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Overview

Truls Norby is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their work spans several domains within materials science and engineering, concentrating extensively on topics related to fuel cells, ionic conductivity, and advanced functional materials.

The primary fields of study in Norby's research output are Materials Science and Engineering. Within these fields, the main subfields include Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a focus on the development and understanding of materials with applications in energy conversion and storage.

Norby's recent significant publications encompass:

  • Single-step hydrogen production from NH3, CH4, and biogas in stacked proton ceramic reactors (2022, Science)
  • MOF-modified polyester fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole as electrode for flexible supercapacitors (2020, Electrochimica Acta)
  • From Electrolyte and Electrode Materials to Large-Area Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells: A Review (2024, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Protonic Conduction in La2NiO4+δ and La2-xAxNiO4+δ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) Ruddlesden-Popper Type Oxides (2022, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Enhanced activity of catalysts on substrates with surface protonic current in an electrical field - a review (2021, Chemical Communications)

The prominent publication venues where Norby frequently contributes include:

  • Solid State Ionics
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ChemSusChem
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • RSC Advances

Key topics covered in Norby's research are:

  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

Norby collaborates regularly with several coauthors, indicating an active research network. Frequent coauthors include Athanasios Chatzitakis, José M. Serra, Amir Masoud Dayaghi, Ragnar Strandbakke, and Donglin Han, reflecting a consistent collaborative pattern across multiple projects.

The research work of Truls Norby demonstrates a sustained focus on protonic ceramic fuel cells, ionic transport phenomena, and materials chemistry related to electrochemical energy conversion and storage. Contributions to reviews and research articles in high-impact journals suggest involvement in both experimental and theoretical aspects of advanced materials research.

Best Publications

  • Solid-state protonic conductors: principles, properties, progress and prospects

    Truls Norby

  • Proton conduction in rare-earth ortho-niobates and ortho-tantalates

    Reidar Haugsrud;Truls Norby

  • XPS characterisation of in situ treated lanthanum oxide and hydroxide using tailored charge referencing and peak fitting procedures

    M.F. Sunding;K. Hadidi;S. Diplas;S. Diplas;O.M. Løvvik;O.M. Løvvik

  • THE DEFECT STRUCTUFE OF SrTi1−xFexO3−y (x = 0–0.8) INVESTIGATED BY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AND ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY (EELS)

    Svein Steinsvik;Renato Bugge;Jon Gjønnes;Johan Taftø

  • Direct conversion of methane to aromatics in a catalytic co-ionic membrane reactor

    S. H. Morejudo;R. Zanón;S. Escolástico;I. Yuste-Tirados

  • Hydrogen in oxides

    Truls Norby;Marius Widerøe;Ronny Glöckner;Yngve Larring

  • The promise of protonics

    Truls Norby

  • Mixed proton and electron conducting double perovskite anodes for stable and efficient tubular proton ceramic electrolysers

    Einar Vøllestad;Einar Vøllestad;Ragnar Strandbakke;Mateusz Tarach;David Catalán-Martinez

  • Space–charge theory applied to the grain boundary impedance of proton conducting BaZr0.9Y0.1O3 − δ

    Christian Kjølseth;Harald Fjeld;Øystein Prytz;Paul Inge Dahl

  • Concentration and transport of protons in oxides

    Truls Norby;Yngve Larring

  • Thermo-electrochemical production of compressed hydrogen from methane with near-zero energy loss

    Harald Malerød-Fjeld;Daniel Clark;Irene Yuste-Tirados;Raquel Zanón

  • Spinel and Perovskite Functional Layers Between Plansee Metallic Interconnect (Cr‐5 wt % Fe‐1 wt % Y 2 O 3) and Ceramic ( La0.85Sr0.15 ) 0.91MnO3 Cathode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

    Yngve Larring;Truls Norby

  • Oxidation Behavior of Ferritic Stainless Steels under SOFC Interconnect Exposure Conditions

    Zhenguo Yang;Matthew S. Walker;Prabhakar Singh;Jeffry W. Stevenson

  • Proton conduction in Ca- and Sr-substituted LaPO4

    Truls Norby;Niels Christiansen

  • High-temperature proton conductivity in acceptor-doped LaNbO4

    Reidar Haugsrud;Truls Norby

  • Mixed hydrogen ion–electronic conductors for hydrogen permeable membranes

    Truls Norby;Yngve Larring

  • Protons and other defects in BaCeO3: a computational study

    R. Glöckner;M.S. Islam;T. Norby

  • Composite Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolysers: A Critical Review

    Xinwei Sun;Stian Christopher Simonsen;Truls Norby;Athanasios Chatzitakis

  • Gd- and Pr-based double perovskite cobaltites as oxygen electrodes for proton ceramic fuel cells and electrolyser cells

    Ragnar Strandbakke;Vladimir A. Cherepanov;Andrey Yu. Zuev;Dmitry S. Tsvetkov

  • EMF method determination of conductivity contributions from protons and other foreign ions in oxides

    Truls Norby

Frequent Co-Authors

Tor Grande
Tor Grande Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mari-Ann Einarsrud
Mari-Ann Einarsrud Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Helmer Fjellvåg
Helmer Fjellvåg University of Oslo
José M. Serra
José M. Serra Universitat Politècnica de València
Morten Huse
Morten Huse BI Norwegian Business School
Magnar Bjørås
Magnar Bjørås Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sean Li
Sean Li University of New South Wales
Ingo Lieberwirth
Ingo Lieberwirth Max Planck Society
Poul Norby
Poul Norby Technical University of Denmark
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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