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Frédéric Jaouen is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research focuses extensively on the development and analysis of electrocatalysts for energy conversion, with particular attention to fuel cells and related materials.

The scientist's work covers broad areas within engineering and energy, predominantly:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

Within these main fields, Jaouen's research engages deeply with subfields such as:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

The primary research topics they address include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Jaouen has contributed to several recent publications, several of which have received significant citation counts. Notable papers include:

  • Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe-N-C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2020, Nature Catalysis)
  • Chemical vapour deposition of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe-N4 sites (2021, Nature Materials)
  • High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe-NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (2020, Nature Materials)
  • Establishing reactivity descriptors for platinum group metal (PGM)-free Fe-N-C catalysts for PEM fuel cells (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)

The scientist's frequent coauthors reflect ongoing collaboration in their research network, including:

  • Moulay Tahar Sougrati
  • Andrea Zitolo
  • Nicolas Bibent
  • Frédéric Maillard
  • Kavita Kumar

Jaouen regularly publishes in venues that specialize in materials science and chemistry, with numerous contributions to:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Materials

Best Publications

  • Iron-based catalysts with improved oxygen reduction activity in polymer electrolyte fuel cells.

    Michel Lefèvre;Eric Proietti;Frédéric Jaouen;Jean Pol Dodelet

  • Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction in iron- and nitrogen-doped graphene materials.

    Andrea Zitolo;Vincent Goellner;Vanessa Armel;Moulay Tahar Sougrati

  • Recent advances in non-precious metal catalysis for oxygen-reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    Frédéric Jaouen;Eric Proietti;Michel Lefèvre;Régis Chenitz

  • Iron-based cathode catalyst with enhanced power density in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

    Eric Proietti;Frédéric Jaouen;Michel Lefèvre;Nicholas Larouche

  • Metal organic frameworks for electrochemical applications

    Adina Morozan;Frédéric Jaouen

  • Cross-laboratory experimental study of non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Frédéric Jaouen;Juan Herranz;Michel Lefèvre;Jean-Pol Dodelet

  • Activity–Selectivity Trends in the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide over Single-Site Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Catalysts

    Yanyan Sun;Luca Silvioli;Nastaran Ranjbar Sahraie;Wen Ju

  • Structure of the catalytic sites in Fe/N/C-catalysts for O2-reduction in PEM fuel cells

    Ulrike I. Kramm;Ulrike I. Kramm;Juan Herranz;Nicholas Larouche;Thomas M. Arruda

  • Identification of Durable and Non-Durable FeNx Sites in Fe-N-C Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

    Jingkun Li;Moulay Tahar Sougrati;Andrea Zitolo;James M. Ablett

  • Highly active oxygen reduction non-platinum group metal electrocatalyst without direct metal–nitrogen coordination

    Kara Strickland;Elise Miner;Qingying Jia;Urszula Tylus

  • Heat-treated Fe/N/C catalysts for O2 electroreduction: are active sites hosted in micropores?

    Frédéric Jaouen;Michel Lefèvre;Jean-Pol Dodelet;Mei Cai

  • Chemical vapour deposition of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe-N4 sites.

    Li Jiao;Jingkun Li;Lynne LaRochelle Richard;Qiang Sun

  • Structural and mechanistic basis for the high activity of Fe–N–C catalysts toward oxygen reduction

    Jingkun Li;Shraboni Ghoshal;Wentao Liang;Moulay-Tahar Sougrati

  • Identification of catalytic sites in cobalt-nitrogen-carbon materials for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Andrea Zitolo;Nastaran Ranjbar-Sahraie;Tzonka Mineva;Jingkun Li

  • Electroreduction of CO 2 on Single-Site Copper-Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Material: Selective Formation of Ethanol and Reversible Restructuration of the Metal Sites

    Dilan Karapinar;Ngoc Tran Huan;Nastaran Ranjbar Sahraie;Jingkun Li

  • Oxygen Reduction Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells from the Pyrolysis of Iron Acetate Adsorbed on Various Carbon Supports

    Frédéric Jaouen;Sébastien Marcotte;Jean-Pol Dodelet;Göran Lindbergh

  • The Achilles' heel of iron-based catalysts during oxygen reduction in an acidic medium

    Chang Hyuck Choi;Hyung-Kyu Lim;Min Wook Chung;Gajeon Chon

  • Stability of Fe‐N‐C Catalysts in Acidic Medium Studied by Operando Spectroscopy

    Chang Hyuck Choi;Claudio Baldizzone;Jan-Philipp Grote;Anna Katharina Schuppert

  • Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Catalyzed by Fe-N-C Materials: A Structure–Selectivity Study

    Tran Ngoc Huan;Nastaran Ranjbar;Gwenaelle Rousse;Moulay Tahar Sougrati

  • P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

    Fang Luo;Aaron Roy;Luca Silvioli;David A. Cullen

  • Fe/N/C non-precious catalysts for PEM fuel cells: Influence of the structural parameters of pristine commercial carbon blacks on their activity for oxygen reduction

    Fanny Charreteur;Frédéric Jaouen;Stéphane Ruggeri;Jean-Pol Dodelet

Frequent Co-Authors

Moulay Tahar Sougrati
Moulay Tahar Sougrati University of Montpellier
Jean-Pol Dodelet
Jean-Pol Dodelet Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Sanjeev Mukerjee Northeastern University
Göran Lindbergh
Göran Lindbergh Royal Institute of Technology
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Plamen Atanassov
Plamen Atanassov University of California, Irvine
Peter Strasser
Peter Strasser Technical University of Berlin
Frédéric Maillard
Frédéric Maillard Grenoble Alpes University
Deborah J. Jones
Deborah J. Jones University of Montpellier
Kaido Tammeveski
Kaido Tammeveski University of Tartu

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