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Overview

Robert F. Savinell is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, chemistry, and chemical engineering, with significant contributions across several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The main topics of Robert F. Savinell's work include advanced battery technologies research, ionic liquids properties and applications, electrochemical analysis and applications, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

In recent years, they have authored several papers that reflect these research interests. Notable publications include:

  • Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Solvation Dynamics of Wet Ethaline: Water is the Magic Component, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • A Nitroxide Containing Organic Molecule in a Deep Eutectic Solvent for Flow Battery Applications, 2021, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Electrochemical Decomposition of Primary Alcohol Groups in Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2021, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Evaluating and Developing a Reliable Reference Electrode for Choline Chloride Based Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Their frequent coauthors include Jesse S. Wainright, Nicholas Scott Sinclair, Burcu Gurkan, Xiaochen Shen, and Edward J. Maginn. Collaborative efforts with these coauthors have contributed to 24, 14, 10, 9, and 5 joint publications respectively, which reflects a consistent research partnership.

Most of Robert F. Savinell's works have been published in venues such as the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ECS Transactions, and ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. The Journal of The Electrochemical Society stands out as the primary publication venue with 14 publications.

Best Publications

  • Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications.

    Benworth B. Hansen;Stephanie Spittle;Brian Chen;Derrick Poe

  • Acid-doped polybenzimidazoles : a new polymer electrolyte

    J. S. Wainright;J. ‐T. Wang;D. Weng;R. F. Savinell

  • High temperature proton exchange membranes based on polybenzimidazoles for fuel cells

    Qingfeng Li;Jens Oluf Jensen;Robert F. Savinell;Niels J. Bjerrum

  • Conductivity of PBI Membranes for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Y.-L. Ma;J. S. Wainright;M. H. Litt;R. F. Savinell

  • A H2O2 fuel cell using acid doped polybenzimidazole as polymer electrolyte

    J.-T. Wang;R.F. Savinell;J. Wainright;M. Litt

  • Thermal Stability of Proton Conducting Acid Doped Polybenzimidazole in Simulated Fuel Cell Environments

    S. R. Samms;S. Wasmus;R. F. Savinell

  • Heat-treated iron(III) tetramethoxyphenyl porphyrin chloride supported on high-area carbon as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction: Part II. Kinetics of oxygen reduction

    S.Lj Gojković;S Gupta;R.F Savinell

  • Proton conducting polymers

    Robert F. Savinell;Morton H. Litt

  • Evaluation of Ethanol, 1‐Propanol, and 2‐Propanol in a Direct Oxidation Polymer‐Electrolyte Fuel Cell A Real‐Time Mass Spectrometry Study

    Jiangtao Wang;S. Wasmus;R. F. Savinell

  • Thermal Stability of Nafion® in Simulated Fuel Cell Environments

    S. R. Samms;S. Wasmus;R. F. Savinell

  • A Polymer Electrolyte for Operation at Temperatures up to 200°C

    R. Savinell;E. Yeager;D. Tryk;U. Landau

  • Real‐Time Mass Spectrometric Study of the Methanol Crossover in a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

    J.‐T. Wang;S. Wasmus;R. F. Savinell

  • Evaluation of a Sol-Gel Derived Nafion/Silica Hybrid Membrane for Proton Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Applications: I. Proton Conductivity and Water Content

    N. Miyake;J. S. Wainright;R. F. Savinell

  • Electro‐osmotic Drag Coefficient of Water and Methanol in Polymer Electrolytes at Elevated Temperatures

    D. Weng;J. S. Wainright;U. Landau;R. F. Savinell

  • Evaluation of a Sol-Gel Derived Nafion/Silica Hybrid Membrane for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Applications: II. Methanol Uptake and Methanol Permeability

    N. Miyake;J. S. Wainright;R. F. Savinell

  • A direct methanol fuel cell using acid-doped polybenzimidazole as polymer electrolyte

    J. T. Wang;J. S. Wainright;R. F. Savinell;M. Litt

  • Rechargeable redox flow batteries: flow fields, stacks and design considerations

    Xinyou Ke;Joseph M. Prahl;J. Iwan D. Alexander;Jesse S. Wainright

  • Introduction: batteries and fuel cells.

    M. Stanley Whittingham;Robert F. Savinell;Thomas Zawodzinski

  • Kinetics of O 2 Reduction on a Pt Electrode Covered with a Thin Film of Solid Polymer Electrolyte

    S. K. Zecevic;J. S. Wainright;M. H. Litt;S. Lj. Gojkovic

  • Imidazole and 1-methyl imidazole in phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole, electrolyte for fuel cells

    Alex Schechter;Robert F Savinell

  • Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry

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  • O 2 Reduction on an Ink‐Type Rotating Disk Electrode Using Pt Supported on High‐Area Carbons

    S. Lj. Gojković;S. K. Zečević;R. F. Savinell

Frequent Co-Authors

Morton H. Litt
Morton H. Litt Case Western Reserve University
Levi T. Thompson
Levi T. Thompson University of Delaware
Krishnan Rajeshwar
Krishnan Rajeshwar The University of Texas at Arlington
Dennis W. Hess
Dennis W. Hess Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas A. Zawodzinski
Thomas A. Zawodzinski University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kwong-Yu Chan
Kwong-Yu Chan University of Hong Kong
Qingfeng Li
Qingfeng Li Technical University of Denmark
Jens Oluf Jensen
Jens Oluf Jensen Technical University of Denmark
Donald A. Tryk
Donald A. Tryk University of Yamanashi
Raymond R. Unocic
Raymond R. Unocic Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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