Carlos Fernandez

Research Bio

Carlos was a visiting PhD student in the Spring 2023 semester, joining us from the Hatzell group in Georgia Tech. He will mainly be working with our operando spectroscopy techniques to study processes that happen in Bipolar Membranes (BPMs) during CO₂ electrolysis. 

Education

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech University, 2020
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech University, 2018

Awards

• Sigma Xi Best M.S. Thesis Award (2021)

Selected Publications

• Carlos A Fernandez and Marta C Hatzell, "Editors’ choice—economic considerations for low-temperature electrochemical ammonia production: achieving haber-bosch parity," Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167, 14, 2020, 143504. DOI: doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abc35b.

• Jeonghoon Lim, Carlos A Fernández, Seung Woo Lee, Marta C Hatzell, "Ammonia and nitric acid demands for fertilizer use in 2050," ACS Energy Letters, 6, 10, 2021, 3676-3685. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01614.

• Carlos A Fernandez, Nicholas M Hortance, Yu-Hsuan Liu, Jeonghoon Lim, Kelsey B Hatzell, Marta C Hatzell, "Opportunities for intermediate temperature renewable ammonia electrosynthesis," Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8, 31, 2020, 15591-15606. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D0TA03753B