Department of Materials Science and Engineering
496 Lomita Mall,
Durand Bldg.
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305-4034
W: 650-725-0107, EM: turgut.gur@stanford.edu
Turgut M. Gür is a
Consulting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford
University since 2005. He has more than 18 years of hands-on experience in
managing multi-disciplinary team-based research centers in advanced materials
and energy conversion on campus. He was
one of the founding members and until recently, the Executive Director of
Stanford’s DOE-EFRC Center on Nanostructuring for
Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC). Previously, he served as the Technical
Director for the NSF-MRSEC Center for Materials Research (CMR), and later as
the founding Technical Director for Geballe
Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) at Stanford. He received the Marshall O’Neill award in
1997 based on his long lasting contributions to Stanford’s research enterprise.
He was formerly the co-founder, Director and
CTO for Clean Coal Energy and subsequently, Direct Carbon Technologies that
developed a proprietary carbon fuel cell technology for efficient conversion of
coal, biomass and other solid fuels to electricity with carbon capture. Before that he was the CTO for H2onsite,
where he led technology development for chemically assisted spontaneous
production of hydrogen via steam electrolysis for distributed generation
purposes aimed at the foreseen fuel cell vehicles market. He also served as the
Director and Scientific Advisor for Electro-Oxidation Technologies, and helped
develop industrial wastewater treatment technologies based on electrochemical
remediation by selective reduction.
1.
Turgut M. Gür, Michael Homel, and Anil V. Virkar, High Performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Operating on Dry Gasified
Coal, J. Power Sources 195, 1085 (2010)
2.
Xirong Jiang,
Turgut M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz, and Stacey F. Bent, Sputtered Pt-Ru
Alloys as Catalysts for Highly Concentrated Methanol Oxidation, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157(3), B314 (2010)
3.
Turgut
M. Gür, Mechanistic Modes for Solid Carbon Conversion in High
Temperature Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc.
157(5), B571 (2010)
4.
Xirong Jiang,
Turgut M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz,
and Stacey F. Bent, ALD Co-Deposited Pt-Ru Binary and Pt Skin Catalysts for Concentrated Methanol Oxidation, Chem. Mater.
22, 3024 (2010)
5.
Michael Homel, Turgut M. Gür, and Anil V.
Virkar, Carbon Monoxide-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, J. Power Sources 195, 6367 (2010)
6.
Young Beom Kim, Ching-Mei
Hsu, Steve T. Connor, Turgut M. Gür, Yi Cui, and Fritz B. Prinz, Nano-Pore Patterned Platinum Array Electrodes for Controlled
Study of Triple Phase Boundary in Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 157(9),
B1269 (2010)
7.
R.
Alexander, A. C. Lee, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Carbon-Free
Hydrogen Production in a Steam-Carbon Electrochemical Cell, ECS Trans.
28(26), 67 (2010)
8.
Joong Sun
Park, Young Beom Kim, Joon Hyung Shim, Sangkyun Kang, Turgut
M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz,
Evidence of
Proton Transport in Atomic Layer Deposited Yttria
Stabilized Zirconia, Chem.
Mater. 22, 5366 (2010)
9.
M. Motoyama, C.-C. Chao, T. M. Gür, and F. B. Prinz, Fabrication
of Nanotubular Membrane Electrode Assembly for a
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, ECS Trans.
33(40), 129 (2011)
10.
Y. B. Kim, T. M. Gür,
and F. B. Prinz, Gadolinia-doped Ceria Cathode Interlayer for Low Temperature Solid Oxide
Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 35(1), 1155 (2011)
11.
Turgut
M. Gür, Solid State Ionic Tools for Catalysis and Materials
Research: In Honor of Robert A. Huggins, Solid State Ionics 192,
645 (2011)
12.
Andrew
C. Lee, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Feasibility of
Hydrogen Production in a Steam-Carbon Electrochemical Cell, Solid State
Ionics 192, 607 (2011)
13.
Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, Sangkyun Kang, and Fritz B. Prinz,
Crater Patterned
3-D Proton Conducting Ceramic Fuel Cell Architecture with Ultra Thin Y:BaZrO3 Electrolyte, Electrochem. Comm. 13, 403 (2011)
14.
Jason Komadina, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Sangkyun Kang, Turgut M. Gür, and
Fritz B. Prinz, Low Temperature
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with YSZ Electrolyte, ECS Trans. 35(1), 2855
(2011)
15.
