Selected Publications

(author in bold is trainee)

2012

· C.-H. Yim, E. A. Baranova, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, I. Davidson. Highly ordered LiFePO₄ cathode material for Li-ion Batteries templated by surfactant-modified polystyrene colloidal crystals, J. Power Sources.pdf

· R.J. Isaifan, H.A.E. Dole, E. Obeid, L. Lizarraga, P. Vernoux, E.A. Baranova, Metal-support Interaction of Pt Nanoparticles with Ionically and Non-ionically Conductive Supports for CO Oxidation, Electrochem. Sol. St. Lett. 15(3) E1-E4 pdf

· E.A. Baranova, O.O. Kuznetsov, Diagnostic coordinates for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis, Electrochem. Solid State Lett. 15 (5) 2012. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, A. Allagui, A. Cally, S. Ntais, R. Wüthrich, Nickel particles with high catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction. Comptes Rendus Chimie (in press)

· F. Almomani, E.A. Baranova, Electro-Oxidation of Reactive Dyes on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode, Water Sci. Technol. (in press)

2011

· T. L. Lomocso, E. A. Baranova (2011) Electrochemical Oxidation of Ammonia on Carbon-supported Bi-metallic PtM (M = Ir, Pd, SnO_x) Nanoparticles. 56, 8551-8558 Electrochim. Acta pdf

· C.-H. Yim, E. A. Baranova, F. M. Courtel, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, I. Davidson (2011) Synthesis and Characterization of Macroporous Tin Oxide Composite as an Anode Material For Li-ion Batteries. J. Power Sources, 196, 9731-9736 pdf

· R. J. Isaifan, H.A.E. Dole, E. Obeid, L. Lizarraga, E.A. Baranova^, P. Vernoux (2011) Catalytic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation over Size-Controlled Pt Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase and Elevated Temperatures ECS Trans. 35 (28), 43

· E.A. Baranova, K. Artyushkova, B. Halevi, T. Amir, U. Martinez, P. Atanassov (2011) Pt₇Sn₃ Catalysts for Ethanol Electro-Oxidation: Correlation between Surface Structure and Catalytic Activity. ECS Transactions, Volume 16: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 11 (2011).

· E.A. Baranova, A. Tavasoli, T. Amir (2011) Particle size effect of unsupported Pt/SnO_x nanoparticles for ethanol electro-oxidation Electrocatalysis, 2, 89. pdf

2010

· E.A. Baranova, N. Miles, P.H.J. Mercier, Y. Le Page, B. Patarachao. (2010) Formic acid electrooxidation on carbon supported Pd_xPt_1-x (0 ≥ x ≥ 1) nanoparticles synthesized via modified polyol method. Electrochim. Acta 55, 8182-8188. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, T. Amir, P.H.J. Mercier, B. Patarachao, D. Wang, Y. Le Page (2010) Single-Step Polyol Synthesis of Alloy Pt₇Sn₃ versus bi-phase Pt/SnO_X nano-catalysts of controlled size for ethanol electro-oxidation J. Appl. Electrochem. 40:1767–1777. pdf

· F.M. Courtel, E.A. Baranova, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, I.J. Davidson. (2010) In situ polyol synthesis of nano-SnO₂/carbon composite materials as anodes for Lithium-ion batteries. J. Power Sources 195(8) 2355-2361. pdf

2009 and earlier

· E.A. Baranova, O.O. Kuznetsov. (2009) Impedance of platinum under cathodic and anodic polarization. ECS Transactions 19 (20), 111-121. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, Y. Le Page, C. Bock, D. Ilin, P.J.H. Mercier, B. MacDougall. (2009) Size and composition for 1–5 nm Pt/Ru alloy nano-particles from CuKa X-ray patterns. J. Alloys and Comp. 471, 387-394. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, G. Foti, H. Jotterand, Ch. Comninellis. (2007) Impedance spectroscopic investigation of a Rh/YSZ catalyst under polarization. Topics in Catalysis, 44, 419-425. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, G. Foti, H. Jotterand, Ch. Comninellis. (2007) Electrochemical modification of the catalytic activity of TiO₂/YSZ supported rhodium films. Topics in Catalysis, 44, 355-360. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, D. Ilin, D. Wang, B. MacDougall and X. Wu. (2006) Infrared spectroscopy on size-controlled synthesized Pt-based nanocatalysts, Surf. Sci., 600, 3502-351. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, A. Thursfield, S. Brosda, G. Foti, Ch. Comninellis, C.G. Vayenas. (2005) Electrochemically induced oscillations of C₂H₄ Oxidation over thin sputtered Rh catalyst films. Catalysis Letters, 105, 15-21.pdf

