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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

David Sinton is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, focusing on research areas spanning energy, engineering, and chemical engineering. Their work encompasses a broad spectrum of subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and process chemistry and technology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Their recent notable publications include:

  • CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm −2 (2020), published in Science
  • Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Copper-Nickel Alloys via Tuning of Intermediate Adsorption (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products in strong acid (2021), published in Science
  • Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation (2020), published in Nature Energy
  • High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media (2022), published in Nature Catalysis

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Edward H. Sargent
  • Rui Kai Miao
  • Adnan Ozden
  • Colin P. O'Brien
  • Jianan Erick Huang

David Sinton has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Nature Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

They have been recognized by professional societies, holding fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2013, and membership in the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • CO2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated copper catalysis at an abrupt interface

    Cao-Thang Dinh;Thomas Burdyny;Golam Kibria;Ali Seifitokaldani

  • Enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction via field-induced reagent concentration

    Min Liu;Yuanjie Pang;Bo Zhang;Bo Zhang;Phil De Luna

  • CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm−2

    F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Cao-Thang Dinh;Adnan Ozden;Joshua Wicks

  • Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Copper-Nickel Alloys via Tuning of Intermediate Adsorption

    Yuhang Wang;Aoni Xu;Ziyun Wang;Linsong Huang

  • CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products in strong acid

    Jianan Erick Huang;Fengwang Li;Fengwang Li;Adnan Ozden;Armin Sedighian Rasouli

  • Electrochemical CO2 Reduction into Chemical Feedstocks: From Mechanistic Electrocatalysis Models to System Design.

    Golam Kibria;Jonathan P Edwards;Christine M Gabardo;Cao-Thang Dinh

  • Molecular tuning of CO2-to-ethylene conversion.

    Fengwang Li;Arnaud Thevenon;Alonso Rosas-Hernández;Ziyun Wang

  • Dopant-induced electron localization drives CO 2 reduction to C 2 hydrocarbons

    Yansong Zhou;Yansong Zhou;Fanglin Che;Min Liu;Min Liu;Chengqin Zou

  • Steering post-C–C coupling selectivity enables high efficiency electroreduction of carbon dioxide to multi-carbon alcohols

    Tao-Tao Zhuang;Tao-Tao Zhuang;Zhi-Qin Liang;Ali Seifitokaldani;Yi Li

  • Microfluidic fuel cells: A review

    Erik Kjeang;Ned Djilali;David Sinton

  • Multi-site electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in neutral media by destabilization of water molecules

    Cao-Thang Dinh;Ankit Jain;F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Phil De Luna

  • Cooperative CO2-to-ethanol conversion via enriched intermediates at molecule–metal catalyst interfaces

    Fengwang Li;Yuguang C. Li;Ziyun Wang;Jun Li

  • A new generation of sensors based on extraordinary optical transmission.

    Reuven Gordon;David Sinton;Karen L. Kavanagh;Alexandre G. Brolo

  • Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation

    Xue Wang;Ziyun Wang;F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Cao Thang Dinh

  • Turning the Page: Advancing Paper-Based Microfluidics for Broad Diagnostic Application.

    Max M. Gong;Max M. Gong;David Sinton

  • Continuous Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Concentrated Multi-carbon Products Using a Membrane Electrode Assembly

    Christine M. Gabardo;Colin P. O’Brien;Jonathan P. Edwards;Christopher McCallum

  • Ex situ visualization of liquid water transport in PEM fuel cell gas diffusion layers

    S. Litster;D. Sinton;N. Djilali

  • Binding Site Diversity Promotes CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol.

    Yuguang C Li;Ziyun Wang;Tiange Yuan;Dae-Hyun Nam

  • Copper nanocavities confine intermediates for efficient electrosynthesis of C3 alcohol fuels from carbon monoxide

    Tao Tao Zhuang;Yuanjie Pang;Zhi Qin Liang;Ziyun Wang

  • Catalyst synthesis under CO2 electroreduction favours faceting and promotes renewable fuels electrosynthesis

    Yuhang Wang;Ziyun Wang;Cao Thang Dinh;Jun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Reuven Gordon
Reuven Gordon University of Victoria
Cao-Thang Dinh
Cao-Thang Dinh Queen's University
Alexandre G. Brolo
Alexandre G. Brolo University of Victoria
Ned Djilali
Ned Djilali University of Victoria
Jun Li
Jun Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dongqing Li
Dongqing Li University of Waterloo
Thomas Burdyny
Thomas Burdyny Delft University of Technology
F. Pelayo García de Arquer
F. Pelayo García de Arquer ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Aimy Bazylak
Aimy Bazylak University of Toronto

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