Brentan Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, A New Steam-Carbon Fuel Cell Concept
for Cogeneration of Hydrogen and Electrical Power, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158(5), B505 (2011)
16.
R.
Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Biomass Conversion
in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, ECS
Trans. 35(1), 2685 (2011)
17.
Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, Sangkyun Kang, and Fritz B. Prinz,
Effect of Crystallinity on Proton Conduction in Yttirum-doped
Barium Zirconate Thin Film Electrolyte, Solid
State Ionics 198, 39-46 (2011)
18.
Y. B.
Kim, J. S. Park, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Oxygen activation
over engineered surface grains on YDC/YSZ interlayered composite electrolyte
for LT-SOFC, J. Power Sources 196,
10550 (2011)
19.
Y. B.
Kim, J. H. Shim, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Epitaxial and
polycrystalline gadolinia-doped ceria interlayers for
low temperature solid oxide fuel cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 158(11),
B1453-B1457 (2011)
20.
Young Beom Kim, Timothy P. Holme,
Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Surface Modified Low
Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 4684 (2011)
21.
(Invited) J. S. Park, S. K. Kang, T. M. Gür, F. B. Prinz, Atomic Layer Deposited Yttria Stabilized Zirconia
Barrier Layer for Proton Conducting Oxide, ECS
Trans. 41(2) 315-319 (2011)
22.
Joon Hyung Shim, Joong Sun Park,
Timothy P. Holme, Kevin Crabb, Wonyoung Lee, Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhanced Oxygen
Exchange and Incorporation at Surface Grain Boundaries of Oxide Ceramic,
Acta Materialia 60, 1-7 (2012)
23.
R.
Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, and T. M. Gür, Experimental and
Modeling Study of Biomass Conversion in a Solid Carbon Fuel Cell, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159(3).
B347 (2012)
24.
Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Joon Hyung Shim, Turgut
M. Gür, and Fritz B.
Prinz, Fluorine Contamination in Yttrium-doped Barium
Zirconate Film Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition,
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 30(1), 01A161-1 (2012)
25.
Jihwan
An, Young Beom Kim, Hee Joon Jung, Joong Sun Park, Suk
Won Cha, Turgut M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz, Structural and Compositional Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel
Cell Electrolytes using Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy,
Int. J. Precis.
Eng. Man. 13(7), 1273 (2012).
26.
Joon Hyung Shim, Young Beom Kim, Joong Sun Park, Jihwan An,
Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B.
Prinz, Patterned Silver Nanomesh
Cathode for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem.
Soc. 159, B502 (2012)
27.
Turgut
M. Gür, Solid Fuel Utilization in High Temperature Fuel Cells,
ECS Trans. 41(12), 29 (2012)
28.
Brentan
R. Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Model of Carbon
Utilization in a Carbon Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 41(12), 45 (2012)
29.
R.
Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Hydrogen and
Electricity from Carbon in a Coupled Steam-Carbon-Air Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 41(12), 69 (2012)
30.
Jihwan An,
Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür
and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhancing Charge Transfer Kinetics by Nanoscale Catalytic Cermet Interlayer, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 4(12), 6789 (2012)
31.
Brentan
R. Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Viability of
Coupled Steam-Carbon-Air Fuel Cell Concept for Spontaneous Co-production of
Hydrogen and Electrical Power, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159,
B810 (2012)
32.
Brentan
R. Alexander, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Modeling of
Experimental Results for Carbon Utilization in a Carbon Fuel Cell, J. Power Sources 228, 132 (2013)\
33.
Jihwan An, Ai Leen Koh, Joong
Sun Park, Robert Sinclair, Turgut M. Gür and Fritz B.
Prinz, Aberration-corrected TEM Imaging of Oxide-Ion Occupancy in
YSZ, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4,
1156 (2013)
34.
R.
Alexander, R. E. Mitchell, T. M. Gür, Oxy-Combustion of
Solid Fuels in a Carbon Fuel Cell, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 34, 3445 (2013)
35.
Gregory
J. Armstrong, Brentan R. Alexander, Reginald E.
Mitchell, and Turgut M. Gür, Modeling Heat Transfer Effects in a Solid
Oxide Carbon Fuel Cell, ECS Trans. 50(45), 143-150 (2013)
36.
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Joong Sun Park, Xu Tian, Joon
Hyung Shim, Turgut M. Gür,
and Fritz B. Prinz, Enhanced Oxygen Exchange on Surface Engineered
Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia, ACS Nano 7(3), 2186 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/nn305122f
37.
