Dr. Trung Van Nguyen


Dr. Trung Van Nguyen
  • Professor

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Department Phone:
Learned Hall, Room 4153
1530 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1981, Raleigh, NC
M.S. in Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, 1985, College Station, TX
Ph.D. in Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, 1988, College Station, TX

Research

Current focus is in:

  • Electrochemical storage technologies (fuel cells and flow batteries) for wind and solar energy sources
  • Molecular structure and electrochemical activity of supersaturated electrolytes
  • Solid-liquid storage technologies for redox flow batteries

Research interests:

  • fuel cells
  • batteries
  • interfacial phenomena, mathematical modeling of electrochemical systems

Selected Publications

Li Y, Abbey J, Nguyen TV. Electrochemical Properties and Performance of Supersaturated Vanadium (IV) and V(V) Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2023; 170:110506.

Li Y, Linnell Schwab N, Briber R, Dura J, Nguyen TV. Modification of Nafion's nanostructure for the water management of PEM fuel cells. Journal of  Polymer Science. 2023; 61(8):709-722.

Li Y, Mouron ST, Perry M, Nguyen TV. Vanadium Electrolyte Densification and Gel Formation Processes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2023; 62(41):16785-16793.

Li Y, Nguyen TV. A Solid/Liquid High-Energy-Density Storage Concept for Redox Flow Batteries and Its Demonstration in an H 2 -V System. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2022; 169(11):110509-.

Li Y, Nguyen TV. A One-Dimensional Model of a PEM Fuel Cell with the Cathode Catalyst Layer Hydrophobically Treated for Water Management. Journal of The Electrochemical Society.  2022; 169(11):114505-.

Bahdad A, Li Y, Nguyen TV. Characterization of the Electrochemical Behavior of MnSO4 with and without TiOSO4 in H2SO4 Solution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2021; 168(7):070524-.

Dowd R, Li Y, Nguyen TV. Controlling the ionic polymer/gas interface property of a PEM fuel cell catalyst layer during membrane electrode assembly fabrication. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 2020; 50(10):993-1006.

Complete list of publications is available at https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=sdUMqx0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Selected Presentations

TV Nguyen, Y Li, ML Perry,” Densification, Precipitation, and Dissolution of Vanadium Electrolyte for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Systems,” 243rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA (May 28-June 2, 2023).

TV Nguyen, “Modeling Two-Phase Transport in the Cathode Catalyst Layer of a PEM Fuel Cell with a Focus on the Ionomer Phase Structure and Its Effect on Oxygen Transport,” 243rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA (May 28-June 2, 2023).

Y Li, J Abbey, N Singh, TV Nguyen, ”Molecular Structures and Electrochemical Activity of Oversaturated Electrolytes,” 243rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA (May 28-June 2, 2023).

Y Li, J Abbey, TV Nguyen, “Precipitation Mechanism of VOSO4 in Oversaturated Electrolytes of the Solid-Liquid Storage Method in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries,” 243rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, MA (May 28-June 2, 2023).

Y Li and TV Nguyen, “A Study of the Precipitation/Dissolution Mechanism of V(II)/V(III) Complexes for the Hybrid Solid-Liquid Electrolyte Storage Concept,” 241st Electrochemical Society Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (May 29-June 2, 2022).

TV Nguyen and Y Li, “New Developments in the High-Energy-Density Solid-Liquid Storage Technology for Redox Flow Batteries,” 242nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA (October 9-13, 2022).

Y Li and TV Nguyen, “A Solid-Liquid High-Energy-Density Storage Concept for Redox Flow Batteries and Its Demonstration in an H2-V System,” Paper ID APEN-MIT-2021_023, Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B, Cambridge, MA, Aug. 11-13, 2021.

TV Nguyen, “Hybrid Hydrogen-Vanadium Fuel Cell for Electrical Energy Storage,” International Flow Battery Forum, Lyon, France, July 10, 2019.

TV Nguyen, “In-Situ Technique to Measure the Membrane Crossover Rate of Active Ions in a Redox Flow Battery,” Session on Materials & Techniques to Advance Redox Flow Batteries, American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 1, 2019.

