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D-Index
40
Citations
5348
World Ranking
2056
National Ranking
89

Overview

Marc Secanell is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of engineering and energy, with a notable focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Additional subfields include computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas, including fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, membrane-based ion separation techniques, hybrid renewable energy systems, and additive manufacturing materials and processes.

Marc Secanell has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Recent publications illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • Measurement of the Protonic and Electronic Conductivities of PEM Water Electrolyzer Electrodes, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Geometric tolerance and manufacturing assemblability estimation of metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, 2020, Materials & Design
  • Understanding single-phase water-management signatures in fuel-cell impedance spectra: A numerical study, 2020, Electrochimica Acta
  • Estimating charge-transport properties of fuel-cell and electrolyzer catalyst layers via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, 2020, Electrochimica Acta
  • Understanding the effect of porosity and pore size distribution on low loading catalyst layers, 2022, Electrochimica Acta

Collaborative work is notable in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Aslan Kosakian
  • Fei Wei
  • Natalia Semagina
  • Alex Jarauta
  • Manas Mandal

Best Publications

  • A Critical Review of Modeling Transport Phenomena in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Adam Z. Weber;Rodney L. Borup;Robert M. Darling;Prodip K. Das

  • Multi-variable optimization of PEMFC cathodes using an agglomerate model

    M. Secanell;K. Karan;A. Suleman;N. Djilali

  • A techno-economic assessment of large scale wind-hydrogen production with energy storage in Western Canada

    Babatunde Olateju;Amit Kumar;Marc Secanell

  • Absolute permeability and Knudsen diffusivity measurements in PEMFC gas diffusion layers and micro porous layers

    Lalit M. Pant;Sushanta K. Mitra;Marc Secanell

  • Analysis of Low Platinum Loading Thin Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrodes Prepared by Inkjet Printing

    S. Shukla;K. Domican;K. Karan;S. Bhattacharjee

  • Computational design and optimization of fuel cells and fuel cell systems: A review

    M. Secanell;J. Wishart;P. Dobson

  • Optimization of a PEM fuel cell system based on empirical data and a generalized electrochemical semi-empirical model

    J. Wishart;Z. Dong;M. Secanell

  • Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Ink Dispersion Stability for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Applications

    S. Shukla;S. Bhattacharjee;A. Z. Weber;M. Secanell

  • Analysis of the role of the microporous layer in improving polymer electrolyte fuel cell performance

    J. Zhou;S. Shukla;A. Putz;M. Secanell

  • Numerical optimization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes

    M. Secanell;B. Carnes;A. Suleman;N. Djilali

  • Analysis of Catalyst Layer Microstructures: From Imaging to Performance

    M. Sabharwal;L. M. Pant;A. Putz;D. Susac

  • Analysis of a flywheel energy storage system for light rail transit

    A. Rupp;A. Rupp;H. Baier;P. Mertiny;M. Secanell

  • Decoupling structure-sensitive deactivation mechanisms of Ir/IrOx electrocatalysts toward oxygen evolution reaction

    Xuehai Tan;Jing Shen;Natalia Semagina;Marc Secanell

  • Analysis of Inkjet Printed PEFC Electrodes with Varying Platinum Loading

    S. Shukla;D. Stanier;M. S. Saha;J. Stumper

  • Experimental study of mass transport in PEMFCs: Through plane permeability and molecular diffusivity in GDLs

    Prafful Mangal;Lalit M. Pant;Nicholas Carrigy;Mark Dumontier

  • Design of a Morphing Airfoil Using Aerodynamic Shape Optimization

    Marc Secanell;Afzal Suleman;Pedro Gamboa

  • Characterization of the PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer Microstructure by Nonlinear Least-Squares Parameter Estimation

    P. Dobson;C. Lei;T. Navessin;M. Secanell;M. Secanell

  • Understanding the Effect of Kinetic and Mass Transport Processes in Cathode Agglomerates

    M. Moore;P. Wardlaw;P. Dobson;J. J. Boisvert

  • Correlation of Changes in Electrochemical and Structural Parameters due to Voltage Cycling Induced Degradation in PEM Fuel Cells

    Alexander Kneer;Jasna Jankovic;Darija Susac;Andreas Putz

  • A Mixed Wettability Pore Size Distribution Based Mathematical Model for Analyzing Two-Phase Flow in Porous Electrodes

    J. Zhou;A. Putz;M. Secanell

  • A generalized mathematical model to study gas transport in PEMFC porous media

    Lalit M. Pant;Sushanta K. Mitra;Marc Secanell

  • Initial Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Solar Molten Media Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production

    D. Paxman;S. Trottier;M. Nikoo;Marc Secanell

  • Geometric tolerance and manufacturing assemblability estimation of metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes

    Baltej Singh Rupal;Baltej Singh Rupal;Nabil Anwer;Marc Secanell;Ahmed Jawad Qureshi

  • Multi-objective optimization of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell membrane electrode assembly

    M. Secanell;R. Songprakorp;A. Suleman;N. Djilali

  • A comparative study between optimal metal and composite rotors for flywheel energy storage systems

    V. Kale;M. Secanell

  • Analysis of non-isothermal effects on polymer electrolyte fuel cell electrode assemblies

    M. Bhaiya;A. Putz;M. Secanell

  • OpenFCST: An Open-Source Mathematical Modelling Software for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Marc Secanell;Andreas Putz;Phillip Wardlaw;Valentin Zingan

  • Optimization of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell membrane electrode assembly

    Marc Secanell;Ron Songprakorp;Ned Djilali;Afzal Suleman

  • Estimating charge-transport properties of fuel-cell and electrolyzer catalyst layers via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

    A. Kosakian;M. Secanell

  • Multi-level adaptive simulation of transient two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

    C.C. Chueh;M. Secanell;W. Bangerth;N. Djilali

  • Cost optimization of hybrid composite flywheel rotors for energy storage

    M. Krack;M. Secanell;P. Mertiny

  • An electrochemical model of an amperometric NOx sensor

    Masoud Aliramezani;Charles Robert Koch;Marc Secanell;Robert E. Hayes

  • Experimental and numerical analysis of a methane thermal decomposition reactor

    D. Paxman;S. Trottier;M.R. Flynn;L. Kostiuk

  • Numerical Evaluation of Optimization Algorithms for Low-Reynolds-Number Aerodynamic Shape Optimization

    Marc Secanell;Afzal Suleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Afzal Suleman
Afzal Suleman University of Victoria
Sushanta K. Mitra
Sushanta K. Mitra University of Waterloo
Ned Djilali
Ned Djilali University of Victoria
Adam Z. Weber
Adam Z. Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kunal Karan
Kunal Karan University of Calgary
Subir Bhattacharjee
Subir Bhattacharjee University of Alberta
Iryna V. Zenyuk
Iryna V. Zenyuk University of California, Irvine
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University
Rangachary Mukundan
Rangachary Mukundan Los Alamos National Laboratory
Steven Holdcroft
Steven Holdcroft Simon Fraser University

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