Joong Sun
Park, Young Beom Kim, Joon Hyung Shim, Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz, Effect of Cation Non-stoichiometry and Crystallinity
on the Ionic Conductivity of Atomic Layer Deposited Y:BaZrO3
Films, Thin Solid Films 539,
166 (2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.05.092
38.
Turgut
M. Gür, Critical Review of Carbon Conversion “Carbon Fuel Cells”, Chemical Reviews 113,
6179-6206 (2013) DOI:
10.1021/cr400072b
39.
(Invited Feature Article) Joon Hyung Shim, Sangkyun Kang, Suk Won Cha, Wonyoung
Lee, Young Beom Kim, Turgut M. Gür,
and Fritz B. Prinz, Atomic Layer Deposition of Thin-Film Ceramic Electrolytes for
High-Performance Fuel Cells, J. Mater. Chem. A, 1,
12695-12705 (2013) DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11399J
40.
Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, JoonSun Park, Turgut M. Gür and
Fritz B. Prinz, Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Bilayer Solid Oxide Fuel
Cell with 1.3 W/cm2 at 450 °C, Nano Lett. 13, 4551-4555 (2013) DOI: 10.1021/nl402661p (highlighted
in Science: Editor’s Choice, Oct. 2013)
41.
Jihwan An, Joong Sun Park, Ai Leen Koh, Hark B. Lee, Hee Joon Jung, Joop Schoonman, Robert Sinclair, Turgut M. Gür
and Fritz B. Prinz, Atomic Scale Verification of Oxide-Ion Vacancy
Distribution near a Single Grain Boundary in YSZ, Scientific
Reports 3, 26890 (2013) DOI: 10.1038/srep02680
42.
Munekazu Motoyama, Cheng-Chieh Chao, Hee Joon Jung, Turgut M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz, Nanotubular Array Solid
Electrolyte Membrane, ACS Nano 8(1), 340-351 (2014) DOI: 10.1021/nn4042305
43. David U.
Johnson, Reginald E. Mitchell, Turgut M. Gür, Modeling Power Production in
a Tubular Carbon Fuel Cell,
ECS Trans. 61(1), 235-243 (2014) DOI: 10.1149/06101.0235ecst
44. (Invited
Feature Article) Turgut M. Gür, Stacey F. Bent,
Fritz, B. Prinz, Nanostructuring
Materials for Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118(37),
21301-21315 (2014)
DOI: 10.1021/jp500966u
45. (Invited
Feature Article) Jihwan An, Joon
Hyung Shim, Young Beom Kim,
Joong Sun Park, Wonyoung
Lee, Turgut M Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz,
MEMS-based
Thin-Film Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells, MRS Bulletin 39(9),
798-804 (2014) DOI:
10.1557/mrs.2014.171
46. Jihwan An, Young Beom Kim, JoonSun Park,
Turgut M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz,
Nanostructured
Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with High Power Density, ECS
Trans. 64(2), 173-181 (2014) DOI:
10.1149/06402.0173ecst
47. Jihwan An, Jiwoong Bae, Soonwook Hong, Bongjun Koo, Young-Beom Kim,
Turgut M. Gür, and Fritz B. Prinz,
Grain Boundary Blocking of Ionic
Conductivity in Nanocrystalline Yttria-Doped
Ceria Thin Films, Scripta Materialia 104,
45-48 (2015) DOI:
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.03.020
48. Turgut M. Gür, Progress in Carbon Fuel
Cells for Clean Coal Technology Pipeline, International Journal of Energy Research, 40, 13-29 (2016), DOI: 1002/er.3288
49. Eli A. Goldstein, Turgut M. Gür, Reginald E.
Mitchell, Modeling Defect Transport during Cu Oxidation, Corrosion Science 99, 53-65 (2015) DOI:
10.1016/j.corsci.2015.05.067
50. Turgut M. Gür, Comprehensive
Review of Methane Conversion in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Prospects for Efficient
Electricity Generation from Natural Gas, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 54, 1-64 (2016) (DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2015.10.004)
Issued Patents:
1.
Robert
A. Huggins and Turgut M. Gür, Solid State Method for Synthesis Reactions,
US Patent 4,404,068 (Sept. 13,1983)
2.
Turgut
M. Gür and Robert A. Huggins, Direct Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon to
Electrical Energy in a High Temperature Fuel Cell, US Patent 5,376,469 (Dec. 27, 1994)
3.
