Engineering Technology
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND & RESEARCH FIELDS
Academic Background:
. Electrochemistry
. Materials Science
. Chemical Engineering
Research Fields:
. Catalysis in PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) based fuel cells (H2-PEMFCs,
DFAFCs, DMFCs, DEFCs); Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC).
. Environmentally benign battery chemistries and technologies (super-iron
cathodes, transition-metal boride anodes, air cathode batteries etc.).
. Photo-thermal-electrochemical hybrid approaches for efficient
utilization of solar energy.
. Advanced methodologies in electro-analytical chemistry: Electrochemical-
scanning probe microscopy (EC-SPM), in-situ electrochemical-spectroscopy
(EC-FTIR, EC-Raman, EC-NMR); Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
(EIS).
. Green chemistry/technologies in corrosion protection of steels and light
alloys (chemical conversion coatings, passivation coatings,
electroplating, electroless plating etc.).
. Fundamental aspects (thermodynamics and electrochemical kinetics) in
corrosion science (pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion, stress
corrosion cracking, cathodic delamination, filiform corrosion etc.).
. Electrochemical water/soil remediation.
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EXPERIENCE
10/2007 - Present Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,
Canada
Department of Chemistry
(In collaboration with Tekion (Canada) Inc.)
Position: Research Associate
Research: Anode catalysis in direct formic acid fuel cells
(DFAFCs).
Achievements:
. Developed a number of carbon supported Pt-M/C (PtPb/C,
PtSn/C, PtSb/C, PtBi/C) and Pd-M/C (PdPb/C, PdBi/C,
PdSb/C) anode catalysts for DFAFCs.
. Developed a high-throughput catalyst screening
methodology by using multi-anode DFAFC and array
membrane electrode assemblies (MEA).
. Proposed a mechanism regarding deactivation of the
palladium catalyst in DFAFCs.
. Published seven journal papers so far.
. Made three presentations at various conferences.
03/2007 - 09/2007 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
(In collaboration with Ballard Power Systems (Canada)
Inc.)
Position: Research Associate
Research: Activity and durability enhancement of Pt/C (or
PtM/C) cathode catalysts for Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs).
Achievements:
. Proposed 'in-situ' and 'ex-situ' techniques to evaluate
the Pt-carbon support interactions in the catalyst layer
of PEMFCs.
. Published two journal papers.
02/2005 - 02/2007 University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Department of Chemistry
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research: 1. Clean chemistry for high energy batteries.
2. Electrochemical water purification and
remediation.
Achievements:
. Developed a number of high energy cathode and anode
chemistries for alkaline and non-aqueous batteries
(Super-iron/boride battery, Boride/air battery,
Periodate/zinc, metal hydride batteries).
. Developed a coating methodology for stabilization of
electrochemical cells.
. Applied for two US patents.
. Published fifteen journal papers.
. Published three chapters for a book.
. Made six presentations at various conferences.
09/2003 - 02/2005 National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Institute for Chemical Process & Environmental Technology
Position: NSERC Research Fellow
Research: Structure-activity relationships in nanoparticle
electrocatalysis: the use and application of EC-
STM.
Achievements:
. Built up an in-situ EC-STM/AFM (Electrochemical-Scanning
Tunneling Microscope/Atomic Force Microscope).
. Developed a novel pulse electrochemical methodology for
Ru nano-particle deposition.
. Investigated the Pt-Ru nano-particle size effect on the
performance of catalytic anodes in PEMFCs and DMFCs
(Direct Methanol Fuel Cells).
01/2002 - 08/2003 Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Dusseldorf,
Germany
Department of Interface Chemistry & Surface Engineering
Position: Visiting Scientist
Research: Cathodic delamination of polymer coatings from
metal substrates: submicroscopic and molecular
scale aspects.
Achievements:
. Built up an in-situ EC-SKPFM (electrochemical - scanning
Kevin probe force microscope) and an in-situ EC-SKP
(electrochemical - scanning Kelvin probe).
. Developed a methodology for investigation of
electrochemical behavior at the buried interfaces on
submicroscopic and molecular scale.
