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A research tradition.
Traceable sources.

A curated selection of work by O. K. Davtyan, Professor O. D. Vasylyev, Yehor Brodnikovskyi and colleagues, from early research to today’s SOFC materials. A separate section covers Ukrainian energy resources through the work of our collaborators. Each entry links to its source.

01 / Origins: Davtyan

Origins: the work of Oganes Davtyan

Early work on direct conversion of fuel energy and fuel preparation for generators.

1947USSR Academy of Sciences · monograph

The Problem of Direct Conversion of the Chemical Energy of Fuel into Electrical Energy

Original title (Russian)

Проблема непосредственного превращения химической энергии топлива в электрическую

O. K. Davtyan

An early monograph on direct conversion of fuel energy into electricity. The link leads to a catalogue record.

1971Chemical Journal of Armenia · 24(10), 853–860

Chemical Sources of Hydrogen for Electrochemical Generators. I. Study of the Catalytic Conversion of Methanol

Original title (Russian)

Химические источники водорода для электрохимических генераторов. I. Исследование процесса каталитической конверсии метанола

O. K. Davtyan, R. V. Tikhoniuk

Research on methanol as a feedstock for an electrochemical generator. The library may restrict access to the full text.

1971Chemical Journal of Armenia · 24(12), 1044–1049

Chemical Sources of Hydrogen for Electrochemical Generators. II. The Benzene–Cyclohexane System as a Hydrogen Storage Medium; Hydrogenation of Benzene

Original title (Russian)

Химические источники водорода для электрохимических генераторов. II. Система бензол-циклогексан как аккумулятор водорода; гидрорирование бензола

O. K. Davtyan, I. I. Burstein

The second paper in a series on fuel processing and electrochemical generators. A catalogue record is available; full text may be restricted.

02 / Vasylyev and coauthors

Professor Vasylyev and international coauthors

Fuel-cell materials, international collaboration and preservation of the Odesa research history.

2005NATO Science Series · Kyiv workshop proceedings, 2004

Fuel Cell Technologies: State and Perspectives

Editors: N. Sammes, A. Smirnova, O. Vasylyev

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Kyiv; Vasylyev is one of the editors.

2012Russian Journal of Electrochemistry · 48, 348–349

To the centenary of O. K. Davtyan

V. Yu. Baklan, A. D. Vasylyev, V. S. Kublanovskii, B. M. Grafov

A tribute to Davtyan coauthored by V. Baklan and O. Vasylyev. The publisher provides a record; the full text is subscription based.

Publisher record DOI 10.1134/S1023193512660019
2014Materials Characterization · 87, 159–165

Microstructural changes in NiO–ScSZ composite following reduction processes in pure and diluted hydrogen

M. Andrzejczuk, O. Vasylyev, Ye. Brodnikovskyi, V. Podhurska, B. Vasyliv et al.

A collaborative study of the anode composite microstructure and changes during reduction.

DOI / publisher DOI 10.1016/j.matchar.2013.11.011
2016Universal Journal of Chemistry · 4(2), 31–54

The Structural Optimization of Ceramic Fuel Cells

O. Vasylyev, M. Brychevskyi, Ye. Brodnikovskyi

Research on long-term stability and structural optimization of a ceramic fuel cell.

Open article DOI 10.13189/ujc.2016.040201
2021Uspikhy materialoznavstva · No. 3, pp. 4–12

Materials Science for Fuel Cells

Original title (Ukrainian)

Матеріалознавство для паливних комірок

O. D. Vasylyev

A single-author review of fuel-cell materials, structure and the challenges of manufacturing at scale.

03 / Current laboratory

Brodnikovskyi and the current laboratory

Anodes, electrolytes, ceramic powders and interconnects: work by IPMS researchers and partners.

2015Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics · 54, 166–174

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Materials

Ye. Brodnikovskyi

A review of SOFC anode materials by Yehor Brodnikovskyi.

DOI / publisher DOI 10.1007/s11106-015-9694-7
2016Visnyk of the NAS of Ukraine · No. 2, pp. 91–96

Ceramic Fuel Cells

Original title (Ukrainian)

Керамічні паливні комірки

Ye. M. Brodnikovskyi

An accessible introduction to ceramic fuel cells and an overview of the research group’s work.

