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Congratulations to Nate Leonard, who on Tuesday defended his dissertation titled “Non-Precious Metal Catalysis for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”. Nate has done an excellent job on materials characterization and modeling, with two papers published,[1][2] and one more on the way. Great … Continue reading →

It was a small but fun dinner in honor of Josh Gallaway who visited MSU for the CHEMS Seminar. Thanks to Josh, Leena, and Hao for traveling so far!

This week, Nate and Cenk are at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Fuel Cells. This is a great meeting where researchers from all over the world come together to share research results and insigts in the morning and evenings, … Continue reading →

A new paper by Dr. Hanzi Li is now available, describing a new method for preparation of NADH oxidizing electrodes for biosensor, bioreactor, and biofuel cell applications.

Update: this position has been filled. Thank you for your interest!   A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the area of non-precious metal catalysis of oxygen reduction for fuel cells. Candidates with strong backgrounds in synthesis of catalysts and … Continue reading →

UPDATE: These positions have been filled. Thank you for your interest! We have two undergraduate research positions available immediately. The research area is sythesis and characterization of non-precious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction in fuel cells. Apply here!

Gregor Osterwinter visited us for a month to combine photo-crosslinkable redox mediators with nanotube support layers. Gregor is a graduate student at Freiburg IMTEK, where he works with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe. He did some nice work with us, and we learned a … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Hao Wen, who defended his dissertation titled “Multiscale Porous Fuel Cell Electrodes” on Wednesday.  Hao did an excellent job, and will be very soon moving on to a position at Ford in battery R&D.  Well done, Dr. Wen! … Continue reading →

A great new website from Fuel Cells 2000* chock full of information on fuel cells, from technical basics, to manufacturers and products. Highly recommended for fuel cell newbies * Isn’t that name a little dated?

Hao Wen and Hanzi Li got a taste of postgraduate life by walking in Spring Commencement this week.  Hao will be defending his dissertation in late May, and Hanzi should finish sometime in 2012, so it made sense to walk … Continue reading →