. Investigated the fundamental cathodic delamination and
filiform corrosion behavior at the buried interfaces of
metal/polymer, metal/LB-film/polymer and metal/self-
assembled film/polymer.
. Published and presented 3 papers in proceedings/at
conferences.
05/2001 - 12/2001 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Center for Clean Energy
Position: Research Associate
Research: Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
(IT-SOFC).
Achievements:
. Developed a novel electrochemical-plasma methodology for
fabricating composite ceramic electrolytes and ceramic
coatings.
. Published one journal paper.
07/1999 - 04/2001 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Shenyang, China
State Key Laboratory for Corrosion & Protection of Metals
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research: 1. Rare earth sealing anodized aluminum alloy
and Al based metal matrix composites.
2. Fundamental corrosion electrochemistry of Al-
based metal matrix composites.
Achievements:
. Developed a sealing methodology with rare earth metal
salts (as replacements of toxic chromates) for anodized
aluminum alloy and Al based metal matrix composites.
. Developed a 'novel white-blue passive film technique for
corrosion protection of zinc alloys' in collaboration
with a company.
. Published over twenty journals papers and proceeding
papers.
. Made five presentations at various conferences.
EDUCATION
09/1996 - 06/1999 Ph.D. (Materials Chemistry)
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Thesis: Rare earth metal conversion coatings for corrosion
protection of aluminum alloys and Al-based metal matrix
composites Al6061/SiCp.
09/1994 - 07/1996 Master (Applied Chemistry)
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Thesis: Anti-corrosive Zn-Cr conversion coatings for
industrial steels.
09/1990 - 07/1994 Bachelor (Chemical Engineering)
Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, China
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Editorial Advisory Board Member of 'The Open Electrochemistry Journal'.
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2. Member of American Chemical Society (ACS).
3. Member of The Electrochemical Society (ECS).
4. Member of Materials Research Society (MRS).
5. Session Chairman, 217th ECS (The Electrochemical Society) meeting, A2-
Nanotechnology General Session, April 24th-30th 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
6. Referee of Journal Papers: Surface & Coating Technology (Reviewed 6
papers: June 2010, March 2010, June 2009, Jan 2007, Nov 2004, June 2004);
Electrochemistry Communications (Reviewed 2 papers: May 2010, July 2009);
Chemical Engineering Communications (May 2010); The Open Electrochemistry
Journal (Reviewed 2 papers: June 2010, Feb 2010); Journal of Materials
Science (Sept 2009); Electrochimica Acta (Reviewed 4 papers: July 2009,
Jan 2009, Nov 2008, Sep 2008); Journal of the Taiwan Institute of
Chemical Engineers (June 2009); Applied Catalysis A: General (Oct 2008);
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (June 2008); Surface and Interface
Analysis (Reviewed 3 papers: Apr 2008, March 2008, Nov 2007); Journal of
Applied Electrochemistry (Mar 2008); International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy (Oct 2007); Materials Letters (Apr 2007); Electrochemical & Solid-
State Letters (June 2006); Thin Solid Films (Oct 2002); Journal of
Materials Science & Technology (Reviewed 2 papers: July 2001, Apr 2001).
COLLABORATION RESEARCH WITH INDUSTRIES
1. Tekion Inc. (Canada): Anode catalysts for direct formic acid fuel cells
(2009).
2. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Canada): Durability enhancement of Pt/C (or
PtM/C) cathode catalysts for PEMFCs (2007).
3. Nantong Carburetor Factory (China): White-blue chromate passivation
coating for corrosion protection of zinc alloy carburetors (2000).
4. Jixi Screw Factory (China): Black chromate passivation coating for zinc
deposited screws (1998).
5. Mold Plant in Wuxi (China): Electroplating of Ni-P-SiCp composite
coatings (1997).
6. Harbin Bearing Group Ltd. (China): Electroless deposition of Ni-P alloy
(1996).
7. Harbin Plating Ltd. (China): Green chromate passivation coating for zinc
and zinc deposited parts (1995).
