2015

(56) Mechanically stable poly (arylene ether) anion exchange membranes prepared from commercially available polymers for alkaline electrochemical devices C. G. Arges, L. Wang, M. Jung, & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(7), F686, (2015).

(55) A Vanadium–Cerium Redox Flow Battery with an Anion‐Exchange Membrane Separator S. Yun, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, ChemPlusChem, 80(2), pp. 412-421, (2015).

(54) Synthesis and alkaline stability of solubilized anion exchange membrane binders based on poly (phenylene oxide) functionalized with quaternary ammonium groups via a hexyl spacer J. Parrondo, J. J. Min-suk, Z. Wang, C. G. Arges, & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(10), pp. F1236-F1242, (2015).

(53) Pyrochlore electrocatalysts for efficient alkaline water electrolysis J. Parrondo, M. George, C. Capuano, K. E. Ayers, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(20), pp. 10819-10828, (2015).

(52) Controlling the nitrogen content of metal-nitrogen-carbon based non-precious-metal electrocatalysts via selenium addition K. M. Palanivelu, V. Prabhakaran, V. K. Ramani, & K. Ramanujam, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(6), pp. F475-F482, (2015).

2014

(51) The Activity of Benzyl and Allyl α-H Sites in p-Cresol-grafted Fluorinated Poly(aryl ether oxadiazole) toward the Bromination Reaction Y. Zhao, X. Li, S. Wang, W. Li, X. Zhang, X. Xie, C. Chai, Y. Luo, & V. K. Ramani, Chemistry Letters, 43(12), pp. 1943-1945, (2014).

(50) X-ray micro-tomography as a diagnostic tool for the electrode degradation in vanadium redox flow batteries P. Trogadas, O. O. Taiwo, B. Tjaden, T. P. Neville, S. Yun, J. Parrondo, V. Ramani, M. Coppens, D. J. L. Brett, & P. R. Shearing, Electrochemistry Communications, 48, pp. 155-159, (2014).

(49) Study of Side-chain Effects on the Properties of Anion-exchange Membrane with In Situ Photoswitch C. Li, S. Zhang, S. Wang, X. Xie, C. Deng, & V. K. Ramani, Chemistry Letters, 43(9), pp. 1493-1495, (2014).

(48) Bipolar polymer electrolyte interfaces for hydrogen–oxygen and direct borohydride fuel cells C. G. Arges, V. Prabhakaran, L. Wang, & V. Ramani, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(26), pp. 14312-14321, (2014).

(47) Density functional theory study of hydroxide-ion induced degradation of imidazolium cations W. Wang, S. Wang, X. Xie, & V. Ramani, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(26), pp. 14355-14361, (2014).

(46) Hydroxide-ion induced degradation pathway for dimethylimidazolium groups in anion exchange membranes W. Wang, S. Wang, X. Xie, & V. K. Ramani, Journal of Membrane Science, 462, pp. 112-118, (2014).

(45) Bifunctional crosslinking agents enhance anion exchange membrane efficacy for vanadium redox flow batteries W. Wang, M. Xu, S. Wang, X. Xie, Y. Lv, & V. K. Ramani, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, pp. 1-28, (2014).

(44) Strong metal–support interactions enhance the activity and durability of platinum supported on tantalum-modified titanium dioxide electrocatalysts A. Kumar & V. Ramani, ACS Catalysis, 4(5), pp. 1516-1525, (2014).

(43) Electrochemical and Thermal Studies of LiNi {sub 0.8} Co {sub 0.15} Al {sub 0.015} O {sub 2} under Fluorinated Electrolytes A. Benmayza, W. Lu, V. Ramani, & J. Prakash, Electrochimica Acta, 123, pp. 7-13, (2014).

(42) Platinum supported on titanium–ruthenium oxide is a remarkably stable electrocatayst for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles J. Parrondo, T. Han, E. Niangar, C. Wang, N. Dale, K. Adjemian, & V. Ramani, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(1), pp. 45-50, (2014).

(41) Simple and facile synthesis of water-soluble poly (phosphazenium) polymer electrolytes C. G. Arges, L. Wang, & V. Ramani, RSC Advances, 4(106), pp. 61869-61876, (2014).

(40) Stability of poly (2, 6-dimethyl 1, 4-phenylene) oxide-based anion exchange membrane separator and solubilized electrode binder in solid-state alkaline water electrolyzers J. Parrondo & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(10), pp. F1015-F1020, (2014).

(39) Microstructure-property relationships in sulfonated polyether ether ketone/silsesquioxane composite membranes for direct methanol fuel cells S. Yun, J. Parrondo, F. Zhang, & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(9), pp. F815-F822, (2014).

