Faculty Profile
Chuancheng Duan
Associate Professor
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CV
Curriculum Vitae -
Office
MEB 3220 -
Website
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Email
c.duan@utah.edu
Research Interests
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon-negative
Catalysis
Ceramic
Chemical Looping Combustion
Co2 Capture
Crystallization
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Energy Storage Systems
High Temperature Chemistry
Hydrocarbon Fuels
Hydrogen Technologies
Membrane Reactors
Nanotechnology
Natural Gas
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Solid Oxide Fuel/Electrolysis Cells
X-ray Scattering
Awards & Honors
- U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Early Career Program (ECP) Award. 08/2024
- The 7th International Society for Solid State Ionics Young Scientist Award (YSA) Finalist. 07/2024
- The Electrochemical Society High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division J. Bruce Wagner, Jr. Young Investigator Award. 10/2023
- Kansas State University Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Outstanding Assistant Professor Award . 08/2023
- Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence in Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University. 06/2023
- Materials Today Energy Rising Star Award. 10/2022
- Rath Research Award, Colorado School of Mines. 05/2018
- The American Ceramic Society Ross Coffin Purdy Award. 10/2017
- The American Ceramic Society Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award. 10/2017
- Colorado School of Mines John M.Poate Young Investigator Fellowship. 08/2013
Publications
- Hafiz Ahmad Hassan, Canan Karakaya, Chuancheng Duan, Pejman Kazempoor. (2026). A multiscale packed-bed reactor model for sustainable ethylene production via chemical looping oxidative coupling of methane. Energy Conversion and Management, 366.
- Dongyeon Kim, Seeun Oh, Hyeonggeun Kim, Hyeongmin Yu, Chuancheng Duan, Kang Taek Lee. (2026). Processing‐Centric Innovative Strategies for Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells. Advanced Energy Materials.
- Wenkai Yang, Yuting Li, Timileyin Aworinde, Shaikh Abdullah, Lakshya Mathur, Daofan Wang, Yue Bao, Linfeng Yu, Lourdes Vega, Chuancheng Duan, Sivaprakash Sengodan. (2026). Mo Dopant-Mediated Oxygen Vacancy Engineering for Enhanced Cathodic Activity in Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
- Shuanglin Zheng, Yuqi Geng, Subrina Islam, Nishya Mohamed Raseek, Anshu Kumari, Saroj Karki, Idris Temitope Bello, John W Peters, Chuancheng Duan, Sooraj Patel, Iman Ghamarian, Yingtao Liu, Zongping Shao, Hanping Ding. (2026). Vacancy–Redox Coupling at Interface‐Engineered Heterostructures Enhances Reversible Energy Conversion in Protonic Ceramic Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 65(21).
- Matthew Naughton, Fan Liu, Meng Li, Zeyu Zhao, Yue Bao, Junseok Kim, Chuancheng Duan, Wanhua Wang, Samuel Koomson, Yushan Yan, Dong Ding. (2026). Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Stability in Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (p-SOECs) via a Porous Gadolinium-Doped Ceria Interlayer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 18(15).
- Yue Bao, Junseok Kim, Subrina Islam, Linfeng Yu, Hanping Ding, Pejman Kazempoor, Feng Zhao, Chuancheng Duan. (2026). Unraveling Sulfur Tolerance Mechanisms in Samarium-Doped Ceria-NiRh Catalysts for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148(8).
- Hafiz Ahmad Hassan, Canan Karakaya, Chuancheng Duan, Pejman Kazempoor. (2026). A review on advances in oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) for industrial use and prospects of CO2–H2O splitting integration. Gas Science and Engineering, 146.
- Sooraj Patel, Sumit Goswami, Pralay Paul, Fan Liu, Shuanglin Zheng, Anvesh Nathani, Julian E C Sabisch, Chuancheng Duan, Thirumalai Venkatesan, Hanping Ding, Hanjong Paik, Pejman Kazempoor, Shuozhi Xu, Dong Ding, Iman Ghamarian. (2025). Towards Grain Boundary Engineering of Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cell Electrolytes Using Orientation-Microscopy Assisted Grain Boundary Character Distribution Analysis. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2025-02(46).
