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Agnes E. Thorarinsdottir
University of Rochester
Agnes E. Thorarinsdottir was born and raised in Iceland and graduated with a BS in chemistry from the University of Iceland in 2015. She then moved to the US to pursue her doctoral studies and graduated with PhD in chemistry from Northwestern University in 2020. At Northwestern, Agnes worked under the supervision of T. David Harris. Her doctoral work focused on manipulating the electronic structure of transition metal-based molecular compounds to design bioresponsive magnetic resonance imaging probes and to elucidate design principles for molecule-based magnets with high operating temperatures. In 2020, Agnes moved to Cambridge, MA, to join the research group of Daniel Nocera at Harvard University. As a Harvard University Center for the Environment Postdoctoral Fellow, her work in the Nocera group centered on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems that address current challenges in energy. She spearheaded a collaborative effort between the Nocera and Mason groups at Harvard to study the effects of microporous water on electrocatalytic reactions of energy relevance. Agnes started her independent career in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester in July 2023. The Thorarinsdottir group combines expertise in synthetic molecular and materials chemistry and electrochemistry to design new electrochemical systems with advanced properties for applications in energy and catalysis.
Zhifei Yan
Harvard University
Zhifei Yan obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021. At UPenn, he worked on renewable energy storage under the guidance of Professor Thomas E. Mallouk. His doctoral work specifically focuses on mass transport management in complex electrochemical systems, including water/CO2 electrolyzers, alkaline fuel cells, and acid-base redox flow batteries. Zhifei is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Professor Daniel G. Nocera at Harvard University. His research in the Nocera group explores charge transfer kinetics and transport phenomena involved in the electrochemical anodic oxidation processes.
Collection Overview
Replacing fossil fuel-based energy with renewable sources is a transition that society needs to make to meet future energy demand and simultaneously combat climate change. Coupling renewable energy sources with electrochemical catalysis provides a promising path to carbon-neutral fuels and chemicals, especially when the necessary reducing equivalents and protons are harvested from water. Accordingly, the development of highly active and stable electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for reactions of energy relevance, such as the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for achieving sustainable energy systems based primarily on renewable energy.
This Methods Collection aims to provide a comprehensive state of the art protocol resource for studying electrocatalysts that catalyze reactions of energy relevance under both low-temperature (e.g., using ambient temperature electrolysis flow cell) and high-temperature (e.g., using solid oxide electrolysis cell) conditions, with a special emphasis on electrochemical characterization methods. Additional characterization techniques (e.g., electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques) and protocols for cell assembly will also be covered.
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Hydrogen Production and Utilization in a Membrane Reactor
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