton, Christopher, Khan, Chawarwan, Steel, Karen, Rufford, Thomas E. and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Effect of oxidation and silane surface treatments of coal powders on relative permeability in packed coal beds. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 69 102931, 102931. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2019.102931
Sun, Xiaoming, Lu, Hao, Rufford, Thomas E., Gaddam, Rohit Ranganathan, Duignan, Timothy T., Fan, Xin and Zhao, X. S. (2019). A flexible graphene–carbon fiber composite electrode with high surface area-normalized capacitance. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3 (7), 1827-1832. doi: 10.1039/c9se00099b
Ren, Fei, Ge, Lei, Stelmashuk, Vitaliy, Rufford, Thomas E., Xing, Huilin and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Characterisation and evaluation of shockwave generation in water conditions for coal fracturing. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 66, 255-264. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2019.04.005
Ren, Fei, Ge, Lei, Arami-Niya, Arash, Rufford, Thomas E., Xing, Huilin and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Gas storage potential and electrohydraulic discharge (EHD) stimulation of coal seam interburden from the Surat Basin. International Journal of Coal Geology, 208, 24-36. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2019.04.001
Gao, Shuai, Ge, Lei, Villacorta, Byron S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2019). Carbon monoliths by assembling carbon spheres for gas adsorption. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (12) acs.iecr.8b04891, 4957-4969. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04891
Raza, Syed Shabbar, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E., Chen, Zhongwei and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Anisotropic coal permeability estimation by determining cleat compressibility using mercury intrusion porosimetry and stress–strain measurements. International Journal of Coal Geology, 205, 75-86. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2019.02.011
Jing, Zhenhua, Mahoney, Shilo A., Rodrigues, Sandra, Balucan, Reydick D., Underschultz, Jim, Esterle, Joan S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Steel, Karen M. (2018). A preliminary study of oxidant stimulation for enhancing coal seam permeability: effects of sodium hypochlorite oxidation on subbituminous and bituminous Australian coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 200, 36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.10.006
Gao, Shuai, Hernandez, Byron S., Ge, Lei, Steel, Karen, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2018). Effect of rheological properties of mesophase pitch and coal mixtures on pore development in activated carbon discs with high compressive strength. Fuel Processing Technology, 177, 219-227. doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.04.032
Ren, Fei, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E., Xing, Huilin and Rudolph, Victor (2018). Permeability enhancement of coal by chemical-free fracturing using high-voltage electrohydraulic discharge. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 57, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2018.06.034
Ge, Lei, Hamilton, Christopher, Febrina, Rahmah Tasha, Rudolph, Victor and Rufford, Thomas E. (2018). A phase inversion polymer coating to prevent swelling and spalling of clay fines in coal seam gas wells. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 5 (2), 179-190. doi: 10.1007/s40789-018-0199-0
Sun, Xiaoming, Lu, Hao, Liu, Peng, Rufford, Thomas E., Gaddam, Rohit R., Fan, Xin and Zhao, X. S. (2018). A reduced graphene oxide-NiO composite electrode with a high and stable capacitance. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2 (3), 673-678. doi: 10.1039/c7se00420f
Arami-Niya, Arash, Rufford, Thomas E., Birkett, Greg and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). Gravimetric adsorption measurements of helium on natural clinoptilolite and synthetic molecular sieves at pressures up to 3500 kPa. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 244, 218-225. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.10.035
Gao, Shuai, Villacorta, Byron S. , Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). Effect of sonication and hydrogen peroxide oxidation of carbon nanotube modifiers on the microstructure of pitch-derived activated carbon discs. Carbon, 124, 142-151. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.08.036
Arami-Niya, Arash, Birkett, Greg, Zhu, Zhonghua and Rufford, Thomas E. (2017). Gate opening effect of zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-7 for adsorption of CH4 and CO2 from N2. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (40), 21389-21399. doi: 10.1039/C7TA03755D
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Mitchell, Travis, Rufford, Thomas E., Leonardi, Christopher and Towler, Brian (2017). A critical review of flow maps for gas-liquid flows in vertical pipes and annuli. Chemical Engineering Journal, 326, 350-377. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.135
Bai, Tianhang, Chen, Zhongwei, Aminossadati, Saiied M., Rufford, Thomas E. and Li, Ling (2017). Experimental investigation on the impact of coal fines generation and migration on coal permeability. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 159, 257-266. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.09.035
Wen, Yangyang, Rufford, Thomas E. , Chen, Xingzhu, Li, Neng, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Dai, Liming and Wang, Lianzhou (2017). Nitrogen-doped Ti3C2Tx MXene electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors. Nano Energy, 38 (78), 368-376. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.06.009