- Junseok Kim, Yue Bao, Nicholas Iacopino, Liyang Fang, Subrina Islam, Weilin Zhang, Feng Zhao, Chuancheng Duan. (2025). Cost-effective process for large-area solid oxide cells with optimally thinned electrolyte. Journal of Power Sources, 654.
- Abu Yousuf, Pejman Kazempoor, Chuancheng Duan, Dong Ding. (2025). Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells Principles, Design, and Applications. Elsevier.
- Zixian Wang, Fan Liu, Yuqing Meng, Wenjuan Bian, Haiyan Zhao, Chuancheng Duan, Michael T Benson, Meng Li, Bin Liu, Dong Ding. (2025). A comprehensive review of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) techniques in protonic ceramic cells (PCCs): Current status and future perspective. eScience, 5(5).
- Chuancheng Duan. (2025). (Invited) Catalysts for Chemical Synthesis in High-Temperature Electrochemical Cells. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2025-01(41).
- Chuancheng Duan, Junseok Kim, Subrina Islam. (2025). (Invited) Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells and Solid Oxide Cells. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2025-01(44).
- Junseok Kim, Subrina Islam, Yue Bao, Hanping Ding, Chuancheng Duan. (2025). Two-Step Sintering for Dual Enhancement of Electrolyte and Hydrogen Electrode in Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(23).
- Zehua Pan, Jingyi Wang, Liangzhu Zhu, Chuancheng Duan, Zhenjun Jiao, Zheng Zhong, Ryan O'Hayre, Neal P Sullivan. (2025). Performance and stability of renewable fuel production via H2O electrolysis and H2O–CO2 co-electrolysis using proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells. Applied Energy, 385.
- Hafiz Ahmad Hassan, Tu Nguyen, Abu Yousuf, Mark Patterson, Chuancheng Duan, Wilson Merchan-Merchan, Ramkumar Parthasarathy, Pejman Kazempoor. (2025). Performance and emissions of natural gas/hydrogen blends in large-bore spark-ignition engines. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 125.
- Sooraj Patel, Sumit Goswami, Pralay Paul, Fan Liu, Shuanglin Zheng, Julian E Sabisch, Chuancheng Duan, Thirumalai Venkatesan, Hanjong Paik, Hanping Ding, Pejman Kazempoor, Shuozhi Xu, Dong Ding, Iman Ghamarian. (2025). Orientation microscopy–assisted grain boundary analysis for protonic ceramic cell electrolytes. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 108(5).
- Shuanglin Zheng, Wei Wu, Yuchen Zhang, Zeyu Zhao, Chuancheng Duan, Saroj Karki, Hanping Ding. (2025). Enhancing surface activity and durability in triple conducting electrode for protonic ceramic electrochemical cells. Nature Communications, 16(1).
- Jaden Norman, Abu Yousuf, Chuancheng Duan, Hanping Ding, Hamidreza Shabgard, Pejman Kazempoor. (2025). Dual-function protonic ceramic fuel cell for efficient natural gas conversion to power and chemicals. Chemical Engineering Journal, 507.
- Pengxi Zhu, Wenjuan Bian, Wei Wu, Wei Tang, Chuancheng Duan, Shuanglin Zheng, Yuchen Zhang, Dong Ding, Zeyu Zhao, Lu-Cun Wang, Pei Dong, Hanping Ding. (2025). Revolutionizing Methane Transformation with the Dual Production of Aromatics and Electricity in a Protonic Ceramic Electrocatalytic Membrane Reactor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(2).