Turgut
M. Gür, Henry Wise, and Robert A. Huggins, Method and
Apparatus for Partial Oxidation of Methane and Cogeneration of Electrical
Energy, US Patent 5,364,506 (Nov. 15, 1994)
4.
Turgut
M. Gür and Robert A. Huggins, Oxygen Sensor, US Patent 5,827,415 (Oct. 27, 1998)
5.
Minhwan
Lee, Ryan O'Hayre, Turgut M. Gür,
and Friedrich B. Prinz, Electrochemical Nano-Patterning Using Ionic
Conductors, US Patent
7,253,409 (Aug. 7, 2007)
6.
Joon Hyung Shim, Sang-kyun Kang,
Turgut M. Gür, and Friedrich B. Prinz,
Method of
Preparing Fuel Cell Comprising Proton Conducting Solid Perovskite
Electrolyte Membrane with Improved Low Temperature Ion Conductivity, and
Membrane Electrode Assembly of Fuel Cell Prepared by the Method, US Patent 7,691,523 B2 (April 6, 2010)
7.
Turgut
M. Gür, High Temperature Direct Coal Fuel Cell, US Patent 7,799,472 B2 (Sept. 21, 2010)
8.
Friedrich
B. Prinz, Turgut M. Gür,
and Joon Hyung Shim Solid State Thin
Film Fuel Cell, US Patent 7,811,714 B2 (Oct. 12, 2010)
9.
Turgut
M. Gür, Reginald E. Mitchell, Andrew C. Lee, and Siwen Li, Integrated Dry Gasification Fuel Cell System for Conversion
of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels, US
Patent 8,563,183 (Oct. 22, 2013)
10.
SangKyun
Kang, Joon Hyoung Shim,
Friedrich B. Prinz, Turgut M. Gür,
Solid-State Fuel
Cell Including Anode and Cathode Electrolyte Protection Layers and a Hydrogen
Ion Conductive Solid Oxide Dense Film, US Patent 8,669,015 B2 (March 11, 2014)
11.
Friedrich
B. Prinz and Turgut M. Gür,
Thin Film MEA
Structures for Fuel Cell and Method for Fabrication, US Patent 8,951,605 B2 (Feb. 10, 2015)
Patent Applications:
1.
Turgut M. Gür,
Direct Carbon
Fuel Cell with Molten Anode, US
2006/0234098 A1 (Oct. 19, 2006)
2.
Turgut M. Gür and Alvin Duskin, Steam-Carbon Cell for Hydrogen
Production, US 2008/0022593 A1
(Jan. 31, 2008)
3.
Turgut M. Gür and Siwen
Li, Multifunctional Cermet Anodes for High temperature Fuel
Cells, US 2008/0124613 A1 (May 29, 2008)
4.
Turgut M. Gür, Catalytic Oxide Anodes for High
temperature Fuel Cells, US 2008/0124265 A1 (May
29, 2008)
5.
Turgut M. Gür,
Reginald E. Mitchell, Andrew C. Lee, and Siwen Li, Integrated Dry
Gasification Fuel Cell System for Conversion of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels,
US 2009/0004529 A1 (Jan. 1, 2009)
6.
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Turgut M. Gür, Munekazu Motoyama,
Friedrich B. Prinz, Joon-Hyung
Shim, and Joong-Sun Park, Closed-End
Nanotube Arrays as an Electrolyte of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, US 2010/0183948 A1 (July 22, 2010)
7.
Fritz B.
Prinz And Turgut M. Gür, Thin Film MEA
Structures For Fuel Cell and Method For Fabrication, US 2010/0112196 A1 (May 6, 2010)
8.
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Friedrich B. Prinz, Turgut M. Gür And Joon Hyung Shim, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells with Concentric Laminating Electrolytes in a
Nanoporous Membrane, US
2011/002227694 A1 (Feb. 3, 2011)
9.
Turgut
M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz, On-Chip Power,
S07-313
10.
Joon-Hyung Shim, Sang-Kyun Kang, Turgut
M Gur, Friedrich B. Prinz, Solid-State Fuel Cell Including Chemical Electrolyte Protection
Layer and Method of Manufacturing Same, US filed Apr. 11, 2009
11.
Joon H.
