Dr. Ariful Hoque

Electrocatalyst design for PEMFCs

• Synthesis of heteroatom doped ghraphene/CNT supports
• Synthesis of advanced Pt morphologies, i.e. Pt nanowires/nanotubes/nanoplates
• MEA fabrication including electrode synthesis involving durability and efficiency analysis

Articles

Fu X., Zamani P., Choi J-. Y., Hassan F. M., Jiang G., Higgins D., Zhang Y., Hoque M. A., and Chen Z. (2017): In situ polymer graphenization ingrained with nanoporosity in a nitrogenous electrocatalyst boosting the performance of polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells. Advanced Materials 29 (7): 1604456.

Xu C., Hoque M. A., Chiu G., Sung T., and Chen Z. (2016): Stabilization of platinum-nickel alloy nanoparticles with a sulfur-doped grapheme support in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. RSC Advances 6(113): 112226-112231.

Zamani P., Higgins D., Hassan F. M., Fu X., Choi J-. Y., Hoque M. A., and Chen Z. (2016): Highly active and porous nanoribbon graphenes encapsulating carbon nanotubes as non-precious oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for hydrogen-air fuel cell. Nano Energy 26: 267-275.

Fu J., Hassan F. M., Li J., Lee D. U., Ghannoum A. R., Lui G., Hoque M. A., and Chen Z. (2016): Flexible rechargeable zinc-air batteries through morphological emulsion of human air array. Advanced Materials 28 (30): 6421-6428.

Fu X., Higgins D., Choi J-. Y., Zamani P., Jiang G., Hoque M. A., Hassan F. M., and Chen Z. (2016): Co-N decorated hierarchically porous graphene aerogel for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in acid. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 8(10): 6488-6495.

Hoque M. A., Hassan F. M., Choi J-. Y., Pritzker M., Knight S., Ye S., and Chen Z. (2016): Optimization of sulfur doped graphene as an emerging platinum nanowires support for oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Energy 19: 27-38.

Wang X., Li G., Seo M. H., Hassan F. M., Hoque M. A., and Chen, Z. (2015) Sulfur Atoms Bridging Few-Layered MoS2 with S-doped Graphene Enables Highly Robust Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials 5 (23): 1501106.  

Wang R., Higgins D. C., Prabhudev S., Lee D. U., Choi J-. Y., Hoque M. A., Botton G., and Chen Z. 2015: Synthesis and structural evolution of Pt nanotubular skeletons: revealing the source of the instability of nanostructured electrocatalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3: 12663-12671. 

Higgins D. C., Hassan F. M., Seo M. H., Choi J-. Y., Hoque M. A., Lee D. U., and Chen Z. (2015): Shape-controlled octahedral cobalt disulfide nanoparticles supported on nitrogen and sulfur-doped graphene/carbon nanotube composites for oxygen reduction in acidic electrolyte. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3: 6340-6350.

Hoque M. A., Hassan F. M., Higgins D., Choi J-. Y., Pritzker M., Knight S., Ye S., and Chen Z. (2015): Multigrain platinum nanowires consisting of oriented nanoparticles anchored on sulfur-doped graphene as a highly active and durable oxygen reduction electrocatalyst. Advanced Materials 27 (7) 1229-1234.

Higgins D. C., Wang R., Hoque M. A., Zamani P., Abureden S., and Chen Z. (2014): Morphology and composition controlled platinum-cobalt alloy nanowires prepared by electrospinning as oxygen reduction catalyst. Nano Energy 10: 135-143. 

Higgins D. C., Hoque M. A., Hassan F. M., Choi J-. Y., Kim B.-J., and Chen Z. (2014): Oxygen Reduction on Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Composites Doped Sequentially with Nitrogen and Sulfur. ACS Catalysis 4: 2734-2740. 

Hoque M. A., and Kim K. (2014): Stability of Pd-Pt/CeZrO2-Al2O3 catalyst in combustion of SOFC stack flue gas. The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 31 (8): 1316-1320.

Higgins D. C.†, Hoque M. A.†, (†equal contribution) Seo M. H., Wang R., Hassan F., Choi J-. Y., Pritzker M., Yu A., Zhang J., and Chen Z. (2014): Development and Simulation of Sulfur-doped Graphene Supported Platinum with Exemplary Stability and Activity Towards Oxygen Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials 24: 4325-4336.

Hoque M. A., Higgins D., Hassan F. M., Choi J-. Y., Pritzker M., and Chen Z. (2014): Tin oxide - mesoporous carbon composites as platinum catalyst supports for ethanol oxidation and oxygen reduction. Electrochimica Acta 121:421-427. 

Wang R., Higgins D. C., Hoque M. A., Lee D. U., Hassan F., and Chen Z. W. (2013): Controlled Growth of Platinum Nanowire Arrays on Sulfur Doped Graphene as High Performance Electrocatalyst. Scientific Reports 3: 2431. 

Hoque M. A., Lee S-B., Park N-K., and Kim K. (2012): Pd-Pt bimetallic catalysts for combustion of SOFC stack flue gas. Catalysis Today 185: 66-72.

Oral/Poster Presentations

Hoque M. A., Choi J-. Y., Jiang G., Higgins D., and Chen Z. (2015): Advanced electrocatalysts for PEMFCs applications. (Catalysis research for polymer electrolyte fuel cells-Oral)  

Hoque M. A., Choi J-. Y., Jiang G., and Chen, Z. (2015): Sulfur doped graphene/CNTs supported platinum nanowires for PEMFCs durability. (Catalysis research for polymer electrolyte fuel cells-poster)  

Hoque M. A., Hassan F. M., and Chen Z. (2014): Supported platinum nanostructured catalysts as potential electrode materials to advance PEMFCs performance. (64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference-Poster)

Hoque M. A., Choi J-. Y., and Chen Z. (2014): Advanced cathode electrocatalysts for PEMFCs. (Catalysis research for polymer electrolyte fuel cells-Poster)

Choi J-. Y., Jiang G., Higgins D., Hoque M. A., Wu J., Zamani P., and Chen Z. (2014): Advanced low Pt and non-PGM catalysts for PEMFCs. (Catalysis research for polymer electrolyte fuel cells-Oral) 

Hoque M. A., Lee S-B., Park N-K., and Kim K. (2011): Pd-Pt bimetallic catalysts for combustion of SOFC stack flue gas. The 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis, South Korea (Oral)