Scholarly Works

Published Articles

1. Darik A. Rosser, Anto Felix Sotvik GS, Kevin C. Leonard; Machine-Learning-Guided Design of Pd–Au Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Appl. Energy Mater.2026; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.6c02281
2. Brianna R Farris, Joshua J Meckstroth, Kevin C Leonard. Interpretable, low-compute machine learning integrating experimental and catalytic descriptors for sustainable CO2 electroreduction. Green Chemistry  2026 28 (28), 11779–11789. DOI: 10.1039/d6gc01753c
3. Wil V Srubar III, Victor Sans, Mimi Hii, Andrew C Marr, Nicholas Gathergood, Bala Subramaniam, Sachin Handa, Yogendra Shastri, Bing-Joe Hwang, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Dean Brady, Audrey Moores, Hongxian Han, Lei Wang, Ning Yan, Kotaro Satoh, Michael AR Meier, Julie Carrier, Elizabeth Biddinger, Watson Loh, Graham Newton, Clara Santato, Kevin C Leonard, Jingwen Chen, Ive Hermans, Ryuhei Nakamura, Rowan S Brower, Peter Licence. Expectations for Submissions on Sustainable Cementitious Materials for ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2026 14 (21), 9693-9695. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c05621
4. Victor Sans, Mimi Hii, Andrew C Marr, Nicholas Gathergood, Bala Subramaniam, Sachin Handa, Yogendra Shastri, Wil V Srubar III, Bing-Joe Hwang, Noureddine Abdoulmoumine, Dean Brady, Audrey Moores, Hongxian Han, Lei Wang, Ning Yan, Kotaro Satoh, Michael AR Meier, Julie Carrier, Elizabeth Biddinger, Watson Loh, Graham Newton, Clara Santato, Kevin Leonard, Jingwen Chen, Ive Hermans, Ryuhei Nakamura, Rowan Brower, Pete Licence. Expectations for Submissions on Flow Chemistry for ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2026 14 (19), 8974-8976. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c04744
5. Yogendra Shastri, Bala Subramaniam, Andrew C Marr, Wil V Srubar III, Bing Joe Hwang, Noureddine Abdoulmoumine, Victor Sans, Nicholas Gathergood, Dean Brady, Audrey Moores, Sachin Handa, Hongxian Han, Lei Wang, Ning Yan, Kotaro Satoh, Michael AR Meier, Julie Carrier, Elizabeth Biddinger, Watson Loh, Mimi Hii, Graham Newton, Clara Santato, Kevin Leonard, Jingwen Chen, Ive Hermans, Ryuhei Nakamura, Rowan Brower, Pete Licence. Expectations for Submissions on Sustainable Process Systems for ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2026 14 (12), 5867-5870. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c02498
6. Abdullah Omar O Bahdad, Kevin C Leonard. Ion-Pair-Driven Electrolyte Engineering for Optimized KHCO3 Reduction to Formate. ACS Electrochemistry  2026 2 (4), 913-921. DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00439
7. Audrey Moores, Elizabeth J Biddinger, Michael AR Meier, Bala Subramaniam, Andrew C Marr, Nicholas Gathergood, Ning Yan, King Kuok Hii, Dean Brady, Wil V Srubar III, Julie D Carrier, Watson Loh, Ive Hermans, Kotaro Satoh, Victor Sans Sangorrin, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Hongxian Han, Jingwen Chen, Sachin Handa, Graham Newton, Ryuhei Nakamura, Clara Santato, Yogendra Shastri, Bing Joe Hwang, Lei Wang, Kevin C Leonard, Rowan S Brower, Peter Licence. Expectations on Toxicity and Ecotoxicity for Submissions to ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2026 14 (1), 3-6. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c13697
8. Brianna R Farris, Kevin C Leonard. Accelerating catalysis understanding via large language model data extraction and shallow machine learning techniques. JACS Au  2025 5 (11), 5578-5589. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c01087
9. Andrew C Marr, Dean Brady, Bala Subramaniam, Victor Sans, Michael Meier, Audrey Moores, Lei Wang, Elizabeth J Biddinger, Nicholas Gathergood, Kotaro Satoh, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Danielle Julie Carrier, Jingwen Chen, Hongxian Han, Sachin Handa, Ive Hermans, King Kuok Hii, Bing Joe Hwang, Kevin C Leonard, Watson Loh, Ryuhei Nakamura, Graham N Newton, Clara Santato, Yogendra Shastri, Ning Yan, Wil V Srubar III, Rowan S Brower, Peter Licence. Expectations for Submissions on Green and Sustainable Biocatalysis for ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2025 13 (32), 16211-16213. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c09705