· E.A. Baranova, A. Thursfield, S. Brosda, G. Foti, Ch. Comninellis, C.G. Vayenas. (2005) Electrochemical promotion of ethylene oxidation over Rh catalyst thin films sputtered on YSZ and TiO₂/YSZ Supports. J. Electrochem. Soc. 152 (2), E40-E49. pdf

· R. Wüthrich, E.A. Baranova, H. Bleuler, Ch. Comninellis. (2004) A Phenomenological Model for Macroscopic Deactivation of Surface Processes. Electrochem. Commun. 6. 1199-1205. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, G. Foti, Ch. Comninellis. Current-assisted Activation of Rh/TiO₂/YSZ catalyst. Electrochem. Commun. 6. 2004, 389-394. pdf

· E.A. Baranova, G. Foti, Ch. Comninellis. Promotion of Rh Catalyst Interfaced with TiO₂. Electrochem. Commun. 6. 2004, 170-175. pdf

· A.B. Velichenko, E.A. Baranova, D.V. Girenko, R. Amadelli, S.V. Kovalev, F.I. Danilov. Mechanism of Lead Dioxide Electrodeposition from Nitrate Solutions. Russ. J. Electrochem. 2003, V.39, 615-621. pdf

· M. Panizza, L. Outtara, E. Baranova, Ch. Comninellis. DSA-type Anode Based on Conductive Porous p-Silicon Substrate. Electrochem. Commun. 5. 2003, 365-368. pdf

· A.B. Velichenko, R. Amadelli, E.A. Baranova, D.V. Girenko, F.I. Danilov. Electrodeposition of Co-Doped Lead Dioxide and its Physicochemical Properties. J. Electroanal. Chem. 527, 2002, 56-64. pdf

· A.B. Velichenko, E.A. Baranova, D.V. Girenko, R. Amadelli, F.I. Danilov. Effect of Cobalt ions on a Lead Dioxide Deposition. Questions of Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2. 2001, 134-137.

· A.B. Velichenko, E.A. Baranova, D.V. Girenko, F.I. Danilov, Mechanism of PbO₂ Electrodeposition in Presence of Cobalt and Nickel Ions. Questions of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 1, 2001, 135-137.

· A.B. Velichenko, D.V. Girenko, N.V. Nikolenko, R. Amadelli, E.A. Baranova, F.I. Danilov. Oxygen Evolution on Lead Dioxide Modified with Fluorine and Iron. Russ. J. Electrochem. 36, 2000, 1373-1377. pdf

· N.D. Koshel, Y.V. Grebenyuk, E.A. Baranova. Macrokinetics of Electrolysis of Dilute Solutions in Systems with a Solid Polymer Electrolyte. Russ. J. Electrochem., 36, 2000, pp. 761-766. pdf

· N.D. Koshel, Y.V. Grebenyuk, I.D. Pinielli, E.A. Baranova. Investigation and Modeling of Processes in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Cell. Questions of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 1, 1999, 156-159.

· A.A. Kuznetsov, V.V. Netesa, E.A. Baranova. Characterization of Electrical Circuit Parameters, equivalent to the impedance of batteries. Questions of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 1, 1999, 189-192.

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

· A. Parisien, F. Al-Zarka, E.A. Baranova, J. Thibault, C. Q. Lan. (2011) Nickel nanoparticles synthesized by a modified polyol method for the purification of histidine-tagged recombinant proteins. 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications (ICNFA 2011) Ottawa, Canada 27 - 29 July 2011. 7 pages.

· L.Y. Chang, S. Lazar, E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, G.A. Botton (2009) Quantitative characterisation of surface defects and composition on PtRu nanoparticles using aberration-corrected TEM/STEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis 15 (Suppl. 2), 1416-1417.

· A. Allagui, R. Wuthrich, E.A. Baranova. (2008) Copper and nickel nanoparticles: synthesis by electrochemical discharge, 1st Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference (MNRC 2008) October 15, Ottawa, Canada. Art. no. 4683379, 65-68

Invited Lectures

· Electrochemical Promotion of Pt and Au nanoparticles supported on yttria-stabilized zirconia, INRS, Varrens, QC, Nov. 10, 2011

· Electrochemically-assisted Catalysis CCRI Annual Meeting, University of Ottawa Sept. 15, 2011

· Electrocatalysis of Small Molecules for Direct Oxidation Fuel Cells. The 3rd German-French Summer School on Electrochemistry and Nanotechnologies.  Porquerolles, France, September 18-23, 2011

· Ethanol electro-oxidation on unsupported Pt/Sn nanoparticles. 85th ACS Colloidal and Surface Science Symposium, June 21-23, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. (2011)

· Inducing electrochemical promotion of catalysis (EPOC) with Au and Pt nanoparticles interfaced with yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) solid-electrolyte. UNICAT, Technical University of Berlin. July 6, Berlin Germany (2011)

· Electrocatalysis of Small Organic Molecules for Direct Oxidation Fuel Cells, University of Lyon, IRCELYON-CNRS, France May 16 – 20.

