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Steven Holdcroft

Steven Holdcroft

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Materials Science

D-Index
87
Citations
26037
World Ranking
1974
National Ranking
30

Chemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
25780
World Ranking
2426
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Steven Holdcroft is a researcher affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their work centers on engineering and energy, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as subfields related to renewable energy, polymers, and biomedical engineering.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, conducting polymers, membrane-based ion separation techniques, advanced battery materials, and hybrid renewable energy systems.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Designing anion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysers, 2021, Nature Energy
  • High-performance alkaline water electrolysis using Aemion™ anion exchange membranes, 2020, Journal of Power Sources
  • On the evolution of sulfonated polyphenylenes as proton exchange membranes for fuel cells, 2021, Materials Advances
  • Aryl ether-free polymer electrolytes for electrochemical and energy devices, 2024, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Nitrogen-doped carbide-derived carbon/carbon nanotube composites as cathode catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cell application, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Holdcroft's research has been published frequently in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, Macromolecules, Journal of Power Sources, SSRN Electronic Journal, and ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Their collaborative efforts include working closely with co-authors Kaido Tammeveski, Maike Käärik, Jaan Leis, Vambola Kisand, and Arvo Kikas. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth and depth of Holdcroft's research output over time.

Best Publications

  • High temperature PEM fuel cells

    Jianlu Zhang;Zhong Xie;Jiujun Zhang;Yanghua Tang

  • Structure-morphology-property relationships of non-perfluorinated proton-conducting membranes.

    Timothy J. Peckham;Steven Holdcroft

  • INTERACTION OF OXYGEN WITH CONJUGATED POLYMERS : CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX FORMATION WITH POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENES)

    Mohamed S. A. Abdou;Francesco P. Orfino;Yongkeun Son;Steven Holdcroft

  • Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers: A Polymer Science Perspective

    Steven Holdcroft

  • On the micro-, meso-, and macroporous structures of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell catalyst layers.

    Tatyana Soboleva;Xinsheng Zhao;Kourosh Malek;Zhong Xie

  • A stable hydroxide-conducting polymer.

    Owen D Thomas;Kristen J W Y Soo;Timothy J Peckham;Mahesh P Kulkarni

  • Designing anion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysers

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

  • Properties of Nafion® NR-211 membranes for PEMFCs

    Jennifer Peron;Ana Mani;Xinsheng Zhao;Dave Edwards

  • Molecular control of luminescence from poly(3-hexylthiophenes)

    Bai Xu;Steven Holdcroft

  • Poly(bis-arylimidazoliums) possessing high hydroxide ion exchange capacity and high alkaline stability.

    Jiantao Fan;Sapir Willdorf-Cohen;Eric M. Schibli;Zoe Paula

  • Patterning π‐Conjugated Polymers

    Steven Holdcroft

  • Investigation of the through-plane impedance technique for evaluation of anisotropy of proton conducting polymer membranes

    Tatyana Soboleva;Zhong Xie;Zhiqing Shi;Emily Tsang

  • Main-chain, statistically sulfonated proton exchange membranes: the relationships of acid concentration and proton mobility to water content and their effect upon proton conductivity

    Timothy J. Peckham;Jennifer Schmeisser;Marianne Rodgers;Marianne Rodgers;Steven Holdcroft;Steven Holdcroft

  • A Phenomenological Model for Predicting Thermochromism of Regioregular and Nonregioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophenes)

    Cheng Yang;Francesco P. Orfino;Steven Holdcroft

  • Mechanisms of photodegradation of poly(3-alkylthiophenes) in solution

    Mohamed S. A. Abdou;Steven Holdcroft

  • Hexamethyl-p-terphenyl poly(benzimidazolium): a universal hydroxide-conducting polymer for energy conversion devices

    Andrew G. Wright;Jiantao Fan;Benjamin Britton;Thomas Weissbach

  • Preparation and electrocatalytic properties of conducting films of polypyrrole containing platinum microparticulates

    Steven Holdcroft;B.Lionel Funt

  • Synthesis and proton conductivity of partially sulfonated poly([vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene]-b-styrene) block copolymers

    Zhiqing Shi;Steven Holdcroft

  • PEMFC Catalyst Layers: The Role of Micropores and Mesopores on Water Sorption and Fuel Cell Activity

    Tatyana Soboleva;Tatyana Soboleva;Kourosh Malek;Zhong Xie;Titichai Navessin

  • A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules

    Frederik C. Krebs;Suren A. Gevorgyan;Bobak Gholamkhass;Steven Holdcroft

  • Synthesis of Sulfonated Polysulfone-block-PVDF Copolymers: Enhancement of Proton Conductivity in Low Ion Exchange Capacity Membranes

    Yunsong Yang;Zhiqing Shi;Steven Holdcroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Eikerling
Michael Eikerling Forschungszentrum Jülich
Simon Thiele
Simon Thiele Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erik Kjeang
Erik Kjeang Simon Fraser University
Jianfu Ding
Jianfu Ding National Research Council Canada
Yuning Li
Yuning Li University of Waterloo
Väino Sammelselg
Väino Sammelselg University of Tartu
M. Jamal Deen
M. Jamal Deen McMaster University
Roland Zengerle
Roland Zengerle University of Freiburg
Kaido Tammeveski
Kaido Tammeveski University of Tartu
Peyman Servati
Peyman Servati University of British Columbia

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