Influence of Crossover on Capacity Fade of Symmetric Redox Flow Cells
Thomas Y. George, Eric M. Fell, Kyumin Lee, Michael S. Emanuel, Michael J. Aziz, "Influence of Crossover on Capacity Fade of Symmetric Redox Flow Cells." ChemRxiv, , , (2024).
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Education
- PhD in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University, 2024
- MS in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University, 2021
- BSc in Chemistry, Minor in Nuclear Science, Simon Fraser University, 2017
Professional experience
- 2024-current: Postdoctoral Fellow
- Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Aziz Lab
- Development of (electro)chemical open source software.
Open source software development
RFBzeroGitHub repo- Python package for microkinetic modeling of electrochemical cycling in redox flow batteries. Includes modules for different cycling protocols, organic electrolyte properties, and the option to include degradation mechanisms.
Publications
RFBzero: A Python package for zero-dimensional simulation of redox flow battery cycling
Eric M. Fell, Jeremy A. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, "RFBzero: A Python package for zero-dimensional simulation of redox flow battery cycling." Journal of Open Source Software, 9, 6537, (2024).
Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics for High-Throughput Flow Battery Characterization
Eric M. Fell, Thomas Y. George, Yan Jing, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics for High-Throughput Flow Battery Characterization." Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171, 040501, (2024).
High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Active Material
Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, "High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Active Material." Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 100507, (2023).
Long-Term Stability of Ferri-/Ferrocyanide as an Electroactive Component for Redox Flow Battery Applications: On the Origin of Apparent Capacity Fade
Eric M. Fell, Diana De Porcellinis, Yan Jing, Valeria Gutierrez-Venegas, Thomas Y. George, Roy G. Gordon, Sergio Granados-Focil, Michael J. Aziz, "Long-Term Stability of Ferri-/Ferrocyanide as an Electroactive Component for Redox Flow Battery Applications: On the Origin of Apparent Capacity Fade." Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 070525, (2023).
High Energy Density Aqueous Flow Battery Utilizing Extremely Stable, Branching-Induced High-Solubility Anthraquinone near Neutral pH
Emily F. Kerr, Zhijiang Tang, Thomas Y. George, Shijian Jin, Eric M. Fell, Kiana Amini, Yan Jing, Min Wu, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "High Energy Density Aqueous Flow Battery Utilizing Extremely Stable, Branching-Induced High-Solubility Anthraquinone near Neutral pH." ACS Energy Letters, 8, 600–607, (2023).
The Poor Academic’s DC-Offset for Reversing Polarity in Electrochemical Cells: Application to Redox Flow Cells
Kiana Amini, Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, "The Poor Academic’s DC-Offset for Reversing Polarity in Electrochemical Cells: Application to Redox Flow Cells." Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, 090527, (2022).
In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries
Yan Jing, Evan Wenbo Zhao, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Meisam Bahari, Eric M. Fell, Shijian Jin, Ali Davoodi, Erlendur Jónsson, Min Wu, Clare P. Grey, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries." Nature Chemistry, 14, 1103–1109, (2022).
Highly Stable, Low Redox Potential Quinone for Aqueous Flow Batteries
Min Wu, Meisam Bahari, Yan Jing, Kiana Amini, Eric M. Fell, Thomas Y. George, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Highly Stable, Low Redox Potential Quinone for Aqueous Flow Batteries." Batteries & Supercaps, 5, e202200009, (2022).
Anthraquinone Flow Battery Reactants with Nonhydrolyzable Water-Solubilizing Chains Introduced via a Generic Cross-Coupling Method
Yan Jing, Eric M. Fell, Min Wu, Shijian Jin, Yunlong Ji, Daniel A. Pollack, Zhijiang Tang, Dian Ding, Meisam Bahari, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Tatsuhiro Tsukamoto, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Anthraquinone Flow Battery Reactants with Nonhydrolyzable Water-Solubilizing Chains Introduced via a Generic Cross-Coupling Method." ACS Energy Letters, 7, 226–235, (2021).
High-performance anthraquinone with potentially low cost for aqueous redox flow batteries
Min Wu, Meisam Bahari, Eric M. Fell, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "High-performance anthraquinone with potentially low cost for aqueous redox flow batteries." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, 26709–26716, (2021).
Functioning Water-Insoluble Ferrocenes for Aqueous Organic Flow Battery via Host–Guest Inclusion
Yuanyuan Li, Ziang Xu, Yahua Liu, Shijian Jin, Eric M. Fell, Baoguo Wang, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, Zhengjin Yang, Tongwen Xu, "Functioning Water-Insoluble Ferrocenes for Aqueous Organic Flow Battery via Host–Guest Inclusion." ChemSusChem, 14, 745–752, (2021).
In situ electrosynthesis of anthraquinone electrolytes in aqueous flow batteries
Yan Jing, Min Wu, Andrew A. Wong, Eric M. Fell, Shijian Jin, Daniel A. Pollack, Emily F. Kerr, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "In situ electrosynthesis of anthraquinone electrolytes in aqueous flow batteries." Green Chemistry, 22, 6084–6092, (2020).
Extremely Stable Anthraquinone Negolytes Synthesized from Common Precursors
Min Wu, Yan Jing, Andrew A. Wong, Eric M. Fell, Shijian Jin, Zhijiang Tang, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Extremely Stable Anthraquinone Negolytes Synthesized from Common Precursors." Chem, 6, 1432–1442, (2020).
