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Research
Latest papers
Scalable nanoporous carbon films allow line-of-sight 3D atomic layer deposition of Pt: towards a new generation catalyst layer for PEM fuel cells.
Materials horizons · 2021 · senior author
Highly Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Scaffold with Controllable Wettability as the Microporous Layer for Fuel Cells.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2020
Organometallic-Derived Carbon (ODC)-Metal Nano-Oxide Composites as Improved Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors.
Inorganic chemistry · 2019
Latest funding
- $69,000
Tuning Porous Scaffolds as Catalyst Hosts for Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Conversion
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $114,407
Glow Discharger and Vitrification Robot for Cryo-EM Studies
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,253,225
Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Center
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
7 publications.
Scalable nanoporous carbon films allow line-of-sight 3D atomic layer deposition of Pt: towards a new generation catalyst layer for PEM fuel cells.
Atwa M, Li X, Wang Z, Dull S, Xu S, Tong X, Tang R, Nishihara H, Prinz F, Birss V
Highly Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Scaffold with Controllable Wettability as the Microporous Layer for Fuel Cells.
Islam MN, Shrivastava U, Atwa M, Li X, Birss V, Karan K
Organometallic-Derived Carbon (ODC)-Metal Nano-Oxide Composites as Improved Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors.
Arenas-Esteban D, Urones-Garrote E, Carretero-González J, Birss V, Otero-Díaz LC, Ávila-Brande D
Surface Characteristics of Microporous and Mesoporous Carbons Functionalized with Pentafluorophenyl Groups.
Li X, Forouzandeh F, Kakanat AJ, Feng F, Banham DWH, Ye S, Kwok DY, Birss V
Rapid and Low-Energy Fabrication of Symmetrical Solid Oxide Cells by Microwave Methods.
Molero-Sánchez B, Morán E, Birss V
Activation of H(2) oxidation at sulphur-exposed Ni surfaces under low temperature SOFC conditions.
Deleebeeck L, Shishkin M, Addo P, Paulson S, Molero H, Ziegler T, Birss V
Wettability of Nafion and Nafion/Vulcan carbon composite films.
Li X, Feng F, Zhang K, Ye S, Kwok DY, Birss V
Tuning Porous Scaffolds as Catalyst Hosts for Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Conversion
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola
Keywords: electrochemistry; electrocatalysis; nanoporous materials; oxygen reduction; co2 reduction; catalytic nanoparticles; fuel cells; electrolysis cells; carbon; membrane-electrode-assemblies
Glow Discharger and Vitrification Robot for Cryo-EM Studies
Principal investigators: Haji-Ghassemi, Omid
Keywords: cryo-EM; Electron Microscopy; Enzymology; Glow discharge; Nanoparticles; Phage Biology; Proteins; Structural Biology; Tomography; Vitrification
Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Center
Principal investigators: Thomson, Murray MJ
Keywords: electrolysis; energy; fuel; hydrogen; methane pyrolysis; photocatalysis; policy; water
A Point-of-Care Electrochemical ELISA Biosensor for Rapid Screening of Cardiac Biomarkers
Principal investigators: Prakash, Ravi R
Keywords: biosensors; cardiac biomarkers; electrochemical sensor; elisa; lab-on-chip; point-of-care diagnostics; soft-microfluidics
Development of a sensitive and dynamically responding electrochemical pathogen sensor platform technology
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola VI
Keywords: biosecurity; carbenes; clinical samples; electrochemistry; environmental samples; pathogen-associated molecular patter; pathogen sensors; self-assembled monolayers; thiols; toll-like-receptors
Development of methane-fed fuel cells for the generation of low-carbon intensity electricity and ready-to-use CO2
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola VI
Keywords: catalysis; coke and sulfur tolerance; electrocatalysis; metal nanoparticles; methane-fed sofcs; natural gas to electricity; perovskite oxides; sequestrable co2; solid oxide fuel cell; steam methane reforming
Improving the performance of an electrolyzer prototype used to generate hydrogen gas from sea water
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola VI
CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy
Principal investigators: Sinton, David
Slow release of fertilizers from surface modified nanoporous materials
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola
Organized Nanomaterials for Enhanced Understanding and Performance of Electrochemical Devices
Principal investigators: Birss, Viola
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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