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John R. Varcoe is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with prominent subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and electrochemistry.

The scientist's work spans multiple interdisciplinary topics, including fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, membrane-based ion separation techniques, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, and microbial fuel cells and bioremediation.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by John R. Varcoe are:

  • High-performing commercial Fe-N-C cathode electrocatalyst for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (2021, Nature Energy)
  • Using operando techniques to understand and design high performance and stable alkaline membrane fuel cells (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Aryl ether-free polymer electrolytes for electrochemical and energy devices (2024, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • How membrane characteristics influence the performance of CO2 and CO electrolysis (2022, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • A high-temperature anion-exchange membrane fuel cell (2020, Journal of Power Sources Advances)

John R. Varcoe frequently publishes in a variety of venues, with the most common being ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Catalysis, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal of Power Sources, and Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including William E. Mustain, Daniel K. Whelligan, Dario R. Dekel, Brian Seger, and Arun Prakash Periasamy.

  • William E. Mustain
  • Daniel K. Whelligan
  • Dario R. Dekel
  • Brian Seger
  • Arun Prakash Periasamy

Best Publications

  • Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

    JR John Varcoe;Plamen Atanassov;Dario Dekel;AM Andrew Herring

  • Prospects for Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membranes in Low Temperature Fuel Cells†

    John Varcoe;Robert Slade

  • Techniques for the study and development of microbial fuel cells: an electrochemical perspective

    Feng Zhao;Robert C. T. Slade;John R. Varcoe

  • Poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene)-Derived Radiation-Grafted Anion-Exchange Membrane with Properties Specifically Tailored for Application in Metal-Cation-Free Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    John R. Varcoe;Robert C. T. Slade;Eric Lam How Yee;Simon D. Poynton

  • An electron-beam-grafted ETFE alkaline anion-exchange membrane in metal-cation-free solid-state alkaline fuel cells

    John R. Varcoe;Robert C.T. Slade

  • High-performing commercial Fe–N–C cathode electrocatalyst for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells

    Horie Adabi;Abolfazl Shakouri;Noor Ul Hassan;John R. Varcoe

  • Activated carbon cloth as anode for sulfate removal in a microbial fuel cell.

    Feng Zhao;Nelli Rahunen;John R. Varcoe;Amreesh Chandra

  • Alkaline anion-exchange radiation-grafted membranes for possible electrochemical application in fuel cells

    Timothy N. Danks;Robert C. T. Slade;John R Varcoe

  • Importance of balancing membrane and electrode water in anion exchange membrane fuel cells

    TJ Omasta;Lianqin Wang;X Peng;CA Lewis

  • Investigations of conductivity in FEP-based radiation-grafted alkaline anion-exchange membranes

    Robert C.T. Slade;John R. Varcoe

  • 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

  • Anion-exchange membranes for alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells: comparison of pendent benzyltrimethylammonium- and benzylmethylimidazolium-head-groups

    Oliver I. Deavin;Sam Murphy;Ai Lien Ong;Simon D. Poynton

  • An alkaline polymer electrochemical interface: a breakthrough in application of alkaline anion-exchange membranes in fuel cells

    John R. Varcoe;Robert C. T. Slade;Eric Lam How Yee

  • Radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes: the switch from low- to high-density polyethylene leads to remarkably enhanced fuel cell performance

    Lianqin Wang;Xiong Peng;William E. Mustain;John R. Varcoe

  • High performance aliphatic-heterocyclic benzyl-quaternary ammonium radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes

    Julia Ponce-González;Daniel K. Whelligan;Lianqin Wang;Rachida Bance-Soualhi

  • Beneficial use of rotatable-spacer side-chains in alkaline anion exchange membranes for fuel cells

    Yuan Zhu;Liang Ding;Xian Liang;Muhammad A. Shehzad

  • Development of imidazolium-type alkaline anion exchange membranes for fuel cell application

    Jin Ran;Liang Wu;John R. Varcoe;Ai Lien Ong

  • The radiation-grafting of vinylbenzyl chloride onto poly(hexafluoropropylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) films with subsequent conversion to alkaline anion-exchange membranes: optimisation of the experimental conditions and characterisation

    Henryk Herman;Robert C.T Slade;John R Varcoe

  • Comparison of PVDF- and FEP-based radiation-grafted alkaline anion-exchange membranes for use in low temperature portable DMFCs

    Timothy N. Danks;Robert C. T. Slade;John R. Varcoe

  • A high conductivity ultrathin anion-exchange membrane with 500+ h alkali stability for use in alkaline membrane fuel cells that can achieve 2 W cm−2 at 80 °C

    Lianqin Wang;Marco Bellini;Hamish Andrew Miller;John R. Varcoe

  • A carbon dioxide tolerant aqueous-electrolyte-free anion-exchange membrane alkaline fuel cell.

    Latifah A. Adams;Simon D. Poynton;Christelle Tamain;Robert C. T. Slade

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Mustain
William E. Mustain University of South Carolina
Tongwen Xu
Tongwen Xu University of Science and Technology of China
Dario R. Dekel
Dario R. Dekel Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Francesco Vizza
Francesco Vizza National Research Council (CNR)
Keith Scott
Keith Scott Newcastle University
Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines
David C. Apperley
David C. Apperley Durham University
Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ian Hamerton
Ian Hamerton University of Bristol
Paul A. Kohl
Paul A. Kohl Georgia Institute of Technology

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