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Brent Kirby joined PNNL in 2008 after finishing graduate studies at Princeton University. He has been primarily focused on several aspects of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology from materials development to cell design and testing to system engineering. The expertise of the SOFC team has led to successful projects for the DOE, as well as for military and industrial clients. He also has extensive experience with β"-alumina, an ionically conductive ceramic used in sodium batteries.

• Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) design
• SOFC systems
• Ionically conductive materials, including β"-alumina
• Sodium battery chemistry

• Ph.D Chemistry and Materials, Princeton University
• M.A. Chemistry, Princeton University
• B.S. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

U.S. Patent No. 8,166,777, May 1, 2012, "Glass Composition and Process for Sealing Void Spaces in Electrochemical Devices"

2022

• Kirby B.W., K. Grubel, E.C. Ronnebro, J.S. Hardy, and J. Kim. 2022. Synthesis and Photonic Sintering of Proton Conducting Lanthanide Nickelates. PNNL-33457. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Synthesis and Photonic Sintering of Proton Conducting Lanthanide Nickelates

2021

• Kirby B.W. 2021. FCET Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Testing and Development - CRADA 526. PNNL-32490. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1867283.FCET Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Testing and Development - CRADA 526
• Kirby B.W., J.S. Hardy, C.A. Coyle, N.L. Canfield, and T.C. Droubay. 2021. "Sr and Co Vapor-Phase Transport from LSCF Cathodes." In 17th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOF-XVII) July 18, 2021 - July 23, 2021 Stockholm, Sweden. ECS Transactions, 103, 1415-1424. Bristol:IOP Publishing. PNNL-SA-163853. doi:10.1149/10301.1415ecst

2015

• Wei X., G. Xia, B.W. Kirby, E.C. Thomsen, B. Li, Z. Nie, and G.L. Graff, et al. 2015. "An Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Based on Neutral Alkali Metal Ferri/ferrocyanide and Polysulfide Electrolytes." Journal of the Electrochemical Society 163, no. 1:A5150-A5153. PNNL-SA-93471. doi:10.1149/2.0221601jes

2013

• Lu X., B.W. Kirby, W. Xu, G. Li, J.Y. Kim, J.P. Lemmon, and V.L. Sprenkle, et al. 2013. "Advanced Intermediate-Temperature Na-S Battery." Energy & Environmental Science 6, no. 1:299 - 306. PNNL-SA-91777. doi:10.1039/C2EE23606K

2011

• Chick L.A., K.D. Meinhardt, S.P. Simner, B.W. Kirby, M.R. Powell, and N.L. Canfield. 2011. "Factors Affecting Limiting Current in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells or Debunking the Myth of Anode Diffusion Polarization." Journal of Power Sources 196, no. 10:4475-4482. PNNL-SA-76657.