- Fan Liu, David Diercks, Praveen Kumar, Arim Seong, Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar, Cenk Gumeci, Yoshihisa Furuya, Nilesh Dale, Takanori Oku, Masahiro Usuda, Pejman Kazempoor, Iman Ghamarian, Lin Liu, Liyang Fang, Di Chen, Zixian Wang, Stephen Skinner, Chuancheng Duan. (2025). Redesigning protonic ceramic electrochemical cells to lower the operating temperature. Science Advances, 11(2).
- Sang Won Lee, Seok Hee Lee, Jong Hyeok Park, Chuancheng Duan, John T S Irvine, Tae Ho Shin. (2025). Reversible solid oxide electrochemical cells with regulated oxygen trapping nano-dots on Ni-Fe fuel electrode. Chemical Engineering Journal, 503.
- Chuancheng Duan. (2024). Enhancing Efficiency and Stability with Composite Oxygen Electrodes in Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-02(48).
- Lateef A Jolaoso, Abu Yousuf, Fan Liu, Chuancheng Duan, Pejman Kazempoor. (2024). Efficient Energy Storage via Methane Production Using Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells. Applied Energy, 369.
- Chuancheng Duan, Fan Liu, Liyang Fang, Zixian Wang. (2024). (Invited) Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells for Hydrogen Production and Sustainable Chemicals Synthesis. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-01(37).
- Sooraj Patel, Fan Liu, Hanping Ding, Chuancheng Duan, Iman Ghamarian. (2024). On proton conduction mechanism for electrolyte materials in solid oxide fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 72.
- Pengxi Zhu, Wenjuan Bian, Bin Liu, Hao Deng, Lucun Wang, Xiaozhou Huang, Stephanie L Spence, Feng Lin, Chuancheng Duan, Dong Ding, Pei Dong, Hanping Ding. (2024). Direct conversion of methane to aromatics and hydrogen via a heterogeneous trimetallic synergistic catalyst. Nature Communications, 15(1).
- Liyang Fang, Fan Liu, Hanping Ding, Chuancheng Duan. (2024). High-Performance Reversible Solid Oxide Cells for Powering Electric Vehicles, Long-Term Energy Storage, and CO2 Conversion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(16).
- Fan Liu, Hao Deng, Zixian Wang, AbdulJabbar Mohammed Hussain, Nilesh Dale, Yoshihisa Furuya, Yohei Miura, Yosuke Fukuyama, Hanping Ding, Bin Liu, Chuancheng Duan. (2024). Synergistic Effects of In-Situ Exsolved Ni–Ru Bimetallic Catalyst on High-Performance and Durable Direct-Methane Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(7).
- Lateef A Jolaoso, Chuancheng Duan, Pejman Kazempoor. (2024). Life cycle analysis of a hydrogen production system based on solid oxide electrolysis cells integrated with different energy and wastewater sources. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 52.
- Martinus Dewa, Jonghyun Han, Liyang Fang, Fan Liu, Chuancheng Duan, A Mohammed Hussain, Yohei Miura, Song Dong, Yosuke Fukuyama, Yoshihisa Furuya, Nilesh Dale, Oscar G Marin-Flores, Steven Saunders, M Grant Norton, Su Ha. (2024). NiMo/CZ internal reforming layer for ethanol-fueled metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 50.
- Chuancheng Duan. (2023). (High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division J. B. Wagner, Jr. Young Investigator Award) Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells for Power Generation, Hydrogen Production, and Chemicals Synthesis. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(46).
- Fan Liu, Liyang Fang, Chuancheng Duan. (2023). Approaches to Reduce the Operating Temperature of Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells to <450°C. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(46).
- Fan Liu, Hao Deng, Bin Liu, Chuancheng Duan. (2023). High Performance Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells Operating at <500°C. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(46).
- Fan Liu, Hao Deng, David Diercks, Praveen Kumar, Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar, Cenk Gumeci, Yoshihisa Furuya, Nilesh Dale, Takanori Oku, Masahiro Usuda, Pejman Kazempoor, Liyang Fang, Di Chen, Bin Liu, Chuancheng Duan. (2023). Lowering the operating temperature of protonic ceramic electrochemical cells to <450 °C. Nature Energy, 8(10).