· PtSn Nanocatalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells. First Ottawa Fuel Cell Colloquium, Carlton University, April 29 (2011)

· (2011) Electrochemical oxidation of ammonia on carbon-supported bi-metallic PtM (M: Ir, Pd, SnO_x) nanoparticles. ECS Spring Symposium “Moder Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis”, Queens University, Department of Chemistry April 9^th (2011)

· Electrochemical promotion of nanostrucutred catalysts for environmentally important processes. University of New Mexico, Center for MicroEngineered Materials, January 23-26.Albuquerque, NM, USA (2011).

· Challenges in inducing electrochemical promotion with nano-structured catalysts. ECS Canadian Section Fall Symposium, September 18, 2010. University of Western Ontario, London ON (2010)

· Bringing electrochemical promotion of catalysis (EPOC) to the nanometer scale. (2010) ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry (ISE-SSRSE). July 16, McGill University, Montreal (2010)

· Preparation of nanoparticles to be used in electrochemical promotion of catalysis (EPOC). The fourth training course of European Forum on Electrochemical Promotion of Catalysis (EPOC) - Trends in EPOC (TEPOC), November 24-26, Almagro, Spain (2009).

· Average particle size, size distribution and electrocatalytic activity of bimetallic Pd_xPt_1-xnanoparticles. The 60^th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry. August 16 – 22 2009, Beijing, China.

Selected presentations at international conferences

· E.A. Baranova, T. Amir, K. Artyushkova, B. Halevi, U. Martinez, P. Atanassov (2011) Pt₇Sn₃ catalysts for ethanol electro-oxidation: correlation between surface structure and catalytic activity" 220^th ECS Meeting - Boston, MA. (Oral presentation)

· A. Cally, R. Wuthrich, E.A. Baranova (2011) Nickel particles with high catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction. 220^th ECS Meeting, Boston. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova and O.O. Kuzntetsov (2011) Synthesis of equivalent electrical circuits based on electrochemical impedance data. 220^th ECS Meeting - Boston, MA.(Poster presentation)

· E.A. Baranova and T. Lomocso (2011) Abs # 1965 "Electro-Oxidation of Ammonia at Carbon Supported Pt_xIr_1-x Nanoparticles with Varying Size" 219^th ECS Meeting, Montreal, Canada (May 1 - 6, 2011). (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, P. Vernoux, L. Lizarraga, E. Obeid, R. Isaifan, H. Dole (2001) Abs # 1978: "Catalytic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation over Size-Controlled Pt Nanoparticles in the Gas Phase and Elevated Temperatures. 219^th ECS Meeting Montreal, Canada (May 1 - 6, 2011). (Oral presentation)

· J.M. Kim, E.A. Baranova (2011) Abs. # 46 Ethylene Oxidation over Gold Nanoparticles Supported on YSZ. 219th ECS Meeting in Montreal, Canada (May 1 - 6, 2011) (Poster presentation).

· E.A. Baranova, A. Kapałka, T. Lomocso (2010) Electrochemical behavior of ammonia at carbon supported Pt-based nanoparticles. 218^th ECS Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada October 10-15. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, T. Amir, P.H.J. Mercier, Y. Le Page. (2010) Carbon-supported PtSn nano-catalysts of well defined alloy vs. bi-phase structure for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells. 218^th ECS Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada October 10-15, 2010. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, T. Amir, P.H.J. Mercier, Y. Le Page, B. Patarachao(2010) Ethanol electro-oxidation on carbon-supported Pt₇Sn₃nano-catalysts of well defined alloy vs. bi-phase structure 61^st Annual Meeting of ISE, Sept. 26th – Oct. 1^st , 2010 Nice, France. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, O.O. Kuznetsov. (2010) Impedance spectroscopy of Pt in 0.5M H₂SO₄: “Hydrogen region”. International Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, EIS 2010, Algarve, Portugal, June 6-11, 2010. (Oral presentation)

· C.-H. Yim, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, E.A. Baranova, I.J. Davidson. (2010) Development of olivine-based cathode material using an organic template assisted synthesis for lithium ion battery in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. 15th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries. Montréal, Canada - June 27 – July 2, 2010. (Poster presentation).

