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D-Index
80
Citations
32855
World Ranking
3357
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jean-Pol Dodelet is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering. The scientist's research topics are concentrated around fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, machine learning in materials science, advancements in battery materials, and fiber-reinforced polymer composites.

Jean-Pol Dodelet has contributed to a variety of recent publications that reflect their research focus. These include:

  • "Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity-stability trade-off of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts," 2023, Nature Catalysis
  • "C F bonding in fluorinated N-Doped carbons," 2021, Applied Surface Science
  • "Reply to the 'Comment on "Non-PGM electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells: effect of fluorination on the activity and stability of a highly active NC_Ar + NH3 catalyst"' by Xi Yin, Edward F. Holby and Piotr Zelenay," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Non-PGM Electrocatalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A DFT Study on the Effects of Fluorination of FeNx-Doped and N-Doped Carbon Catalysts," 2021, Molecules
  • "Energetics and thermodynamic stability of potential Fe(II)-hexa-aza-active sites for O2 reduction in PEM fuel cells," 2022, SusMat

The scientist has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Gaixia Zhang, Shuhui Sun, Vassili P. Glibin, Marc Dubois, and Xiaohua Yang. Their work appears often in venues including ECS Meeting Abstracts, Nature Catalysis, Applied Surface Science, Energy & Environmental Science, and SusMat.

In recognition of their contributions, Jean-Pol Dodelet was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Minhua Shao;Qiaowan Chang;Jean-Pol Dodelet;Regis Chenitz

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • The surface analytical characterization of carbon fibers functionalized by H2SO4/HNO3 treatment

    Gaixia Zhang;Shuhui Sun;Dequan Yang;Jean-Pol Dodelet

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

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

  • Molecular Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells: Evidence for the Simultaneous Presence of Two Active Sites in Fe-Based Catalysts

    Michel Lefèvre;Jp. Dodelet;Patrick Bertrand

  • Fe-based catalysts for the reduction of oxygen in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell conditions: determination of the amount of peroxide released during electroreduction and its influence on the stability of the catalysts

    Michel Lefèvre;Jean-Pol Dodelet

  • PGM-Free Cathode Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A Mini-Review on Stability Challenges

    Yuyan Shao;Jean-Pol Dodelet;Gang Wu;Piotr Zelenay

  • Correlations between mass activity and physicochemical properties of Fe/N/C catalysts for the ORR in PEM fuel cell via 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and other techniques.

    Ulrike I Kramm;Michel Lefèvre;Nicholas Larouche;Dieter Schmeisser

  • 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

  • O-2 reduction in PEM fuel cells: Activity and active site structural information for catalysts obtained by the pyrolysis at high temperature of Fe precursors

    M. Lefevre;Jp. Dodelet;Patrick Bertrand

  • A specific demetalation of Fe–N4 catalytic sites in the micropores of NC_Ar + NH3 is at the origin of the initial activity loss of the highly active Fe/N/C catalyst used for the reduction of oxygen in PEM fuel cells

    Régis Chenitz;Ulrike I. Kramm;Michel Lefèvre;Vassili Glibin

  • 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

  • Controlled Growth of Pt Nanowires on Carbon Nanospheres and Their Enhanced Performance as Electrocatalysts in PEM Fuel Cells

    Shuhui Sun;Frédéric Jaouen;Jean-Pol Dodelet

  • Unveiling N-protonation and anion-binding effects on Fe/N/C-catalysts for O2 reduction in PEM fuel cells

    Juan Herranz;Frédéric Jaouen;Michel Lefèvre;Ulrike I. Kramm;Ulrike I. Kramm

  • Heat-treated iron and cobalt tetraphenylporphyrins adsorbed on carbon black: Physical characterization and catalytic properties of these materials for the reduction of oxygen in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    G Faubert;G. Lalande;R. Cote;D. Guay

  • Oxygen reduction by Fe-based catalysts in PEM fuel cell conditions: Activity and selectivity of the catalysts obtained with two Fe precursors and various carbon supports

    C. Medard;M. Lefevre;J. P. Dodelet;F. Jaouen

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Guay
Daniel Guay Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Frédéric Jaouen
Frédéric Jaouen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Allan S. Hay
Allan S. Hay McGill University
Gaixia Zhang
Gaixia Zhang École de Technologie Supérieure
Shuhui Sun
Shuhui Sun Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Lionel Roué
Lionel Roué Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jacques Huot
Jacques Huot Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Neal R. Armstrong
Neal R. Armstrong University of Arizona

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