Krasnova Anna Olegovna

Work experience

2014 March – present	Researcher, Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Hydrogen energetics group, Team leader: Dr. Andrey NECHITAILOV
2020 August – 2021 September	Chemist, SemiTEq JSC
2020 September – 2020 August	Teaching assistant, Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia Department of Electrochemistry, Chairman: Dr. Dmitriy AGAFONOV

Education

2020	PhD in chemistry (02.00.04 – physical chemistry) Title: “Structure formation and transport properties of PEM fuel cell electrodes”
2015 – 2019	PhD student, Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), Russia Title: “Structure formation and transport properties of hydrogen fuel cell electrodes” Scientific supervisor: Dr. Andrey NECHITAILOV
2018 March – July	PhD internship, I2E group Chimie-ParisTech, Paris, France Title: “ Reactivity of galvanized steels covered with Zn corrosion products” Scientific supervisor:: Dr. Polina VOLOVITCH
2017 November – December	PhD internship, I2E group Chimie-ParisTech, Paris, France Title: “Elaboration and physico-chemical characterization of ceria doped nanopowders for SOFC applications” Scientific supervisor: Dr. Armelle RINGUEDE, André GRISHIN
2010 – 2015	Master + Bachelor in electrochemistry, Saint Petersburg Institute of Technology (Technical University), Russia Title: “Electrochemical properties of cathode in hydrogen fuel cells” Scientific supervisor: Dr. Dmitriy AGAFONOV

Honors

2021	Mechnikov scholarship from the French Embassy, Project “Stability and degradation mechanisms of new electrode materials” Grant from the Government of St. Petersburg in the field of science and technology, Project “Extended Life Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell”
2020	Grant from the Government of St. Petersburg in the field of science and technology, Project “Hydrogen PEM fuel cell with high energy conversion efficiency”
2019	Prize of the Government of St. Petersburg, Project “Structure formation and transport properties of PEM fuel cell electrodes”
2018	Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation for PhD students
2017	Prize of the Government of St. Petersburg, Project “Optimization of PEM fuel cell cathode with island structure of Nafion” Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation for PhD students
2016	«UMNIK» Russian grant for young researchers, Project “Development of an electrode with a significantly reduced amount of platinum by improving transport properties” Best research work among PhD students in chemistry at St. Petersburg State Technological Institute, Project “Investigation of the features of ion transport in mixed conductivity electrodes”
2015	Prize of the Government of St. Petersburg, Project: “Development of cathode material for PEM fuel cell with an improved structure”

Skills

Solid background in applied electrochemistry, experience in DC/AC electrochemical methods, experience with surface characterization techniques (AFM, TEM, SEM, XRD, Raman etc.),planning and carrying out chemical experiments, making prototypes of electrode materials and membrane-electrode assemblies for hydrogen fuel cells, studying composites and initial materials by differential thermal analysis, by disk electrode, analyzing the results obtained in the study of structural and electrochemical characteristics of electrodes, writing projects, reports, theses and articles.

Languages: Russian (mother tongue), English (B1), French (B1)

Scientific publications

Patents

1. Krasnova A.O., Glebova N.V., Nechitailov A.A. A method of a catalytic layer formation of a PEM fuel cell. RF patent No. 2701549, priority dated 12.24.2018.

Articles in international journals

1. Glebova N.V., Krasnova A.O., Nechitailov A.A. Evolution of mass transport properties of structurally modified electrodes for fuel cells and water electrolyzers // Technical Physics. 2021. Т. 91 (11), 1689-1697. DOI: 10.21883/JTF.2021.11.51530.107-21.
2. Glebova N.V., Krasnova A.O., Nechitailov A.A. Investigation of oxygen transport in structurally modified electrodes by the method of a rotating disk electrode // Technical Physics. 2021, T .91 (7), 1148 -1157, DOI: 10.21883/JTF.2021.07.50956.354-20.
3. Glebova N.V., Nechitailov A.A., Krasnova A.O. Electrode material containing carbon nanotubes and its kinetic characteristics of oxygen electroreduction // Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01866-w, Impact factor (2019) 1.520.
4. Glebova N.V., Nechitailov A.A., Krasnova A.O. Thermal degradation of Nafion in the presence of nanostructured materials: thermally expanded graphite, carbon black, and platinum // Russian journal of applied chemistry. 2020. Т. 93. №. 7. P. 1034–1041. DOI: 10.1134/S107042722007013.
5. Shkirskiy V., Krasnova A., Sanchez T., Amara A., Vivier V., Volovitch P. Development of anodic and cathodic blisters at a model Zn/epoxy interface studied using local electrochemical impedance // Electrochemistry Communications. 2020. Vol. 111, 106633. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2019.106633, Impact factor (2018) 4.197.
6. Nechitailov A.A., Glebova N.V., Krasnova A.O. Structure formation model in the Pt/C–CNT–Nafion system // Journal of Structural Chemistry. 2019. V. 60, №. 9. P. 1507-1519. DOI: 10.1134/S0022476619090166.
7. Krasnova A.O., Agafonov D.V., Glebova N.V., Tomasov A.A., Zelenina N.K., Nechitailov A.A. Technological aspects of hydrogen fuel cell electrodes with controlled porosity and transport characteristics // ISJAEE. 2019.No 4-6. 51-64 (translation).
8. Nechitailov A.A., Glebova N.V., Tomasov A.A., Krasnova A.O., Zelenina N.K., The ionic resistance of a nanostructured membrane electrode assembly under nonequilibrium conditions // Technical Physics Letters, 2018, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 1104–1107 DOI: 10.1134/S1063785018120325.
9. Krasnova A.O., Glebova N.V., Zhilina D.V., Nechitailov A.A. Structuring in the formation technology of electrode material based on nafion proton-conducting polymer and thermally expanded graphite containing platinum nanoparticles on carbon black // Russ. J. Appl. Chem., 2017. V. 90. P. 361-368, DOI: 10.1134/S1070427217030065.
10. Glebova N.V., Krasnova A.O., Tomasov A.A., Zelenina N.K., Nechitailov A.A. Ion transport in porous electrodes with mixed conductivity // Tech. Phys. 2017. V. 62. P.895-898, DOI: 10.1134/S106378421706010X.
11. Glebova N.V., Nechitailov A.A., Krasnova A.O., Tomasov A.A., Zelenina N.K. Structure formation and electrochemical characteristics of the platinum-carbon cathode of the hydrogen fuel cell in the presence of a water repellent and carbon nanotubes // Russ. J. Electrochem. 2017. Vol. 53. pp. 205-209, DOI: 10.1134/S102319351608005X.
12. Krasnova A.O., Glebova N.V., Nechitailov A.A. Technology and structural characteristics of electrode material in the Pt/C-Taunite-MD-Nafion system // Russian journal of applied chemistry. 2016. V. 89 № 6. P. 916-920. DOI: 10.1134/S1070427216060112.
13. Nechitailov A.A., Glebova N.V., Krasnova A.O., Thomasov A.A., Zelenina N.K. Mass transport at the cathode of a hydrogen fuel cell in the presence of carbon nanotubes // Tech. Phys. 2015. V. 60, №. 11. P. 1670-1676 DOI: 10.1134/S1063784215110213.