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Elif Tezel

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Email elif.tezel@kjemi.uio.no
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 26 Kjemibygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1126 Blindern 0318 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Student)

Academic interests

  • Heterogenous catalysis
  • CO2 conversion
  • Sustainable energy technologies

Background

I am a chemical engineer and chemist with over seven years of experience specializing in heterogeneous catalysis, with a particular focus on developing and optimizing advanced catalytic materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). My research is dedicated to transforming CO2 into valuable chemicals, driving sustainable energy solutions, and contributing to global decarbonization efforts. With a deep expertise in thermocatalytic processes and heterogenous catalysis, I aim to create innovative solutions for cleaner, more efficient chemical reactions that address critical environmental challenges.

Awards

  • Graduate Research Fellowship (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye)

  • Graduate Student Professional Travel Award (Wayne State University)

  • Travel Grant (UiO: Energy and Environment)

Services

  • President at Electrochemical Society Detroit Student Chapter (March 2021-April 2022, led organizing "Powering the Industry with Electrochemistry and Coffee Fueled Electrochemistry" seminar series)

  • TNNN Steering Committee Representative (Nov. 2022-June 2024, being part of local organizing committee for “3rd Annual TNNN Conference”)

Positions held

  • ​​​​​Graduate Research Assistant-Wayne State University (USA, July 2019 – July 2022) 
    • Project: Elucidating the Roles of Electric Fields Within Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conducting Oxides Under Electrochemical Reducing Conditions (funded by NSF)
  • Graduate Research Assistant -Yildiz Technical University (Turkiye, July 2017 - May 2019)
    • Project: Development of Catalysts and Catalytic Gas Filters for Hydrogen Production (funded by TUBITAK)
    • Project: Direct Conversion of Biomass to Electricity in MED area via an Internal Catalytic Gasification Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (funded by ERANET-MED)
  • Researcher-Georgia Institute of Technology (USA, August 2015 - May 2016)
    • Project: Designing polymer-based electrocatalysts for fuel cells to increase efficiency and durability of catalysts and decrease CO poisoning in a fuel cell
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant and Researcher-Georgia State University (USA, Jan 2015 - May 2016)
    • Project: Microarray Data Analysis of Cellular Responses to Heavy Metal Exposure in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
  • Undergraduate Researcher-Bogazici University (Turkiye, September 2012 - June 2013)
    • Project: Empirical Modeling of Extraction of Lubricating Oils by Furfural (collaboration with Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation)
    • Project: Ethanol Production from Biological Waste Using Yeasts

 

Publications

  1. Tezel, E., Figen H.E., Baykara, S.Z. (2019). "Hydrogen production by methane decomposition using bimetallic Ni–Fe catalysts." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44(20), 9930-9940.
  2. Tezel, E., Balkanli, E., Figen H.E., Baykara, S.Z. (2020). "Calcium silicate-based catalytic filters for partial oxidation of methane and biogas mixtures: Preliminary results." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45(60), 34739-34748.
  3. Carneiro, J. S., Gu, X. K., Tezel, E., & Nikolla, E. (2020). "Electrochemical reduction of CO2 on Metal-based Cathode Electrocatalysts of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36), 15884-15893.
  4. Tezel E., Guo D., Whitten A., Yarema G., Freire M., Denecke R., McEwen J. & Nikolla E. (2022). "Elucidating the Role of B-site Cations Toward CO2 Reduction in Perovskite-Based Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169 (3), 034532.
  5. Tezel E., Whitten A., Yarema G., Denecke R., McEwen J. & Nikolla E. (2022)." Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells: Insights into catalysis by Non-stoichiometric Mixed Metal Oxides," ACS Catalysis, 12 (18), 11456-11471
  6. Tezel, E., Sannes, D. K., Svelle, S., Szilágyi, P. Á. & Olsbye, U. (2023). "Direct CO2 to methanol reduction on Zr6-MOF based composite catalysts: a critical review." Materials Advances 4(22): 5479-5495.
  7. Whitten, A., Guo, D., Tezel, E., Denecke, R., Nikolla, E., McEwen, J.S. (2024). “Deconvoluting XPS Spectra of La-Containing Perovskites from First-Principles.” JACS Au.
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