Mahoney, Shilo A., Rufford, Thomas E., Johnson, David, Dmyterko, Anastasia, Rodrigues, Sandra, Esterle, Joan, Rudolph, Victor and Steel, Karen M. (2017). The effect of rank, lithotype and roughness on contact angle measurements in coal cleats. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 302-315. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2017.07.001
Yang, Yisu, Zhuang, Linzhou, Rufford, Thomas E., Wang, Shaobin and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). Efficient water oxidation with amorphous transition metal boride catalysts synthesized by chemical reduction of metal nitrate salts at room temperature. RSC Advances, 7 (52), 32923-32930. doi: 10.1039/c7ra02558k
Yang, Yisu, Linzhou Zhuang, Rijia Lin, Mengran Li, Xu, Xiaoyong, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). A facile method to synthesize boron-doped Ni/Fe alloy nano-chains as electrocatalyst for water oxidation. Journal of Power Sources, 349, 68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.03.028
Ge, Lei, Lin, Rijia, Wang, Li, Rufford, Thomas E., Villacorta, Byron, Liu, Shaomin, Liu, Lian X. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). Surface-etched halloysite nanotubes in mixed matrix membranes for efficient gas separation. Separation and Purification Technology, 173, 63-71. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.09.015
Gao, Shuai, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2016). The preparation of activated carbon discs from tar pitch and coal powder for adsorption of CO2, CH4 and N2. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 238 (SI), 19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.08.004
Arami-Niya, Arash, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2016). Nitrogen-doped carbon foams synthesized from banana peel and zinc complex template for adsorption of CO2, CH4 and N2. Energy & Fuels, 30 (9), 7298-7308. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b00971
Wen, Yangyang, Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Zhu, Xiaobo and Wang, Lianzhou (2016). Structure control of nitrogen-rich graphene nanosheets using hydrothermal treatment and formaldehyde polymerization for supercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (28), 18051-18059. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b04572
Arami Niya, Arash, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2016). Activated carbon monoliths with hierarchical pore structure from tar pitch and coal powder for the adsorption of CO2, CH4 and N2. Carbon, 103, 115-124. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.02.098
Sun, Xiaoming, Liu, Peng, Gu, Yi, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhao, X. S. (2016). Control over the morphology and phase of MnOx formed in the modified Hummers’ method and impact on the electrocapacitive properties of MnOx-graphite oxide composite electrodes. RSC Advances, 6 (50), 44717-44722. doi: 10.1039/C6RA05577J
Wen, Yangyang, Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa and Wang, Lianzhou (2016). Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphene monolith for supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 9 (5), 513-520. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201501303
Firouzi, Mahshid, Towler, Brian and Rufford, Thomas (2016). Developing new mechanistic models for predicting pressure gradient in coal bed methane wells. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 33, 961-972. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.04.035
Patel, Archana, Shukla, Pradeep, Chen, Jiuling, Rufford, Thomas E., Wang, Shaobin, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). Structural sensitivity of mesoporous alumina for copper catalyst loading used for NO reduction in presence of CO. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 101, 27-43. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2015.03.027
Yang, Yisu, Liang, Fengli, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E., Zhou, Wei and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). Low-temperature synthesis of hierarchical amorphous basic nickel carbonate particles for water oxidation catalysis. ChemSusChem, 8 (13), 2193-2197. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201500182
Saleman, Thomas L., Li, Gang (Kevin), Rufford, Thomas E., Stanwix, Paul L., Chan, K. Ida, Huang, Stanley H. and May, Eric F. (2015). Capture of low grade methane from nitrogen gas using dual-reflux pressure swing adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal, 281, 739-748. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.001
Yang, Ying, Sitprasert, Chatcharin, Rufford, Thomas E., Ge, Lei, Shukla, Pradeep, Wang, Shaobin, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). An experimental and simulation study of binary adsorption in metal-organic frameworks. Separation and Purification Technology, 146 12261, 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.03.041
Yang, Ying, Lin, Rijia, Ge, Lei, Hou, Lei, Bernhardt, Paul V., Rufford, Thomas, Wang, Shaobin, Rudolph, Victor, Wang, Yaoyu and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). Synthesis and characterization of three amino-functionalized metal-organic frameworks based on 2-aminoterphthalic ligand. Dalton Transactions, 44 (17), 8190-8197. doi: 10.1039/c4dt03927k
Mohoney, Shilo A., Rufford, Thomas, Rudolph, Victor, Liu, Kai-Yu, Rodrigues, Sandra and Steel, Karen (2015). Creation of micro channels in Bowen Basin coals using UV laser and reactive ion etching. International Journal of Coal Geology, 144-145, 48-57. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.04.001
Fiset, Erika, Rufford, Thomas E. and Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa (2015). Poly(vinylidene fluoride) as a porogen to prepare nitrogen-enriched porous carbon electrode materials from pyrolysis of melamine resin. Materials Today Communications, 3, 36-42. doi: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2015.04.001
