Turgut M. Gür

 

Turgut M. Gür is a Consulting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University and the Executive Director of Stanford’s DOE-EFRC Center for Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC). Previously, he served for ten years as Technical Director for Center for Materials Research (CMR), and later as the founding Technical Director for Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) at Stanford.  He was a former Director and the former CTO for Direct Carbon Technologies, which he had co-founded in 2005 to develop a proprietary carbon fuel cell technology for coal conversion.  Before that he was the CTO for H2onsite, a distributed hydrogen generation start up, and Scientific Advisor and Director for Electro-Oxidation Technologies, a developer of industrial wastewater treatment technologies

Dr. Gür has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society since 2002, the editor for Solid State Ionics Letters between 1998 and 2002, and has served on several industry, professional and non-profit boards including ten years on the Board of the International Society for Solid State Ionics. He was the organizer and chair of the 14th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-14) on Materials for Energy Conversion and Environment, Asilomar, California, June 22-27, 2003, and co-organizer of the 6th, 7th and 8th Symposia on Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics (IMCC), at the 213th, 217th and 221st meetings of the Electrochemical Society in 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively. He also was the lead organizer and chair of Symposium B4 Electrochemical Utilization of Solid Fuels at the 220th meeting of The Electrochemical Society in Boston on Oct. 9-14, 2011. He has edited numerous conference transactions and proceedings, and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for ECS Transactions and on the Executive Committee of the High Temperature Materials Division of The Electrochemical Society.

 

He holds BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and three graduate degrees including a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He holds 8 US patents and has published more than 140 articles related to energy conversion processes and materials, fuel cells, electrocatalysis, phase equilibria and transport in oxide ceramics, thin film processing, coal and hydrocarbon conversion, sensors and membranes. He also made 120 presentations in national and international conferences, and given nearly 70 invited lectures and colloquia.

 

Contact Information:

Consulting Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

496 Lomita Mall, Durand Bldg.

Executive Director

Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC)

CDR Building 560, room 217

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-4034, USA

Ph:       (650) 725-0107

Fax:     (650) 725-8475

EM:      turgut@stanford.edu

 

Recent Publications:

 

1.         Andrew C. Lee, Siwen Li, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Conversion of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels in a Fluidized Bed Fuel Cell, Electrochem. Solid State Lett. 11(2), B20 (2008)

 

2.         Joon Hyung Shim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Proton Conduction in Thin Film Yttrium-doped Barium Zirconate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 253115 (2008)

 

3.         Siwen Li, Andrew C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Direct Carbon Conversion in a Helium Fluidized Bed Fuel Cell, Solid State Ionics 179, 1549 (2008)

 

4.         Hong Huang, Joon H. Shim, Cheng-Chieh Chao, R. Pornprasertsuk, Masayuki Sugawara, Turgut M. Gür, and Friedrich B. Prinz, Characteristics of Oxygen Reduction on Nanocrystalline YSZ, ECS Trans. 13(26), 97 (2008)

 

5.         Mogens Mogensen, Timothy Armstrong, Turgut M. Gür, and Harumi Yokokawa (eds.), Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 6, ECS Trans. 13(26) (2008)

 

6.         Andrew C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Modeling of CO2 Gasification of Carbon for Integration with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Proceedings of the 2008 Spring meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Southern California, March 17-18 (2008)

 

7.         R. Pornprasertsuk, J.Cheng, Y. Saito, T. M. Gür, and F. Prinz, Isotope Exchange Depth Profiling and Quantum Simulation Studies of Irradiated Yttria Stabilized Zirconia, Electrochem. Soc. Proceedings, vol. 2004-25, p. 231 (2008)

 

8.         Andrew C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Modeling of CO2 Gasification of Carbon for Integration with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, AIChE Journal 55(4), 983 (2009)

 

9.         Andrew C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Thermodynamic Analysis of Gasification-driven Direct Carbon Fuel Cells, J. Power Sources 194, 774 (2009)

