Research Interests

• 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)