- Fan Liu, Liyang Fang, Chuancheng Duan. (2023). Fuel-Flexible Ceramic Fuel Cells at Reduced Operating Temperatures. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-01(54).
- Fan Liu, Chuancheng Duan. (2023). Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells with Dry Reforming of Methane for Electricity Generation, Chemicals Manufacturing, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-01(54).
- Liu F, Ding D, Duan C. (2023). Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells for Synthesizing Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels.. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 10(8), pp. e2206478.
- Chuancheng Duan, Fan Liu. (2022). (Invited) Reducing the Operating Temperature of Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells to <400 °C. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2022-02(47).
- Chuancheng Duan, Fan Liu. (2022). (Invited) Selective CO2 Conversion in Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2022-02(49).
- Liu F, Park YS, Diercks D, Kazempoor P, Duan C. (2022). Enhanced CO Methanation Activity of SmCeO-Ni by Modulating the Chelating Agents-to-Metal Cation Ratio and Tuning Metal-Support Interactions.. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 14(11), pp. 13295-13304.
- Liu F, Diercks D, Hussain AM, Dale N, Furuya Y, Miura Y, Fukuyama Y, Duan C. (2022). Nanocomposite Catalyst for High-Performance and Durable Intermediate-Temperature Methane-Fueled Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 14(48), pp. 53840-53849.
- Fan Liu, Chuancheng Duan. (2021). Direct-Hydrocarbon Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Sustainability, 13(9).
- Chuancheng Duan. (2021). Selective CO2 electrohydrogenation. Nature Catalysis, 4(4).
- Zhu L, Cadigan C, Duan C, Huang J, Bian L, Le L, Hernandez CH, Avance V, O'Hayre R, Sullivan NP. (2021). Ammonia-fed reversible protonic ceramic fuel cells with Ru-based catalyst.. Communications chemistry, 4(1), pp. 121.
- Chuancheng Duan, Robert Kee, Huayang Zhu, Neal Sullivan, Liangzhu Zhu, Liuzhen Bian, Dylan Jennings, Ryan O’Hayre. (2020). Author Correction: Highly efficient reversible protonic ceramic electrochemical cells for power generation and fuel production. Nature Energy, 5(9).
- Chuancheng Duan, Robert J Kee, Huayang Zhu, Neal P Sullivan, Liangzhu Zhu, Ryan O'Hayre. (2019). (Invited) Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells for Energy Conversion and Storage. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2019-02(40).
- Chuancheng Duan, Robert J Kee, Huayang Zhu, Canan Karakaya, Yachao Chen, Sandrine Ricote, Angelique Jarry, Ethan J Crumlin, David Hook, Robert Braun, Neal P Sullivan, Ryan O’Hayre. (2018). Highly durable, coking and sulfur tolerant, fuel-flexible protonic ceramic fuel cells. Nature, 557(7704).
- Chuancheng Duan, David Hook, Yachao Chen, Jianhua Tong, Ryan O'Hayre. (2017). Zr and Y co-doped perovskite as a stable, high performance cathode for solid oxide fuel cells operating below 500 °C. Energy & Environmental Science, 10(1).
- Neal P Sullivan, Sandrine Ricote, Hanping Ding, Wade Rosensteel, Long Le, Chuancheng Duan, Ryan O'Hayre. (2016). (Invited) Proton-Conducting Ceramics for Fuels Synthesis. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2016-02(40).
- Chuancheng Duan, Jianhua Tong, Meng Shang, Stefan Nikodemski, Michael Sanders, Sandrine Ricote, Ali Almansoori, Ryan O'Hayre. (2015). Readily processed protonic ceramic fuel cells with high performance at low temperatures. Science, 349(6254).
- Kevin J Albrecht, Chuancheng Duan, Ryan O'Hayre, Robert J Braun. (2015). Modeling Intermediate Temperature Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions, 68(1).
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