10. Sachin Handa, Nicholas Gathergood, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Andrew C Marr, Michael AR Meier, Audrey Moores, Elizabeth J Biddinger, Dean Brady, Danielle Julie Carrier, Jingwen Chen, Ive Hermans, Bing Joe Hwang, Kevin Leonard, Victor Sans, Kotaro Satoh, Bala Subramaniam, Rowan Brower, Pete Licence. Expectations for submissions on sustainable organic synthesis and sustainable catalysis relevant to organic synthesis for ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2025 13 (32), 12830-12834. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c07849
11. Elizabeth J Biddinger, Nour Abdoulmoumine, Dean Brady, Danielle Julie Carrier, Jingwen Chen, Nicholas Gathergood, Hongxian Han, Sachin Handa, Ive Hermans, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Bing Joe Hwang, Kevin C Leonard, Watson Loh, Andrew C Marr, Michael AR Meier, Audrey Moores, Ryuhei Nakamura, Graham N Newton, Victor Sans, Clara Santato, Kotaro Satoh, Yogendra Shastri, Wil V Srubar III, Bala Subramaniam, Lei Wang, Ning Yan, Carlos Toro, Peter Licence. Expectations for Papers on Electrochemical Processes and Materials in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2025 13 (21), 7683-7686. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c04768
12.  Darik A Rosser, Kevin C Leonard. High-speed cyclic voltammetry regressions using machine learning. ACS Electrochemistry  2025 1 (7), 1038–1043. DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00012
13. Michael AR Meier, Bala Subramaniam, Audrey Moores, Watson Loh, Elizabeth J Biddinger, Bing Joe Hwang, Kotaro Satoh, Graham N Newton, Sachin Handa, Ning Yan, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Andrew Craig Marr, Ive Hermans, Kevin C Leonard, D Julie Carrier, Jingwen Chen, Clara Santato, Dean Brady, Wil V Srubar III, Yogendra Shastri, Ryuhei Nakamura, Nicholas Gathergood, Hongxian Han, Julio F Serrano, Peter Licence. Expectations for Manuscripts in the Field of Polymer Science in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2025 8 (13), 3022-3023. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c01303
14. Abdullah Omar O. Bahdad and Kevin C. Leonard. Anodically Grown Pt(II) Oxide Microelectrode/Nanoelectrode pH Sensor. J. Electrochem. Soc.  2024 171 117512. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad8c35
15. Audrey Moores, Jingwen Chen, Bala Subramaniam, Michael KC Tam, Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Dean Brady, Danielle Julie Carrier, Ivet Ferrer, Nicholas Gathergood, Hongxian Han, Ive Hermans, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Bing Joe Hwang, Milad Kamkar, Kevin Leonard, Watson Loh, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Andrew C. Marr, Michael A.R. Meier, Ryuhei Nakamura, Graham N. Newton, Thalappil Pradeep, Kotaro Satoh, Wil V. Srubar III, Ning Yan, Asha James, Mihir Jha, Atal Shivhare, Julio F. Serrano, and Peter Licence. Reintroducing the INTRODUCTION: How to Write a Compelling Introduction for the ACS Sustainable Family of Journals. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2024 12 (23), 8581-8583. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04252
16. Milad Kamkar, Kevin C. Leonard, Ivet Ferrer, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Dean Brady, Danielle Julie Carrier, Nicholas Gathergood, Hongxian Han, Ive Hermans, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Bing Joe Hwang, Watson Loh, Michael A. R. Meier, Andrew C. Marr, Graham N. Newton, Wil V. Srubar III, Ning Yan, Michael KC Tam, Jingwen Chen, Audrey H. Moores, Bala Subramaniam, Peter Licence, and Julio F. Serrano. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Resource Management and Chemical Processes”. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  2024 12 (8), 2924-2926. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c01004
17. Nilles, Christian K., Borkowski,  Ashley K.,  Bartlett, Elizabeth R., Stalcup, Matthew A.,  Lee, Hyun-Jin, Leonard, Kevin C., Subramaniam, Bala, Thompson, Ward H., and Blakemore, James D. “Mechanistic Basis of Conductivity in Carbon Dioxide-Expanded Electrolytes: A Joint Experimental–Theoretical Study”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08145
18. Rosser, Darik,  Farris, Brianna, Leonard, Kevin C.. “Predictive Machine Learning Models Trained on Experimental Datasets for Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction”. Digital Discovery, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DD00151B
19. Matthew Stalcup†, Christian Nilles, Bala Subramaniam*, James Blakemore*, Leonard*, Kevin C.  “Distinguishing the Mechanism of Electrochemical Carboxylation in CO2 eXpanded Electrolytes.”  ChemComm  2023https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06560F