Shim, Munekazu Motoyama,
Jason D. Komadina, Turgut M. Gür,
Friedrich B. Prinz, Lithography Free Process for the Fabrication
of a Nanostructured Thin-Film Fuel Cell, S08-200/Prov
12.
Munekazu Motoyama,
Joon H. Shim, Cheng-Chieh
Chao, Joong Sun Park, Turgut M. Gür,
and Fritz B. Prinz, Fabrication Process of Free-Standing
Closed-End Nantoube Arrays as an Electrolyte of a Solid
Oxide Fuel Cell, S08-233/Prov
13.
Turgut M. Gür and
Fritz B. Prinz, Carbon-ion Conducting Nonporous Solid Membranes,
S08-082
14.
Turgut M. Gür and
Fritz B. Prinz, Energy Efficient System for Separation and Capture of CO2
Using Carbon-ion Conducting Membranes (filed March 28, 2008) S08-083
15.
Munekazu Motoyama,
Joon H. Shim, Cheng-Chieh
Chao, Joong Sun Park, Turgut M. Gür,
and Fritz B. Prinz, Fabrication Process of Free-Standing
Closed-End Nantoube Arrays as an Electrolyte of a
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, S08-341
16.
Joon H. Shim, Munekazu Motoyama, Jason D. Komadina,
Turgut M. Gür and Friedrich B. Prinz,
Lithography free
process for the fabrication of a nanostructured thin-film fuel cell,
(filed Sept. 2, 2009) US Prov. S08-200B
17.
Joon H.
Shim, Sangkyun Kang, Fritz B. Prinz
and Turgut M. Gür, Solid State Fuel Cell Including Chemical
Electrolyte Protection Layer and Method of Manufacturing Same,
18.
Turgut
M. Gür, Friedrich B. Prinz,
Joon Hyung Shim, and Rainer
Fasching, Thin Film Solid State Electrochemical Hydrogen Sensor,
(May 1, 2009) S09-150
19.
Turgut
M. Gür and Fritz B. Prinz, Solid State
Architecture Protonic Energy storage and Conversion
Devices (May 13, 2010) S10-450
20.
Yound Beom Kim, Ushio Harada, Turgut M. Gür,
Fritz, B. Prinz, Nanopatterning of soilid oxide composite electrolyte (March 24, 2011)
S11-116
21.
Yound Beom Kim, Ushio Harada, Turgut M. Gür,
Fritz, B. Prinz, Epitaxial growth of doped ceria (GDC, YDC) interlayers for
solid oxide fuel cell (March 24, 2011) S11-116
22.
Joon H.
Shim, Fritz B. Prinz and Turgut M. Gür, Proton conducting solid oxide electrolyte membrane, MEA,
and fuel cell including the membrane, and method of preparing the membrane (May
2011) S09-111
23.
Turgut
M. Gür and Reginald E. Mitchell, Process, apparatus and method for in situ sulfur
removal for coal utilization in high-temperature fuel cells with carbon capture
(filed Feb. 8, 2011) S11-049
24.
Turgut M. Gür
and Reginald E. Mitchell, Integrated Dry Gasification Fuel Cell System for Conversion
of Solid Carbonaceous Fuels, CIP (for S11-049), US 2014/0011104 A1 (Jan. 9, 2014)
25.
Turgut M. Gür, High Temperature Direct Coal Fuel Cell, US 2011/0014526-A1 (January 20, 2011)
26.
Sang-kyun Kang, Joong-Sun Park, Turgut M. Gür, Young-Beom Kim, Friedrich Prinz, Joon-Hyung
Shim, Proton Conducting Electrolyte Membranes Having
Nano-Grain YSZ as Protective Layers, and Membrane Electrode Assemblies and
Ceramic Fuel Cells Comprising Same, US 2011/0262839-A1 (October
27, 2011)
27.
Sang-kyun Kang, Young-Beom Kim, Jin-Su Ha, Friedrich B. Prinz, Turgut
M. Gür,
Methods of
Manufacturing Proton Conductive Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Proton Conductive
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Manufactured by Using the Methods, US
2012/0009501-A1 (January 12,
2012)
28.
Sang-kyun Kang, Turgut M. Gür; Friedrich B. Prinz,
Joon-Hyung
Shim, Proton Conducting
Solid Oxide Electrolyte Membrane, MEA and Fuel Cell Including the Membrane, and
Method of Preparing the Membrane, US 2012/0141917-A1 (June
7, 2012)
Updated:
January 6, 2016