· C.-H. Yim, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, I.J. Davidson, E.A. Baranova. Development of olivine-based cathode materials using an organic template assisted synthesis for Li-Ion battery in PHEV. 61^st Annual Meeting of ISE,September 26th - October 1st, 2010 Nice, France. (Poster presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, O.O. Kuznetsov. (2009) Impedance spectroscopy of platinum in sulfuric acid under cathodic and anodic polarization. 215^th ECS Meeting, May 24-29, San Francisco, California, US. (Oral presentation)

· F.M. Courtel, E.A. Baranova, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, I.J. Davidson (2009) Polyol synthesis of SnO₂/carbon nanoparticles as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. 215^th ECS Meeting, May 24-29, San Francisco, California, US. (Oral presentation)

· O.O. Kuznetsov, E.A. Baranova (2008) Impedance spectroscopy of platinum electrode in sulfuric acid under cathodic and anodic polarization. 5^th Ukrainian Electrochemical Meeting, September, Chernovtsy, Ukraine. (Oral presentation)

· L. Y. Chang, C. Maunders, E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, G. A. Botton. (2008) Quantitative characterisation of surfaces and defects on PtRunanoparticles using combined exit wave restoration and aberration-corrected TEM. Microscopy & Microanalysis 2008 Meeting, August 3-7, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Oral presentation)

· L.Y. Chang, C. Maunders, E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, and G. Botton. (2008) Quantitative characterisation of surfaces on bi-metallic Pt nanoparticles using combined exit wave restoration and aberration-corrected TEM. The 14^th European Microscopy Congress (EMC 2008) Sept. 1 - 5, Aachen, Germany. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall. (2007) Synthesis and characterization of alloy vs. core-shell nano-catalysts and abnormal diffraction effects. The 58^th Annual Meeting of ISE, Sept. 9-14, Banff, Canada. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, Y. Le Page, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall. (2007) Synthesis and characterization of alloy vs. core-shell nano-catalysts and abnormal diffraction effects. The 5^th Spring Meeting of ISE, May 1-4, Dublin, Ireland.

· B. MacDougall, C. Bock, E.A. Baranova. (2007) Electrocatalysis in the direct methanol fuel cell system: synthesis and the role of nanocatalysts. XVI SimpósioBrasileiro de Eletroquímica e Eletroanalítica April 15-19, Águas de Lindóia, Brazil. (Oral presentation)

· C. Bock, E.A. Baranova, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall. (2006) Synthesis and properties of Pt group catalysts: from bulk to nano. The 10^th International Fischer Symposium on Electrochemical Aspects of Biological and Nanoscopic Structures, Center for Environment and Culture, July 23 – 28, - Monastery of Benediktbeuern, Germany. (Oral presentation)

· C. Bock, E.A. Baranova, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall (2006) Synthesis and surface characterization of nano-sized Pt group catalysts (abs. # 89). 210^th Meeting of ECS. Oct. 29 – Nov. 3, Cancun, Mexico. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall. (2006) Application of thin electrolyte layer ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for the surface characterization of synthesized Pt-based nanocatalysts (abs. # S4^.O-2). The 57^th Annual Meeting of ISE, Aug. 27 - Sept. 1 Edinburgh, UK. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, C. Bock, D. Ilin, B. MacDougall. (2006) Surface characterization of size-controlled synthesized Pt-based nanocatalyst. (abs # NMES06-79) The 6^th International Symposium on New Materials for Electrochemical Systems. July 9-12, Montreal, Canada. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, G. Fóti, Ch. Comninellis. (2005) Reactor development for practical utilization of electrochemical promotion of catalysis. International Conference on Solid State Ionics. July 17-22, Baden-Baden, Germany. (Oral presentation)

· E.A. Baranova, G. Fóti, Ch. Comninellis. (2005) Electrochemical promotion of Rh catalysts. International Conference on Solid State Ionics. July 17-22, Baden-Baden, Germany. (Oral presentation)

· O.O. Kuznetsov, E.A. Baranova, Ch. Comninellis. (2005) Impedance of Rh electrode in a cell with solid electrolyte. 4^th Ukrainian Electrochem. Meeting, Sept. 10-14, Crimea, Ukraine.

· E.A. Baranova, G. Fóti, Ch. Comninellis. (2004) Promotion of Rh nanofilm catalyst interfaced with TiO₂ particles. The 55^th Annual Meeting of ISE, Sept.19-24 - Thessaloniki, Greece. (Oral presentation)

· R. Amadelli, A.B. Velichenko. E.A. Baranova, D.V. Girenko. (2000) High performance ozone evolving electrodes based on doped PbO₂ deposited on porous titanium substrates. The 51^st ISE meeting. Sept., Warsaw, Poland. (Poster presentation).

· A.B. Velichenko, E.A. Baranova, R. Amadelli, D.V Girenko, F.I. Danilov. (2000) Electrodeposition and physicochemical properties of Co-doped lead dioxide. The 51^st ISE. Sept. Warsaw, Poland. (Poster presentation).