Near Neutral pH Redox Flow Battery with Low Permeability and Long-Lifetime Phosphonated Viologen Active Species
Shijian Jin, Eric M. Fell, Lucia Vina-Lopez, Yan Jing, P. Winston Michalak, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Near Neutral pH Redox Flow Battery with Low Permeability and Long-Lifetime Phosphonated Viologen Active Species." Advanced Energy Materials, 10, 2000100, (2020).
Molecular Engineering of an Alkaline Naphthoquinone Flow Battery
Liuchuan Tong, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Daniel P. Tabor, Emily F. Kerr, Diana De Porcellinis, Eric M. Fell, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, "Molecular Engineering of an Alkaline Naphthoquinone Flow Battery." ACS Energy Letters, 4, 1880–1887, (2019).
A High Voltage Aqueous Zinc–Organic Hybrid Flow Battery
Minjoon Park, Eugene S. Beh, Eric M. Fell, Yan Jing, Emily F. Kerr, Diana De Porcellinis, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Jaechan Ryu, Andrew A. Wong, Roy G. Gordon, Jaephil Cho, Michael J. Aziz, "A High Voltage Aqueous Zinc–Organic Hybrid Flow Battery." Advanced Energy Materials, 9, 1900694, (2019).
Presentations
Invited Talks
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Understanding Capacity Fade Behavior in Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries Via Zero-Dimensional Models and High-Throughput Cell Cycling, 244th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Gothenburg, Sweden (October 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Gordon Research Seminar (GRS): Electrochemistry. Ventura, USA (September 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Yan Jing, Min Wu, Meisam Bahari, Evan W. Zhao, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Shijian Jin, Ali Davoodi, Erlendur Jónsson, Clare P. Grey, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, Recent progress in organic-based aqueous flow batteries: Synthetic and regeneration techniques, International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF). Brussels, Belgium (June 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Min Wu, Yan Jing, Andrew A. Wong, Shijian Jin, Zhijiang Tang, Daniel A. Pollack, Emily F. Kerr, Roy G. Gordon, Michael J. Aziz, Recent progress in organic-based aqueous flow batteries: Stability and synthetic techniques, International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF). Virtual (January 2021).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, pH Swing Cycle for Direct Air Capture Driven by Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, MIT Advanced Negative Emissions Technologies Workshop. Cambridge, USA (September 2019).
Talks
- Eric M. Fell, Diana De Porcellinis, Yan Jing, Valeria Gutierrez-Venegas, Thomas Y. George, Roy G. Gordon, Sergio Granados-Focil, Michael J. Aziz, Long-Term Stability of Ferri/Ferrocyanide As an Electroactive Component for Redox Flow Battery Applications: On the Origin of Apparent Capacity, 243rd Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Boston, USA (May 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics to Accelerate Redox Flow Battery Active Material Characterization, 243rd Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Boston, USA (May 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics to Accelerate Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Characterization, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting. San Francisco, USA (April 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Accelerating High-Throughput Flow Battery Characterization via Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics, Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting. Boston, USA (November 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)chemical Kinetics for High-Throughput Screening of Flow Battery Active Material, 32nd Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). Stockholm, Sweden (June 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Redox Flow: How Low Can You Go? High-Throughput Battery Lifetime Characterization for Grid-Scale Energy Storage, 241st Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Vancouver, Canada (May 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Leveraging Temperature-Dependent (Electro)Chemical Kinetics for High-Throughput Flow Battery Characterization, 241st Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Vancouver, Canada (May 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, Redox flow: how low can you go? Battery lifetime for grid-scale energy storage, Harvard Materials and Applied Mechanics Colloquium. Cambridge, USA (September 2021).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Active Material, 239th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Virtual (May 2021).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Active Material, E3C-Electrochemical Cell Concepts Colloquium-Fraunhofer UMSICHT. Virtual (May 2021).
- Eric M. Fell, Diana De Porcellinis, Andrew A. Wong, Marc-Antoni Goulet, Michael J. Aziz, Symmetric Cell Study of Ferri/Ferrocyanide Stability As a Flow Battery Active Material, Electrochemical Conference on Energy and the Environment (ECEE). Glasgow, UK (July 2019).
Posters
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, JUAMI-Joint Undertaking for an African Materials Institute. Nairobi, Kenya (June 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Next Generation Electrochemistry (NGenE) Workshop. Chicago, USA (June 2023).
- Eric M. Fell, Diana De Porcellinis, Yan Jing, Valeria Gutierrez-Venegas, Roy G. Gordon, Sergio Granados-Focil, Michael J. Aziz, Long-Term Stability of Ferri/Ferrocyanide As an Electroactive Component for Redox Flow Battery Applications: On the Origin of Apparent Capacity, 242nd Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Atlanta, USA (October 2022).
- Eric M. Fell, Michael J. Aziz, High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Electrochemistry. Ventura, USA (September 2022).
Teaching
- Teaching Fellow, Harvard University ENG-SCI 181: Engineering Thermodynamics.
Awards
- 2024 | Electrochemical Society (ECS) Battery Division Student Research Award. Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz
- 2023 | Next Generation Electrochemistry (NGenE) Travel Award. University of Illinois Chicago/Argonne National Lab
- 2023 | ARPA-E Summit Student Program Award. Washington, D.C.
- 2019 | Harvard University Center for the Environment, Travel Award
- 2016 | Vice-President, Research – Undergraduate Student Research Award. Simon Fraser University
- 2016 | DAAD-RISE Fellow. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 2015 | DAAD-RISE Fellow. Universität Paderborn
- 2014 | NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award. Simon Fraser University