Ceramic and ceramic-metal composite materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage via solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC)/solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC)
Advanced structural ceramics synthesis, processing, and characterization
Mechanism study of functional ceramic materials including their degradation under harsh environment through in situ characterization techniques
Current Research Topics
Fundamental study on hydrogen oxidation reaction and related anode materials for intermediate temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (Ph.D. student Md Shariful Sozal and Wenhao Li)
Novel synthesis, processing, and fundamental mechanism study of multi-component high temperature and ultrahigh temperature ceramics (Ph.D. student Suprabha Das and Amirali Eskandariyun)