Patents & Publications
PATENTS
1. Belabbes Merzougui and S. Swathirajan, “Nafion Capillary Probe Method for Monitoring Local Potentials for PEM Fuel Cell Diagnostics”, General Motors Corporation, Anonymous Research Patent, No: 492033, April 2005.
2. Belabbes Merzougui, Andrew M. Mance, Tao Xie, and Ion C. Halalay, Constituents and Methods for Protecting Fuel Cell Components”, General Motors Corporation, May 2007: US07220509.
3. Belabbes Merzougui and S. Swathirajan,“Integrated Hybrid Electrochemical Device”, General Motors Corporation, May 2007: US07220501.
4. Ion C. Halalay, B. Merzougui, , Michael K. Carpenter , S. Swathirajan, G. Garabedian, A. M. Mance, and Mei Cai , “Support for Fuel Cell Catalysts“ , General Motors Corporation, Nov 2009: US07622216.
5. Andrew M. Mance, Belabbes Merzougui, and Ion C. Halalay, “Fluoride Ion Scavengers for the Protection of Fuel Cell Components”, General Motors Corporation, Aug 2009: US07579116.
6. Andrew M. Mance, Tao Xie, and Belabbes Merzougui, “Metallic Reagent”, General Motors Corporation, Oct 2009:US07598204.
7. B. Merzougui, Ion C. Halalay, Michael K. Carpenter, Gregory C. Garabedian, and S. Swathirajan, “Conductive Matrices for Fuel Cell Electrodes”, General Motors Corporation, Aug 2010: US07767330.
8. Andrew M. Mance, Tao Xie, and Belabbes Merzougui, “Method for Making Nitrogen Aromatic Oligomers and Polymers,” General Motors Corporation, July 2011: US07655749.
9. Minhua Shao, Belabbes Merzougui, Patrick L. Hagans, and Susanne M. Opalka, “Stabilized Platinum Catalyst”, UTC Power Corporation, Nov 2012: US 08304365.
10. Minhua Shao, Belabbes Merzougui, Patrick L. Hagans, and Susanne M. Opalka,“Fuel Cell Having a Stabilized Cathode Catalyst”, UTC Power Corporation, March 2013: US08389175.
11. Belabbes Merzougui, Ion C. Halalay, John T. Johnson, Gregory C. Garabedian, Michael P. Balogh, and Swathy Swathirajan, “Support for Fuel Cell Catalysts Based on Transition Metal Silicides”, General Motors Corporation, February 2013: US 08383293.
12. Belabbes Merzougui, Michael K. Carpenter, and Swathy Swathirajan, “Catalyst for Fuel Cell Electrode”, General Motors Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20060257719.
13. Belabbes Merzougui, Andrew M. Mance, and Ion C. Halalay, “Metal Cations Chelators for Fuel Cells”, General Motors Corporation, Patent Publication: US 2006222920.
14. S. Swathirajan, Belabbes Merzougui, Paul T. Yu, “Fuel Cell and Method for Reducing Electrode Degradation during Startup and Shutdown Cycles”, General Motors Corporation, Patent Publication: US20080166599.
15. Belabbes Merzougui and Minhua Shao, “Hexaboride Containing Catalyst Structure and Method of Making Same”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US2009002987.
16. Patrick L. Hagans, Belabbes Merzougui, Susanne M. Opalka and Mihua Shao,“A Stabilized platinum Catalyst, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20100316930.
17. Ion C. Halalay, Michael P. Balogh, Belabbes Merzougui, Gregory C. Garabedian, and Swathy Swathirajan, “Anode Materials for PEM Fuel Cells”, General Motors Corporation, Patent Publication: US20100151295.
18. Belabbes Merzougui, Lesia V Protsailo and Minhua Shao, “Boron Doped Diamond Coated Catalyst Support”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20110311904.
19. Belabbes Merzougui and Kandoi Shampa, “Platinum Loaded Substrate for a Fuel Cell and Method for Producing Same”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20110008715.
20. Mihua Shao, Belabbes Merzougui, Susanne M. Opalka, Patrick L. Hagans, “Method of producing a stabilized platinum catalyst”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20110143934.
21. Belabbes Merzougui, Lesia V Protsailo and Minhua Shao, “Fuel Cell Catalyst Support with Boron Carbide Coated Metal Oxides/ Phosphate and Method of Manufacturing Same”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20110136047.
22. Belabbes Merzougui, Minhua Shao, and Lesia V Protsailo, “Fuel Cell Catalyst Support with Fluoride-Doped Metal Oxides/Phosphates and Method of Manufacturing Same”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20110136046.
23. Minhua Shao, Belabbes Merzougui, and Lesia V Protsailo and, “Platinum Monolayer on Alloys Nano-particles With High Surface Areas and Methods of Making”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20120309615.
24. Minhua Shao and Belabbes Merzougui, “Carbides Stabilized Catalyst Structures and Method of Making Same”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20120058417.
