Elitsa Petkucheva

Hydrogen Enthusiast

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Ressearch Associate
Sofia

MSc in Hydrogen Technologies (2011)

PhD in Electrochemistry (incl. Chemical Energy Sources) (2018)

Research Associate in IEES-BAS, Bulgaria (from 2017-till now)

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E. Petkucheva, G. Borisov, E. Lefterova, E. Slavcheva, Configuration of electrochemical

celltNF-AW|ZIFRON PERL500| DDM-tNF–CAT for alkaline water electrolysis (in

Bulgarian) , Paper of 17 National Youth Scientific and Practical Conference 12-

13.11.2020, in press

E. Petkucheva, E. Lefterova, E. Slavcheva,Ni-foam modified by '' Dip and Drying''

Method- effect of transition metal salts on the electrochemical properties , Journal

“Chemical Problems” 2020, Vol.52 , pp.72-78 ISSN (2221-8688),

G. Borisov, N. Borisov, E. Petkucheva, E. Slavcheva, Mathematical modeling and

experimental validation of advanced alkaline water electrolyser U/j performance,Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Vol. 52, Special Issue E, 2020, pp. 84- 87

V. Majidzade, S.Mammadova, E. Petkucheva, E. Slavcheva, A. Aliyev, D. Tagiyev, Coelectrodeposition

of iron and sulfur in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes, Bulgarian

Chemical Communications, Vol. 52, Special Issue E, 2020, pp.73-78

F. Song, M. Busch, B.Lassalle-Kaiser, C.-S.Hsu, E. Petkucheva, M. Bensimon, H. M.

Chen, Cl. Corminboeuf, X.Hu, An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen

Evolution Reaction, ACS Central Science, 2019, doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00053

E. Petkucheva, G. Borisov, E. Lefterova, E. Slavcheva, Application of the ‘‘Dip* and

drying’’ Method- (DDM) for synthesis of electrocatalysts for industrial alkaline water

electrolysis, (in Bulgarian)ISSN:ISSN 1314-8931, Paper of 16 National Youth Scientific

and Practical Conference 07-08.11.2019

H. Penchev, G. Borisov, E. Petkucheva, F. Ublekov, V. Sinigersky, I. Radev Highly KOH

doped para-polybenzimidazole anion exchange membrane and its performance in

Pt/TinO2n− 1 catalyzed water electrolysis cell,Materials Letters (2018) 221, 128-130

E. Petkucheva, G. Borisov, E. Lefterova, J. Heiss, U. Schnakenberg, E.Slavcheva,

Gold-supported Magnetron sputtered Ir thin films as OER catalysts for cost-efficient

water electrolysis, INT J HYDROGEN ENERG XXX (2018) 1-8;

E. Petkucheva, G.Borisov, E. Lefterova, J. Heiss, U. Schnakenberg, E. Slavcheva,

Gold-supported Magnetron sputtered Ir thin films as OER catalysts for cost efficient

water electrolysis, sended to Int J Hydrogen Energy(2017), special issue ,, HYCELTEC

2017''

G. Borisov, S. Avramov, E. Petkucheva, E. Lefterova, E.Slavcheva, W. Lehnert, Effect

of sintering temperature on performance and durability of HT-PEFC cathodes’’ accepted

for publishing - Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 49, С (2017)

F. Song, M. M. Busch, B. Lassalle-Kaiser, E. Petkucheva, M. Bensimon,

Cl.Corminboeuf, X. Hu, Bifunctional Iron Nickel Catalysis for the Oxygen Evolution

Reaction, sended to Science (2016)

E. Petkucheva , E. Lefterova, J. Heiss, U.Schnakenberg, E. Slavcheva, Influence of the

gold sub-layer on the catalytic properties of magnetron sputtered Pt and Ir thin films,

Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Special Issue A, (2016), pp 38-43

E. Slavcheva, G. Borisov, E. Lefterova, E. Petkucheva, I. Bosnakova, Ebonex supported

iridium as anode catalyst for PEM water electrolysis, INT J HYDROGEN ENERG XXX

(2015) I-6

E. Petkucheva , E. Lefterova , J. Heiss , U. Schnakenberg , E. Slavcheva, Magnetron

sputtered multilayered (Ti-Au-Pt) catalysts for hydrogen energy systems, Nanoscience &

Nanotechnology (2015) 15 , ISSN: 1313-8995

US Patent 10,907,263, 02.02.2021 ‘’ Method of synthesis of an electrode for use as a

catalyst of oxygen evolution reaction’’- X.Hu, S. Fang, E. Petkucheva

Utility model/Patent № 3218, 26.07.2019, Electrolysis cell for testing of MEAs -E.

Slavcheva, G. Borisov, D. Paskalev, I. Boshnakova, E. Petkucheva, K. Maximova-

Dimitrova, I.Velianov , Bulgaria

Utility model/Patent№ 2980, 16.07.2018, "Modular electrolysis cell for production of oxyhydrogen

mixture" - E. Slavcheva, G. Borisov, D. Paskalev, I. Boshnakova, E.

Petkucheva, K. Maximova-Dimitrova , Bulgaria

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