Dr. Tatiana Priamushko receives Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs
Erlangen, February 1, 2024 - To continue her research on non-noble metal oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in a wide pH range, Dr. Tatiana Priamushko received the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs. Since February 2024, the chemist has been conducting research as a visiting scientist in the "Electrochemical Energy Conversion" team headed by Dr. Serhiy Cherevko. She is not a stranger to the team at all: Since December 2021, Tatiana Priamushko has been working as a postdoc on multimetallic compounds for the oxidation of alcohols as part of the "train project".
The precious metals currently used as catalysts in electrolysers to produce hydrogen are scarce and expensive. To replace them, the development of low-cost, non-precious metal materials is of great importance. As universal anode catalysts, they can be used in different configurations and under different conditions.
To evaluate the stability of the catalysts under different electrochemical conditions, several complementary techniques are used, such as online and offline inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS). The results obtained are used to design stable non-precious metal catalysts (multimetalic and possibly high entropy oxides) and to find an optimal way to modify the structure and surface of the materials to improve their stability.
Her research will provide a basis for the knowledge-based development of non-precious metal catalysts for efficient use in electrolyzers - an important step towards economical and sustainable energy production and conversion.
About the person
Dr. Tatiana Priamushko received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Solid State Physics from Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Vienna in 2022 in the group of Prof. Dr. Freddy Kleitz. The focus of her thesis was the development of novel mixed transition metal oxides as catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline electrolytes. In December 2021, she started as a postdoc at HI ERN in Dr. Cherevko's group and has been continuing her work as part of the fellowship since February 2024.
About the Humboldt Fellowship
With the Humboldt Research Fellowships for Postdocs, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables above-average-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are at the beginning of their scientific careers and have completed their doctorates no more than four years ago to spend a long-term research stay in Germany. (more)