Electrochemical Society-Toyota Fellowship Goes to UCI Engineer
Iryna Zenyuk receives fellowship support for research in green energy technology.
Zenyuk’s project, “Addressing the Activation Overpotential in Fuel Cell Cathodes,” looks at using electrochemical techniques to improve the performance of costly components in high-efficiency fuel cell electric vehicles. She will receive a grant of $50,000 to conduct her research.
“A reduction in cost is needed to enable full commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles,” said Zenyuk. “This fellowship will advance the understanding for reducing precious metal loading in fuel cells. I am honored to receive this recognition and will be working to unravel fundamental problems of kinetics and transport that are currently limiting overall performance.”
– Lori Brandt