Brian Tackett

  • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019
  • BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2013

  • Akyildiz, E., Rath, J., Boudouris, B., & Tackett, B. (2026). Effect of Hydrophobic Membrane Pore Size on the Gas Transport and Overall Efficiency of Conductive Polymer-Coated Hydrophobic Gas Diffusion Electrodes during Electrocatalytic Reactions. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2026-01(38), 1968.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2026-01381968mtgabs.
  • Bhadouria, A., Parab, D.E., Gonzalez Morales, K.D., Li, C., Zea-Villa, D.A., Huang, P.C., Greeley, J., & Tackett, B.M. (2026). A Robust Methodology to Elucidate Kinetics of Room Temperature Electrochemical Propane Adsorption on Platinum. JACS Au, 6(7), 3672-3681.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/jacsau.6c00204.
  • Biswas, A., Bhadouria, A., Aydemir, E., Raciti, D., & Tackett, B.M. (2026). Early Gas Evolution during Electrode Polarization in Water-in-Salt Electrolyte. J Am Chem Soc, 148(34), 37515-37526.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c13982.
  • Khaund, A., Das, S., Aydemir, E., Ghosh Dastider, S., Ghosh, S., Kundu, A., Kuila, T., Barman, K., Tackett, B.M., & Roy, K. (2026). Molybdenum-driven electronic restructuring of iron carbides unlocks faster volmer kinetics in alkaline hydrogen evolution. Nanoscale, 18(19), 10144-10157.Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi: 10.1039/d5nr05502d.
  • Noh, H., Lee, T.H., Ahn, S.H., Davis, J.T., Jeong, D., Gounder, R., Smith, Z.P., Boudouris, B.W., & Tackett, B.M. (2026). Structural Tuning of Self-Conductive Polymer as Gas Diffusion Layer for Electrocatalytic Reactions at High Current. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 16(1).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202502788.
  • Tackett, B., Biswas, A., & Raciti, D. (2026). Early Gas Evolution during Electrode Polarization in Water-In-Salt Electrolyte. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2026-01(47), 2284.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2026-01472284mtgabs.
  • Tackett, B.M., Schreier, M., Clark, E.L., Jahrman, E.P., Seitz, L.C., Hoffman, A.S., Chang, Q., Bare, S.R., Chen, J.G., Waegele, M.M., Corson, E.R., Hall, A.S., Kim, S., Jiang, J., Yang, Y., & Raciti, D. (2026). Rigor and Reproducibility in Electrocatalysis: Best Practices for Operando Studies. ACS CATALYSIS, 16(15), 13861-13877.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.6c01946.
  • Bhadouria, A., & Tackett, B.M. (2025). Elucidating Kinetics of Propane Activation on Pt-Based Electrocatalysts at Room Temperature in Aqueous Acidic Electrolyte. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2025-02(60), 2830.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2025-02602830mtgabs.
  • Bhadouria, A., Biswas, A., & Tackett, B.M. (2025). Electrocatalytic Transformations of C2 and C3 Hydrocarbons: Bridging from the Past to the Future. ACS CATALYSIS, 15(8), 6296-6314.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5c00393.
  • Bhadouria, A., Heil, J.N., Parab, D.E., Greeley, J.P., & Tackett, B.M. (2025). Propane Activation on Pt Electrodes at Room Temperature: Quantification of Adsorbate Identity and Coverage. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 64(11), e202421613.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/anie.202421613.
  • Bhadouria, A., Heil, J.N., Parab, D.E., Greeley, J.P., & Tackett, B.M. (2025). Propane Activation on Pt Electrodes at Room Temperature: Quantification of Adsorbate Identity and Coverage. Angewandte Chemie, 137(11).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/ange.202421613.
  • Kozłowski, F., Jeong, D., Xiong, B., Daniel, G., Wiglusz, R.J., Svensson, F.G., Lu, J., Wang, H., Tackett, B.M., Seisenbaeva, G.A., Pol, V.G., & Kessler, V.G. (2025). Ambient-Pressure Solvothermal Synthesis of Highly Mn-Doped Titania and Its Behavior as an Anode in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Inorg Chem, 64(38), 19296-19305.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02906.
  • Noh, H., Yeo, H., Boudouris, B.W., & Tackett, B.M. (2025). Conducting polymer transforms hydrophobic porous membranes into robust gas diffusion layers in electrochemical applications. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 18(3), 1272-1281.Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi: 10.1039/d4ee04163a.
