Biographical Sketch:
Ph.D. Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA (November 2005) M.S. Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA (2001) B.A. Physics, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, USA (1999) Diplôme d’études collégiales in pure science, Cégep de Granby, Québec, Canada (1991)
Interests:
My current work is directed towards understanding material degradation mechanisms in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Fuel cells may one day play a major role in energy generation throughout the world. They generate electricity with little or no emissions and utilize fuels more efficiently than traditional electrical generation technologies. SOFCs in particular offer several advantages such steam co-generation and fuel flexibility. One major research thrust is to increase reliability and reduce performance degradation over the desired fuel cell lifetime of several thousand hours. For example, it is know that contaminants in fuels such as hydrogen sulfide in natural gas are very detrimental to SOFC anodes. However, the mechanism by which the performance degrades is not understood. Cathode performance and degradation mitigation is equally important. A collaboration between the Ydzerda physics lab and the Sofie engineering lab allows us to control all aspects of research from fuel cell preparation to testing and material characterization. My work is at the center of this colaboration. I facilitate communication, collaboration, and efficient use of resources by becoming acquainted with all aspects of research from material synthesis to fuel cell testing and characterization.
Selected Publications:
Hydrogen Sulfide Induced Nickel Depletion of SOFC Anodes
A. Lussier, J. Dvorak, S. Sofie, and Y.U. Idzerda, Proceedings of the Sixth International Fuel Cell
Science, Engineering and Technology Conference 2008 Mechanism for SOFC Anode Degradation from Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
A. Lussier, S. Sofie, J. Dvorak, and Y.U. Idzerda, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33 (2008)
3945 – 3951 Stress Relaxation of LSMO and LCMO at SOFC Interfaces A. Lussier, J. Dvorak, S. Stadler, J. Holroyd, M. Liberati, E. Arenholz, S.B. Ogale, T. Wu, T. Venkatesan, and Y.U. Idzerda, Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 880–884 The Magnetic Characterization of CoFeB/MgO and CoFe/MgO interfaces E. Negusse, A. Lussier, J. Dvorak, Y.U. Idzerda, S. R. Shinde, Y. Nagamine, S. Furukawa, and D. D. Djayaprawira, Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007)092502-1 XAS Characterization of Growth Parameter Effects for Pulsed Laser Deposited CoxTi1-xO2-δ Films A. Lussier, J. Dvorak, Y.U. Idzerda, S.R. Shinde, S.B. Ogale, and T. Venkatesan, Physica Scripta T115 (2005) 623-5 Characterization for Strontium Titinate/Fe3O4 and TiN/ Fe3O4 Interfaces A. Lussier, Y.U. Idzerda, S. Stadler, S.B. Ogale, S.R. Shinde, and T.Venkatesan, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 20 (2002)1609-13
Grants:
Synchrotron Investigations of LSCF Cathode Degradation (18 months + 18 months, DOE award: $450,000) We combine synchrotron X-ray techniques with laboratory analytical techniques to identify chemical, micro-structural, and/or crystal structure changes occurring in cathodes that explain performance degradation under normal SOFC operation. Methods to solve or prevent degradation will be proposed and investigated. The findings will be used to improve on existing materials and develop future SOFC cathode materials.
Selected Talks:
SOFC Degradation From Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure TMS 2007 Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 2007 Interfacial Strain Induced Variations in Fuel Cell Cathode Materials MS & T Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2006 Possible Polaron Manifestation in the XAS of Cobalt-Doped TiO2 MMM Conference, San Jose, California, November 2005 From Magnetite to Spintronics (Invited Talk) Montana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, March 2005 Cobalt Site Symmetry in Cobalt-doped Oxides MMM Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, November 2004 X-ray Studies of Cobalt-doped Semiconducting Oxides (Poster Presentation) Gordon Research Conference, Big Sky, Montana, August 2004 Are Magnetically Doped Transition-metal Oxides Spin Glasses? APS 2004 March Meeting, Montreal, Québec, Canada, March 2004 Structural Information, by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, on Cobalt-doped Oxides (Student Award Recipient) PCSI 2004, Kona, Hawaii, January 2004 XAS Determination of Growth Parameter Effects for PLD grown CoxTi1-xO2-d Films (Poster Presentation) XAFS 12, Malmö, Sweden, June 2003 Characterization of Strontium Titanate/Fe3O4 and Titanium Nitride/Fe3O4 Interfaces (Student Award Recipient) PCSI 2002, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 2002 The Effects of TiN Overlayers on Fe3O4 Thin Films MMM 2001, Seattle, Washington, November 2001
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