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Stavros Karakalos is affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and catalysis.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Materials Science

Subfields of study cover:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry

The primary research topics addressed by Karakalos explore:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Single Cobalt Sites Dispersed in Hierarchically Porous Nanofiber Networks for Durable and High-Power PGM-Free Cathodes in Fuel Cells" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity-stability trade-off of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts" (2023, Nature Catalysis)
  • "Atomically dispersed single iron sites for promoting Pt and Pt3Co fuel cell catalysts: performance and durability improvements" (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • "Atomically dispersed single Ni site catalysts for high-efficiency CO2 electroreduction at industrial-level current densities" (2022, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • "Ternary PtIrNi Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation" (2020, ACS Catalysis)

Karakalos collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Mark D. Smith
  • Sophya Garashchuk
  • Gang Wu
  • Corey R. Martin
  • Kyoung Chul Park

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation.

    Hanguang Zhang;Sooyeon Hwang;Maoyu Wang;Zhenxing Feng

  • Atomically dispersed manganese catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

    Jiazhan Li;Jiazhan Li;Mengjie Chen;David A. Cullen;Sooyeon Hwang

  • Highly active atomically dispersed CoN 4 fuel cell cathode catalysts derived from surfactant-assisted MOFs: carbon-shell confinement strategy

    Yanghua He;Sooyeon Hwang;David A. Cullen;M. Aman Uddin

  • Thermally Driven Structure and Performance Evolution of Atomically Dispersed FeN4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction

    Jiazhan Li;Jiazhan Li;Hanguang Zhang;Widitha Samarakoon;Weitao Shan

  • Metal-organic framework-derived nitrogen-doped highly disordered carbon for electrochemical ammonia synthesis using N2 and H2O in alkaline electrolytes

    Shreya Mukherjee;David A. Cullen;Stavros Karakalos;Kexi Liu

  • Ordered Pt3Co Intermetallic Nanoparticles Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction.

    Xiao Xia Wang;Sooyeon Hwang;Yung-Tin Pan;Kate Chen

  • Single Cobalt Sites Dispersed in Hierarchically Porous Nanofiber Networks for Durable and High-Power PGM-Free Cathodes in Fuel Cells.

    Yanghua He;Hui Guo;Sooyeon Hwang;Xiaoxuan Yang

  • 3D porous graphitic nanocarbon for enhancing the performance and durability of Pt catalysts: a balance between graphitization and hierarchical porosity

    Zhi Qiao;Sooyeon Hwang;Xing Li;Xing Li;Chenyu Wang

  • Atomically dispersed single iron sites for promoting Pt and Pt3Co fuel cell catalysts: performance and durability improvements

    Zhi Qiao;Chenyu Wang;Chenzhao Li;Yachao Zeng

  • Surface refinement and electronic properties of graphene layers grown on copper substrate: An XPS, UPS and EELS study

    A. Siokou;F. Ravani;S. Karakalos;O. Frank

  • Ternary PtIrNi Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation

    Yi Li;Yi Li;Xing Li;Xing Li;Hemanth Somarajan Pillai;Judith Lattimer

  • High-performance ammonia oxidation catalysts for anion-exchange membrane direct ammonia fuel cells

    Yi Li;Yi Li;Hemanth Somarajan Pillai;Teng Wang;Sooyeon Hwang

  • Hydrogen Generation via Ammonia Decomposition on Highly Efficient and Stable Ru-free Catalysts: Approaching Complete Conversion at 450 oC

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  • Morphology Control of Carbon-Free Spinel NiCo2O4 Catalysts for Enhanced Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution in Alkaline Media

    Surya Vamsi Devaguptapu;Sooyeon Hwang;Stavros Karakalos;Shuai Zhao

  • Atomically Dispersed Single Ni Site Catalysts for Nitrogen Reduction toward Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis Using N2 and H2O

    Shreya Mukherjee;Xiaoxuan Yang;Weitao Shan;Widitha Samarakoon

  • Dynamically Unveiling Metal-Nitrogen Coordination during Thermal Activation to Design High-Efficient Atomically Dispersed CoN 4 Active Sites.

    Yanghua He;Qiurong Shi;Weitao Shan;Xing Li

  • Promoting Atomically Dispersed MnN4 Sites via Sulfur Doping for Oxygen Reduction: Unveiling Intrinsic Activity and Degradation in Fuel Cells.

    Lin Guo;Sooyeon Hwang;Boyang Li;Fan Yang

  • Engineering Atomically Dispersed FeN4 Active Sites for CO2 Electroreduction

    Nadia Mohd Adli;Weitao Shan;Sooyeon Hwang;Widitha Samarakoon

  • Atomically Dispersed MnN4 Catalysts via Environmentally Benign Aqueous Synthesis for Oxygen Reduction: Mechanistic Understanding of Activity and Stability Improvements

    Mengjie Chen;Xing Li;Xing Li;Fan Yang;Boyang Li

  • Quaternary FeCoNiMn-Based Nanocarbon Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution: Promotional Role of Mn Doping in Stabilizing Carbon

    Shiva Gupta;Shuai Zhao;Xiao Xia Wang;Sooyeon Hwang

  • 3D polymer hydrogel for high-performance atomic iron-rich catalysts for oxygen reduction in acidic media

    Zhi Qiao;Hanguang Zhang;Stavros Karakalos;Sooyeon Hwang

Frequent Co-Authors

Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sooyeon Hwang
Sooyeon Hwang Brookhaven National Laboratory
Guofeng Wang
Guofeng Wang University of Pittsburgh
David A. Cullen
David A. Cullen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhenxing Feng
Zhenxing Feng Oregon State University
Mark D. Smith
Mark D. Smith University of South Carolina
Cynthia M. Friend
Cynthia M. Friend Harvard University
Robert J. Madix
Robert J. Madix Harvard University
William E. Mustain
William E. Mustain University of South Carolina

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