25. Belabbes Merzougui and Kawamura Tetsuo, “Fuel Cell Catalyst with Metal Oxides/ Support Structures and Method of Manufacturing”, UTC Power Corporation-Toyota Motor Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20120021337.
26. Belabbes Merzougui, Lesia V Protsailo and Minhua Shao, “Boron Doped Diamond Coated Carbon Catalyst Support”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20120015284.
27. Belabbes Merzougui, Minhua Shao, Lesia V Protsailo, and J.G. Chen, “Supported Catalyst”, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 20130011771.
28. Minhua Shao, Sathya Motupally, Belabbes Merzougui, and Lesia Protsailo “Platinum Monolayer for Fuel Cell, UTC Power Corporation, Patent Publication: US 2013/0340915.
29. Belabbes Merzougui, Bukola Saheed , Akinpelu Adeola Akeem, Zain Yamani, and Tahar Laoui, “Method for producing Pt-free electrocatalysts for fuel cells and metal-air batteries”, Patent Application, US 427480.
PUPLICATIONS/
a) Referred Journals:
29. Liang Guo, Vernon M. Swope, Ayten Ay, Belabbes Merzougui, Minhua Shao, Lesia Protsailo, and Greg M. Swain, “Structure, Interaction and Durability of Platinum Electrocatalyst Particles Supported on Diamond Powder: Application in PEM Fuel Cells ” Under preparation.
30. Saheed Bukola, Belabbes Merzougui, Akeem Akinpelu, Tahar Laoui, Mohamed N. Hedhili, and Greg M. Swain, “Novel synthesis approach for developing Fe-N-C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction using aniline salt and Fe3+/H2O2 catalytic system”, Submitted to ChemElectrochem., March 2014.
31. Mohammed Sanhoob, Oki Muraza, Zain H. Yamani, Eid M. Al-Mutairi, Teruoki Tago, Belabbes Merzougui, and Takao Masuda, “Synthesis of ZSM-12 (MTW) with different Al-source Towards understanding the effects of crystallization parameters”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, In Press, Accepted Manuscript.
32. M. Qamar, B. Merzougui, D. Anjum, A. S. Hakeem, Z.H. Yamani, D. Bahnemann, “Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of mesoporous nanocrystalline Fe-doped titanium dioxide”,Catalysis Today 230 (2014) 158–165.
33. Ahsanulhaq Qurashi, Jahangir Ahmad Rather, Karolien De Wael, Belabbes Merzougui, Naour Tabet, and Mohammed Faiz, “Rapid microwave synthesis of high aspect-ratio ZnO nanotetrapods for swift bisphenol A detection”, Analyst, 2013, 138, 4764.
34. Belabbes Merzougui, Abdouelilah Hachimi , Akinpelu Akeem, Bukola Saheed, and Minua Shao “ Fe-N-multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction”, Electrochimica Acta, 107,126-132 (2013).
35. Minhua Shao, Belabbes Merzougui, Krista Shoemaker, Laura Stolar, Lesia Protsailo, Zachary J. Mellinger, Irene J. Hsu, and Jingguang G. Chen, ”Tungsten Carbide Modified High Surface Area Carbon as Fuel Cell Catalyst Support”, J. Power Sources, 196 (18), 7426-7434 (2011).
36. Ion Halalay, Swathy Swathirajan, Belabbes Merzougui, Michael Balogh, Gregory Garabedian, and Michael Carpenter, “Anode Materials for Mitigating Hydrogen Starvation Effects in PEM Fuel Cells”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 158 (3) B313-B321 (2011).
37. Belabbes Merzougui, “An Overview on Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Investigation of Nanodispersed Fuel Cell Catalyst Activity and Durability”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 35 (1C) 117-124, June 2010.
38. Liang Guo, Vernon M. Swope, Belabbes Merzougui, Lesia Protsailo, Minhua Shao, Qin Yuan, and Greg M. Swain, “Oxidation Resistance of Bare and Pt-Coated Electrically-Conducting Diamond Powder as Assessed by Thermogravimetric Analysis”, J. Electrochem. Society, 157(1), A19-A25 (2010).
39. Doo Young Kim, Belabbes Merzougui, and Greg M. Swain, “Preparation and Characterization of Glassy Carbon Powder Modified with a Thin Layer of Boron Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (B-UNCD)”, J. Chem. Mater., 2009, 21 (13), pp 2705–2713.
40. I.C. Halalay, A. Mance, and B. Merzougui, “Three Mechanisms for Protecting the Fuel Cell Membrane, Plates and Catalysts”, Electrochem. Soc. Trans. 16 (2), 969 (2008).
41. B. Merzougui, and S. Swathirajan, “Rotating Disc Electrode Investigation of Fuel Cell Catalyst Degradation Due to Potential Cycling”, Electrochem. Soc. Trans. 2 (8), 21 (2007).
