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David Sinton

ResearcherMechanical and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Toronto

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David Sinton

Researcher

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 22 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 35 research grants (30 NSERC, 3 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

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Latest papers

Autonomous High-Throughput Characterization of Liquid-Liquid Phase Behavior.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · senior author
Gold-Stabilized Copper Enables Anodic Hydrogen Evolution for Ultralow-Voltage CO-to-Ethylene Electrolysis.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
A High-Purity Ethylene Epoxide Stream Produced Using a Supported Electrocatalyst.
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026

All 146 publications

Latest funding

Dry processing of CO2RR electrodes with catalyst surface organic functionalization for a designed control of Faradic efficiency towards ethylene
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$217,304
Decarbonizing petrochemical industries through rapid CO2 electrocatalyst product quantification
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Electrosynthesis of Carbon Monoxide from Capture Fluids
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$724,605

All 39 grants and awards

146 publications.

Autonomous High-Throughput Characterization of Liquid-Liquid Phase Behavior.

Eid T, Ebrahimiazar M, Zargartalebi M, Sinton D

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/advs.76294 PMID: 42376941

Gold-Stabilized Copper Enables Anodic Hydrogen Evolution for Ultralow-Voltage CO-to-Ethylene Electrolysis.

Park S, Liu H, Shin H, Abbas HG, Bonnenfant L, Xie K, Lee HS, Arabyarmohammadi F, Huang JE, Papangelakis P, Wang P, Zeraati AS, Kim J, Dorakhan R, Sinton D, Liu X, Li W, Lee BH, Sargent EH

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

DOI: 10.1002/adma.74459 PMID: 42572143

A High-Purity Ethylene Epoxide Stream Produced Using a Supported Electrocatalyst.

Huang JE, Wu C, Chen Y, Yu J, Chen Y, Ze H, Kim J, Wu J, Bai Y, Ma X, Dorakhan R, Peng B, An H, Miao RK, Liu M, Fan L, Park S, Xie K, Sinton D, Sargent EH

Journal of the American Chemical Society2026

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c17562 PMID: 41921075

Small alkali cations direct CO electroreduction to hydrocarbons rather than oxygenates.

Ni W, Liang Y, Cao Y, Chen Z, Miao RK, Peng B, Liu Z, Liu Y, Ze H, Wang X, Kim D, Park S, Yu J, Papangelakis P, Boureau V, Imran M, Wang Q, Ou P, Li XY, Xie K, Dorakhan R, Shirzadi E, Schatz GC, Sinton D, Ge J, Zeng J, Sargent EH

Nature chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-02061-x PMID: 41612035

EDX Array Tomography: 3D Imaging With Chemical Sensitivity and Submicron Resolution Through Ultramicrotomy and SEM-EDX Mapping.

McLaughlin D, Bierling M, O'Brien CP, Sinton D, Thiele S, Böhm T

Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada2026

DOI: 10.1093/mam/ozag012 PMID: 41967069

Co-electroreduction of CO and glyoxal promotes C3 products.

Dorakhan R, Sarkar S, Shirzadi E, Abbas HG, Shayesteh A, Park S, Huang JE, Sinton D, Sargent EH

Nature chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-01985-8 PMID: 41188573

Efficient Acidic CO2 Electrolysis with Suppressed Crossover in a Separator-Based Membrane Electrode Assembly.

Liu M, Li Y, Huang JE, Chu X, Sun Q, Li F, Xiao YC, Fan M, Wu C, Wu Z, Wang Q, Zhu J, Guo Z, Li X, Wibawa S, Papangelakis P, Bonnenfant L, Moon HS, Dinh CT, Miao RK, Sargent EH, Sinton D

Journal of the American Chemical Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c23098 PMID: 41946582

A redox-active polymeric network facilitates electrified reactive-capture electrosynthesis to multi-carbon products from dilute CO2-containing streams.

Zhang J, Cao Y, Ou P, Lee G, Zhao Y, Liu S, Shirzadi E, Dorakhan R, Xie K, Tian C, Chen Y, Li X, Xiao YC, Shayesteh Zeraati A, Miao RK, Park S, O'Brien CP, Ge J, Zhou X, Sinton D, Sargent EH

Nature communications2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58756-9 PMID: 40229285

Accurate and rapid measurement of fluid thermal conductivity.

Kazemi A, Zargartalebi M, Sinton D

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65553-x PMID: 41298354

High-Nuclearity Copper Molecular Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO-to-Acetate Conversion.

