EME Faculty
Serguei N. Lvov |
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Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering |
| office: | 207 Hosler Building | |
| phone: | 814-863-8377 | |
| email: | lvov@psu.edu | |
| fax: | 814-865-3248 |
Selected Publications
- Rodriguez-Santiago V, Fedkin M.V., and Lvov S.N. Electrophoresis System for High Temperature Mobility Measurements of Nanosize Particles, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2008, 79, 093302.
- Zhou Z.F., Chalkova E., and Lvov S.N. Hydrothermal deposition of zirconia coatings on pre-oxidized BWR structural materials, J.Nuclear Materials, 2008, 378, 229-237
- Zhou Z. F., Kumar, R., Thakur S. T., Rudnick L. R., Schobert H., and Lvov S. N. Direct Oxidation of Waste Vegetable Oil in Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells, J.Power Sources, 2007, 171, 856-860.
- Chalkova E., Fedkin M. V., Komarneni S., and Lvov S. N., Nafion/Zirconium Phosphate Composite Membranes for PEMFC Operating at up to 120oC and Down to 13% RH. J. Electrochemical Soc., 2007, 154, B288-B295.
- Gong Y., Yeboah Y.D., Lvov S.N., Balashov V., and Wang Z., Fe-Modified, Pt-Based Cathodic Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction with Enhanced Methanol Tolerance, J. Electrochemical Soc., 2007, 154, B560-B565.
- Engelhardt G. R., Biswas R., Ahmed Z., Lvov S. N., Macdonald. D. D., The Use of Channel Flow Cells for Electrochemical Kinetic Studies in High Temperature Aqueous Solutions, Electrochim. Acta, 2007, 52, 4124-4131.
- Lvov S.N., Electrochemical Techniques for Studying High Temperature Subcritical and Supercritical Aqueous Systems, in "Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry" (A. Bard, M. Stratmann, D.D. Macdonald, and P. Schmuki Eds.), Vol. 5, 2007, Wiley-VCH, pp. 723-747.
Recent Activities and Awards
Professional Services
- Director of the EMS Energy Institute's Electrochemical Laboratory at Penn State (http://www.energy.psu.edu/elc/)
- Director of DOE NERI Consortium on "Advanced Electrochemical Technologies for Hydrogen Production by Alternative Thermochemical Cycles" (http://www.energy.psu.edu/neri-c/)
- Member of a DOE Working Group on "High Temperature Proton Exchange Membranes"
- Member of the ASME Committee on "Water and Steam in Thermal Systems"
- Member of the Electrochemical Society
Research Interests
- Electrochemical energy conversion in fuel cells and electrolyzers
- Electrochemical thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport
- Electrochemical catalysis and corrosion
- Thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and surface chemistry in high-temperature systems