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Michael A. Hickner is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, automotive engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's publication record includes a significant contribution to topics such as fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies research, and membrane-based ion separation techniques. Additional research areas of interest include additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, membrane separation technologies, and the application of machine learning in materials science.

Michael A. Hickner has published in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Polymer Engineering and Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • Designing anion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysers, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Improving the efficiency of CO2 electrolysis by using a bipolar membrane with a weak-acid cation exchange layer, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Using reverse osmosis membranes to control ion transport during water electrolysis, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Using a vapor-fed anode and saline catholyte to manage ion transport in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Estuaries as Filters for Riverine Microplastics: Simulations in a Large, Coastal-Plain Estuary, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with a range of colleagues. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Harrison J. Cassady
  • Maria F. Rochow
  • Derek M. Hall
  • Christopher A. Gorski
  • Bruce E. Logan

Best Publications

  • Alternative Polymer Systems for Proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs)

    Michael A. Hickner;Hossein Ghassemi;Yu Seung Kim;Brian R. Einsla

  • Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

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

  • Direct polymerization of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers: candidates for new proton exchange membranes

    Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Yu Seung Kim;Thomas A. Zawodzinski

  • Solid-state water electrolysis with an alkaline membrane.

    Yongjun Leng;Guang Chen;Alfonso J. Mendoza;Timothy B. Tighe

  • Block Copolymers for Fuel Cells

    Yossef A. Elabd;Michael A. Hickner

  • Highly Stable, Anion Conductive, Comb-Shaped Copolymers for Alkaline Fuel Cells

    Nanwen Li;Yongjun Leng;Michael A. Hickner;Chao Yang Wang

  • State of Water in Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Copolymers and a Perfluorosulfonic Acid Copolymer (Nafion) and Its Effect on Physical and Electrochemical Properties

    Yu Seung Kim;Limin Dong;Michael Anthony Hickner;Thomas E. Glass

  • Anion exchange membranes: Current status and moving forward

    Michael A. Hickner;Andrew M. Herring;E. Bryan Coughlin

  • Single-crystal colloidal nanosheets of GeS and GeSe.

    Dimitri D. Vaughn;Romesh J. Patel;Michael A. Hickner;Raymond E. Schaak

  • The Chemical and Structural Nature of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Properties

    M. A. Hickner;B. S. Pivovar

  • Transport Properties of Hydroxide and Proton Conducting Membranes

    Michael R. Hibbs;Michael Anthony Hickner;Todd M. Alam;Sarah K. McIntyre

  • Designing anion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysers

    Danielle A. Salvatore;Christine M. Gabardo;Angelica Reyes;Colin P. O’Brien

  • Anion exchange membranes by bromination of benzylmethyl-containing poly(sulfone)s

    Jingling Yan;Michael A. Hickner

  • Fabrication and characterization of heteropolyacid (H3PW12O40)/directly polymerized sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer composite membranes for higher temperature fuel cell applications

    Yu Seung Kim;Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Thomas A Zawodzinski

  • Using microbial desalination cells to reduce water salinity prior to reverse osmosis

    Maha Mehanna;Tomonori Saito;Jingling Yan;Michael Hickner

  • Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone) Copolymers and Related Systems from Disulfonated Monomer Building Blocks: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance – A Topical Review

    W. L. Harrison;M. A. Hickner;M. A. Hickner;Y. S. Kim;Y. S. Kim;J. E. McGrath

  • Metal-cation-based anion exchange membranes.

    Yongping Zha;Melanie L. Disabb-Miller;Zachary D. Johnson;Michael A. Hickner

  • Ionomeric Poly(phenylene) Prepared by Diels−Alder Polymerization: Synthesis and Physical Properties of a Novel Polyelectrolyte

    Cy H. Fujimoto;Michael Anthony Hickner;Christopher J. Cornelius;Douglas A. Loy

  • Synthesis of highly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers via direct polymerization

    Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Qing Ji;William Harrison

  • Multication Side Chain Anion Exchange Membranes

    Liang Zhu;Jing Pan;Ying Wang;Juanjuan Han

  • In Situ High-Resolution Neutron Radiography of Cross-Sectional Liquid Water Profiles in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

    M. A. Hickner;N. P. Siegel;K. S. Chen;D. S. Hussey

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Logan
Bruce E. Logan Pennsylvania State University
Tomonori Saito
Tomonori Saito Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yu Seung Kim
Yu Seung Kim Los Alamos National Laboratory
James E. McGrath
James E. McGrath Virginia Tech
Chulsung Bae
Chulsung Bae Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Qing Wang
Qing Wang Pennsylvania State University
Mark E. Tuckerman
Mark E. Tuckerman New York University
Michael J. Janik
Michael J. Janik Pennsylvania State University
Fang Zhang
Fang Zhang Tsinghua University
Chao-Yang Wang
Chao-Yang Wang Pennsylvania State University

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