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Svitlana Pylypenko is a researcher affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their work primarily centers around engineering, energy, and materials science, with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry. Their research also extends into energy engineering and power technology, as well as automotive engineering.

The main topics addressed in Pylypenko's research include fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, hybrid renewable energy systems, catalytic processes in materials science, and advancements in solid oxide fuel cells.

Pylypenko has authored multiple scientific papers. Among the recent notable publications are:

  • Exploring the Interface of Skin-Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Utilizing ink composition to tune bulk-electrode gas transport, performance, and operational robustness for a Fe-N-C catalyst in polymer electrolyte fuel cell, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Development of high-performance roll-to-roll-coated gas-diffusion-electrode-based fuel cells, 2021, Journal of Power Sources
  • Improving the bulk gas transport of Fe-N-C platinum group metal-free nanofiber electrodes via electrospinning for fuel cell applications, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Fabrication of high-performance gas-diffusion-electrode based membrane-electrode assemblies, 2020, Journal of Power Sources

Frequent collaborators in Pylypenko's research include Scott A Mauger, Jayson Foster, Michael J. Dzara, Michael Ulsh, and Samantha Medina.

Their research outputs have been published repeatedly in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal of Power Sources, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

Best Publications

  • Cross-laboratory experimental study of non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Frédéric Jaouen;Juan Herranz;Michel Lefèvre;Jean-Pol Dodelet

  • Enhancement of Pt and Pt-alloy fuel cell catalyst activity and durability via nitrogen-modified carbon supports

    Yingke Zhou;Yingke Zhou;Kenneth Neyerlin;Tim S. Olson;Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko

  • Recent progress on nitrogen/carbon structures designed for use in energy and sustainability applications

    Kevin N. Wood;Ryan O'Hayre;Svitlana Pylypenko

  • Non-platinum oxygen reduction electrocatalysts based on pyrolyzed transition metal macrocycles

    Svitlana Pylypenko;Sanjoy Mukherjee;Tim S. Olson;Plamen Atanassov

  • Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Dual-Site Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media on Cobalt−Polypyrrole Electrocatalysts

    Tim S. Olson;Svitlana Pylypenko;Plamen Atanassov;Koichiro Asazawa

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction Measurements on Platinum Electrocatalysts Utilizing Rotating Disk Electrode Technique II. Influence of Ink Formulation, Catalyst Layer Uniformity and Thickness

    Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Jason W. Zack;Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Direct Spectroscopic Observation of the Structural Origin of Peroxide Generation from Co-Based Pyrolyzed Porphyrins for ORR Applications

    Joseph M. Ziegelbauer;Tim S. Olson;Svitlana Pylypenko;Faisal Alamgir

  • Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction Reaction Mechanism on Non-Platinum Catalysts Derived from Pyrolyzed Porphyrins

    Tim S. Olson;Svitlana Pylypenko;Julia E. Fulghum;Plamen Atanassov

  • Activity and Durability of Iridium Nanoparticles in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Shaun M. Alia;Brian Rasimick;Chilan Ngo;K. C. Neyerlin

  • A review on direct methanol fuel cells–In the perspective of energy and sustainability

    Prabhuram Joghee;Jennifer Nekuda Malik;Svitlana Pylypenko;Ryan O’Hayre

  • Iridium-Based Nanowires as Highly Active, Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts

    Shaun M. Alia;Sarah Shulda;Chilan Ngo;Svitlana Pylypenko

  • Core Level Shifts of Hydrogenated Pyridinic and Pyrrolic Nitrogen in the Nitrogen-Containing Graphene-Based Electrocatalysts: In-Plane vs Edge Defects

    Ivana Matanovic;Ivana Matanovic;Kateryna Artyushkova;Matthew B. Strand;Michael J. Dzara

  • Multi-Component Fe–Ni Hydroxide Nanocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Methanol Oxidation Reactions under Alkaline Conditions

    Stephanie L. Candelaria;Nicholas M. Bedford;Taylor J. Woehl;Nikki S. Rentz

  • Exploring the Interface of Skin-Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Chang Liu;Meital Shviro;Aldo S. Gago;Sarah F. Zaccarine

  • Dictating Pt-Based Electrocatalyst Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, from Formulation to Application.

    Tim Van Cleve;Sunilkumar Khandavalli;Anamika Chowdhury;Anamika Chowdhury;Samantha Medina

  • Structure-to-property relationships in fuel cell catalyst supports: Correlation of surface chemistry and morphology with oxidation resistance of carbon blacks

    Kateryna Artyushkova;Svitlana Pylypenko;Madhu Dowlapalli;Plamen Atanassov

  • Nitrogen: unraveling the secret to stable carbon-supported Pt-alloy electrocatalysts

    Svitlana Pylypenko;Albina Borisevich;Karren L More;April R Corpuz

  • Platinum Coated Nickel Nanowires As Oxygen Reducing Electrocatalysts

    Shaun M Alia;Brian A Larsen;Svitlana Pylypenko;David A Cullen

  • Predictive Modeling of Electrocatalyst Structure Based on Structure-to-Property Correlations of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Measurements

    Kateryna Artyushkova;Svitlana Pylypenko;Tim S. Olson;Julia E. Fulghum

  • Tuning Carbon-Based Fuel Cell Catalyst Support Structures via Nitrogen Functionalization. I. Investigation of Structural and Compositional Modification of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Model Catalyst Supports as a Function of Nitrogen Implantation Dose

    Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko;Aimee Queen;Tim S. Olson;Arrelaine Dameron

  • Control of interfacial acid–metal catalysis with organic monolayers

    Jing Zhang;Lucas D. Ellis;Bingwen Wang;Michael J. Dzara

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kenneth C. Neyerlin
Kenneth C. Neyerlin National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ryan O'Hayre
Ryan O'Hayre Colorado School of Mines
Plamen Atanassov
Plamen Atanassov University of California, Irvine
Kateryna Artyushkova
Kateryna Artyushkova Physical Electronics, Inc.
Guido Bender
Guido Bender National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ryan M. Richards
Ryan M. Richards Colorado School of Mines
Brian G. Trewyn
Brian G. Trewyn Colorado School of Mines
Andriy Zakutayev
Andriy Zakutayev National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David S. Ginley
David S. Ginley National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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