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Overview

Bryan S. Pivovar is a researcher affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and energy, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, energy engineering and power technology, biomedical engineering, and pollution.

The scientist has extensively published work in topics related to fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, hybrid renewable energy systems, advanced battery technologies research, membrane-based ion separation techniques, energy and environment impacts, and advancements in battery materials.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • The Electrochemical Society Interface
  • Energy Conversion and Management

Frequent co-authors of Bryan S. Pivovar are:

  • Shaun M Alia
  • Ami C. Yang-Neyerlin
  • Elliot Padgett
  • Mark Ruth
  • Alex Badgett

Notable recent publications include:

  • Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies, 2022, published in Chemical Reviews
  • Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system, 2022, published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Methods identifying cost reduction potential for water electrolysis systems, 2021, published in Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
  • Discovering and Demonstrating a Novel High-Performing 2D-Patterned Electrode for Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Devices, 2022, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Bipolar membrane polarization behavior with systematically varied interfacial areas in the junction region, 2020, published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Best Publications

  • Scientific aspects of polymer electrolyte fuel cell durability and degradation.

    Rodney Borup;Jeremy Meyers;Bryan Pivovar;Yu Seung Kim

  • Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies.

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  • Pervaporation membranes in direct methanol fuel cells

    Bryan S. Pivovar;Yuxin Wang;Edward L Cussler

  • The Chemical and Structural Nature of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Properties

    M. A. Hickner;B. S. Pivovar

  • Mechanism of Tetraalkylammonium Headgroup Degradation in Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes

    Shaji Chempath;Brian R. Einsla;Lawrence R. Pratt;Clay S. Macomber

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction Measurements on Platinum Electrocatalysts Utilizing Rotating Disk Electrode Technique I. Impact of Impurities, Measurement Protocols and Applied Corrections

    Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Jason W. Zack;Ryan M. Richards;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Perspectives on Low-Temperature Electrolysis and Potential for Renewable Hydrogen at Scale

    Katherine Ayers;Nemanja Danilovic;Ryan Ouimet;Marcelo Carmo

  • Hydrogen at Scale (H2@Scale): Key to a Clean, Economic, and Sustainable Energy System

    Bryan Pivovar;Neha Rustagi;Sunita Satyapal

  • A Roadmap to Low-Cost Hydrogen with Hydroxide Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers.

    Reza Abbasi;Brian P. Setzler;Saisai Lin;Junhua Wang

  • Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer proton exchange membranes: composition and morphology effects on the methanol permeability

    Yu Seung Kim;Michael A. Hickner;Limin Dong;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Beyond catalysis and membranes: visualizing and solving the challenge of electrode water accumulation and flooding in AEMFCs

    Travis J. Omasta;Travis J. Omasta;Andrew M. Park;Jacob M. LaManna;Yufeng Zhang

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction Measurements on Platinum Electrocatalysts Utilizing Rotating Disk Electrode Technique II. Influence of Ink Formulation, Catalyst Layer Uniformity and Thickness

    Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Jason W. Zack;Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Manufacturing Cost Analysis for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

    Ahmad T Mayyas;Mark F Ruth;Bryan S Pivovar;Guido Bender

  • Density Functional Theory Study of Degradation of Tetraalkylammonium Hydroxides

    Shaji Chempath;James M. Boncella;Lawrence R. Pratt;Neil Henson

  • Structure–property–performance relationships of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s as a polymer electrolyte for fuel cell applications

    Yu Seung Kim;Brian Einsla;Mehmet Sankir;William Harrison

  • Toward Improved Conductivity of Sulfonated Aromatic Proton Exchange Membranes at Low Relative Humidity

    Melinda L. Einsla;Yu Seung Kim;Marilyn Hawley;Hae-Seung Lee

  • Sulfonated naphthalene dianhydride based polyimide copolymers for proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells: II. Membrane properties and fuel cell performance

    Brian R. Einsla;Yu Seung Kim;Michael A. Hickner;Young-Taik Hong

  • Composite Poly(norbornene) Anion Conducting Membranes for Achieving Durability, Water Management and High Power (3.4 W/cm2) in Hydrogen/Oxygen Alkaline Fuel Cells

    Garrett Huang;Mrinmay Mandal;Xiong Peng;Ami C. Yang-Neyerlin

  • Hydroxide Degradation Pathways for Substituted Trimethylammonium Cations: A DFT Study

    Hai Long;Kwiseon Kim;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Activity and Durability of Iridium Nanoparticles in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Shaun M. Alia;Brian Rasimick;Chilan Ngo;K. C. Neyerlin

  • Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance of Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether benzonitrile) Copolymers

    Yu Seung Kim;Michael J. Sumner;William L. Harrison;Judy S. Riffle

Frequent Co-Authors

Svitlana Pylypenko
Svitlana Pylypenko Colorado School of Mines
Kenneth C. Neyerlin
Kenneth C. Neyerlin National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Yu Seung Kim
Yu Seung Kim Los Alamos National Laboratory
Guido Bender
Guido Bender National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David A. Cullen
David A. Cullen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines
Michael D. Guiver
Michael D. Guiver Tianjin University
James E. McGrath
James E. McGrath Virginia Tech
Ryan O'Hayre
Ryan O'Hayre Colorado School of Mines
Ryan M. Richards
Ryan M. Richards Colorado School of Mines

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