RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Sustainable energy production, storage and utilization

• The kinetics and thermodynamics of electrochemical processes

• Development and modeling of materials for chemical/electrochemical processes

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

“The Effect of Transient Potential Exposure on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Carbon Black in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells,” Kevin G. Gallagher, David T. Wong, and Thomas F. Fuller, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155,B488 (2008).

 “Capillary Pressure Saturation Relations for PEM Fuel Cell Gas-Diffusion Layers,” Kevin G. Gallagher, Robert M. Darling, Timothy W. Patterson, and Michael L. Perry, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155, B1225 (2008).

 “Electro-osmosis and Water Uptake in Polymer Electrolytes in Equilibrium with Water Vapor at Low Temperatures,” Kevin G. Gallagher, Bryan S. Pivovar, and Thomas F. Fuller, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156, B330 (2009).

 Kevin G. Gallagher, Gleb Yushin, and Thomas F. Fuller, “The Role of Nanostructure in the Electrochemical Oxidation of Model-Carbon Materials in Acidic Environments,” Submitted to Carbon (2009).

 Kevin G. Gallagher and Thomas F. Fuller, “Kinetic Model of the Electrochemical Oxidation of Graphitic Carbon in Acidic Environments,” submitted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2009).

 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PROCEEDINGS

Kevin G. Gallagher, David T. Wong, and Thomas F. Fuller, “The Effect of Transient Potential Exposure on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Carbon Black in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells,” ECS Trans., 11, 993 (2007).

 Thomas F. Fuller and Kevin G. Gallagher, “Transport Properties of Concentrated Electrolytes and Impact on Electrochemical Systems,” ECS Trans., 16, 117 (2008).

 Kevin G. Gallagher, Brian S. Pivovar, and Thomas F. Fuller, “Electro-osmosis and Water Uptake in Polymer Electrolytes in Equilibrium with Water Vapor at Low Temperatures,” ECS Trans., 16, 297 (2008).

 Kevin G. Gallagher, Gleb Yushin, and Thomas F. Fuller, “The Role of Nanostructure in the Electrochemical Oxidation of Model Carbon Catalyst Supports in Acidic Environments,” Presented at the Spring ECS meeting (2009).

 INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

Thomas F. Fuller and Kevin G. Gallagher, “Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFC)”, in Materials for Fuel Cells, M. Gasik, Ed., Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, 209-247 (2008).

 Kevin G. Gallagher, Robert M. Darling, and Thomas F. Fuller, “Carbon-Support Corrosion Mechanisms and Models” in Handbook of Fuel Cells,: Advances in Electrocatalysis, Materials, Diagnosis and Durability, Vol. 5, W. Vielstich ,H. A. Gasteiger, and H. Yokokawa, Eds., John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK , 819-828 (2009).

* PhD Defense on Aug 11, 2009. Future affiliation : Post-doc at Argonne National Lab.