Fiset, Erika, Rufford, Thomas E., Seredych, Mykola, Bandosz, Teresa J. and Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa (2015). Comparison of melamine resin and melamine network as precursors for carbon electrodes. Carbon, 81 (1), 239-250. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.055
Patel,Archana, Shukla, Pradeep, Rufford, Thomas E., Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2014). Selective catalytic reduction of NO with CO using different metal-oxides incorporated in MCM-41. Chemical Engineering Journal, 255, 437-444. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.032
Yang, Yisu, Zhou, Wei, Liu, Ruochen, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2014). In Situ Tetraethoxysilane-Templated Porous Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ Perovskite for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemElectroChem, 2 (2), 200-203. doi: 10.1002/celc.201402279
Fiset, Erika, Bae, Jun-Seok, Rufford, Thomas E., Bhatia, Suresh, Lu, Gao Qing and Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa (2014). Effects of structural properties of silicon carbide-derived carbons on their electrochemical double-layer capacitance in aqueous and organic electrolytes. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 18 (3), 703-711. doi: 10.1007/s10008-013-2306-x
Rufford, Thomas E., Chan, K. Ida, Huang, Stanley H. and May, Eric F. (2014). A review of conventional and emerging process technologies for the recovery of helium from natural gas. Adsorption Science and Technology, 32 (1), 49-72. doi: 10.1260/0263-6174.32.1.49
Saleman, Thomas L. H., Watson, Guillaume C. Y., Rufford, Thomas E., Hofman, Paul S., Chan, K. Ida and May, Eric F. (2013). Capacity and kinetic measurements of methane and nitrogen adsorption on H+-mordenite at 243–303 K and pressures to 900 kPa using a dynamic column breakthrough apparatus. Adsorption, 19 (6), 1165-1180. doi: 10.1007/s10450-013-9546-z
Hofman, Paul S., Rufford, Thomas E., Chan, K. Ida and May, Eric F. (2012). A dynamic column breakthrough apparatus for adsorption capacity measurements with quantitative uncertainties. Adsorption, 18 (3-4), 251-263. doi: 10.1007/s10450-012-9398-y
Rufford, T. E., Smart, S., Watson, G. C. Y., Graham, B. F., Boxall, J., Diniz da Costa, J. C. and May, E. F. (2012). The removal of CO2 and N-2 from natural gas: A review of conventional and emerging process technologies. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 94-95, 123-154. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.06.016
Zheng, Huajun, Hu, Denghong, Zhang, Lei, Ma, Chun'an and Rufford, Tom (2012). Thiol functionalized mesoporous silicas for selective adsorption of precious metals. Minerals Engineering, 35, 20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.04.006
Watson, Guillaume C., Jensen, Nathan K., Rufford, Thomas E., Chan, K. Ida and May, Eric F. (2012). Volumetric adsorption measurements of N 2, CO 2, CH 4, and a CO 2 + CH 4 mixture on a natural chabazite from (5 to 3000) kPa. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 57 (1), 93-101. doi: 10.1021/je200812y
Jensen, Nathan K., Rufford, Thomas E., Watson, Guillaume, Zhang, Dongke K., Chan, K. Ida and May, Eric F. (2012). Screening zeolites for gas separation applications involving methane, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 57 (1), 106-113. doi: 10.1021/je200817w
Patel, Archana, Shukla, Pradeep, Rufford, Thomas, Wang, Shaobin, Chen, Jiuling, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2011). Catalytic reduction of NO by CO over copper-oxide supported mesoporous silica. Applied Catalysis A: General, 409, 55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.09.024
Ling, Sie King, Tian, H. Y., Wang, Shaobin, Rufford, Thomas, Zhu, Z. H. and Buckley, C. E. (2011). KOH catalysed preparation of activated carbon aerogels for dye adsorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 357 (1), 157-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.092
Wang, L, Ge, L, Rufford, TE, Chen, JL, Zhou, W, Zhu, ZH and Rudolph, V (2011). A comparison study of catalytic oxidation and acid oxidation to prepare carbon nanotubes for filling with Ru nanoparticles. Carbon, 49 (6), 2022-2032. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.01.028
Zheng, HJ, Kang, W, Fengming, Z, Tang, FQ, Rufford, TE, Wang, LZ and Ma, CN (2010). Studies on mechanism of carbon nanotube and manganese oxide nanosheet self-sustained thin film for electrochemical capacitor. Solid State Ionics, 181 (37-38), 1690-1696. doi: 10.1016/j.ssi.2010.09.054
Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gao Qing (2010). A comparative study of chemical treatment by FeCl3, MgCl2, and ZnCl2 on microstructure, surface chemistry, and double-layer capacitance of carbons from waste biomass. Journal of Materials Research, 25 (8), 1451-1459. doi: 10.1557/JMR.2010.0186
Rufford, Thomas, Jurcakova, Denisa, Khosla, Kiran, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gaoqing (2010). Microstructure and electrochemical double-layer capacitance of carbon electrodes prepared by zinc chloride activation of sugar cane bagasse. Journal of Power Sources, 193 (3), 912-918. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.08.048
Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gaoqing (2009). Empirical analysis of the contributions of mesopores and micropores to double-layer capacitance of carbons. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (44), 19335-19343. doi: 10.1021/jp905975q
Zheng, Huajun, Tang, Fengqiu, Lim, Melvin, Rufford, Thomas, Mukherji, Aniruddh, Wang, Lianzhou and Lu,Gaoqing (Max) (2009). Electrochemical behavior of carbon-nanatube/cobalt oxhydroxide nanoflake multilayer films. Journal of Power Sources, 193 (2), 930-934. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.03.005