TV Nguyen, Topic Suggestion Presentation: “Economical Long-Duration Storage of Solar and Wind Energy,” National Science Foundation-Engineering Directorate-Emerging Frontier in Research and Innovations (EFRI) Program, Alexandria, VA, March 27, 2019.

TV Nguyen, “Materials and System Challenges in Flow Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage,” Short Course, AIChE 2018 Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, Oct. 31, 2018.

Nguyen, T. V. (6/25/2018). A Hybrid Reversible Hydrogen-Bromine Fuel Cell for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Storage. Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea. Daejeon, South Korea

Nguyen, T., Hammar, R., & Garton, K. (5/15/2018). High Performance Reversible Hydrogen Vanadium Fuel Cell for Electrical Energy Storage. Electrochemical Society Spring 2018 Meeting. Seattle, WA

Li, Y., & Nguyen, T. V. (5/16/2018). Highly Dispersed RhxSy/C Catalyst with High Nafion Affinity for HER/HOR in H2-Br2 Fuel Cell. Electrochemical Society Spring 2018 Meeting. Seattle, WA

Nguyen, T. V. (1/19/2018). Engineering the Electrodes of PEMFCs for Optimal Two-Phase Transport and High Current Density Performance. Industrial Invitation, General Motors Global Propulsion Systems. Pontiac, MI

Nguyen, T. V. (12/19/2017). Reversible Fuel Cells for Electrical Energy Storage, II. How to be Successful in Graduate School, and III. How to Write a Good Proposal. The Sixth International Education Forum on Environment and Energy Science. Tenerife, Spain

Dowd, R., Jr, & Nguyen, T. V. (11/2/2017). Controlling the Polymer/Gas Interface of the Ionic Polymer Phase of a PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer during Membrane Electrode Assembly Fabrication. AIChE 2017 National Conference. Minneapolis, MN

Dowd, R. P., Jr, & Nguyen, T. V. (10/3/2017). Controlling the Polymer/Gas Interfacial Property of the Ionic Polymer Phase of a PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer during Membrane Electrode Assembly Fabrication. 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting. National Harbor, MD

Dowd, R. P., Jr, & Nguyen, T. V. (10/2/2017). Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cell Crossover Study. 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting. National Harbor

Nguyen, T. V., Dowd, R., Jr, Lakhanpal, V., Powers, D., Wycisk, R., & Pintauro, P. (10/30/2017). Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cell. AIChE 2017 National Conference. Minneapolis, MN

Nguyen, T. V., Dowd, R. P., Jr, Powers, D., Wycisk, R., & Pintauro, P. (10/3/2017). Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cell. 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting. National Harbor

Nguyen, T. V., & Pintauro, P. N. (9/1/2017). Hybrid Hydrogen-Bromine and Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cells for Electrical Energy Storage. Research Seminar. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Nguyen, T. V. (6/26/2017). Reversible (H2-Br2 & H2-V) Fuel Cells as Energy Storage Systems for the Electrical Grids and Renewable Energy Sources. Research Seminar, Department of Chemistry. National University of Laos

Li, Y., & Nguyen, T. V. (5/30/2017). New Process to Synthesize Rh2S3 Precusor for RhxSy Catalyst for HER/HOR in HBr Solution by Na2S and Pretreated Carbon. 231st Electrochemical Society Meeting. New Orleans, LA

Nguyen, T. V. (4/14/2017). Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cell. Seminar, Department of Chemistry. University of Hong Kong

Nguyen, T. V. (4/12/2017). Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Hydrogen-Vanadium Reversible Fuel Cell. Research Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Awards & Honors

Bellows Scholar for 2016 School of Engineering University of Kansas
2016
Miller Scholar for 2015 School of Engineering University of Kansas
2015

Grants & Other Funded Activity

Electrolyte Densification for Shipping (EDS) Process. Funded. Feb. 15, 2022 – Sept. 30, 2023. Largo Clean Energy. $225,000.

Engineering the Ionic Polymer Phase-Fluid Interface of the PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer for Higher Performance. National Science Foundation. $300000.00. Submitted 10/18/2017 (8/1/2018 - 7/31/2021). Federal. Status: Funded