Summary
Prof. Anthony Kucernak (ARK) B.Sc., Ph.D,. CChem. MRSC, is a professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, and has extensive experience in the study of various aspects of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, supercapacitors, and the design of new electrochemical techniques. His group currently studies a large number of aspects of fuel cell systems ranging from the development of new electrocatalysts, the development of new techniques to characterise and study electrocatalysts, the development of fuel cell electrodes, and the development of new methods to characterise fuel cells.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Park JY, Kwak DH, Ma KB, et al., 2018, Enhanced oxygen reduction reaction of Pt deposited Fe/N-doped bimodal porous carbon nanostructure catalysts, Journal of Catalysis, Vol:359, ISSN:0021-9517, Pages:46-54
zalitis C, Kucernak ARJ, sharman J, et al., 2017, Design principles for platinum nanoparticles catalysing electrochemical hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions: edges are much more active than facets, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:5, ISSN:2050-7496, Pages:23328-23338
Montelongo Y, Sikdar D, Ma Y, et al., 2017, Electrotunable nanoplasmonic liquid mirror, Nature Materials, Vol:16, ISSN:1476-1122, Pages:1127-1135
Kucernak A, Malko D, Lopes T, 2016, Performance of Fe-N/C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts towards NO−₂, NO, and NH₂OH electroreduction from fundamental insights into the active center to a new method for environmental nitrite destruction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol:138, ISSN:1520-5126, Pages:16056-16068
Malko D, Kucernak A, Lopes T, 2016, In-situ electrochemical quantification of active sites in Fe-N/C non-precious metal catalysts, Nature Communications, Vol:7, ISSN:2041-1723
Kucernak ARJ, Zalitis CM, 2016, General Models for the Electrochemical Hydrogen Oxidation and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions – Theoretical Derivation and Experimental Results Under Near Mass-Transport Free Conditions, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol:120, ISSN:1932-7455, Pages:10721-10745
Edel JB, Kornyshev AA, Kucernak AR, et al., 2016, Fundamentals and applications of self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticles at interfaces, Chemical Society Reviews, Vol:45, ISSN:1460-4744, Pages:1581-1596
Malko D, Lopes T, Symianakis E, et al., 2016, The intriguing poison tolerance of non-precious metal oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:4, ISSN:2050-7496, Pages:142-152
Kucernak ARJ, zalitis C, Sharman J, et al., 2015, Properties of the hydrogen oxidation reaction on Pt/C catalysts at optimised high mass transport conditions and its relevance to the anode reaction in PEFCs and cathode reactions in electrolysers, Electrochimica Acta, Vol:176, ISSN:1873-3859, Pages:763-776
Kucernak ARJ, Sundaram VNN, 2014, Nickel phosphide: the effect of phosphorus content on hydrogen evolution activity and corrosion resistance in acidic medium, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol:2, ISSN:2050-7496, Pages:17435-17445
Varcoe JR, Atanassov P, Dekel DR, et al., 2014, Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems, Energy & Environmental Science, Vol:7, ISSN:1754-5706, Pages:3135-3191
Qian H, Kucernak AR, Greenhalgh ES, et al., 2013, Multifunctional Structural Supercapacitor Composites Based on Carbon Aerogel Modified High Performance Carbon Fiber Fabric, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol:5, ISSN:1944-8244, Pages:6113-6122
Zalitis CM, Kramer D, Kucernak AR, 2013, Electrocatalytic performance of fuel cell reactions at low catalyst loading and high mass transport, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:15, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:4329-4340
Shirshova N, Qian H, Shaffer MSP, et al., 2013, Structural composite supercapacitors, Composites Part A - Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol:46, ISSN:1359-835X, Pages:96-107
Turek V, Cecchini MP, Paget J, et al., 2012, A Plasmonic Ruler at the Liquid-Liquid Interface, Acs Nano
Eikerling M, Kornyshev AA, Kucernak AR, 2006, Water in polymer electrolyte fuel cells: Friend or foe?, Physics Today, Vol:59, ISSN:0031-9228, Pages:38-44
Chen SL, Kucernak A, 2004, Electrocatalysis under conditions of high mass transport: Investigation of hydrogen oxidation on single submicron Pt particles supported on carbon, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:108, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:13984-13994
Chen SL, Kucernak A, 2004, Electrocatalysis under conditions of high mass transport rate: Oxygen reduction on single submicrometer-sized Pt particles supported on carbon, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:108, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:3262-3276
Chen SL, Kucernak A, 2003, Electrodeposition of platinum on nanometer-sized carbon electrodes, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:107, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:8392-8402
Brett DJL, Atkins S, Brandon NP, et al., 2003, Localized impedance measurements along a single channel of a solid polymer fuel cell, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, Vol:6, ISSN:1099-0062, Pages:A63-A66
Jiang JH, Kucernak A, 2003, Electrooxidation of small organic molecules on mesoporous precious metal catalysts II: CO and methanol on platinum-ruthenium alloy, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol:543, ISSN:1572-6657, Pages:187-199
Green CL, Kucernak A, 2002, Determination of the platinum and ruthenium surface areas in platinum-ruthenium electrocatalysts by underpotential deposition of copper. 2. Effect of surface composition on activity, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:106, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:11446-11456
Jiang JH, Kucernak A, 2002, Electrooxidation of small organic molecules on mesoporous on precious metal catalysts I : CO and methanol on platinum, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, Vol:533, ISSN:0022-0728, Pages:153-165
Chen SL, Kucernak A, 2002, The voltammetric response of nanometer-sized carbon electrodes, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:106, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:9396-9404
Jiang JH, Kucernak A, 2002, Electrochemical supercapacitor material based on manganese oxide: preparation and characterization, Electrochimica Acta, Vol:47, ISSN:0013-4686, Pages:2381-2386
Jiang J, Kucernak A, 2002, Nanostructured platinum as an electrocatalyst for the electrooxidation of formic acid, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol:520, ISSN:1572-6657, Pages:64-70
Green CL, Kucernak A, 2002, Determination of the platinum and ruthenium surface areas in platinum-ruthenium alloy electrocatalysts by underpotential deposition of copper. I. Unsupported catalysts, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol:106, ISSN:1520-6106, Pages:1036-1047
Chen SL, Kucernak A, 2002, Fabrication of carbon microelectrodes with an effective radius of 1 nm, Electrochemistry Communications, Vol:4, ISSN:1388-2481, Pages:80-85