Chen, J., Ma, Q., Rufford, T., Li, Y. and Zhu, Z.H. (2009). Influence of calcination temperatures of Feitknecht compound precursor on the structure of Ni–Al2O3 catalyst and the corresponding catalytic activity in methane decomposition to hydrogen and carbon nanofibers. Applied Catalysis A-general, 362 (1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.04.025
Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Fiset, Erika, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gao Qing (2009). Double-layer capacitance of waste coffee ground activated carbons in an organic electrolyte. Electrochemistry communications, 11 (5), 974-977. doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.02.038
Fang, Z.. Z.., Wang, P., Rufford, T. E., Kang, X. D., Lu, G. Q. and Cheng, H. M. (2008). Kinetic-and thermodynamic-based improvements of lithium borohydride incorporated into activated carbon. Acta Materialia, 56 (20), 6257-6263. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.08.033
Rufford, Thomas E., Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gao Qing (2008). Nanoporous carbon electrode from waste coffee beans for high performance supercapacitors. Electrochemistry Communications, 10 (10), 1594-1597. doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2008.08.022
Dai, H. B., Liang, Y., Wang, P., Yao, X. D., Rufford, T., Lu, M. and Cheng, H. M. (2008). High-performance cobalt-tungsten-boron catalyst supported on Ni foam for hydrogen generation from alkaline sodium borohydride solution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33 (16), 4405-4412. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.05.080
Dicks, Andrew, Da Costa, Joe, Zhu, John, Duke, Mikel, Ladewig, Bradley and Rufford, Thomas (2006). Special theme issue: The third hydrogen technologies and opportunities workshop. Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing, 14 (1-2), 6-7.

Conference Papers

Rufford, Thomas E. (2024). Hydrogen in engineering degrees and its importance. 6th Australia (Inter)National Hydrogen Day – Queensland Edition, Kelvin Grove, QLD Australian, 8 October 2024. Perth, WA Australia: Hydrogen Society of Australia.
Rufford, Thomas E., Coulter, Bev, Ye, Liu, Fraga, Gabriel and Jensen, Paul (2024). Scaffolding development of process engineering drawing skills across an undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. CHEMECA 2024, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 29 September-1 October 2024. IChemE.
Coulter, Bev, Ye, Liu, Oehmen, Adrian and Rufford, Thomas E. (2024). Threading process control and process safety concepts through undergraduate chemical engineering courses at UQ. CHEMECA 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2024. IChemE.
Rufford, Thomas E., Idros, Mohammed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Li, Mengran, Duignan, Tim and Wang, Geoff (2024). Catalyst ink effects in the fabrication of electrodes for CO2 electrolysis. International Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment and Health 2024, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 24-27 September 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The University of Adelaide.
Rufford, Thomas E. and Wang, Geoff (2024). Progress and challenges in the electrochemical conversion of CO2 for decarbonization of ironmaking. HBIS-UQ Innovation Centre for Sustainable Steel (ICSS) –ICSS Symposium 2024, Shijiazhuang, China, 23 - 24 May 2024.
Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Shockingly large volumes of materials may be required for large scale CO2 electrolysis to make a dent in carbon emissions. International Symposium on Green Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (ISGTCO2), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023.
Sahu, Aloka Kumar, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Upadhyayula, Sreedevi and Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Photo- and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction based on Ga-doped NiTiO3 perovskite nanoparticles. ISGTCO2: International Symposium on Green Transformation of Carbon Dioxide: Cooperating on a global opportunity, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023.
Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Reimagining assessment of the capstone chemical engineering design project with a specification grading approach. CHEMECA 2023, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 October 2023. IChemE.
Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Challenges and opportunities for electrochemical CO2 conversion to reduce emissions from hard to decarbonise industrial processes. The One-Day Sustainability and Indigenous Education Workshop - Pre-CHEMECA2023 event, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 October 2023. IChemE.
Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). What materials do we need, and how much of them, for very large-scale CO2 electrolysis?. The International Conference on Materials Innovation 2023 (ICMI 2023), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22 - 25 August 2023. The University of Queensland.
Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Duignan, Timothy, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E., Wang, Geoff and Wu, Yuming (2023). Elucidating the effects of solvent-ionomer interactions on copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products. 35th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-10 May 2023.
Wu, Yuming, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi and Rufford, Thomas (2023). Anti-flooding GDE by in-situ electroreduction of graphene oxide for CO2 electrolysis. 35th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-10 May 2023.
Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Engineering data requirements for development and commercialisation of CO2 electrolyser technologies. The 2nd International Conference on Data Driven Innovation and Carbon Neutrality, Online, 25 - 27 February 2023.
