M.Sc. Tuani Carla Gentil is performing a research internship abroad scholarship (BEPE) for Ph.D. students funded by the Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo – FAPESP, and she has joined us in March 2022. Tuani received her M.Sc. in Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil. During her dissertation, she focused the study on the addition of CeO2-nanorods in hybrid electrocatalysts based on PtSn for ethanol oxidation reaction in acid media. Her doctoral research is related to development of nanostructured electrocatalysts based on Pt, Pd, and low-cost oxides for energy and environment applications, and in her research at HI-ERN she will evaluate the dissolution of electrocatalysts based on palladium, supported by high surface area carbon, destined for the anode of alkaline direct liquid cells. Thus, she will study the stability of these electrocatalysts by means of accelerated stress tests using a rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) to evaluate the dissolution of metals which will be investigated quantitatively using a microelectrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (On-line ICP-MS).
Tuani Carla Gentil joined us as a guest researcher!
1 March 2022
