Noncarbon Support Materials for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cr100060r

Yan-Jie Wang†‡, David P. Wilkinson*†‡, and Jiujun Zhang*‡

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada

Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada

Chem. Rev., 2011, 111 (12), pp 7625–7651

DOI: 10.1021/cr100060r

Publication Date (Web): September 16, 2011

Copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society

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Biography

Dr. Yan-Jie Wang obtained his M.S. in Materials from North University of China in 2002. He then studied his Ph.D. program under the supervision of Dr. Yi Pan in Zhejiang University and was awarded a Ph.D. Degree in Materials Science and Engineering in March 2005. After two and half postdoctoral years spent in Sungkyunkwan University in Korea on Advanced Functional Materials, he worked on Materials in Prof. Ralph H. Colby’s group as a postdoctoral scholar at the Pennsylvania State University. In 2009, he joined Dr. David P. Wilkinson’s group as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia. Currently, he is working on fuel cell catalysts under the supervision of Dr. David P. Wilkinson and Dr. Jiujun Zhang at the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI).

Biography

Dr. David P. Wilkinson received his B.A.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1978 and his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa in 1987 where his graduate work was done with Dr. Brian Conway. He has over 20 years of industrial experience in the areas of fuel cells and advanced rechargeable lithium batteries. In 2004, Dr. Wilkinson was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy and Fuel Cells in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He is currently the Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) at the university. He maintains a joint appointment with the University and the Canadian National Research Council Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation. Prior to his university appointment, Dr. Wilkinson was the Director and then Vice President of Research and Development at Ballard Power Systems Inc., involved with the research, development, and application of fuel cell technology. Dr. Wilkinson is one of the leading all-time fuel cell inventors by issued U.S. patents. Dr. Wilkinson’s main research interest is in electrochemical power sources and processes to create clean and sustainable energy.

Biography

Dr. Jiujun Zhang received his B.Sc and M.Sc from Peking University in 1982 and 1985, and his Ph.D. in Electrochemistry from Wuhan University in 1988, and he is now a Senior Research Officer and PEM Catalysis Core Competency Leader at the National Research Council of Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI). Dr. Zhang holds several adjunct professorships, including one at the University of Waterloo and one at the University of British Columbia. His research is mainly based on fuel cell catalysis development.

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