Rufford, T. E., Wu, Y., Irdos, Md Nazmi, Hu, Yichao, Wang, Geoff, Garg, Sahil and Li, Mengran (2022). Considerations for the use of CO2 electrolysis in blast furnace ironmaking. Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre Annual Conference, St Lucia, QLD Australia, 5 December 2022.
Hu, Yichao, Hao, Liangyuan, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Tom and Wang, Geoff (2022). Opportunities of blast furnace ironmaking to contribute to decarbonisation targets via carbon dioxide capture and utilisation.. 8th European Coke and lronmaking Congress (ECIC) and the 9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Ironmaking (ICSTI), Bremen, Germany and Online, 30 August - 1 September 2022. Online: Steel Institute VDEh.
Rufford, Thomas E., Wu, Yuming, Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Hu, Yichao, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi and Wang, Geoff (2022). Challenges and opportunities for high current density CO2 electrolysis. 2022 International Symposium on Clean Energy Materials, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 2 July 2022.
Rufford, Tom (2022). Controlling flooding at high-current density in CO2 electrolysers. E3C Electrochemical Cell Concepts Colloquium, Online, 14 May 2022.
Rufford, Thomas E., Li, Mengran, Wu, Yuming, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Garg, Sahil and Wang, Geoff (2021). Controlling electrolyser flooding at high-current density in electrochemical CO2 conversion to CO and ethylene. 4th Energy Future Conference, Virtual, 18-20 October 2021.
Rufford, Thomas, Zhu, Ying, Maglaya, Irving, Khanolkar, Onkar and Berry, Bronwyn (2021). Getting a grip on the environmental impacts of surfboard wax. CHEMECA 2021, Virtual, 27-28 September 2021. Engineers Australia.
Wu, Yuming, Li, Mengran, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E, (2021). Modification on gas diffusion electrode to effectively restrain electrolyte flooding of electrochemical CO2 reduction via an infiltration method. CHEMECA 2021, Online, 27-28 September 2021.
Wu, Yuming, Li, Mengran, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas E. (2021). Effect of gas diffusion electrode structure on electrolyte flooding and selectivity of electrochemical CO2 reduction. National Symposium on Advanced Materials & Sustainable Technologies, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 3-5 September 2021.
Rufford, Thomas E., Garg, Sahil , Li, Mengran , Idros, Mohamed Nazmi , Wu, Yuming and Wang, Geoff (2021). Interaction of choline halide ions with silver electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. 5th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, Virtual, 22-26 February 2021.
Rufford, Thomas, Li, Aaron , Garg, Sahil , Wang, Geoff , Ge, Lei , Tian, Xiaohe , Wu, Yuming and Idros, Mohamed Nazmi (2020). Tin-based electrocatalysts for reduction of CO2 to formic acid. 2020 Conference on Advances In Catalysis, Energy, and Environmental Research, Hyderabad, India and Virtual, 17-18 December 2020.
Garg, Sahil , Li, Mengran , Idros, Mohamed Nazmi , Wu, Yuming , Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas (2020). Advancing Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO over Ag Electrodes via Optimizing Catalyst-electrolyte Interfaces. 2020 Conference on Advances In Catalysis, Energy, and Environmental Research, Hyderabad, India and Virtual, 16-18 December 2020. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, India .
Rufford, Thomas , Patel, Archana , Ge, Lei and Chen, Zhongwei (2020). Screening swelling inhibitors. CSG Solids Production in Queensland – How, Why and Strategies to Manage, Virtual, 21-22 October 2020. Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Ge, Lei, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas Edward (2020). Modifying catalyst-electrolyte interactions for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction. 237th ECS Meeting with the 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS 2020), Montreal, QC Canada, 10-14 May 2020. Pennington, NJ United States: The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2020-01361518mtgabs
Hazrat, M. A., Rasul, M. G., Khan, M. M.K., Ashwath, N. and Rufford, T. E. (2019). Emission characteristics of polymer additive mixed diesel-sunflower biodiesel fuel. 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2018), Nagoya, Japan, 19-21 September 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.090
Hazrat, M. A., Rasul, M. G., Khan, M. M.K., Ashwath, N. and Rufford, T. E. (2019). Emission characteristics of waste tallow and waste cooking oil based termary biodiesel fuels. 2nd International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2018), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 13-15 December 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.149
Li, Mengran, Garg, Sahil, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E., Li, Liye, Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Guoxiong (2019). A bird's eye view over the CO2 storage and utilisation technologies. The HBIS-UQ ICSS Symposium 2019, Shijiazhuang, China, 16-18 January 2019.
Zhao, Peiyao, Li, Mengran , Garg, Sahil , Tian, Xiaohe, Wang, Guoxiong and Rufford, Thomas E. (2019). Chlorine-modulated tin oxide as an efficient catalyst toward carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction. Chemeca 2019, Sydney, Australia, 29 September - 2 October 2019. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Rufford, Thomas (2019). CO2 adsorption on banana-peel derived hierarchical porous carbon foams. 2019 Fall Symposium of the Korean Society of Environmental Biology, Seoul, South Korea, 18 October 2019.