  • Rana, A., Roy, K., Neil, J.H., Nguyen, J.H., Tackett, B.M., & Dick, J.E. (2025). Realizing the Kinetic Origin of Hydrogen Evolution for Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2025-02(6), 955.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2025-026955mtgabs.
  • Bhadouria, A., & Tackett, B.M. (2024). Using Operando Mass Spectrometry to Study Room Temperature C-H Bond Activation of Propane on Pt Electrocatalyst in Aqueous Acidic Electrolyte. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-02(56), 3734.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2024-02563734mtgabs.
  • Noh, H., & Tackett, B.M. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Electrochemical Active Surface Area of Cu with Surfactant-Modified Carbon on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-02(62), 4148.The Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2024-02624148mtgabs.
  • Noh, H., Park, Y., Bhadouria, A., & Tackett, B.M. (2024). Effects of Electrochemical Active Surface Area of Cu on Electrochemical Co2 Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte Using Cu Nanoparticles on Surfactant-Treated Carbon. In Elsevier BV. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4836857.
  • Noh, H., Park, Y., Bhadouria, A., & Tackett, B.M. (2024). Effects of electrochemical active surface area of Cu on electrochemical CO2 reduction in acidic electrolyte using Cu nanoparticles on surfactant-treated carbon. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 437.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115662.
  • Rana, A., Roy, K., Heil, J.N., Nguyen, J.H., Renault, C., Tackett, B.M., & Dick, J.E. (2024). Realizing the Kinetic Origin of Hydrogen Evolution for Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 14(43).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202402521.
  • Roy, K., Rana, A., Ghosh, T.K., Heil, J.N., Roy, S., Vannoy, K.J., Tackett, B.M., Chen, M., & Dick, J.E. (2024). How Solvation Energetics Dampen the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction to Maximize Zinc Anode Stability. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 14(15).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202303998.
  • Roy, K., Rana, A., Heil, J.N., Tackett, B.M., & Dick, J.E. (2024). For Zinc Metal Batteries, How Many Electrons go to Hydrogen Evolution? An Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry Study. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 63(11), e202319010.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/anie.202319010.
  • Tackett, B.M., Raciti, D., Brady, N.W., Ritzert, N.L., & Moffat, T.P. (2022). Potentiometric Rotating Ring Disk Electrode Study of Interfacial pH during CO2 Reduction and H2 Generation in Neutral and Weakly Acidic Media. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 126(17), 7456-7467.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01504.
  • Lee, J.H., Kattel, S., Wang, Y., Tackett, B.M., Xie, Z., Hwang, S., Denny, S.R., Xu, W., & Chen, J.G. (2021). Prussian blue analogues as platform materials for understanding and developing oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 393, 390-398.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.12.002.
  • Raciti, D., Braun, T., Tackett, B.M., Xu, H., Cruz, M., Wiley, B.J., & Moffat, T.P. (2021). High-Aspect-Ratio Ag Nanowire Mat Electrodes for Electrochemical CO Production from CO2. ACS CATALYSIS, 11(19), 11945-11959.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02783.
  • Tackett, B.M., Raciti, D., Hight Walker, A.R., & Moffat, T.P. (2021). Surface Hydride Formation on Cu(111) and Its Decomposition to Form H2 in Acid Electrolytes. J Phys Chem Lett, 12(44), 10936-10941.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03131.
  • Denny, S.R., Tackett, B.M., Tian, D., Sasaki, K., & Chen, J.G. (2020). Exploring electrocatalytic stability and activity of unmodified and platinum-modified tungsten and niobium nitrides. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 45(43), 22883-22892.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.186.
  • Tackett, B.M., Lee, J.H., & Chen, J.G. (2020). Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Syngas with Palladium-Based Electrocatalysts. Acc Chem Res, 53(8), 1535-1544.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00277.
  • Tan, S., Tackett, B.M., He, Q., Lee, J.H., Chen, J.G., & Wong, S.S. (2020). Synthesis and electrocatalytic applications of flower-like motifs and associated composites of nitrogen-enriched tungsten nitride (W2N3). NANO RESEARCH, 13(5), 1434-1443.Tsinghua University Press. doi: 10.1007/s12274-020-2687-y.
