MSE Colloquium: Ryan O'Hare, Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

All dates for this event occur in the past.

Rm 207, 140 W. 19th Ave
140 W. 19th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
United States

Abstract

Electrochemistry is central to many current and emerging energy conversion technologies including batteries, fuel cells, photoelectrochemical systems, and membrane reactors. Recent research in the Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado, USA) is focused on developing new design paradigms and new physical insights into the materials that are used in a variety of these electrochemical energy conversion technologies. In this presentation, a number of our ongoing research efforts will be discussed, including the development of nitrogen-functionalized carbon support structures for direct methanol fuel cell catalysis(1-4), ceramic-based proton conducting fuel cell and electrolysis devices(5-7), and redox-active oxides for solar-thermal production of hydrogen from water(8). 

Bio

Professor Ryan O’Hayre directs the Advanced Energy Materials Laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines (http://materials.mines.edu/rc/aeml/index.html). His laboratory develops new materials and devices to enable alternative energy technologies including fuel cells and solar cells. Prof. O’Hayre is lead author of Fuel Cell Fundamentals, the world’s best-selling textbook on the subject of fuel cell science and technology (translated into both Chinese and Korean) and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in the field as well as several patents and book chapters. He has received several young-investigator research and teaching honors including the Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (2012-13), The ASM Bradley Staughton Award, 20011 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, and the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), the US’s top honor for early-career scientists and engineers. He collaborates with a number of National Labs and international Universities, including the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak-Ridge National Laboratory, Risoe-DTU in Denmark, and DICP in China.

1. P. Joghee, S. Pylypenko, K. Wood, G. Bender, R. O’Hayre, “High performance alkaline direct methanol fuel cell employing a nitrogen post-doped PtRu/C anode”, ChemSusChem 7, 1854-1857 (2014). 
2. K. Wood, R. O’Hayre, S. Pylypenko, “Recent Progress on Nitrogen/Carbon Structures Designed for Energy and Sustainability Applications”, Energy and Environmental Science, 7(4), 1212-1249 (2014).
3. April R. Corpuz, Kevin N. Wood, Svitlana Pylypenko, Arrelaine Dameron, Prabhuram Joghee, Tim Olson, Guido Bender, Huyen Dinh, Thomas Gennett, Ryan Richards, Ryan O’Hayre, “Effect of Nitrogen Post-Doping on a Commercial Platinum-Ruthenium/Carbon Anode Catalyst”, J. Power Sources, 248, 296-306 (2014). 
4. A. R. Corpuz, T.S. Olson, P. Joghee, S. Pylypenko, A. A. Dameron, H. N. Dinh, K. J. O'Neill, K. E. Hurst, G. Bender, T. Gennett, B. S. Pivovar, R. M. Richards, R. P. O'Hayre, “Effect of a nitrogen-doped PtRu/carbon anode catalyst on the durability of a direct methanol fuel cell”, J. Power Sources, 217, 142 (2012)
5. S. Nikodemski, J. Tong, R. O’Hayre, “Solid-state reactive sintering for proton conducting ceramics”, Solid State Ionics, 253, 201-210 (2013).
6. C. Duan, J. Tong, M. Sheng, S. Nikodemski, M. Sanders, S. Ricote, A. Almansoori, R. O’Hayre, “Readily processed protonic ceramic fuel cells with high performance at low temperatures”, Science, July 23rd, 2015
7. M. Shang, J. Tong, and R. O’Hayre, “A promising cathode for intermediate temperature protonic ceramic fuel cells: BaCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.2O3-δ”, RSC Advances, 3, 15769-15775 (2013). 
8. A.H. McDaniel, E.C. Miller, D.Arifin, A. Ambrosini, E.N. Coker, R. O’Hayre, W.C. Chueh, and J. Tong, “Sr- and Mn-doped LaAlO3-δ for Solar Thermochemical H2 and CO Production”, Energy and Environmental Science, 6, 2424-2428, (2013).