Rufford, Thomas E., Patel, Archana , Ge, Lei, Towler, Brian and Rudolph, Victor (2019). Methods to control swelling of clays in coal bed methane wells. 11th International Symposium on Nano and Supramolecular Chemistry and 3rd World Forum on Industrial Minerals, Qingyang, China, 12-16 October 2019.
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Rufford, Thomas E., Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor, Knibbe, Ruth, Konarova, Muxina and Wang, Geoff (2019). Catalyst-electrolyte interactions in aqueous reline solutions for highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction. 4th Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 November 2019.
Chawarwan, Khan, Dan, Kuznetsov, Thomas Rufford, Victor, Rudolph and Zhongwei, Chen (2019). Optimisation of dewatering rates to maximise coal seam gas production. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 18-19 November 2019. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2019-198210
Raza, Syed Shabbar, Rudolph, Victor, Rufford, Tom and Chen, Zhongwei (2019). A stochastic anisotropic coal permeability model using mercury intrusion porosimetry, MIP and stress-strain measurements. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18-19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198260
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2019). Investigating the Effect of Salinity on Counter-Current Two-Phase Flow Regimes in Annuli. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198228
Patel, Archana, Towler, Brian, Rudolph, Victor and Rufford, Thomas (2019). Swelling inhibition of bentonite clay by MgOH2 precipitation using different Mg salts. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18 – 19 November 2019. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2019-198301
Li, Mengran, Zhou, Wei, Garg, Sahil, Rufford, Thomas E, Rudolph, Victor, Zhu, Zhonghua and Wang, Guoxiong (2019). Clean energy-driven electrocatalytic reactions towards sustainable manufacturing. The 1st International Conference on Advanced Biomanufacturing, Nanjing, China, 11-13 January 2019.
Quader, Md Abdul, Smart, Simon and Rufford, Thomas E. (2018). Cost-optimal helium capture ratio from different natural gas sources by integrated membrane process designs. 1st International Conference on Energy-efficient Separation (iEESEP2018), Melbourne, 23-27 January 2018.
Garg, Sahil , Li, Mengran , Ge, Lei , Wang, Geoff (GX) and Rufford, Thomas E. (2018). Critical review of the effects of electrolyser design and operating parameters on electrochemical CO2 reduction with Cu metal catalysts. Energy Future (EF3) Conference: Fundamental and Applied Science for Alternative Energy Technologies, Sydney, Australia, 5-7 February 2018.
Quader, Md Abdul , Smart, Simon and Rufford, Thomas E. (2018). Membrane-based helium recovery from natural gas: a simulation and cost study. 2018 Membrane Society of Australasia Early Career Researcher Membrane Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 5-6 February 2018.
Quader, M. Abdul, Smart, Simon and Rufford, Thomas E. (2018). Techno-economic evaluation of multistage membrane combinations using three different materials to recover helium from natural gas. 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering – PSE 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, 1-5 July 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64241-7.50195-6
Rufford, Thomas E., Garg, Sahil , Li, Mengran , Li, Liye , Rudolph, Victor and Wang, Geoff (2018). Electrochemical CO2 reduction for the iron and steel making industry. HBIS-Northeastern University International Academic Conference, Shijiazhuang, China, 21-22 August 2018.
Rufford, Thomas E., Gao, Shuai , Arami-Niya, Arash , Villacorta, Byron S., Ge, Lei and Zhu, Zhonghua (2018). Methane adsorption on pitch derived activated carbon monoliths. 8th Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Sapporo, Japan, 3-6 September 2018.
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2018). Mitigating the failure of downhole pumps due to gas interference in coal seam gas wells. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25 October 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/191910-ms
Terzini Soares, Fabio, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas E., Steel, Karen and Rudolph, Victor (2018). Response of relative permeability to coal surface chemistry and effective pressure through steady-state flooding measurements using X-ray CT scanner and artificial Australian coal cores. InterPore 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA USA, 14-17 May 2018.
Bai, Tianhang, Chen, Zhongwei, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Rufford, Thomas (2017). Experimental study of impact of dewatering induced coal fines on coal permeability. 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2017. Reston, VA, United States: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi: 10.1061/9780784480779.141
Gao, Shuai, Villacorta, Byron S. , Ge, Lei , Rufford, Thomas E. and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017). Activated carbon foam discs with high compressive strength derived from mixture of mesophase pitch and coal. Carbon 2017, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23-28 July 2017.
Patel, Archana, Goh, Clarice, Towler, Brian, Rudolph, Victor and Rufford, Thomas E. (2016). Screening of nanoparticles to control clay swelling in coal bed methane wells. International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 November 2016. IPTC. doi: 10.2523/iptc-18713-ms
Niya, Arash Arami, Rufford, Thomas, Birkett, Greg and Zhu, Zhonghua (2016). Equilibrium capacity of He, N2 and CO2 on Ga-rich PST-1 zeolite at 303 K and pressures up to 5000 kPa. 12th International Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA12), Friedrichshafen, Germany, 29 May-3 June 2016.