  • Chang, Q., Kattel, S., Li, X., Liang, Z., Tackett, B.M., Denny, S.R., Zhang, P., Su, D., Chen, J.G., & Chen, Z. (2019). Enhancing C-C Bond Scission for Efficient Ethanol Oxidation using PtIr Nanocube Electrocatalysts. ACS CATALYSIS, 9(9), 7618-7625.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02039.
  • Lee, J.H., Kattel, S., Jiang, Z., Xie, Z., Yao, S., Tackett, B.M., Xu, W., Marinkovic, N.S., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Tuning the activity and selectivity of electroreduction of CO2 to synthesis gas using bimetallic catalysts. Nat Commun, 10(1), 3724.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11352-0.
  • Lee, J.H., Tackett, B.M., Xie, Z., Hwang, S., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Isotopic effect on electrochemical CO2 reduction activity and selectivity in H2O- and D2O-based electrolytes over palladium. Chem Commun (Camb), 56(1), 106-108.Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi: 10.1039/c9cc07611e.
  • Tackett, B.M., Gomez, E., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes. NATURE CATALYSIS, 2(5), 381-386.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41929-019-0266-y.
  • Tackett, B.M., Gomez, E., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes (vol 2, pg 381, 2019). NATURE CATALYSIS, 2(5), 466.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41929-019-0284-9.
  • Wang, J., Chang, K., Sun, Z., Lee, J.H., Tackett, B.M., Zhang, C., Chen, J.G., & Liu, C.J. (2019). A Combined experimental and theoretical study of the accelerated hydrogen evolution kinetics over wide pH range on porous transition metal doped tungsten phosphide electrocatalysts. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, 251, 162-167.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.03.065.
  • Wang, J., Kattel, S., Hawxhurst, C.J., Lee, J.H., Tackett, B.M., Chang, K., Rui, N., Liu, C.J., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Enhancing Activity and Reducing Cost for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 by Supporting Palladium on Metal Carbides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 58(19), 6271-6275.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/anie.201900781.
  • Zhang, Q., Jiang, Z., Tackett, B.M., Denny, S.R., Tian, B., Chen, X., Wang, B., & Chen, J.G. (2019). Trends and Descriptors of Metal-Modified Transition Metal Carbides for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Electrolyte. ACS CATALYSIS, 9(3), 2415-2422.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.8b03990.
  • Lee, J.H., Kattel, S., Xie, Z., Tackett, B.M., Wang, J., Liu, C.J., & Chen, J.G. (2018). Understanding the Role of Functional Groups in Polymeric Binder for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Gold Nanoparticles. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 28(45).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201804762.
  • Tackett, B.M., Sheng, W., Kattel, S., Yao, S., Yan, B., Kuttiyiel, K.A., Wu, Q., & Chen, J.G. (2018). Reducing Iridium Loading in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts Using Core-Shell Particles with Nitride Cores. ACS CATALYSIS, 8(3), 2615-+.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acscatal.7b04410.
  • Zhu, W., Tackett, B.M., Chen, J.G., & Jiao, F. (2018). Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. Top Curr Chem (Cham), 376(6), 41.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s41061-018-0220-5.
  • Tackett, B.M., Sheng, W., & Chen, J.G. (2017). Opportunities and Challenges in Utilizing Metal-Modified Transition Metal Carbides as Low-Cost Electrocatalysts. JOULE, 1(2), 253-263.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2017.07.002.
  • Wan, W., Tackett, B.M., & Chen, J.G. (2017). Reactions of water and C1 molecules on carbide and metal-modified carbide surfaces. Chem Soc Rev, 46(7), 1807-1823.Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi: 10.1039/c6cs00862c.
  • Tackett, B.M., Kimmel, Y.C., & Chen, J.G. (2016). Metal-modified niobium carbides as low-cost and impurity-resistant electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in acidic and alkaline electrolytes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 41(14), 5948-5954.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.01.167.
  • Zhang, Q., Tackett, B.M., Wu, Q., & Chen, J.G. (2016). Trends in Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Metal-Modified Molybdenum Carbides in Alkaline and Acid Electrolytes. CHEMELECTROCHEM, 3(10), 1686-1693.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/celc.201600171.
  • Bhavsar, S., Tackett, B., & Veser, G. (2014). Evaluation of iron- and manganese-based mono- and mixed-metallic oxygen carriers for chemical looping combustion. FUEL, 136, 268-279.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.068.