20. Donald C. Janda, Kiran Barma, Moghitha Parandhaman, Xindi Sun, Kevin C. Leonard, and Shigeru Amemiya* “Adsorption-Coupled Electron-Transfer Mode of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Voltammetric Simulation” Electrochemical Acta. Vol 444, pp. 141973 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.141973
21. Kurapati, Niraja, Janda, Donald C., Balla, Ryan J., Huang, Siao-Han, Leonard, Kevin C., Amemiya, Shigeru.  “Nanogap-Resolved Adsorption-Coupled Electron Transfer by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Implications for Electrocatalysis” Analytical Chemistry. Vol 94, Issue 51, pp. 17956–17963 2022 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04008
22. Rajapakse, Dinuka, Meckstroth, Josh, Jantz, Dylan T., Camarda, Kyle Vincent, Yao, Zijun, Leonard, Kevin C. “Deconvoluting Kinetic Rate Constants of Catalytic Substrates from Scanning Electrochemical Approach Curves with Artificial Neural Networks” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 3,Issue 2, pp. 103–112 2022https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00056
23. Wang, Jiaying, Barforoush, Joseph M., Leonard, Kevin C.,. “Sulfur incorporation into NiFe oxygen evolution electrocatalysts for improved high current density operation” RSC Mater. Adv. Vol 4, pp. 122-133 2022 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00902A
24. Ren, Zhiyong Jason, Lowry, Gregory V.,. Arnold, William A, Brooks, Bryan W., Gago-Ferrero, Pablo, Garcia, Jeannette M., Leonard, Kevin C., Mills, Margaret, Serrano, Julio F., Wang, Shuxiao, Zimmerman, Julie B. “Data Science for the Transformation of Environmental and Chemical Research and Development” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 10, Issue 44, pp. 14392-14393 2022https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06310
25. Farris, Brianna R., Niang-Trost, Tevin, Branicky, Michael S.,. Leonard, Kevin C., “Evaluation of Machine Learning Models on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Human Curated Datasets” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 10, Issue 33, pp. 10934-10944 2022 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c02941
26. Seuferling, Tess E., Larson, T.R., Barforoush, J.M., Leonard, K.C. "Carbonate-derived multi-metal catalysts for electrochemical water splitting at high current densities." ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 9, Issue 49, pp. 16678-16686 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05519
27. Hasan, Faruque M., Rossi, L.M., Debecker, D.P., Leonard, K.C., Li, Z., Makhubela, B.C.E., Zhao, C., Kleij, A. "Can CO2 and Renewable Carbon Be Primary Resources for Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals?" ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 9, Issue 37, pp. 12427-12430 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06008
28. Stalcup, Matthew A., Nilles, C.K., Lee, H-J, Subramaniam, B., Blakemore, J.D., Leonard, K.C. "Organic Electrosynthesis in CO2-eXpanded Electrolytes: Enabling Selective Acetophenone Carboxylation to Atrolactic Acid." ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 9, Issue 31, pp. 10431-10436 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03073
29. Jantz, Dylan T., Ryan J. Balla, Siao-Han Huang, Niraja Kurapati, Shigeru Amemiya, and Kevin C. Leonard. "Simultaneous Intelligent Imaging of Nanoscale Reactivity and Topography by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy." Analytical Chemistry Vol 93, Issue 25, pp. 8906-8914 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01248
30. Leonard, Kevin C., Faruque Hasan, Helen F. Sneddon, and Fengqi You. "Can Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Be Used to Accelerate Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering?." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Vol. 9, Issue 18, pp. 6126-6129 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02741
31. Jantz, D.T.; Seuferling, T.E.; Leonard, K.C. “Numerical Deconvolution of Surface Interrogation Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Experiments on Platinum During Hydrogen Evolution.” ChemElectroChem Vol 7, Issue 24, pp. 4863-4872 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202001082