Gao, Shuai, Villacorta Hernandez, Byron, Ge, Lei, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2016). Effect of hydrogen peroxide oxidation of carbon nanotube additives on the microstructure of pitch-derived activated carbon foam. Carbon 2016, Penn State University, 10-15 July 2016.
Arash Arami Niya, Zhu, Zhonghua and Rufford, Thomas (2016). CO2 adsorption on banana-peel derived hierarchical porous carbon foams. Carbon 2016, Penn State University, 10-15 July 2016.
Rufford, Thomas, Yangyang Wen, Wang, Lianzhou and Hulicova-Jurcakova, Denisa (2016). Nitrogen and phosphorous doped graphene nanosheets for supercapacitors. Curtin-UQ Workshop on Nanostructured Electromaterials for Energy, Perth, 18-19 January 2016.
Chua, Aaron, Rufford, Thomas, Arami-Niya, Arash, Rose, Erika and Gildfind, David (2016). Evaluation of a pressure-swing adsorption process for recovery of helium from a laboratory shock-tunnel facility. 12th International Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA12), Friedrichshafen, Germany, 29 May - 3 June 2016.
Sclierf, Michael and Rufford, Thomas E. (2016). A technical evaluation of hybrid membrane-absorption processes for acid gas removal. International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 November 2016. International Petroleum Technology Conference. doi: 10.2523/iptc-18732-ms
Shilo Mohoney, Rufford, Thomas, Anastasia Dmyterko, Rudolph, Victor and Karen Steel (2015). The effect of rank and lithotype on coal wettability and its application to coal relative permeability models. SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9-11 November 2015. Richardson, TX, United States: The Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/176870-MS
Firouzi,Mahshid, Towler, Brian and Rufford, Thomas (2015). Mechanistic modelling of counter-current slug flows in vertical annuli. SPE Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9-11 November 2015. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). doi: 10.2118/176885-MS
Arash Arami, Niya, Rufford, Thomas, Birkett, Greg and Zhu, Zhonghua (2015). High pressure adsorption measurement of helium and other gases on the type 4A zeolite. 7th Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Xiamen, China, 24-27 September 2015.
Saleman, Thomas L., Li, Gang (Kevin), Rufford, Thomas, Stanwix, Paul and May, Eric F. (2015). Capture of of low grade methane from nitrogen gas using dual-reflux pressure swing adsorption. 7th Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Xiamen, China, 24-27 September 2015.
Mohoney, Shilo, Rufford, Thomas, Rudolph, Victor and Steel, Karen (2015). The effect of coal rank on wettability and capillary pressure in a single cleat. International Conference on Coal Science and Technology, Melbourme, Australia, 27 September - 1 October 2015.
Ge, Lei, Khan, Charwarwan, Mohoney, Shilo, Rufford, Thomas and Rudolph, Victor (2015). Effects of effective stress changes on coal relative permeability. International Conference on Coal Science and Technology, Melbourme, Australia, 27 September - 1 October 2015.
Ge, Lei, Khan, Charwarwan, Rufford, Thomas E. and Rudolph, Victor (2015). Measurements of gas-liquid relative permeability of Queensland coals. AAPG Opportunities and Advancements in Coal Bed Methane in the Asia Pacific, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 12-13 February 2015. Tulsa, OK United States: Datapages.
Khan, Charwarwan, Ge, Lei, Mahoney, Shilo, Rufford, Tom, Rudolph, Victor, Steel, Karen, Towler, Brian and Honari, Vahab (2015). Coal bed methane reservoir simulation study. AAPG Opportunities and Advancements in Coal Bed Methane in the Asia Pacific, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 12-13 February 2015. Tulsa, OK United States: Datapages.
Mahoney, Shilo, Rudolph, Victor, Rufford, Thomas E., Steel, Karen, Yu, Kai and Rodrigues, Sandra (2015). Creation of micro channels in Bowen Basin coal using UV laser and reactive ion etching. AAPG Opportunities and Advancements in Coal Bed Methane in the Asia Pacific, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 12-13 February 2015. Tulsa, OK United States: Datapages.
Ge, Lei, Guenot, Laetitia, Rufford, Thomas and Mohoney, Shilo (2014). Controlling fines in coal seam gas wells using MgO nanoparticles. Energy Future Conference 2014, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 November 2014.
Patel, Archana, Shukla, Pradeep, Chen, Jiuling, Rufford, Thomas E., Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2013). Activity of mesoporous-MnOx (m-MnOx) and CuO/m-MnOx for catalytic reduction of NO with CO. 4th International Symposium on New Catalytic Materials, Cancun Mexico, 2013. Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.08.030
Rufford, Thomas (2013). Emerging technologies for nitrogen rejection to upgrade sub-quality gas reserves. FutureGas, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13-14 March 2013.
