Sponsors

Federal Agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF); Office of Energy Science (OES) - Department of Energy (DoE); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Office of Naval Research (ONR); Army Research Office (ARO)- Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);

National Labs: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL);

Non-profit Organizations: American Chemical Society (ACS) - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF); Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Gas Research Institute (GRI); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC);

Industries: Toyota Technology Center/Toyota Motor Company; Shell Chemical; MicroCoating Technologies; Samsung Display Devices; Gazillion Bits; Symphonic Optical Technologies; Reactive Energy; Johnson Electromechanical Systems; Engelhard Corporation; Caleb Technology Corporation; Kimberly-Clark; Ceramatec; Eka Nobel Chemicals; Cummins Engine Company; Elkem

Current Research Projects

1. Theory, Investigation, and Stability of Cathode Electrocatalytic Activity, DOE-SECA

2. Understanding the Interfacial Structure-Chemistry Relationships in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, DOE

3. EFRC: Science Based Nano-Structure Design and Synthesis of Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Systems, DOE-BES

4. Materials for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

5. Membrane for Hydrogen Separation, DOE

6. General Support for Fuel Cell Research

Prior Grants And Contracts

7. Characterization of Atomic and Electronic Structure of Electrochemically Active SOFC Cathode Surfaces (DoE-UCR, 3/2006-8/2009)

8. Sulfur-Tolerant Anodes for SOFCs  (DoE/NETL, SECA Core Technology Program, 2005-2009)

9. Proton Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells (Toyota, 2003-2008)

10.  Functionally Graded Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (DOE/NETL, SECA Core Technology Program, 2002-2008)

11. NSF Industry/University Corporative Research Center – Fuel Cells (NSF, 2005-2008)

12. Novel Electrolyte Membranes for a New Generation of SOFCs (Nissan Motor Company, 2005-2008)

13. Advanced Fuel Cells for Aerospace Power Generation (NASA-URETI, with Dr. Parekh of GTRI, 2002-2007)

14. Quantitative Characterization of Cr Poisoning of Cathode Activity (DOE/NETL, SECA Core Technology Program, 2006-2007)

15. Probing and Mapping Interfacial Reactions in SOFCs Using Raman spectroscopy, FTIR Emission Spectroscopy, Impedance Spectroscopy, and Mass Spectrometry (DURIP/ARO)

16. Nanostructured Composite Electrodes for Lithium Batteries (DoE, Basic Energy Science Program, with Dr. J. Gole of Physics)

17. Hybrid Metal/Electrolyte Monolithic Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (DARPA/DSO, Palm Power Program, with Drs. J. Cochran, J. Lee, D. McDowell, and T. Sanders)

18. Novel Materials for Low-Temperature SOFCs (NETL/DoE, University Coal Program)

19. Cathode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries (Samsung)

20. Nanostructured Solid-State Power Capacitors (MicroCoating Technologies/Navy)

21. SOFCs Powered by Sour Natural Gas (Shell Chemical)

22. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using H₂S as Fuel (NSF, with Dr. J. Winnick of Ch.E.)

23. Development of Ceramic Membranes for Hydrogen Separation (ANL)

24. Novel Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems (Reactive Energy)

25. Nanostructured Porous Electrodes Fabricated by CCVD (MicroCoating Technologies/DoE)

26. Development of Electrodes for H₂S removal (ONR, with Dr. J. Winnick of Ch.E.)

27. Preparation of Transparent Conducting Coatings (Symphonic Optical Technologies, Inc.)

28. Preparation and Characterization of Mesoporous Eletrodes for Solid State Ionic Devices (NSF, Division of Chemical &Transport Systems)

29. Preparation of Transparent Conducting Metal Oxide Coatings Using a Sol-Gel Peocess (Gazillion Bits, Inc.)

30. Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium Batteries (American Chemical Society - PRF)

31. Modeling and Design of Mixed-Conducting Electrodes for SOFCs (ORNL)

32. NSF Young Investigator Award (NSF, Division of Materials Research)

33. Ceramic Membranes for Methane Conversion and SOFCs (NSF, Division of Chemical &Transport Systems)

34. All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries (Caleb)

35. High-Selectivity Gas Sensors (NASA - Lewis Research Center)

36. Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award (GTRC)

37. Thin-Film Oxygen Sensors (Engelhard)

38. Focused Research Program in Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical and Catalytic Applications, GTRC, M. Liu (PI), L. Bottomley, W. Rees, A. Saxena, N. Thadhani, Z. L. Wang, M. White, and J. Winnick.

39. Development of BaCeO₃ Based Materials for Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (EPRI)

40. Synthesis, processing , & characterization of ceramic membranes for hydrogen separation (ANL)

41. Development of Rubbery Electrolytes for Thin-Film Batteries (NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

42. Development of Mixed-Conducting Ceramic Membranes (Ceramatec)

43. Interdisciplinary Research on Chemical Sensors, GTRC, M. Liu (PI) and M. White (Co-PI)

44. Multifunctional Sensors for Combustion Control (GRI)

45. Mixed Conductors for Oxygen Separation (GRI and EPRI)

46. Electrochemical Removal of NO_x from Engine Exhaust Using Ceramic Catalysts (DoE and Cummins Engine Company)

47. Salt-Splitting Using Ceramic Membranes (Eka Nobel Chemicals)

48. Process Development of Prototype Oxygen-Separation Devices Based on Mixed-Conductor Tubes (GRI)

49. Thermoelectric Generators Based on Solid Electrolytes (ONR through University of Utah)

50. Sodium Sensors Based on Ceramic Membranes (Elkem)

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