About:
Derek Hall is the Program Lead and non-tenure line Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering. He is also an ORISE Faculty Fellow for the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Prior to joining the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, he was an Assistant Research Professor for the Earth and Mineral Sciences Energy Institute. His PhD work focused on the development of a novel electrochemical energy conversion process for producing hydrogen gas within a thermochemical cycle for the Argonne National Laboratory, and his postdoctoral work involved validating novel water chemistry programs for power generation units using electrochemical methodologies for the Electric Power Research Institute, and the development of a new standard Gibbs energy model for aqueous species for hydrothermal systems above and below the critical point of water. Dr. Hall’s research interests include electrochemical energy conversion systems, electrochemical sensors and the thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions. He has contributed to several EPRI technical reports and more than twenty academic publications.
A Critical Assessment of Chemistry Action Level Limits for Chloride and Sulfate in Simulated Boiler Water Using Electrochemical Techniques.
Funding: Electric Power Research Institute.
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Serguei Lvov
New Low-Cost Flow Battery Chemistries via Ligand-Enhanced Redox Reactions.
Funding: Materials for Enhancing Energy and Environmental Stewardship Seed Grant Program, Penn State.
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Christopher Gorski, Serguei Lvov
Improving the Performance of Grid-Scale Batteries by Developing Advanced Carbon Electrocatalysts.
Funding: EMS Sustainability Fund, Penn State
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Ljubisa Radovic, Serguei Lvov
Increasing Power Densities and Cycle Efficiencies of Novel, Thermally-Charged Flow Batteries Using Advanced Flow Cell Topologies.
Funding: Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grant Program, Penn State.
Role: co-Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Bruce Logan, Matthew Rau, Serguei Lvov
Miniaturized and Cost-Effective Membrane-Coated Electrochemical Sensors for Corrosion and Environmental Monitoring in Natural Gas Pipelines.
Funding: Department of Energy
Role: Research Associate
Collaborator(s): Serguei Lvov
- N. Cross, D.M. Hall, S. Lvov, B. Logan, M. Rau, (2021). The Impact of Fiber Arrangement and Advective Transport in Porous Electrodes for Silver-Based Thermally Regenerated Batteries, Electrochim. Acta.
- D.M. Hall, S.N. Lvov, I.K. Gamwo, (2021). Prediction of Barium Sulfate Deposition in Petroleum and Hydrothermal Systems, in: Solid–Liquid Sep. Technol. Appl. Prod. Water, CRC Press Taylor & Francis.
- T. Duffy, D.M. Hall, M. Ziomek-Moroz, S. Lvov, (2021). Monitoring X65 Steel Internal Corrosion in Humidified N2 containing H2S using Membrane-based Electrochemical Sensors, Corrosion.
- L. Shi, R. Rossi, M. Son, D.M. Hall, M.A. Hickner, C.A. Gorski, B.E. Logan, (2020) Using reverse osmosis membranes to control ion transport during water electrolysis, Energy Environ. Sci. 13, 3138–3148.
- R. Rossi, D.M. Hall, X. Wang, J.M. Regan, B.E. Logan, (2020). Quantifying the factors limiting performance and rates in microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis combined with electrical impedance spectroscopy, Electrochim. Acta. 348, 136330.
- D.M. Hall, J. Grenier, T.S. Duffy, S.N. Lvov, (2020). The Energy Storage Density of Redox Flow Battery Chemistries: A Thermodynamic Analysis, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167 110536.
- T. Duffy, B. Raman, D. M. Hall, M. Machesky, R. Johns, S. Lvov. (2019). Experimentation and Modeling of Surface Chemistry of The Silica-Water Interface for Low Salinity Waterflooding at Elevated Temperatures. Colloids and Surfaces A, 570. 233-243.
- D. M. Hall, T. Duffy, M. Ziomek-Moroz, & S. N. Lvov. (2019). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Finite Element Analysis Modeling of a 4-Electrode Humidity Sensor for Natural Gas Transportation Pipelines. Review of Scientific Instruments. 90. 1-9
- R. Feng, J. Beck, D. M. Hall, A. Buyuksagis, M. Ziomek-Moroz & S. N. Lvov. (2018). Effects of CO2 and H2S on Corrosion of Martensitic Steels in NaCl at Low Temperature. Corrosion, 74. (3) 276-287.
- S. N. Lvov, D. M. Hall, A. Bandura, & I. Gamwo. (2018). A Semi-Empirical Molecular Statistical Thermodynamic Model for Calculating Standard Molar Gibbs Energies of Aqueous Species Above and Below the Critical Point of Water. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 270. 62-73.
- J. Beck, D. M. Hall, M. Ziomek-Moroz, & S. N. Lvov. (2017). Membrane-Coated Electrochemical Sensor for Corrosion Monitoring in Natural Gas Pipelines. Sensors & Transducers. 214 (7). 28–33.
- D. M. Hall, J. Beck, E. Brand, M. Ziomek-Moroz, & S. N. Lvov. (2016). Copper-Copper Sulfate Reference Electrode (CSE) for Operating in High Temperature Aqueous Environments. Electrochimica Acta. 221. 96-106.
- B. Raman, D. M. Hall, S. Shulder, M. Caravaggio, & S. N. Lvov. (2016). An Experimental Study of Deposition of Suspended Magnetite in High Temperature-High Pressure Boiler Type Environments. Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochemical Engineering Aspects. 508. 48–56.
- D. M. Hall, & S. N. Lvov. (2016). Modeling a CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer using Thermodynamics and Electrochemical Kinetics. Electrochimica Acta. 190, 1167-1174.
- S. Khurana, D. M. Hall, R. Schatz, M. Fedkin, & S. N. Lvov. (2015). State-of-health of a CuCl Electrolyzer during a 168-h Test. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 40. 62–69.
- D. M. Hall, J. Beck, & S. N. Lvov. (2015). Electrochemical Kinetics of the Hydrogen Reaction on Platinum in Concentrated HCl(aq). Electrochemistry Communications. 57. 74-77.
- D. M. Hall, E. LaRow, R. Schatz, J. Beck, & S. N. Lvov. (2015). Electrochemical Kinetics of CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production via a Cu-Cl Thermochemical Cycle, Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 1, F108-F114.
- S. Khurana, D. M. Hall, R. Schatz, & S. N. Lvov. (2015). Effect of Clamping Pressure and Temperature on the Performance of a CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer. ECS Electrochemistry Letters. 4. F21–F23.
- D. M. Hall, N. Akinfiev, E. LaRow, R. Schatz, & S. N. Lvov. (2014). Thermodynamics and Efficiency of a CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer. Electrochimica Acta. 143. 70-82.
- D. Chandra, C. Conrad, D. M. Hall, N. Montebello, A. Weiner, S. Pisupati, U. Turaga, G. Izadi, A. Mohan & D. Elsworth. (2012). Pairing Integrated Gasification and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in Semiarid Environments. Energy and Fuels. 26. 7378–7389.