Bodiuzzaman M, Fan L, M Halappa N, Chen Y, Yan Y, Thomas S, Miao RK, Xiao YC, Wu J, Dorakhan R, Abulikemu M, El Tall O, Sinton D, Alshareef HN, Mohammed OF, Sargent EH, Bakr OM

Journal of the American Chemical Society2025

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c08144 PMID: 40829170

Dry processing of CO2RR electrodes with catalyst surface organic functionalization for a designed control of Faradic efficiency towards ethylene

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Dollé, Mickael M

Keywords: catalyst particles plasma treatment; co2 conversion efficiency; co2 conversion selectivity; co2 electroconversion; co2 electrode dry processing; co2 electrode formulation; electrode design; electrode porosity management; plasma treatment of co2 electrode

$217,304

Decarbonizing petrochemical industries through rapid CO2 electrocatalyst product quantification

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Sinton, David

Keywords: AI; automation; autosampler; catalysis; chromatography; CO2; electrocatalysis; energy

$150,000

Electrosynthesis of Carbon Monoxide from Capture Fluids

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: Capture fluids; Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Electrocatalysis; Electrosynthesis; Renewable chemicals

$724,605

Electrochemical conversion of CO2 using low purity feedstocks

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: Electrocatalysis; Electrosynthesis; Ethylene; Flue gas; Renewable chemicals

$200,000

Mechanistic Understanding of Electrosynthesis for n-Propanol and Propylene from CO2

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: carbon dioxide; electrocatalysis; electrosynthesis; n-propanol; propylene; renewable chemicals

$380,798

Scaling ethylene electroproduction

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: carbon dioxide; electrocatalysis; electrosynthesis; ethylene; renewable chemicals; scaling

$576,000

Alliance for AI-Accelerated Materials Discovery

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; CO2 Conversion; Energy Materials; High-throughput experimentation; Light Emission; Machine Learning; Materials Discovery; Materials Science; Optoelectronic Materials; Robotics

$857,342

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Sinton, David

Keywords: Community Northern Energy Indigenous Innovation Policy Social Equity Climate Change Social Justice Entrepreneurship Energy Independence Electrocatalysis Liquid Fuels Energy Storage CO2

$4,000,000

Thermosyphon-Based closed-loop geothermal energy

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sinton, David DA

Keywords: fluid analysis; geothermal energy; phase change slurries; thermal expansion; thermal fluids

$191,142

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Sinton, David

Keywords: Community; Northern Energy; Indigenous; Innovation; Policy; Social Equity; Climate Change; Social Justice; Entrepreneurship; Energy Independence; Electrocatalysis; Liquid Fuels; Energy; Storage; CO2

$8,000,000

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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David Sinton

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Autonomous High-Throughput Characterization of Liquid-Liquid Phase Behavior.

Gold-Stabilized Copper Enables Anodic Hydrogen Evolution for Ultralow-Voltage CO-to-Ethylene Electrolysis.

A High-Purity Ethylene Epoxide Stream Produced Using a Supported Electrocatalyst.

Small alkali cations direct CO electroreduction to hydrocarbons rather than oxygenates.

EDX Array Tomography: 3D Imaging With Chemical Sensitivity and Submicron Resolution Through Ultramicrotomy and SEM-EDX Mapping.

Co-electroreduction of CO and glyoxal promotes C3 products.

Efficient Acidic CO2 Electrolysis with Suppressed Crossover in a Separator-Based Membrane Electrode Assembly.

A redox-active polymeric network facilitates electrified reactive-capture electrosynthesis to multi-carbon products from dilute CO2-containing streams.

Accurate and rapid measurement of fluid thermal conductivity.

High-Nuclearity Copper Molecular Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO-to-Acetate Conversion.

Dry processing of CO2RR electrodes with catalyst surface organic functionalization for a designed control of Faradic efficiency towards ethylene

Decarbonizing petrochemical industries through rapid CO2 electrocatalyst product quantification

Electrosynthesis of Carbon Monoxide from Capture Fluids

Electrochemical conversion of CO2 using low purity feedstocks

Mechanistic Understanding of Electrosynthesis for n-Propanol and Propylene from CO2

Scaling ethylene electroproduction

Alliance for AI-Accelerated Materials Discovery

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Thermosyphon-Based closed-loop geothermal energy

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Frequent collaborators

Keith Jarvi

Drew Higgins

Keith Pardee

Gianluigi Botton

Rod Bremner

Edward Sargent

Tony Mazzulli

Bradley Pickering