Dr. Dyovani Coelho is from Brazil and was granted with a Sao Paulo Foundation Research fellowship to do a postdoctoral research internship at the EEC group from September/2022 to August/2023.
Dyovani received his Ph.D. at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His thesis was focused on the underpotential deposition of Bi, Pb, and Cu on electrodeposited selenium film. After that, he began his postdoctoral at the Federal University of Sao Carlos where he studied the use of photoelectrocatalysts based on BiVO4 and WO3 to water oxidation. Now he is investigating the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on metal phosphides based on Ni, Co, and Fe and the morphological and composition changes that follow the reactions. To do that, he will track the process by Scanning Flow Cell online with Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (SFC-ICP-MS). The synthesis of new catalysts must pass through an intense investigation aiming strategies to produce inexpensive, efficient, and stable electrolyzers.