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Predictive machine learning models trained on experimental datasets for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Authored by Darik Rosser, Brianna R. Farris, and Kevin C. Leonard

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  1. Abdullah Omar O. Bahdad and Kevin C. Leonard. Anodically Grown Pt(II) Oxide Microelectrode/Nanoelectrode pH Sensor. 2024 J. Electrochem. Soc. 171 117512. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad8c35
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Matthew Stalcup†, Christian Nilles, Bala Subramaniam*, James Blakemore*, Leonard*, Kevin C.  “Distinguishing the Mechanism of Electrochemical Carboxylation in CO2 eXpanded Electrolytes.”  ChemComm (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06560F
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00056
  1. 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
  1. 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 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06310
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. .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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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

 

Journal Cover Art

 

Rosser, Darik, Meckstroth, Farris, Brianna, Leonard, Kevin C. “Predictive machine learning models trained on experimental datasets for electrochemical nitrogen reduction” Digital Discovery. Issue 4,(2024) 

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 (2022) 

 

Wang, Jiaying, Barforoush, Joseph M., Leonard, Kevin C.,. “Sulfur incorporation into NiFe oxygen evolution electrocatalysts for improved high current density operation” RSC Mater. Adv. (2022)

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://pubs.acs.org/pb-assets/images/_journalCovers/ascecg/ascecg_v009i049-3.jpg?0.4653842822224501

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).

     Artist: Tess Seuferling  Water splitting cover description

Stalcup, M.A.; Nilles, C.K.; Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B.; Blakemore, J.D.; and Leonard K.C. "Organic Electrosynthesis in CO₂-eXpanded Electrolytes: Enabling Selective Acetophenone Carboxylation to Atrolatic Acid" ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Vol 9, Issue 31, pp. 10431-10436 2021.

      Artist: Matt Stalcup CXE Cover Description

 

Cover art for SECM showing a spaceship scanning the electrode surface with light beam

Jantz, D.Seuferling, T.; andLeonard, K.C. “Numerical Deconvolution of Surface Interrogation Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy”ChemElectroChem 2020

      Artist: Tess Seuferling SECM Front Cover and Feature Article

Showing a magnifying glass to the fumes out of a factory

Sconyers, D.; Shaughnessy, C.I. Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B. Leonard, K.C. and Blakemore, J. “Enhancing Molecular Electrocatalysis of CO₂ Reduction with Pressure-Tunable CO₂-Expanded Electrolytes” ChemSusChem 2020

       Molecular Electrocatalysis Cover Feature Article

Shaughnessy, C.I.; Sconyers, D.; Kerr, T.; Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B. Blakemore, J and Leonard, K.C., “Insights into Pressure Tunable Reaction Rates for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ in Organic Electrolytes” Green Chemistry Vol. 22, pp. 2434 - 2442 2020

      Pressure Tunable Back Cover Feature Article

depiction of customized reactor

Shaughnessy, C.I.; Sconyers, D.; Kerr, T.; Lee, H-J.; Subramaniam, B. Leonard, K.C., and Blakemore, J.. “Intensified Electrocatalytic CO₂ Conversion in Pressure-Tunable CO₂-Expanded Electrolytes” ChemSusChem Vol. 12, Issue 16, pp. 3761-3768 2019

       CO₂ Cover Feature Article  

 

showing HT-SECM set up

 

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

      Hot-Tip SECM Front Cover Article

 

Phillip E. Savage. "Announcing the Class of 2018 Influential Researchers." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Vol. 57 Issue 38, pp. 12601-12601 2018

      Influential Researchers Front Cover Announcement

 

Creative Works

visual aid for CataLST project

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). Artist: Tess Seuferling

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

Awarded Patents

  1. Patent #10961631: Leonard, K.C. Barforoush, J.M. Song, K. Seuferling, T. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Oxyhydroxides (Issued 2021)
  1. 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)
  1. Patent #10196746: Leonard, K.C. Barforoush, J.M. Song, K. Seuferling, T. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Oxyhydroxides (Issued 2019)
  1. Patent #9365939: Anderson, M.A., Leonard, K.C., Nanoporous Materials for Reducing the Overpotential of Creating Hydrogen by Water Electrolysis (Issued 2016)
  1. 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

  1. Leonard, K.C. “Internet of Catalysis - Harnessing Data for Catalysis Design” NRT Annual PI Meeting Jan 2021.
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Electrocatalysis 101” Great Plains Catalysis Society Meeting April 2020.
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Development of an Intelligent SECM Protocol for Investigating Reaction Intermediates and Designing Electrocatalysts” 2019 ARO Annual Meeting Dec 2019.
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Pressure Dependent Reaction Rates for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in CO2-Expanded Electrolytes” 2019 Applied Energy Conference (MIT) May 2019.
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Nanostructure-Controlled Activity of Electrocatalysts for the Solar Fuel Reactions.” Materials Research Society Annual Spring Meeting 2018 (Invited Talk)
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Characterizing Electrocatalysts with ‘Nano’ Gap Electrochemistry (Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy).” University of Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series 2018 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Structure-Controlled Activity of Electrocatalysts for the Solar Fuel Reactions.” Oklahoma State University, Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, Nov. 2017 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ Using Surface-Reduced In₂O₃ Nanocatalysts.” 2017 ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering, July 2017  (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Nanoamorphous (Ni,Fe) Oxide Electrocatalysts for the OER.” 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 2016.
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Layered-Hyperthin Electrocatalysts for the Water Splitting Reactions.” Kansas State University Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, Oct. 2016 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Solar Fuels: Using Chemistry to Store Solar Energy.” The University of Akron Chemistry Department Seminar, March 2016 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Solar Fuels: Using Chemistry to Store Solar Energy.” Kansas City AIChE Speaker Series, April 2015 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Methods for Discovering New Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production.” University of Missouri Chemical Engineering Seminar, March 2014 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Novel Materials for Water Treatment Using Capacitive Deionization.” ASM Bergmann Seminar - Milwaukee Wisconsin, May 2011 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. and Anderson, M.A. “Overview of Capacitive Deionization Technologies.” Wisconsin/Israeli Commission Water Technology Meeting, April 2010 (Invited Talk).
  1. Leonard, K.C. “Developing Ultracapacitors for Renewable Energy Applications.” University of Wisconsin Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium, April 2009 (Invited Talk).
  1. 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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  1. Leonard, K.C and Seuferling T.E. “Electrochemical Instrumentation” in Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry Bard, A.J Eds. 2021
  1. 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.