32. Sconyers, D.; Shaughnessy, C.I. Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B.  Leonard, K.C. and Blakemore, J.D “Enhancing Molecular Electrocatalysis of CO₂ Reduction with Pressure-Tunable CO₂-Expanded Electrolytes” ChemSusChem (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202000390
33. Shaughnessy, C.I.; Sconyers, D.; Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B.; Leonard, K.C. and Blakemore, J.D “Insights into pressure tunable reaction rates for electrochemical reduction of CO₂ in organic electrolytes.” Green Chemistry Vol 22, Issue 8, pp. 2434-2442 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC00013B
34. Balla, R.J.; Jantz. D.T.; Kurapati, N.; Chen, R.; Leonard, K.C. and Amemiya, S. “Nanoscale Intelligent Imaging Based on Real-Time Analysis of Approach Curve by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.” Analytical Chemistry Vol. 91, Issue 15, pp. 10227-10235 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02361
35. Shaughnessy, C.I.; Sconyers, D.; Kerr, T.; Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B.*; Leonard, K.C. and Blakemore, J.D “Intensified Electrocatalytic CO₂ Conversion in Pressure‐Tunable CO₂‐Expanded Electrolytes.” ChemSusChem Vol. 12, Issue 16, pp. 3761-3768 (2019). - Cover Feature Article https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201901107
36. Pavithra, P.; Balla, R.J.; Jantz. D.T.; Kurapati, N.; Gramm, E..; Leonard, K.C. and Amemiya, S. “Probing High Permeability of Nuclear Pore Complexes by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Ca²⁺ Effects on Transport Barriers.” Analytical Chemistry Vol. 91, Issue 8, pp. 5446-5454 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00796
37. Zhao, Z.;  Leonard, K.C. and Boika, A. “Hot-Tip Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Theory and Experiments Under Positive and Negative Feedback Conditions” Analytical Chemistry Vol. 91, Issue 4, pp. 2970-2977 (2019). - Front Cover Article https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05192
38. Jantz. D.T. and Leonard, K.C. “Characterizing Electrocatalysts with Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Vol. 57, Issue 22, pp. 7431-7440 (2018). - Influential Researcher Article https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00922
39. Barforoush, J.M.; Seuferling, T.E.; Jantz. D.T.; Song, K.R. and Leonard, K.C. “Insights into the Active Electrocatalytic Areas of Layered Double Hydroxide and Amorphous Nickel–Iron Oxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts.” ACS Applied Energy Materials Vol. 1, Issue 4, pp. 1415-1423 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00190
40. Shaughnessy, C.I..; Jantz. D.T. and Leonard, K.C. “Selective electrochemical CO₂ reduction to CO using in situ reduced In₂O₃ nanocatalysts.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol. 5, Issue 43, pp. 22743-22749 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA06570A
41. Barforoush, J.M.; Jantz. D.T.; Seuferling, T.E.; Song, K.R.; Cummings, L.C. and Leonard, K.C. “Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of a Nanoamorphous (Ni₀.₈,Fe₀.₂) oxide oxygen-evolving electrocatalyst containing only ‘fast’ sites.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol. 5, Issue 23, pp. 11661-11670 (2017). - Emerging Investor Article https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA00151G
42. Kim, J.; Renault, C.; Nioradze, N. Arroyo-Curras, N.; Leonard, K.C. and Bard, A.J. “Nanometer Scale Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Instrumentation.” Analytical Chemistry Vol. 88, Issue 20, pp.10284–10289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03024
43. Kim, J.; Renault, C.; Nioradze, N. Arroyo-Curras, N.; Leonard, K.C. and Bard, A.J. “Electrocatalytic Activity of Individual Pt Nanoparticles Studied by Nanoscale Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.” Journal of The American Chemical Society Vol. 138, Issue 27, pp. 8560-8568 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b03980
44. McDonald, T.D.; Bayer, C.; DeLee, A.M.; Atchison, E.; Widrig, D.; Hutchens, B. and Leonard, K.C. “Rapid Characterization of Multi-Metallic Electrocatalysts for the Water Splitting Reactions Utilizing Printed Microelectrodes on a Chip.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society Vol. 163, pp.H359-H366 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1141605jes
45. Barforoush, J.M.; McDonald, T.D.; Desai, T.; Widrig, D.; Bayer, C.; Brown, M. K.; Cummings, L.C. and Leonard, K.C. “Intelligent Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Tip and Substrate Control Utilizing Fuzzy Logic.” Electrochimica Acta Vol. 190, pp.713-719 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.112
