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Peter G. Pickup is affiliated with the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on energy and engineering, with specific attention to renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, as well as electrical and electronic engineering. Additional areas of study include catalysis, materials chemistry, and electrochemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Peter G. Pickup has contributed multiple papers published predominantly in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. Recent papers demonstrate research on catalysts and fuel cell materials, including:

  • Pt/Ru-Sn Oxide/Carbon Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol at Rh@Pt and Ru@Pt Catalysts, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Electrolysis of Ethanol and Methanol at PtRu@Pt Catalysts, 2022, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Electrochemical Production of Ammonia and Urea from Coreduction of Nitrite and Carbon Dioxide at Iron Phthalocyanine Electrodes and Comparison of Analytical Methods, 2023, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Efficient Oxidation of Ethanol at Ru@Pt Core-Shell Catalysts in a Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis Cell, 2023, ECS Advances

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter G. Pickup include Ahmed Hashem Ali, Jasmeen Akther, Hui Hang, Chaojie Song, and Khalid Fatih.

Their publications are mainly found in the following venues:

  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ECS Transactions
  • ECS Advances
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Comparison of geometries and electronic structures of polyacetylene, polyborole, polycyclopentadiene, polypyrrole, polyfuran, polysilole, polyphosphole, polythiophene, polyselenophene and polytellurophene

    U. Salzner;J.B. Lagowski;P.G. Pickup;R.A. Poirier

  • Electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole and electrochemistry of polypyrrole films in ambient temperature molten salts

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  • Ion transport in polypyrrole and a polypyrrole/polyanion composite

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  • An impedance study of electron transport and electron transfer in composite polypyrrole + polystyrenesulphonate films

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  • A model for anodic hydrous oxide growth at iridium

    Peter G. Pickup;V.I. Birss

  • Anode water removal: A water management and diagnostic technique for solid polymer fuel cells

    H.H. Voss;D.P. Wilkinson;P.G. Pickup;M.C. Johnson

  • Redox conduction in mixed-valent polymers

    P. G. Pickup;Royce W. Murray

  • Electronically conductive anion exchange polymers based on polypyrrole: Preparation, characterization, electrostatic binding of ferrocyanide and electrocatalysis of ascorbic acid oxidation

    Huanyu Mao;Peter G. Pickup

  • Chemical Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Studies of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Poly(styrene-4-sulfonate) Composites

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  • Conjugated metallopolymers. Redox polymers with interacting metal based redox sites

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  • Design of low band gap polymers employing density functional theory?hybrid functionals ameliorate band gap problem

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  • Mechanistic study of the deactivation of carbon supported Pd during formic acid oxidation

    Xingwen Yu;Peter G. Pickup

  • Modification of carbon supported catalysts to improve performance in gas diffusion electrodes

    Nengyou Jia;Rex B Martin;Zhigang Qi;Mark C Lefebvre

  • In situ measurement of the conductivity of polypyrrole and poly[1-methyl-3-(pyrrol-1-ylmethyl)pyridinium]+ as a function of potential by mediated voltammetry. Redox conduction or electronic conduction?

    Huanyu Mao;Peter G. Pickup

  • Ru oxide supercapacitors with high loadings and high power and energy densities

    Xiaorong Liu;Peter G. Pickup

  • Electron and proton transport in gas diffusion electrodes containing electronically conductive proton-exchange polymers

    Zhigang Qi;Mark C. Lefebvre;Peter G. Pickup

  • Electronically Conducting Proton Exchange Polymers as Catalyst Supports for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction, Hydrogen Oxidation, and Methanol Oxidation

    Mark C. Lefebvre;Zhigang Qi;Peter G. Pickup

  • Deactivation/reactivation of a Pd/C catalyst in a direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC): Use of array membrane electrode assemblies

    Xingwen Yu;Peter G. Pickup

  • Ionic and Electronic Conductivity of Poly‐(3‐methylpyrrole‐4‐carboxylic Acid)

    Xiaoming Ren;Peter G. Pickup

  • High performance conducting polymer supported oxygen reduction catalysts

    Zhigang Qi;Peter G. Pickup

  • Ion transport in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)–poly(styrene-4-sulfonate) composites

    Guangchun Li;Peter G. Pickup

  • The Influence of the Aqueous Growth Medium on the Growth Rate, Composition, and Structure of Hydrous Iridium Oxide Films

    Peter G. Pickup;Viola I. Birss

  • Electrochemically induced substitution of polythiophenes and polypyrrole

    Zhigang Qi;Neale G. Rees;Peter G. Pickup

  • The promoting effect of Pb on carbon supported Pt and Pt/Ru catalysts for electro-oxidation of ethanol

    Guangchun Li;Peter G. Pickup

  • Poly-(3-methylpyrrole-4-carboxylic acid): an electronically conducting ion-exchange polymer

    Peter G. Pickup

  • Redox conduction: its use in electronic devices

    P. G. Pickup;Royce W. Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Viola Birss
Viola Birss University of Calgary
Arnd Garsuch
Arnd Garsuch BASF (United States)
A. Robert Hillman
A. Robert Hillman University of Leicester

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