NAS journal article DOI 10.15407/visn2016.02.091
2019Materials Today: Proceedings · 6(2), 237–241

Tape casted SOFC based on Ukrainian 8YSZ powder

I. Polishko, S. Ivanchenko, R. Horda, Ye. Brodnikovskyi, N. Lysunenko, L. Kovalenko

Tape casting of cells using zirconia powder produced in Ukraine.

DOI / publisher DOI 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.10.100
2023Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials · 59(4), 59–66

The influence of the anode structure on the electrical properties of a solid oxide fuel cell

Ye. Brodnikovskyi, V. Podhurska, N. Lysunenko, D. Brodnikovskyi, I. Polishko, O. Bezdorozhev, A. Kyrysha, O. Vasylyev

Experimental comparison of the electrical properties of cells with different anode structures.

Journal article DOI 10.15407/pcmm2023.04.059
2024 / 25Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics · Vol. 63 (2024), online 2025

Materials for Connecting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Overview)

D. M. Brodnikovskyi

A review of interconnect materials and the potential of titanium-based composites.

Publisher record DOI 10.1007/s11106-025-00450-y
2025Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials · 61(1), 13–18

Composite ScCeSZ–YSZ ceramics for solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte

Ye. Brodnikovskyi, I. Polishko, N. Lysunenko, V. Podhurska, S. Tkachenko, D. Brodnikovskyi, R. Horda, L. Čelko, O. Vasylyev

Composite electrolyte ceramics studied by researchers in Ukraine and Czechia.

Journal article DOI 10.15407/pcmm2025.01.013
2025Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials · 61(5), 44–48

Influence of the structure of the starting powders on the physicomechanical properties of 8YSZ ceramics

R. Horda, I. Polishko, Ye. Brodnikovskyi, D. Brodnikovskyi, N. Lysunenko, L. Kovalenko, O. Vasylyev, O. Chechel

A comparison of ceramics made from an IPMS-developed powder and a commercial reference.

Journal article DOI 10.15407/pcmm2025.05.044
04 / Ukrainian energy resources

The Black Sea: resources and collaboration

Olena Mykhailiuk of Odesa National Economic University collaborates with ZIRCONIA UKRAINE. A prospective direction is studying Black Sea gas hydrate methane and how it might be used for fuel-cell generation. Resource development and engineering options still require research.

2024Borysfen Intel · analysis

Strategic Levers for Ukraine’s Energy Independence through the Extraction of Methane Gas Hydrates in the Black Sea

Original title (Ukrainian)

Стратегічні важелі забезпечення енергетичної незалежності України за рахунок видобування газогідратів метану у Чорному морі

Olena Mykhailiuk

Odesa National Economic University

An analysis of Black Sea gas hydrate potential, conditions for its development and the role of new generation technologies. The author collaborates with ZIRCONIA UKRAINE on this prospective energy initiative.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Projects and research exchange

These records document participation by researchers and IPMS over several decades. The projects are not projects of the ZIRCONIA UKRAINE legal entity.

2004 / 2005

NATO Advanced Research Workshop

International fuel-cell workshop in Kyiv and its proceedings. O. Vasylyev co-edited the volume.

2013–2015

FP7 NANOMAT-EPC

IPMS worked with the University of Birmingham on zirconia anodes; the EU report records Yehor Brodnikovskyi’s research exchange and the testing of 70 anodes.

2023

NATO SPS G5949 · LW-SOFC

A lightweight SOFC project involving Ukraine, Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Czechia. NATO describes titanium interconnect research and operation at 600 °C.

2017–2022 / ongoing

TeacHy · First Hydrogen School

Education: a high-temperature fuel-cell module in the European TeacHy programme and Ukraine’s First Hydrogen School. IPMS documents the researchers’ participation.

Conferences and education

Springer documents the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Kyiv on 6–10 June 2004. CORDIS records IPMS activity at the 2014 E-MRS Fall Meeting in Warsaw and a presentation of pilot results at the 2015 Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry in Bulgaria. Individual speakers will be named when conference programmes are available.

ZIRCONIA UKRAINE / RESEARCH

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