INSTRUMENTAL/ANALYTICAL/ENGINEERING DRAWING SKILLS
Engineering Drawing Skills:
. Lab-scale engineering drawing & design
EC-SPM (Electrochemical-Scanning Probe Microscopy):
. EC-STM/AFM (Electrochemical-Scanning Tunneling Microscope/Atomic Force
Microscope)
. SKP (Scanning Kelvin Probe)
. SKPFM (Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscope)
Materials Analytics and Characterization:
. ToF-SIMS (Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy)
. XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy)
. AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy)
. XRD (X-ray diffraction)
. TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopes)
. SEM/EDS (Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive
Spectroscopy)
. EPMA (Electron probe X-ray microanalysis)
. DSC/TGA (Differential Scanning Calorimetry/Thermogravimetric
Analyzer)
Chemistry Analytics:
. FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
. UV/VIS (Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy)
. HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
. GC/MS (Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry)
. ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
. NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
Electrochemical Techniques: (With systems of EG & G, Solartron, Autolab,
CHI, Arbin, Maccor etc.)
. Potentiostatic, Galvanostatic, Potentiodynamic, Galvanodynamic,
Potential transients, Cyclic Voltammetry, Electrochemical Impedance
Spectroscopy, Ultra Fast Pulse, Rotating Disc Electrode.
RESEARCH FUNDING APPLICATIONS
1. Chemistry of Novel Transition Metal - Fe(VI) (Super-iron) Oxides:
Synthetic Strategies, Characterization, and Charge Transfer. National
Science Funding (NSF, USA), Division of Chemistry. (2006) Coordinating
Member, involved in proposal preparation.
2. Fundamentals of Solid Oxide Optimized Electrochemical Tuned Solar Water
Splitting. National Science Funding (NSF, USA), Materials World Network.
(2006) Coordinating Member, involved in proposal preparation.
3. A Novel Portable Technology to Disinfect and Neutralize Airborne and
Interfacial Contaminants. Massachusetts (USA) Technology Transfer
Center's Technology Investigation Funding. (2006) Coordinating Member,
involved in proposal preparation.
4. Novel Energy Conversion/Storage Materials: Composite Electrolyte for
Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IT-SOFC). Sub-Project of
'National 863 High-Technology Research Development Plan of China'. (2002)
Coordinating Member, involved in proposal preparation.
5. Environmentally Benign (non-chromium) Corrosion Protection Technique for
Light Alloys: Rare Earth Conversion Coatings for Aluminum Alloys. Sub-
Project of '973 State Key Fundamental Research Development Program of
China'. (2000) Coordinating Member, proposal preparation for the above
sub-project.
6. Fundamental Corrosion Electrochemistry of Al-Based Metal Matrix
Composites. Chinese Postdoctoral Science Fund. (2000) Principle
Investigator.
SUPERVISING/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
01/2008 - Present: Supervising one graduate (Master) student, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, Canada.
02/2005 - 02/2007: Supervising two graduate students (Ph.D.) and two
undergraduate students, University of Massachusetts Boston,
USA.
05/2004 - 12/2004: Supervising one undergraduate student, Institute for
Chemical Process & Environmental Technology, National
Research Council, Canada.
03/2000 - 04/2001: Supervising one graduate student (Ph.D.), Institute of
Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
09/1994 - 06/1999: Teaching assistant, Harbin Institute of Technology,
China.
07/1992 - 08/1992: Teaching an English class for middle school students.
HONORS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
1. Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada)
Fellowship, 2004.
2. Max-Planck-Society (Germany) Fellowship, 2003.
3. Outstanding Paper Award at The 2nd International Conference on Surface
Modification, Corrosion Protection and Coatings. 2001.
4. Outstanding Paper Award at The 2000' Proceeding of Surface Modification,
Corrosion Protection and Pollution Control: 2000.
5. Outstanding Ph. D. Thesis Award at HIT (Harbin Institute of Technology):
1999.
6. HIT Honor Student: 1997-1998.
7. SICT (Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology) Honor Student: 1991-
1994 (6 terms).
8. SICT Scholarship: 1990-1994 (8 terms).
9. The Second Prize in the National High-School Chemistry Contest: 1990.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
English (International) Publications
Journal Papers:
1. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Carbon Supported PtBi Catalysts for Direct
Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources. Under review.
2. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Screening of Pd-M and Pt-M Catalysts in a
Multi-anode Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell (DFAFC). Journal of Applied
Electrochemistry. Under review.
3. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Pb and Sb modified Pt/C Catalysts for
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources. Under review.
4. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Deactivation Resistant PdSb/C Catalysts for
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Electrochemistry Communications. 12 (2010)
800-803.
5. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Effect of FeTSPc on Pt/C, PtRu/C and Pd/C
anode catalysts in a DFAFC. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 40
(2010) 799-807.
6. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, PdBi/C and PtPb/C Bi-metallic Catalysts for
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. International Journal of Green Energy. 6
(2009) 571-582.
7. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Mechanistic Study of the Deactivation of
Carbon Supported Pd during Formic Acid Oxidation. Electrochemistry
Communications. 11-200*-****-****.
8. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Novel Pd-Pb/C Bimetallic catalysts for
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells (DFAFCs). Journal of Power Sources. 192/2
(2009) 279-284.
9. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Deactivation/Reactivation of a Pd/C
Catalyst in a Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell (DFAFC): Use of Array Membrane
Electrode Assemblies (MEAs). Journal of Power Sources. 187/2 (2009) 493-
499.
10. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Recent Advances in Direct Formic Acid Fuel
Cell (DFAFC). Journal of Power Sources. 182/1 (2008) 124-132.
11. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, A Novel High Capacity, Environmental Benign
Energy Storage System: Super-iron Boride Battery. Journal of Power
Sources. 179/1 (2008) 407-411.
12. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Advances in Electrochemical Fe(VI) Synthesis
and Analysis. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 38(2008)731-742.
13. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Recent Advances in Synthesis and Analysis of
Fe(VI) Cathodes: Solution Phase and Solid State Fe(VI) Syntheses,
Reversible Thin-Film Fe(VI) Synthesis, Coating-Stabilized Fe(VI)
Synthesis & Fe(VI) Analytical methodologies. Journal of Solid State
Electrochemistry. 12-200*-****-****.
14. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Huiming Wu, The Super-Iron Boride
Battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 155 (2008) A297-A303.
15. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Stabilized Alkaline Fe(VI) Charge
Transfer: The Zirconia Coating Stabilized Super-iron Alkaline Cathode.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 155 (2008) A1-A7.
16. Stuart Licht, Huiming Wu, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Renewable Highest
Capacity VB2/Air Energy Storage. Chemical Communications. 28 (2008) 3257-
3259.
17. Xingwen Yu, Siyu Ye, Recent Advances in Activity and Durability
Enhancement of Pt/C Catalytic Cathode in PEMFC: Part I: Physico-chemical
and electronic interaction between Pt and carbon support, and activity
enhancement of Pt/C catalyst. Journal of Power Sources. 172/1 (2007) 132-
143.
18. Xingwen Yu, Siyu Ye, Recent Advances in Activity and Durability
Enhancement of Pt/C Catalytic Cathode in PEMFC: Part II: Degradation
mechanism and durability enhancement of carbon supported platinum
catalyst. Journal of Power Sources. 172/1 (2007) 144-153.
19. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, High Capacity Alkaline Super-Iron Boride
Battery. Electrochimica Acta. 52/28-200*-****-****.
20. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Advances in Fe(VI) Charge Storage: Part I:
Primary Alkaline Super-Iron Batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 171/2
(2007) 966-980.
21. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Advances in Fe(VI) Charge Storage: Part II:
Reversible Alkaline Super-Iron Batteries and Non-aqueous Super-Iron
Batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 171/2-200*-****-****.
22. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Zirconia Coating Stabilized Super-Iron
Alkaline Cathodes. Journal of Power Sources. 173/2-200*-****-****.
23. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Deyang Qu, A Novel Akaline Redox Couple:
Chemistry of the Fe6+/B2- Super-Iron Boride Battery. Chemical
Communications. 26-200*-****-****.
24. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, An Alkaline Periodate Cathode and Its Unusual
Solubility Behavior in KOH. Electrochemical & Solid-State Letters. 10(2)
(2007) A36-39.
25. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Dong Zheng, Cathodic Chemistry of High
Performance Zr Coated Alkaline Materials. Chemical Communications. 41
26. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Electrochemical Alkaline Fe(VI) Water
Purification and Remediation. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(20)
27. Xingwen Yu, Guoqiang Li. XPS study of cerium conversion coating on the
anodized 2024 aluminum alloy. Journal of Alloys & Compounds. 364(1-2)
(2004) 193-198.
28. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Electrochemical Study of the Corrosion Behavior
of Ce Sealing of Anodized 2024 Aluminum Alloy. Thin Solid Film. 423(2)
(2003) 252-256.
29. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao. Study on the Rare Earth Sealing
Procedure of the Porous Film of Anodized 2024 Aluminum Alloy. J. of
Materials Science & Technology. 19(1) (2003) 51-53.
30. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao, Guoqiang Li. XPS Analysis of the
Cerium Conversion Coating on the Anodized Al6061/SiCP. J. of Materials
Science & Technology. 19(2) (2003) 157-160.
31. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao. Study on the rare earth sealing
procedure of the porous film of anodized Al6061/SiCP. Materials Chemistry
& Physics. 76(3) (2002) 228-235.
32. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao. Corrosion Behavior of the Rare
Earth Sealing Anodized coating on Aluminum Alloy LY12. J. of Materials
Science & Technology. 18(5) (2002) 471-474.
33. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Zhiming Yao, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Study of
double layer rare earth metal conversion coating on aluminum alloy LY12.
Corrosion Science. 43(7) (200*-****-****.
34. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Chuanwei Yan, Zhiming Yao. Rare Earth
Application in Sealing Anodized Al-Based Metal Matrix Composites. J. of
Materials Science & Technology. 17(2) (2001) 283-284.
35. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Zhiming Yao, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Corrosion
Behavior of Rare Earth Metal (REM) Conversion Coatings on Aluminum Alloy
LY12. Materials Science & Engineering A. 284 (2000) 56-63.
36. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Zhiming Yao. Application of Rare Earth Metal
Salts in Sealing Anodized Aluminum Alloy. J. of Materials Science
Letters. 19(21) (200*-****-****.
37. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Study of Mixed Rare
Earth Metal (REM) Conversion Coating on Aluminum Alloy LY12. Acta
Metallurgica Sinica. 13(5) (200*-****-****.
38. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Mixed Rare Earth Metal Conversion Coatings on
2024 Alloy and Al6061/SiCP Metal Matrix Composites. Transactions of
Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 10(5) (2000) 580-584.
Book Series:
39. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu. Recent advances in Fe(VI) synthesis. ACS
(American Chemical Society) Symposium Series. 985(Ferrates) (2008) 2-51.
40. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu. Recent advances in Fe(VI) charge storage and
super-iron batteries. ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium Series.
985(Ferrates) (2008) 197-256.
41. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Deyang Qu. Electrochemical Fe(VI) water
purification and remediation. ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium
Series. 985(Ferrates) (2008) 268-291.
Proceeding papers:
42. Stuart Licht, Huiming Wu, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Renewable Highest
Capacity Boride/Air Energy Storage. ECS (The Electrochemical Society)
Transactions. 16(50) (2009) 1-7.
43. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, A Novel High Capacity, Environmental benign
Energy Storage System: Super-iron Boride Battery. Materials Research
Society Symposium Proceeding. Vol. 1041, (2008) R04-01.
44. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Demonstration of a Novel Alkaline Battery
Cathode Material: Periodate Salts. Materials Research Society Symposium
Proceeding. Vol. 973, (2007) BB04-02.
45. M. Rohwerder, E. Hornung, Xingwen Yu, Delamination of Polymer Coatings
from Metal Substrates: Submicroscopic and Molecular Aspects. Materials
Research Society Symposium Proceeding. Vol. 734, (2003) 61-66.
46. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Study of the Rare Earth Sealing Anodized 2024
Aluminum Alloy. International Conference on Metallurgical High Technology
and Materials of Heavy Nonferrous Metals, ICHNM'2002. Yunnan Science and
Technology Press, 426-428 (2002). Yunnan, China.