 

10.      Turgut M. Gür, Utilization Modes for Solid Carbon Conversion in Fuel Cells, ECS Trans. 25(2), 1099 (2009)

 

11.      Jeffrey W. Fergus, Srikanth Gopalan, Turgut M. Gür, Rangachary Mukundan and Werner Weppner, Impact of Kiukkola-Wagner Paper on Development of Electrochemical Probes and Tools for Fundamental Studies and Industrial Application, The Electrochemical Society Interface, Spring 2009, p.51

 

12.      Young Beom Kim, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Geometric Effects At Triple Phase Boundary In Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, ECS Trans. 25(2), 917 (2009)

 

13.      Joon H. Shim, Joong Sun Park, Jihwan An, Turgut M. Gür, Sangkyun Kang, and Fritz B. Prinz, Intermediate-Temperature Ceramic Fuel Cells with Thin Film Yttrium-doped Barium Zirconate Electrolytes, Chem. Mater. 21, 3290 (2009)

 

14.      Hong Huang, Joon H. Shim, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Rojana Pornprasertsuk, Masayuki Sugawara, Turgut M. Gür, and Friedrich B. Prinz, Characteristics of Oxygen Reduction on Nanocrystalline YSZ, J. Electrochem. Soc. 156(3), B392 (2009)

 

15.      Turgut M. Gür, Michael Homel, and Anil V. Virkar, High Performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Operating on Dry Gasified Coal, J. Power Sources 195, 1085 (2010)

 

16.      Xirong Jiang, Turgut M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Stacey F. Bent, Sputtered Pt-Ru Alloys as Catalysts for Highly Concentrated Methanol Oxidation, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157(3), B314 (2010)

 

17.      Turgut M. Gür, Mechanistic Modes for Solid Carbon Conversion in High Temperature Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157(5), B571 (2010)

 

18.      Xirong Jiang, Turgut M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Stacey F. Bent, ALD Co-Deposited Pt-Ru Binary and Pt Skin Catalysts for Concentrated Methanol Oxidation, Chem. Mater. 22, 3024 (2010)

 

19.      Michael Homel, Turgut M. Gür, and Anil V. Virkar, Carbon Monoxide-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, J. Power Sources 195, 6367 (2010)

 

20.      Young Beom Kim, Ching-Mei Hsu, Steve T. Connor, Turgut M. Gür, Yi Cui, and Fritz B. Prinz, Nano-Pore Patterned Platinum Array Electrodes for Controlled Study of Triple Phase Boundary in Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157(9), B1269 (2010)

 

21.      R. Alexander, A. C. Lee, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Carbon-Free Hydrogen Production in a Steam-Carbon Electrochemical Cell, ECS Trans. 28(26), 67 (2010)

 

22.      Joong Sun Park, Young Beom Kim, Joon Hyung Shim, Sangkyun Kang, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Evidence of Proton Transport in Atomic Layer Deposited Yttria Stabilized Zirconia, Chem. Mater. 22, 5366 (2010)

 

23.      Mogens Mogensen, Timothy Armstrong, Turgut Gür, and Harumi Yokakawa (eds.), Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 7, ECS Trans. 35 (11), 2010

 

24.      M. Motoyama, C.-C. Chao, T. M. Gür, and F. B. Prinz, Fabrication of Nanotubular Membrane Electrode Assembly for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 33(40), 129 (2011)

 

25.      Y. B. Kim, T. M. Gür, and F. B. Prinz, Gadolinia-doped Ceria Cathode Interlayer for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 35(1), 1155 (2011)

 

26.      Turgut M. Gür, Solid State Ionic Tools for Catalysis and Materials Research: In Honor of Robert A. Huggins, Solid State Ionics 192, 645 (2011)

 

27.      Andrew C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Feasibility of Hydrogen Production in a Steam-Carbon Electrochemical Cell, Solid State Ionics 192, 607 (2011)

