Dr. Bruce Parkinson
Director
Department of Chemistry
Dept. 3838
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-9891
Email: bparkin1@uwyo.edu
Dr. Debashis Dutta is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry.
The Dutta research group is currently exploring the use of sub-micrometer sized channel (nanochannel) arrays as supports for creating ultra-thin proton exchange membranes (PEM) in microfluidic fuel cells. The proposed design has been demonstrated in our laboratory successfully fabricating silicate based sol-gel structures within nanochannel arrays and employing them as PEMs in acidic fuel cells. Moreover, these devices have been shown to yield a power output about an order of magnitude greater than similar microfluidic fuel cells reported in the literature.
Dr. Bruce Parkinson
Director
Department of Chemistry
Dept. 3838
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-9891
Email: bparkin1@uwyo.edu