42. B. Merzougui, and S. Swathirajan, “Rotating Disc Electrode Investigation of Fuel Cell Catalyst Degradation Due to Potential Cycling in Acid Electrolyte”, J. Electrochem. Society, 153(12) A2220-A2226 (2006).
43. Mei Cai, Martin Ruthkosky, B. Merzougui, and Swathy Swathirajan, Michael Balogh, Se H. Oh, “Investigation of Thermal and Electrochemical Degradation of Fuel Cell Catalysts”, J. Power Sources 160, 977-986 (2006).
44. Ahmed A. El-Hadad, Bruce R. McGarvey, Belabbes Merzougui, Raymond G.W. Sung, Arun K. Trikha, and Dennis G. Tuck, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 1046-1052.
45. B. Merzougui, Y. Berchadsky, P. Tordo, and G. Gronchi, “ Trimesityl Phosphoniumyl Cation Radical: Electrogeneration and Evolution”, Electrochimica Acta 42, 2445, 1997.
b) Refereed Technical Conferences:
46. B. Merzougui, S. Bukola, A. Akinpelu, A. Hakeem, T. Laoui, “Improved activity and stability of nitrogen doped carbon as Pt-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)”, Fuel Cells 2014 Science &Technology, A Grove Fuel cell Event, 3-4 April, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
47. Belabbes Merzougui, Abdouelilah Hachimi, Akinpelu Akeem, Bukola Saheed, Abbas. Akeem, Tahar aoui, and M. Ali Atiya, and Minhua Shao, ”Activity and Durability of Fe-N-Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes as Nanocomposite Catalyst for ORR in Acidic and Alkaline Mediums”, EMRS, Strasbourg, France, May 27-31, 2013.
48. Belabbes Merzougui, “ Cathode mechanisms in the polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFCs)”, 2nd Saudi International Nanotechnology Conference, November 11-13, 2012 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
49. Abdouelilah Hachimi, Belabbes Merzougui, Abbas Hakeem, Akinpelu Akeem, Bukola Saheed, “A Pt-free catalyst based on metal-nitride-carbide nanocomposites for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)”, 2nd Saudi International Nanotechnology Conference, November 11-13, 2012 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
50. Ion C. Halalay, S. Swathirajan, B. Merzougui, M. P. Balogh, G. C. Garabedian, M. K. Carpenter, Nicholas Irish, “ Anode Materials for Mitigating Hydrogen Starvation Effects in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells”, 217th ECS Meeting, 2010.
51. S. M. Opalka, B. Merzougui and M. Shao, “Alternative catalyst supports based on metal carbides”, 2010 TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 24-28, 2010.
52. I. C. Halalay, A. Mance, and Belabbes Merzougui, “Three Mechanisms for Protecting the Fuel Cell Membrane, Plates and Catalysts”, 214th ESC Meeting, Oct. 12-17, 2008.
53. Belabbes Merzougui, and S. Swathirajan,” Investigation of Fuel Cell Catalyst Degradation”, 209thECS Meeting, May 7-12, 2006.
54. Belabbes Merzougui and G. Gronchi, “ Electrochemical Properties of Phosphorus Compounds, Journees d’ Electrochimie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, CO8-8, July 1997.
55. Belabbes Merzougui, F. Pointurier, and G. Gronchi, “Pulse Electrochemical Measurements with Automated Research of Potential at Zero Current”, Société Française de Chimie S2-A/22, 154, SFC 1994.
d) Workshops
56. Belabbes Merzougui, “Nitrogen modified carbons as potential Pt-free catalyst for air-metal batteries and fuel cells reactions”, International Energy Storage, KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA, Sept23-24, 2013.
c) Book /Book Chapters
57. Belabbes Merzougui et al., “Metal Carbides in Fuel Cell Cathode: Materials with Bi- Functional Mechanism, Catalyst and Catalyst Support” Book Editor: Minhua Shao, Title: Electrocatalysis in Fuel Cells: A Non and Low-Platinum Approach; ISBN 978-1-4471-4910-1, Springer-Verlag London 2013.
REFERENCES
1. Tom Jarvi, CTO, Sun Catalytix, Boston, MA, USA, Tel. Tel.: 617-374-3797 ext. 210; Email: tjarvi@suncatalytix.com
2. Mike Carpenter, Research Scientist, General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI. Tel.: (586) 986-0738; E-mail: Michael.K.Carpenter@gm.com
3. Ion C. Halalay, Research Scientist, General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI. Tel.: (586) 986-1497; E-mail: Ion.C.Halalay@gm.com
4. Prof Greg Swain, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, USA. Tel. 517 355 -9715 ext. 229; Email: swain@chemistry.msu.edu
5. Mike L. Perry, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), Research Center, CT, USA. Email: Mikael.L.Pery@utc.rc.com
6. Swathy Swathirajan, Former General Motors Technical Fellow, R&D
Center, Warren, MI,
Tel.:
(248) 539-0835 ; E-mail:
SSwathirajan@yahoo.com