 

28.      Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, Sangkyun Kang, and Fritz B. Prinz, Crater Patterned 3-D Proton Conducting Ceramic Fuel Cell Architecture with Ultra Thin Y:BaZrO3 Electrolyte, Electrochem. Comm. 13, 403 (2011)

 

29.      Jason Komadina, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Sangkyun Kang, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Low Temperature Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with YSZ Electrolyte, ECS Trans. 35(1), 2855 (2011)

 

30.      Brentan Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, A New Steam-Carbon Fuel Cell Concept for Cogeneration of Hydrogen and Electrical Power, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158(5), B505 (2011)

31.      Turgut Gür and Srikanth Gopalan (Eds.), Electrochemical Utilization of Solid Fuels, ECS Trans. 41(12) (2011)

32.      R. Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Biomass Conversion in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 35(1), 2685 (2011)

33.      Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, Sangkyun Kang, and Fritz B. Prinz, Effect of Crystallinity on Proton Conduction in Yttirum-doped Barium Zirconate Thin Film Electrolyte, Solid State Ionics. 198, 39-46 (2011)

 

34.      Y. B. Kim, J. S. Park, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Oxygen activation over engineered surface grains on YDC/YSZ interlayered composite electrolyte for LT-SOFC, J. Power Sources 196, 10550 (2011)

 

35.      Y. B. Kim, J. H. Shim, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Epitaxial and polycrystalline gadolinia-doped ceria interlayers for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158(11), B1453-B1457 (2011)

 

36.      Young Beom Kim, Timothy P. Holme, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Surface Modified Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 4684 (2011)

37.      J. S. Park, S. K. Kang, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Atomic Layer Deposited Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Barrier Layer for Proton Conducting Oxide, (invited) ECS Trans. 41(2) 315-319 (2011)

38.      Joon Hyung Shim, Joong Sun Park, Timothy P. Holme, Kevin Crabb, Wonyoung Lee, Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhanced Oxygen Exchange and Incorporation at Surface Grain Boundaries of Oxide Ceramic, Acta Materialia 60, 1-7 (2012)

 

39.      R. Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, and T. M. Gür, Experimental and Modeling Study of Biomass Conversion in a Solid Carbon Fuel Cell, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159(3). B347 (2012)

 

40.      Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Joon Hyung Shim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Fluorine Contamination in Yttrium-doped Barium Zirconate Film Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 30(1), 01A161-1 (2012)

 

41.      Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, Hee Joon Jung, Joong Sun Park, Suk Won Cha, Turgut M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz, Structural and Compositional Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes using Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Int. J. Precis. Eng. Man. 13(7), 1273 (2012).

 

42.      Joon Hyung Shim, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Jihwan An, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Patterned Silver Nanomesh Cathode for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, B502 (2012)

 

43.      Mogens Mogensen, Timothy Armstrong, Turgut Gür, Harumi Yokakawa, X. Xhou (Eds.), Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 8, ECS Trans. 45(1) (2012)

 

44.      T. M. Gür, Solid Fuel Utilization in High Temperature Fuel Cells, ECS Trans. 41(12), 29 (2012)

 

45.      Brentan R. Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Model of Carbon Utilization in a Carbon Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 41(12), 45 (2012)

 

46.      R. Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Hydrogen and Electricity from Carbon in a Coupled Steam-Carbon-Air Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 41(12), 69 (2012)

 

47.      R. Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Oxy-Combustion of Solid Fuels in a Carbon Fuel Cell, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34, 3445 (2013)

 

48.      Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhancing Charge Transfer Kinetics by Nanoscale Catalytic Cermet Interlayer, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/am3019788 (2012)

 

49.      Brentan R. Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Viability of Coupled Steam-Carbon-Air Fuel Cell Concept for Spontaneous Co-production of Hydrogen and Electrical Power, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, B810 (2012)

 

