Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
| singh@engr.uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 486-8379 |
| Mailing Address | Materials Science and Engineering 25 King Hill Road, Unit 3136 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3136 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Link | Department Page |
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Brief Bio
Dr. Singh held several key technical and management positions at Ford Motor Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and FuelCell Energy. While at Ford Motor Company’s Visteon Corporation enterprise, Dr. Singh managed PEM fuel cell research and development, including fuel cell system and advanced “on board” fuel processing technologies development. At Westinghouse Electric Corporation, as technical group leader and a member of the technical staff, Dr. Singh developed SOFC cell and stack component materials, large scale manufacturing processes, hydrocarbon processing and “on anode” reforming. At FuelCell Energy, Dr. Singh led the development work on corrosion tolerant materials, creep tolerant electrodes and process scale up.
He is widely recognized for his technical contributions relating to the identification, characterization, and development of mechanistic understanding of accelerated corrosion of metals and alloys under bi-polar exposure conditions as encountered in advanced fuel cell electrochemical power generation systems.
Dr. Singh earned his Ph.D. in metallurgy at the University of Sheffield, England and an MBA degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He holds more than 50 U.S. patents and trade secrets, and he has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical reports and papers along with three book chapters. He is a Fellow of ASM International, the American Ceramic Society and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, and he serves as Chairman of the ASM Energy Committee. He has received a number of honors and awards. He serves on the ASM Executive Committee and the editorial boards of ASME and the American Ceramic Society.
The Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2), established in 2001 with significant investment from Connecticut Innovations, Inc. and Connecticut industry, is housed in a state-of-the-art 16,000 sq. ft. facility located at the Storrs campus. The mission of the Center is to become the world’s premier academic resource for advanced research, development and technology transfer in fuel cell technologies. In addition, the Fuel Cell Center and the School of Engineering are working with the University, the State and industrial partners to attract an eminent faculty member and associated team in the area of clean, sustainable and alternate energy.
- High temperature energy conversion including SOFC and oxy-combustion
- High temperature electrochemistry- fuel cells, electrolysis and gas separation membranes
- Functional materials – perovskites, fluorites, ionic and electronic conducting ceramics
- Oxidation of metals and alloys in complex environment, protective coatings
- Advanced energy systems and efficient utilization of abundant natural gas
- Molten salt systems – fuel cells, batteries and carbon capture
- Hydrogen production and high temperature electrolysis
- High temperature Fe, Ni and Co based alloys and surface protection under aggressive environment; Metal-hydrogen interaction
- Carbon capture and utilization
- M.R. Anisur, Ashish Aphale, Michael Reisert, Pawan Kumar Dubey, Su Jeong Heo, Junsung Hong, Kailash Patil, Hui Xu, Chao-Yi Yuh, Prabhakar Singh ”Stability of ceramic matrix materials in molten hydroxide under oxidizing and reducing conditions” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020
- M Reisert, V Berova, A Aphale, P Singh, MC Tucker “Oxidation of porous stainless steel supports for metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.
- J Hong, SJ Heo, P Singh “Combined Cr and S poisoning behaviors of La1−xSrxMnO3±δ and La1−xSrxCo1−yFeyO3−δ cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells” Applied Surface Science Volume 530, 15 November 2020, 147253 2020
- MF Serincan, U Pasaogullari, P Singh “Controlling reformation rate for a more uniform temperature distribution in an internal methane steam reforming solid oxide fuel cell” Journal of Power Sources 468, 2283 2020
- Hanping Ding, Wei Wu, Chao Jinag, Yong Ding, Wenjuan Bian, Boxun Hu, Prabhakar Singh, Christopher J Orme, Lucun Wang, Yunya Zhang, Dong Ding Ding“Self-sustainable protonic ceramic electrochemical cells using a triple conducting electrode for hydrogen and power production” Nature Communications 11 (doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15677-z), 19078 2020
- A Aphale, J Hong, B Hu, P Singh “Development and Validation of Chromium Getters for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power Systems” JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), e59623 3 2019
- J Hong, Y Ko, KY Cho, DG Shin, P Singh, DH Riu “In situ generation of graphene network in silicon carbide fibers: Role of iodine and carbon monoxide” Carbon 158, 110-1202020
- J Hong, SJ Heo, AN Aphale, B Hu, P Singh “ H2O Absorption Assisted Sr-Segregation in Strontium Nickel Oxide Based Chromium Getter and Encapsulation with SrCO3” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 166 (2), F59 4 2019
- J Hong, A Aphale, SJ Heo, B Hu, M Reisert, S Belko, P Singh “Strontium Manganese Oxide Getter for Capturing Airborne Cr and S Contaminants in High-Temperature Electrochemical Systems” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 3 2019
- SJ Heo, J Hong, A Aphale, B Hu, P Singh “ Chromium Poisoning of La1-xSrxMnO3±δ Cathodes and Electrochemical Validation of Chromium Getters in Intermediate Temperature-Solid Oxide Fuel Cells” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166 (13), F990-F995 3 2019
- M Reisert, A Aphale, D Taylor, J Graf, P Singh, B Hu, SJ Heo, J Hong “ Solid State Electrochemical Oxygen Separation and Compression” ICES 2019
- A Aphale, M Reisert, J Hong, SJ Heo, B Hu, P Singh “Capture of Trace Airborne Contaminants: Application to Electrochemical Systems” ICES 2019
- M Reisert, A Aphale, P Singh “ Observations on Accelerated Oxidation of a Ferritic Stainless Steel Under Dual Atmosphere Exposure Conditions” Energy Technology 2 2019
- P Hitscherich, A Aphale, R Gordan, R Whitaker, P Singh, L Xie, P Patra, … “ Electroactive graphene composite scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 106 (11), 2923-2933 13 2018
- N Li, M Asadikiya, Y Zhong, P Singh” Evolution of porous YSZ surface morphology in YSZ-MnOx system” Journal of the American Ceramic Society 1 2018
- A Aphale, MA Uddin, B Hu, SJ Heo, J Hong, P Singh “ Synthesis and stability of SrxNiyOz getter for solid oxide fuel cells” Journal of the Electrochemical society 165 (9), F635-F640 8 2018
- RL Winter, P Singh, MK King, MK Mahapatra, U Sampathkumaran “Protective ceramic coatings for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) balance of plant components” Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2018 1 2018
- V Manthina, G Song, P Singh, M Mahapatra “Silica free sealing glass for sodium–beta alumina battery” International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 2 2018
- AN APHALE, B HU, M REISERT, A PANDEY, P SINGH “Oxidation Behavior and Chromium Evaporation From Fe and Ni Base Alloys Under SOFC Systems Operation Conditions” JOM: the journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 4 2018
- A Aphale, L Narayan, B Hu, A Pandey, P Singh “Surface pre-treatment of alumina forming alloy and its implication on Cr evaporation” ECS Transactions 85, 57-63 2018