46. Jaison, D.; Barforoush, J.M.; Qiao, Q.; Zhu, Y.; Ren, S. and Leonard, K.C. "Low-Dimensional Hyperthin FeS₂ Nanostructures for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis.” ACS Catalysis Vol. 5, pp. 6653 - 6657 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b01637
47. Leonard, K.C. and Bard, A.J. "The Study of Multireactional Electrochemical Interfaces via a Tip Generation/Substrate Collection Mode of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction for Mn in Acidic Solution.” Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135, Issue 42, pp. 15890 - 15896 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407395m
48. Leonard, K.C. and Bard, A.J. "Pattern Recognition Correlating Materials Properties of the Elements to Their Kinetics for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.” Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135, Issue 42, pp. 15885 - 15889 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407394q
49. Leonard, K.C.; Nam, K.M.; Lee, H.C.; Soon, H.K.; Park, H.S. and Bard, A.J. “ZnWO₄/WO₃ Composite for Improving Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Vol. 117, pp. 15901 - 15910 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp403506q
50. Nam, K.M.; Park, H.S.; Lee, H.C.; Meekins, B.H.; Leonard, K.C. and Bard, A.J. “Compositional Screening of the Pb-Bi-Mo-O System. Spontaneous Formation of a Composite of p-PbMoO₄ and n-Bi₂O₃ with Improved Photoelectrochemical Efficiency and Stability.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Vol. 4, pp. 2707 - 2710 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1021/jz401334k
51. Park, H.S.; Leonard, K.C.and Bard, A.J. “Surface Interrogation Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SI-SECM) of Photoelectrochemistry at a W/Mo-BiVO₄ Semiconductor Electrode – Quantification of Hydroxyl Radicals During Water Oxidation” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Vol. 117, Issue 23, pp. 12093 - 12102 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp400478z
52. Park, H.S.; Lee, H.C.; Leonard, K.C.; Liu, G. and Bard, A.J. “Unbiased Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting in Z-Scheme Device Using W/Mo-doped BiVO₄ and ZnₓCd₁₋ₓSe.” ChemPhysChem Vol 14, Issue 10, pp. 2277 - 2287 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201201044
53. Najafpour, M.M; Leonard, K.C.; Fan, F.F.; Tabrizi, M.A.; Bard, A.J., King’ondu, C.K; Suib, S.L.; Haghighi, B.; Allakhverdiev, S.A. “Nano-size Layered Manganese–Calcium Oxide as an Efficient and Biomimetic Catalyst for Water Oxidation Under Acidic Conditions: Comparable to Platinum.” Dalton Transactions Vol. 42, Issue 14, pp. 5085-5091 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT32864C
54. Leonard, K.C.; Tejedor-Anderson, M.I. and Anderson, M.A. “Nanoporous Oxide Coatings on Stainless Steel to Enable Water Splitting and Reduce the Hydrogen Evolution Overpotential.”International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol. 37, Issue 24, pp.18654-18660 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.10.008
55. .Chang, J.; Leonard, K.C.; Cho, S.K. and Bard, A.J. “Examining Ultramicroelectrodes for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy by White Light Vertical Scanning Interferometry and Filling Recessed Tips by Electrodeposition of Gold.”Analytical Chemistry Vol. 84, Issue 11, pp. 5159-5163 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1021/ac300863r
56. Leonard, K.C.; Suyama, W.E. and Anderson, M.A. “Evaluating the Electrochemical Capacitance of Surface-Charged Nanoparticle Oxide Coatings.” Langmuir Vol. 28, Issue 15, pp. 6476-6476 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1021/la204173w
57. Leonard, K.C.; Suyama, W.E. and Anderson, M.A. “Improvement of Electrochemical Capacitor Electrodes using SiO₂ Nanoparticles.” Electrochimica Acta Vol. 56, Issue 27, pp. 10137-10144 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2011.08.116
58. Leonard, K.C.; Genthe, J.R.; Sanfilippo, J.L.; Zeltner, W.A. and Anderson, M.A. “Synthesis and Characterization of Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitive Deionization Materials Using Nanoporous Silicon Dioxide and Magnesium Doped Aluminum Oxide.” Electrochimica Acta Vol. 54, Issue 22, pp. 5286-5291 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2009.01.082

