Faculty of Chemical Technologies
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER ENGINEERING & CHEMISTRY
Head of Department: Professor, Dr. Sc. (Chemistry) VIACHESLAV Z. BARSUKOV
Address: Kyiv, 2, Nemirovich-Danchenko str., building 1, rooms 1-0301 — 1-0316; 1-0221; 1-0230
Phones:
Head of Department: +38044-256-21-02
Lecturer's room: +38044-256-29-81
Head of Laboratory: +38044-256-29-16
Laboratory: +38044-256-21-67
e-mail: keeh@knutd.com.ua; v-barsukov@i.ua; chemi@voliacable.com
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The scientific school: Fundamental and applied electrochemical investigations and developments in the fields of electronically conducting polymers, novel composites based on graphite and carbonaceous materials, non-noble metal catalysts and other promised materials for lithium, lithium-ion, air-metal batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, electrochemical reactors, etc.
Supervisor: Professor, Dr. Sc. (Chemistry) Viacheslav Z. Barsukov, head of Department
Prof. Viacheslav Barsukov, Head of Department for Electrochemical Power Engineering & Chemistry, received his BSc in Chemical Technology in 1971, his PhD in Electrochemistry in 1974, Dr. Sc. in Electrochemistry in 1985 (Dnepropetrovsk Chemical Technological University) and Professor Degree in Electrochemistry in 1992 (Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences). He has been working in the field of fundamental and technical electrochemistry since 1971 and is the co-author of more than 350 publications, including 3 books, 130 refereed journal publications and 15 patents. He is the 1st Prize-winner at the International Patent & Innovation Competition, Germany (1994).
Prof. Viacheslav Barsukov was a supervisor for 8 Ph.D. dissertations; he is the member of editorial boards of 3 research journals, including 2 international; member of two International Societies (ISE, ECS).
Prof. Viacheslav Barsukov has been involved (mostly as a team leader) in more than 20 national and international projects including 12 international projects of INTAS, NATO Science for Peace, CRDF, US DOE's Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) Programs, FP6 and FP7 EC Programs.
The responsible person for many projects was/is senior researcher Volodymyr G. Khomenko.
The Department of Electrochemical Power Engineering & Chemistry is well equipped with all necessary equipment for the R&D of novel materials for batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, different electrochemical reactors and cells. The team has facilities for developing the concept cell of batteries, cell design, technology and troubleshooting, cell optimization studies, cell failure analysis including investigations with internal and external reference electrodes. Also a set of analytical and physical-chemical techniques for analysis and preparation of electrodes materials for different power sources is available.
The main available equipment is as following:
- SOLAAR S4 Double Beam Automatic Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (from ThermoElectron Co., USA)
- Argon Glove box UNILAB (from MBraun Inc., USA)
- Two automatic battery 32-channel battery test systems (from Latvia and Ukraine)
- Automatic battery ARBIN 32-channel battery test system (from Arbin Instruments Co., Texas, USA)
- VMP3 automatic multi-channel potentiostat/galvanostat with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (from Princeton Applied Research, UK) and rotating disc electrode (from St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Different technological equipment for coin batteries producing (sizes of 2016, 2325, etc.)
- General laboratory equipment for synthesis of composite materials (two chemical reactors for synthesis and purifications of different materials and composites from Simax Co., Czech Republic; two furnaces with temperature and gas control, high-speed mixer with viscosity control, etc.)
The main publications:
- New Carbon Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems// Eds.: I. Barsukov, Ch. Johnson, J. Doninger, V. Barsukov. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2006) - 524 pages
- V. Barsukov, J. Doninger. On the Theoretical Prerequisites for Application of Novel Materials in Promising Energy Systems. In the book "New Carbon Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems". Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, (2006) 297 – 308
- V. Barsukov, V. Khomenko and A. Katashinskii. New concept for the metal-air batteries using composites: conducting polymers/expanded graphite as gas-diffusion cathodes. In the book "New Carbon Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems". Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, (2006) 89 – 104
- V.G. Khomenko, V.Z. Barsukov, A.S. Katashinskii. The catalytic activity of conducting polymers toward oxygen reduction, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 50, № 15 (2005) 1675-1683
- V. Barsukov, V. Khomenko, A. Katashinskii, Electroconductive polymers and exfoliated graphite composite as catalysts for oxygen reduction, In the book "Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials", Springer (2007) 833-837
- V.Z. Barsukov, A.S. Katashinskii, V.G. Khomenko, K.V. Likhnitskii, The electronic structure of polyaniline and influence of dopants on its structure and properties, Scientific Proceeding of Riga Technical University "Material Science and Applied Chemistry", 1, №14 (2007) 92-100.
- V. Khomenko, V. Barsukov, J. Doninger, I. Barsukov, Lithium-ion batteries based on carbon-silicon-graphite composite anodes, J. Power Sources 165/2 (2007) 598-608
- V. Khomenko, V. Barsukov, Characterization of silicon- and carbon-based composite anodes for lithium-ion batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 52, No 8 (2007) 2829-2840
- V.Z. Barsukov, E.A. Illin, K.V. Lykhnytsky et al. Graphites from the Zavalie Deposit as Active Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, J. "Elektrokhimiya", 44/5 (2008) 624-631
- V.Z. Barsukov, V.G. Khomenko, K.V. Lykhnytsky. Novel composite materials for electrochemical engineering. Bulletin KNUTD, 3/5 (2010) 221-226