(38) Derivatized cardo-polyetherketone anion exchange membranes for all-vanadium redox flow batteries S. Yun, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(18), pp. 6605-6615, (2014).

(37) Degradation of anion exchange membranes used for hydrogen production by ultrapure water electrolysis J. Parrondo, C. G. Arges, M. Niedzwiecki, E. B. Anderson, K. E. Ayers, & V. Ramani, RSC Advances, 4(19), pp. 9875-9879, (2014).

(36) Kinetic and mechanistic investigation of methanol oxidation on a smooth polycrystalline Pt surface G. Hou, J. Parrondo, V. Ramani, & J. Prakash, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(3), pp. F252-F258, (2014).

(35) Structurally-tuned nitrogen-doped cerium oxide exhibits exceptional regenerative free radical scavenging activity in polymer electrolytes V. Prabhakaran & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(1), pp. F1-F9, (2014).

2013

(34) Best practices for investigating anion exchange membrane suitability for alkaline electrochemical devices: case study using quaternary ammonium poly (2, 6-dimethyl ) C. G. Arges, L. Wang, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 160(11), F1258, (2013).

(33) TiO2–RuO2 electrocatalyst supports exhibit exceptional electrochemical stability C. P. Lo, G. Wang, A. Kumar, & V. Ramani, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 140, pp. 133-140, (2013).

(32) RuO2–SiO2 mixed oxides as corrosion-resistant catalyst supports for polymer electrolyte fuel cells A. Kumar & V. K. Ramani, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 138, pp. 43-50, (2013).

(31) Two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy reveals cation-triggered backbone degradation in polysulfone-based anion exchange membranes C. G. Arges & V. Ramani, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(7), pp. 2490-2495, (2013).

(30) Perfluorinated Polymer Electrolytes Hybridized With In Situ Grown Titania Quasi-Networks Y. Patil, S. Sambandam, V. Ramani, & K. Mauritz, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(1), pp. 42-48, (2013).

(29) In situ fluorescence spectroscopy correlates ionomer degradation to reactive oxygen species generation in an operating fuel cell V. Prabhakaran, C. G. Arges, & V. Ramani, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(43), pp. 18965-18972, (2013).

(28) Ta0. 3Ti0. 7O2 electrocatalyst supports exhibit exceptional electrochemical stability A. Kumar & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 160(11), pp. F1207-F1215, (2013).

(27) Estimation of electrode ionomer oxygen permeability and ionomer-phase oxygen transport resistance in polymer electrolyte fuel cells S. Sambandam, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(36), pp. 14994-15002, (2013).

(26) Polysulfone-based anion exchange membranes demonstrate excellent chemical stability and performance for the all-vanadium redox flow battery J. J. Min-suk, J. Parrondo, C. G. Arges, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(35), pp. 10458-10464, (2013).

(25) Investigation of cation degradation in anion exchange membranes using multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy C. G. Arges & V. Ramani, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 160(9), pp. F1006-F1021, (2013).

2012

(24) SiO2–RuO2: A Stable Electrocatalyst Support C. P. Lo & V. Ramani, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4(11), pp. 6109-6116, (2012).

(23) CeO2 Surface Oxygen Vacancy Concentration Governs in Situ Free Radical Scavenging Efficacy in Polymer Electrolytes P. Trogadas, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4(10), pp. 5098-5102, (2012).

(22) Kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction on Pd3M (M= Cu, Ni, Fe) electrocatalysts synthesized at elevated annealing temperatures M. Ramanathan, V. Ramani, & J. Prakash, Electrochimica acta, 75, pp. 254-261, (2012).

(21) Investigation of polymer electrolyte membrane chemical degradation and degradation mitigation using in situ fluorescence spectroscopy V. Prabhakaran, C. G. Arges, & V. Ramani, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(4), pp. 1029-1034, (2012).

(20) Assessing the influence of different cation chemistries on ionic conductivity and alkaline stability of anion exchange membranes C. G. Arges, J. Parrondo, G. Johnson, A. Nadhan, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(9), pp. 3733-3744, (2012).

2011

(19) Degradation mitigation in PEM fuel cells using metal nanoparticle additives P. Trogadas, J. Parrondo, F. Mijangos, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(48), pp. 19381-19388, (2011).

(18) Platinum supported on CeO 2 effectively scavenges free radicals within the electrolyte of an operating fuel cell P. Trogadas, J. Parrondo, & V. Ramani, Chemical Communications, 47(41), pp. 11549-11551, (2011).

(17) A perfluorinated anion exchange membrane with a 1, 4-dimethylpiperazinium cation J. J. Min-suk, C. G. Arges, & V. Ramani, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(17), pp. 6158-6160, (2011).