Patents:
47. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu. Stabilized Electrodes for Electrochemical
cells, US Patent, (2008) 200********.
Invited Talks & Conference Presentations:
48. Xingwen Yu, Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. UTC Power LLC. South
Windsor, Connecticut, USA. June 16th (2010). Invited Talk.
49. Xingwen Yu, Anode Catalysis in Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Spring
2010 Seminar Series, Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University. Cleveland, USA. May 6th (2010). Invited Talk.
50. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Optimization and Mechanistic Studies of
Anode Catalysts in Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Tekion (Canada) Inc.
Vancouver, Canada. April 30th (2010). Invited Talk.
51. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Anode Catalysis in Direct Formic Acid Fuel
Cells. 217th ECS Meeting, The Electrochemical Society. Vancouver, Canada.
April 25th-30th (2010). Conference Presentation.
52. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Pd-based and Pt-based Anode Catalysts for
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells (DFAFC). Department of Chemical
Engineering, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada. June
4th (2009). Invited talk.
53. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Catalyst Screening in a Multi-anode Direct
Formic Acid Fuel Cell (DFAFC). Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009 (HFC2009).
Paper Number: A-110-****-***** (4.303.1). May 31st - June 3rd (2009)
Vancouver, Canada. Conference Presentation.
54. Xingwen Yu, Peter G. Pickup, Anode Catalysts of Direct Formic Acid Fuel
Cell (DFAFC). 7th International Symposium on New Nano-Materials for
Electrochemical Systems. Paper Number: NMES08-28. June (2008) Montreal,
Canada. Conference Presentation.
55. Xingwen Yu, Nick Ryan, Peter G. Pickup, Progress of Anode Catalysts in
Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. Tekion (Canada) Inc. Vancouver, Canada.
May 30th (2008). Invited Talk.
56. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, A Novel High Capacity, Environmental benign
Energy Storage System: Super-iron Boride Battery. 2007 MRS (Materials
Research Society) Fall Meeting. November (2007) Boston, USA. Conference
Presentation.
57. Stuart Licht, Huiming Wu, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Renewable Highest
Capacity Boride/Air Energy Storage. 214th ECS Meeting, The
Electrochemical Society. 802 (2008) 395. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Conference Presentation.
58. Xingwen Yu, Stuart Licht, Zirconia Coating Stabilized Super-Iron
Alkaline Battery. 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society of
Electrochemistry. Symposium 2: Energy Storage and Energy Conversion
Systems. Paper Number: ISE071390. September (2007) Banff, Canada.
Conference Presentation.
59. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Yufei Wang, Chemistry of the Fe6+/B2- Super-
iron Boride Battery: A Novel Alkaline Redox Couple. 212th ECS Meeting,
The Electrochemical Society. 702 (2007) 204. Washington DC, USA.
Conference Presentation.
60. Stuart Licht, Xingwen Yu, Demonstration of a Novel Alkaline Battery
Cathode Material: Periodate Salts. 2006 MRS (Materials Research Society)
Fall Meeting. November (2006) Boston, USA. Conference Presentation.
61. M. Rohwerder, Xingwen Yu, M. Stratmann. The Effect of Oxygen Reduction
on the Self-Assembly and Stability of Thiol Monolayer Films. 205th ECS
Meeting, The Electrochemical Society. (2004) 875. San Antonio, USA.
Conference Presentation.
62. Xingwen Yu, M. Rohwerder. Molecular Scale Aspects of Cathodic
Delamination. 44th Corrosion Science Symposium. September (2003)
University of Southampton, UK. Conference Presentation.
63. M. Rohwerder, Xingwen Yu, H. Ehahoun, Delamination of Polymer Films
from Metal Substrates: Submicroscopic and Molecular Aspects. 2002 MRS
(Materials Research Society) Fall Meeting. December (2002) Boston, USA.
Conference Presentation.
64. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Rare Earth Sealing Anodized 2024 Aluminum
Alloy. ICHNM'2002 A New Century International Conference on Metallurgical
High Technology and Materials of Heavy Nonferrous Metals. April (2002).
Kunming, China. Conference Presentation.