Awarded Patents

6. Patent #10961631: Leonard, K.C. Barforoush, J.M. Song, K. Seuferling, T. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Oxyhydroxides (Issued 2021)

5. Patent #10457566: Jasion, D.; Barforoush, J.M.; Ren, S.; Leonard. K.C. Low-Dimensional Hyperthin FeS₂ Nanostructures for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis (Issued 2019)

4. Patent #10196746: Leonard, K.C. Barforoush, J.M. Song, K. Seuferling, T. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Oxyhydroxides (Issued 2019)

3. Patent #9365939: Anderson, M.A., Leonard, K.C., Nanoporous Materials for Reducing the Overpotential of Creating Hydrogen by Water Electrolysis (Issued 2016)

2. Patent #8116067: Anderson, M.A., Leonard, K.C., Nanoporous Insulating Oxide Electrolyte Membrane Ultracapacitor, Button Cell, Stacked Cell and Coiled Cell and Methods of Manufacture and Use Thereof (Issued 2012)

1. Patent #8216445: Anderson, M.A., Leonard, K.C., Nanoporous Insulating Oxide Deionization Device Having Electrolyte Membrane, and Method of Manufacture and Use Thereof (Issued 2012)

Major Presentations

18. Leonard, K.C. “Internet of Catalysis - Harnessing Data for Catalysis Design” NRT Annual PI Meeting Jan 2021.

17. Leonard, K.C. “Electrocatalysis 101” Great Plains Catalysis Society Meeting April 2020.

16. Leonard, K.C. “Development of an Intelligent SECM Protocol for Investigating Reaction Intermediates and Designing Electrocatalysts” 2019 ARO Annual Meeting Dec 2019.

15. Leonard, K.C. “Pressure Dependent Reaction Rates for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in CO2-Expanded Electrolytes” 2019 Applied Energy Conference (MIT) May 2019.

14. Leonard, K.C. “Nanostructure-Controlled Activity of Electrocatalysts for the Solar Fuel Reactions.” Materials Research Society Annual Spring Meeting 2018 (Invited Talk)

13. Leonard, K.C. “Characterizing Electrocatalysts with ‘Nano’ Gap Electrochemistry (Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy).” University of Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series 2018 (Invited Talk).

12. Leonard, K.C. “Structure-Controlled Activity of Electrocatalysts for the Solar Fuel Reactions.” Oklahoma State University, Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, Nov. 2017 (Invited Talk).

11. Leonard, K.C. “Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ Using Surface-Reduced In₂O₃ Nanocatalysts.” 2017 ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering, July 2017  (Invited Talk).

10. Leonard, K.C. “Nanoamorphous (Ni,Fe) Oxide Electrocatalysts for the OER.” 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016.

9. Leonard, K.C. “Layered-Hyperthin Electrocatalysts for the Water Splitting Reactions.” Kansas State University Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, Oct. 2016 (Invited Talk).

8. Leonard, K.C. “Solar Fuels: Using Chemistry to Store Solar Energy.” The University of Akron Chemistry Department Seminar, March 2016 (Invited Talk).

7. Leonard, K.C. “Solar Fuels: Using Chemistry to Store Solar Energy.” Kansas City AIChE Speaker Series, April 2015 (Invited Talk).

6. Leonard, K.C. “Methods for Discovering New Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production.” University of Missouri Chemical Engineering Seminar, March 2014 (Invited Talk).

5. Leonard, K.C. “Novel Materials for Water Treatment Using Capacitive Deionization.” ASM Bergmann Seminar - Milwaukee Wisconsin, May 2011 (Invited Talk).

4. Leonard, K.C. and Anderson, M.A. “Overview of Capacitive Deionization Technologies.” Wisconsin/Israeli Commission Water Technology Meeting, April 2010 (Invited Talk).

3. Leonard, K.C. “Developing Ultracapacitors for Renewable Energy Applications.” University of Wisconsin Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium, April 2009 (Invited Talk).

2. Daugherty, M.D. and Leonard, K.C. “Ultracapacitors for Renewable Energy Storage.” EUCI Webinar, January 2009 (Invited Talk).

1. Leonard, K.C. “Energy and Water - Materials for Society’s Two Most Important Resources.” Universidade Estadual Paulista - Araraquara, Brazil, April 2007 (Invited Talk).

Minor Presentations

See Kevin C. Leonard's CV.

Book Chapters

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3. Leonard, K.C and Seuferling T.E. “Electrochemical Instrumentation” in Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry Bard, A.J Eds. 2021

2. Bard A.J.; Lee H.C.; Leonard, K.C.; Park, H.S. and Wang. S.J. “Rapid Screening of Photocatalysts for Studies of Compositional Effects on Performance.” in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Materials, Processes and Architectures, Lewerenz, H.J. and Peter, L.M., Eds. Royal Society of Chemistry: London (2013)

1. Daugherty, M.D.; Leonard, K.C.; and Suyama, W.E. Power: Battery Boost, Appliance Design, March 1, 2009.