50.      Brentan R. Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Modeling of Experimental Results for Carbon Utilization in a Carbon Fuel Cell, J. Power Sources 228, 132 (2013)

 

51.      Cheng-Chieh Chao, Joong Sun Park, Xu Tian, Joon Hyung Shim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhanced Oxygen Exchange on Surface Engineered Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia, ACS Nano (in press 2013) DOI: 10.1021/nn305122f

 

 

Issued Patents:

1.       R. A. Huggins and T. M. Gür, Solid State Method for Synthesis Reactions, US Patent 4,404,068  (Sept. 13,1983)

2.       T. M. Gür and R. A. Huggins, Direct Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon to Electrical Energy in a High Temperature Fuel Cell, US Patent 5,376,469  (Dec. 27, 1994)

3.       T. M. Gür, H. Wise, and R. A. Huggins, Method and Apparatus for Partial Oxidation of Methane and Cogeneration of Electrical Energy, US Patent 5,364,506  (Nov. 15, 1994)

4.       T. M. Gür and R. A. Huggins, Oxygen Sensor, US Patent 5,827,415 (Oct. 27, 1998)

5.       Minhwan Lee, Ryan O'Hayre, Turgut M. Gür, and Friedrich B. Prinz, Electrochemical Nano-Patterning Using Ionic Conductors, US Patent 7,253,409 (Aug. 7, 2007)

6.       Joon Hyung Shim, Sang-kyun Kang, Turgut M. Gür, and Friedrich B. Prinz, Method of Preparing Fuel Cell Comprising Proton Conducting Solid Perovskite Electrolyte Membrane with Improved Low Temperature Ion Conductivity, and Membrane Electrode Assembly of Fuel Cell Prepared by the Method, US Patent 7,691,523 B2 (April 6, 2010)

7.       Turgut M. Gür, High Temperature Direct Coal Fuel Cell, US Patent 7,799,472 B2 (Sept. 21, 2010)

8.       Friedrich B. Prinz, Turgut M. Gür, and Joon Hyung Shim Solid State Thin Film Fuel Cell, US Patent 7,811,714 B2 (Oct. 12, 2010)

 

Patent Applications:

1.      Turgut M. Gür, Direct Carbon Fuel Cell with Molten Anode, US 2006/0234098 A1 (Oct. 19, 2006)

2.      Turgut M. Gür and Alvin Duskin, Steam-Carbon Cell for Hydrogen Production, US 2008/0022593 A1 (Jan. 31, 2008)

3.      Turgut M. Gür and Siwen Li, Multifunctional Cermet Anodes for High temperature Fuel Cells, US 2008/0124613 A1 (May 29, 2008)

4.      Turgut M. Gür, Catalytic Oxide Anodes for High temperature Fuel Cells, US 2008/0124265 A1 (May 29, 2008)

5.      Turgut M. Gür, Reginald E. Mitchell, Andrew C. Lee, and Siwen Li, Integrated Dry Gasification Fuel Cell System for Conversion of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels, US 2009/0004529 A1 (Jan. 1, 2009)

6.      Cheng-Chieh Chao, Turgut M. Gür, Munekazu Motoyama, Friedrich B. Prinz, Joon-Hyung Shim, and Joong-Sun Park, Closed-End Nanotube Arrays as an Electrolyte of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, US 2010/0183948 A1 (July 22, 2010)

7.      Fritz B. Prinz And Turgut M. Gür, Thin Film Mea Structures For Fuel Cell and Method For Fabrication, US 2010/0112196 A1 (May 6, 2010)

8.      Cheng-Chieh Chao, Friedrich B. Prinz, Turgut M. Gür And Joon Hyung Shim, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells with Concentric Laminating Electrolytes in a Nanoporous Membrane, US 2011/002227694 A1 (Feb. 3, 2011)

9.      Turgut M. Gür, High Temperature Direct Coal Fuel Cell, US 2011/0014526 A1 (Jan. 20, 2011)