Rufford, Thomas E., Watson, Guillaume C. Y., Saleman, Thomas L, Hofman, Paul S., Jensen, Nathan K. J and May, Eric F. M (2013). Adsorption equilibria and kinetics of methane + nitrogen mixtures on the activated carbon Norit RB3. 2nd Workshop of the Nano4water Cluster, Chalkidiki, Greece, 24-25 April 2012. Washington, United States: American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/ie401831u
Patel, Archana, Shukla, Pradeep, Rufford, Thomas, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2011). Study of nitric oxide (NO) reduction with carbon monoxide (CO) as reducing agent over copper oxide supported on mesoporous alumina and manganese oxide. Chemeca 2011: Australasian, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 September 2011. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Patel, Archana, Rufford, Thomas E., Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2011). Selective catalytic reduction of NO by CO over CuO supported on SBA-15: Effect of CuO loading on the activity of catalysts. 2nd International Symposium on New Catalytic Materials, Cancun, Mexico, 16-20 August 2009. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.05.040
Rufford, Thomas, Jurcakova, Denisa, Cheng, Ching-Yuan, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gaoqing (2009). Supercapacitor electrodes of carbon derived from waste materials. International Green Energy NanoCarbon Conference 2009, Jeonju, South Korea, 3-6 November, 2009.
Patel, Archana, Rufford, Thomas, Chen, Jiuling, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2009). Mesoporous supported catalysts for NOx reduction. CHEMECA 2009, Perth, Western Australia, 27-30 September. Perth, Western Australia: Engineers Australia.
Rufford, T., Jurcakova, D., Fiset, E., Zhu, Z. and Lu, G. Q. (2009). Waste materials as precursors for supercapacitor electrodes. CHEMECA 2009, Perth, Australia, 27-30 September. Perth: Engineers Australia.
Lu, Gaoqing, Rufford, Thomas and Zhu, Zhonghua (2009). Mesoporous carbon from popcorn. ICONN 2008: International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 25-29 February 2008. Bristol, England: IOP Publishing.
Thomas Rufford, Denisa Hulicova-Jurcakova, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gaoqing (2008). Electrochemical energy storage in carbon from waste coffee grounds. ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials Annual Conference 2008, Gold Coast, Australia, 5-7 November 2008.
Rufford, Thomas, Takagi, Hideyuki, Zhu, Zhonghua, Hatori, Hiraoki and Lu, Gaoqing (2007). Magnesium loaded carbon for hydrogen adsorption. Nanostructures for Electronics Energy and Environment (NanoE3), Couran Cove, Qld, Australia, 23-28 September, 2007.
Rufford, Thomas, Zhu, Zhonghua and Lu, Gaoqing (2006). Mesoporous carbon fabricated with an alumina template. Australian National Science Graduates Conference, Manly, NSW, Australia, 26-28 May, 2006. Sydney, NSW, Australia: International College of Management.
Rufford, T. E., Zhu, Z. and Lu, G. Q. (2006). Technology options for onboard hydrogen storage. Perth, W.A.: Curtin University of Technology. doi: 10.1002/apj.5500140107

Thesis

Rufford, Thomas (2008). Mesoporous carbon materials for energy storage onboard electric vehicles. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/184527

Preprints

Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Duignan, Timothy T., Li, Mengran, Cartmill, Hayden, Maglaya, Irving, Burdyny, Thomas, Wang, Geoff GX and Rufford, Thomas E. (2023). Elucidating the effects of solvent-ionomer interactions on copper catalyst layers for CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products.
Garg, Sahil, Li, Mengran, Idros, Mohamed Nazmi, Wu, Yuming, Wang, Geoff and Rufford, Thomas (2021). Is maximising current density always the optimum strategy in electrolyser design for electrochemical CO2 conversion to chemicals?.

Research Reports

Rufford, T. E. , Maglaya, I. , Patel, Archana , Chen, Zhongwei and Ge, Lei (2021). LP160101531 Laboratory measurements of impact of Mg(OH)2 precipitation on permeability of coal cores. *:
Rufford, T. E. , Pate, A. , Chen, Z. and Ge, L. (2021). Technical advisor group update: Selective wellbore coatings to control fines damage in coal seam gas wells, including Mg(OH)2 precipitation. *:
Patel, Archana , Rufford, T. E. , Chen, Zhongwei and Ge, Lei (2020). Inhibition of mudstone swelling and breakage by Mg(OH)2 precipitation using MgCl2 and NaOH as precursors. July 2020 Progress Report. *:
Rufford, Thomas, Patel, Archana, Giroy, Jose, Ge, Lei, Rudolph, Victor and Towler, Brian (2018). CCSG1204 nanotechnologies to stabilise clays in coal seam gas producing wells. University of Queensland: UQ School of Chemical Enigneering.
Patel, Archana, Tom Rufford, Ge, Lei, Yao, Zheng, Rudolph, Victor and Towler, Brian (2017). Interim report stage 3 - CCSG1204 nanotechnologies to stabilise clays in coal seam gas producing wells. University of Queensland: UQ School of Chemical Engineering.