Chinese Publications
Journal papers:
65. Xingwen Yu, Xuejie Huang, Liquan Chen. Development of solid oxide fuel
cell. Battery Bimonthly. 32(2) (2002) 110-112.
66. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Development of Dacromet Coating Technique.
Corrosion & Protection. 22(1) (2001) 1-4.
67. Xingwen Yu, Zisong Li, Chunan Cao. Preliminary Research on the
Technique of Zn-Cr Coating. Plating & Finishing. 23(2) (2001) 5-8.
68. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Zisong Li. Effects of Zinc Powder Size and
Mixing on Property of Zn-Cr Coating Paint. Electroplating & Pollution
Control. 21(1) (2001) 32-35.
69. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Rare
Earth Metal (REM) Conversion Films on LY12 Alloy by Cyclic Anodic
Polarization Curves. Corrosion Science & Protection Technology. 13(1)
(2001) 49-51.
70. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao. Study on the Process and Property
of Rare Earth Sealing for Anodized LY12 Aluminum Alloy. ElectroPlating &
Finishing. 20(5) (2001) 1-4.
71. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Study of Corrosion Resistance of Rare Earth
Metal Conversion Coatings on Al6061/SiCP Metal Matrix Composites with
Cyclic Anodic Polarization Curves. Chinese Rare Earth. 21(3) (2000) 31-
34.
72. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin. Corrosion Behavior of Rare Earth
Metals Conversion Coatings on LY12 Alloy. Journal of the Chinese Rare
Earth Society. 18(3) (2000) 243-248.
73. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda
Yin. Composition, Structure and Properties of Rare Earth Metal Conversion
Coating on Al6061/SiCP. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 16(6) (2000) 547-
552.
74. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Chuanwei Yan. Study of Rare Earth Sealing
Anodized LY12 Alloy. High Technique Letters. 10(12) (2000) 57-58.
75. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Jianqing Zhang, Chunan Cao. The Study on the
Properties of the Rare Earth Salt Sealing Anodized Al6061/SiCP
Composites. China Surface Engineering. 13(4) (2000) 29-31.
76. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin.
Development of Rare Earth Metal Conversion Coatings on Aluminum Alloys.
Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion & Protection. 20(5) (2000) 298-
307.
77. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda
Yin. Study on the Double-Layer Rare Earth Metal Conversion Coating of
Aluminum Alloy LY12. Chinese Journal of Materials Research. 14(3) (2000)
289-295.
78. Xingwen Yu, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin, Yan Cui. Study of
Rare Earth Metal (REM) Conversion Coating on Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix
Composites (MMC) Al6061/SiCP. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica. 17(2)
(2000) 30-33.
79. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin. Study on the Ce4+ Conversion
Coating on Aluminum Matrix Composite Materials. Plating & Finishing.
22(3) (2000) 6-9.
80. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin. Rare Earth Metal Conversion Films
on Aluminum Matrix Composites. Surface Technology. 29(4) (2000) 1-3.
81. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin.
Application of Rare Earth in Corrosion Protection of Zinc, Steel and
Galvanized Steel. Materials Protection. 33(4) (2000) 39-40.
82. Yuhong Zhou, Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan. Study of Rare Earth Metal (REM)
Conversion Coating Film on Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)
Al6061/SiCP. High Technique letters. 10 (4) (2000) 64-66.
83. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Dacromet Technology and Conversion Coating
Film. Paint & Coatings Industry. 30(12) (2000) 23-26.
84. Xingwen Yu, Zisong Li, Chunan Cao. Effect of Size of Zinc Powder on
Corrosion Resistance of Zine-Chromium Coating. Electroplating &
Finishing. 19(5) (2000) 4-6.
85. Xingwen Yu, Zisong Li, Chunan Cao. Study on the Structure and
Composition of Zn-Cr Coating. Total Corrosion Control. 14(4) (2000) 1-4.
86. Xingwen Yu, Zisong Li, Chunan Cao. Research on Zinc-Chrome Film
Formation and Corrosion Resistance Mechanism. Automobile Technology &
Material. 14(9) (2000) 12-14.
87. Xingwen Yu. The Development of Stainless Steel Coloration Technique.
New Technology & New Process. (12) (2000) 33-35.
88. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Chuanwei Yan, Haichao Lin, Derui Zhou, Zhongda
Yin. Study on the Formation Mechanism of Ce Conversion Coatings on LY12
Alloy. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 36(9) (2000) 979-984.
89. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao, Haichao Lin, Zhongda Yin, Derui Zhou. Study on
the Corrosion Behavior of Ce Conversion Coatings on Al6061/SiCP
Composites. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 36(3) (2000) 313-318.
90. Xingwen Yu, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin, Yuhong Zhou. Rare Earth Metal
Conversion Coating on Aluminum 2024. The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous
Metals. 9 (1) (1999) 73-78.
91. Xingwen Yu, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Rare Earth Metal
(REM) Conversion Coating on Aluminum 2024. High Technique Letters. 8 (7)
(1998) 35-38.
92. Xingwen Yu, Ning Li, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Rare Earth
Metal (REM) Conversion Coatings on Metals. Materials Review. 12 (4)
(1998) 24-27.
93. Xingwen Yu, Ning Li, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Corrosion
Resistant Film of Rare Earth Metal-Rich Conversion Coating on Aluminum
Alloys. Aerospace Materials & Technology. 28 (3) (1998) 15-18.
94. Xingwen Yu, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Film Process and
Corrosion Resistance of Ce(IV) Conversion Film on Aluminum Alloy LY12.
Electroplating & Pollution Control. 18 (5) (1998) 27-29.
95. Xingwen Yu, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin, Yuhong Zhou. Study of Corrosion
Inhibition Ce(III) Conversion Coating on Aluminum Based Metal Matrix
Composites Al6061/SiCP. New Technology & New Process. (6) (1998) 26-27.
Proceeding papers:
96. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Chunan Cao. Study on the Process and Property
of Rare Earth Sealing Anodizd LY12 Alloy. Proceeding of The 2nd
International Conference on Surface Modification, Corrosion Protection &
Coatings. 7 (2001) 7-11. Beijing, China.
97. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Jianqing Zhang, Chunan Cao. Study of Rare
Earth Sealing Anodized LY12 Alloy. Proceeding of the Chinese Postdoctoral
Academic Symposium in 2000. Science Press. (2001) 185-188, Changsha,
China.
98. Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Jianqing Zhang, Chunan Cao. Study of Rare
Earth Sealing Anodized Al6061/SiCP Composites. Proceeding of Surface
Modification, Corrosion Protection & Pollution Control in 2000. (2000) 4-
1-2, Shenzhen, China.
99. Xingwen Yu, Chunan Cao. Study of Tetravalent Rare Earth Metal
Conversion Coating for Corrosion Protection of Al6061/SiCP. Chinese
Science Abstracts. 6(2) (2000) 267-268.
100. Yuhong Zhou, Xingwen Yu, Chuanwei Yan, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Study
of Ce Conversion Coating on Al6061/SiCP Proceeding of The 11th Corrosion
Inhibitor Symposium. Wuhan: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Press. (1999) 54-57.
101. Xingwen Yu, Jingchuan Zhu, Zhongda Yin, Derui Zhou. Corrosion
Inhibition Ce(IV) Conversion Coating on Al6061/SiCP Composite. CMRS-98
(Chinese Materials Research Society) Symposium Proceeding. Beijing (1998)
1-4.
102. Xingwen Yu, Ning Li, Yuhong Zhou, Derui Zhou, Zhongda Yin. Corrosion
Resistant Conversion Coating of Rare Earth Metal on Aluminum Alloys.
Proceeding of The 10th Corrosion Inhibitor Symposium. Wuhan: Huazhong
University of Science and Technology Press. (1997) 97-100.
103. Yuhong Zhou, Ning Li, Xingwen Yu, Qingzhu Xia, Derui Zhou, Zhongda
Yin. Study of Corrosion Inhibition Film of Rare Earth Metal on Aluminum
Alloys. Proceeding of The 10th Corrosion Inhibitor Symposium. Wuhan:
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press. (1997) 101-103.
REFERENCES
References will be furnished upon request.
Xingwen Yu
Department of Chemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL, A1B 3X7
CANADA
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