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