PUBLICATIONS
Research journal publications (*first author articles)
A nature-inspired solution for water management in flow fields for electrochemical devices
Nature-inspired chemical engineering approach to solving flooding issues in electrochemical devices - lizard skin
Up in smoke: Considerations for lithium-ion batteries in disposable e-cigarettes
Rechargable Li-ion battery cells are widely used in single-use e-cigarettes, although they have a capability of cycling over 700 times. Impact failure of the battery reaches 500 C. The disposal represents a huge waste of resources.
Nonuniform compensation of current density distribution in polymer electrolyte fuel cells by local heating
Development of a 4D high-speed neutron imaging technique for imaging water distribution in a PEFC
Effect of an easy-to-implement water management strategy on peformance and degradation of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Intermittent switching between dry and wet gas during operation to improve performance stability.
Electrochemical recovery of lithium-ion battery materials from molten salts by microstructural characterisation using X-ray imaging
Study looking at the recovery of cobalt in battery materials using molten salt electrolysis as a method to recycle battery materials.
High-speed 4D neutron computed tomography for quantifying water dynamics in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Development of a 4D high-speed neutron imaging technique for imaging water distribution in a PEFC
Engineering catalyst layers for next-generation polymer electrolyte fuel cells: A review of design, materials and methods
Comprehensive review
Multi-length scale characterisation of compression on metal foam flow-field based fuel cells using X-ray computed tomography and neutron radiography
Compression process decreases pore size and narrows PSD of metal foams. Facilitates effective water removal due to high pressure drop.
Effect of reactant gas flow orientation on the current and temperature distribution in self-heating polymer electrolyte fuel cells (*)
Self-heating in unheated PEFCs increases cell temperature and recovers voltage. Temperature distributions form by uneven current, reactant and water distributions. A uniform temperature distribution could minimise performance degradation over time.
Microstructural evolution of battery electrodes during calendaring
Electrode with coarse architecture is prone to self-arrangement under calendaring. Calendaring exacerbates reaction heterogeneity and underutilisation of capacity.
Use of X-ray computed tomography for understanding localised, along-the-channel degradation of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Combined miniature fuel cell and X-ray CT. Significant regional variation in the extent of cathode degradation. Fuel cell carbon corrosion ASTs do not age electrodes homogeneously.
Rapid preparation of geometrically optimal battery electrode samples for nano scale X-ray characterisation
Novel laser-milling technique to prepare geometrically optimal samples for X-ray nano-tomography.
Characterisation of water management in metal foam flow-field based polymer electrolyte fuel cells using in-operando neutron radiography
Metal foam flow field enhances the uniformity in water distribution and is more tolerant to dehydration. Susceptible to flooding at low current density.
Effect of extended short-circuting in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Catalyst durability, performance, TEM and XPS analysis of short-circuiting when used as an operational strategy to maintain PEFC temperature, hydration and performance.
A novel polymer electrolyte fuel cell flow-field: The through-plane array
Novel flow field concept for PEFC. Micro-hole array allows gas to exit under lands. Lower backpressure than parallel or serpentine designs.
Effect of cell compression on the water dynamics of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell using in-plane and through-plane in-operando neutron radiography
Neutron radiography and X-ray CT study of PEFC compression.
Water distribution mapping in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using lock-in thermography (*)
New diagnostic technique using frequency variation thermal imaging to map the water distribution and sub-surface structure of the PEFC. Technique can be applied to any object, not just fuel cells, to image the internal structure.
Adjusted method to calculate an electric wheelchair power cycle: fuel cell implementation example (*)
Microtrip methodology to estimate power consumption of power wheelchair. Drive and power cycles. 160W FC for 521 km electric range and reduced lead-acid battery pack mass by 88%.
Effect of compression on the water management of polymer electrolyte fuel cells: An in-operando neutron radiography study
Mechanical compression effect on water management. Increased compression leads to larger water droplet build-up.
Investigation of water generation and accumulation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using hydro-electrochemical impedance imaging
New diagnostic technique applied to water management in PEFCs.
A lung-inspired printed circuit board polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Layer-wise PCB-based fractal lung-inspired cathode flow field. Cost effective and light weight method of fractal flow field development. Enhanced performance over serpentine flow field over a range of operating conditions and improved water management.
Design of experiments to generate a fuel cell electro-thermal performance map and optimise transitional pathways (*)
Air-cooled, open-cathode PEFC. Electro-thermal maps. Design of experiments (DoE)
Integration of supercapacitors into printed circuit boards
Supercapacitor embedding in PCB design for flexible power systems. Proof-of-concept using commercial carbons in aqueous and all-solid state devices. High volumetric energy density of 0.5 mW cm-3 in all-solid state devices. Potential integration with established low-cost PCB fuel cells.
© Copyright SSR Systems Engineering Ltd - All rights reserved
