About:
Derek Hall is the program lead and assistant teaching 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 Ph.D. work focused on the development of an electrochemical energy conversion process for producing hydrogen gas within a thermochemical cycle for the Argonne National Laboratory, and his postdoctoral work involved validating 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 study of liquid-solid interfaces. He has contributed more than twenty academic publications and several industry reports.
Effects of Surface Functionalization on the Performance of Carbon-Based Electrodes for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Applications.
Funding Source: Morgan Advanced Materials
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Semih Eser, Serguei Lvov
Development of an All-Aqueous Thermally Regenerative Redox Flow Battery to Support Fossil Fuel Assets.
Funding Source: Department of Energy
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): Matthew Rau, Bruce Logan, 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
A Critical Assessment of Chemistry Action Level Limits for Chloride and Sulfate in Simulated Boiler Water Using Electrochemical Techniques.
Funding Source: Electric Power Research Institute.
Role: Principal Investigator
Collaborator(s): 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.R. Cross, M.J. Rau, S.N. Lvov, C.A. Gorski, B.E. Logan, D.M. Hall. (2022). Discharge performance tradeoffs in the all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery. Journal of Power Sources. 531, 231339.
- L. Shi, X. Bi, E. Newcomer, D.M. Hall, C.A. Gorski, A. Galal, B.E. Logan. (2022). Co-precipitation synthesis control for sodium ion adsorption capacity and cycle life of copper hexacyanoferrate electrodes in battery electrode deionization. Chemical Engineering Journal. 135001.
- D.M. Hall, S.N. Lvov, I.K. Gamwo, (2022). Prediction of Barium Sulfate Deposition in Petroleum and Hydrothermal Systems, In Solid-Liquid Separation Technologies: Application for Produced Water, ed. O. I. Ogunsola, and I. K. Gamwo, 355–403. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
- R. Springer, N.R. Cross, S.N. Lvov, B.E. Logan, C.A. Gorski, D.M. Hall. (2021). An all-aqueous thermally regenerative ammonia battery chemistry using Cu(I, II) redox reactions, J. Electrochem. Soc. 168. 070523.
- Y Cheng, D.M. Hall, J. Boualavong, R.J. Hickey, S.N. Lvov, C.A. Gorski. (2021). Influence of hydrotropes on the solubilities and diffusivities of redox-active organic compounds for aqueous flow batteries. ACS OMEGA. 6, 45, 30800–30810
- R. Rossi, D.M. Hall, L. Shi, N. Cross, C.A. Gorski, M.A. Hickner, B.E. Logan. (2021). Using a vapor-fed anode and saline catholyte to manage ion transport in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer. Energy & Environmental Science. 14 (11), 6041-6049
- T. S. Duffy, D.M. Hall, M. Ziomek-Moroz, S. N. Lvov. (2021). Monitoring X65 Steel Internal Corrosion in Humidified N2 containing H2S using Membrane-based Electrochemical Sensors. Corrosion 77 (6) 593-599.
- 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.