Bruce Logan is the director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. He also serves as director of both the Engineering Energy and Environmental Institute and the Hydrogen Energy Center at Penn State.
Logan's research focuses on developing new renewable energy technologies, such as microbial fuel cells and thermal batteries, for achieving an energy sustainable water infrastructure; wastewater treatment; and bioremediation.
Logan has authored many publications and received numerous awards and honors for his work and has been appointed visiting professor at several universities around the world. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the International Water Association and the Water Environment Foundation.
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System efficiency and power assessment of the all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery
Cross, N. R., Rau, M., Lvov, S. N., Gorski, C. A., Logan, B. E. & Hall, D. M., Jun 1 2023, In: Applied Energy. 339, 120959.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Increasing the Electrolyte Salinity to Improve the Performance of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers
Rossi, R., Taylor, R. & Logan, B. E., Jun 12 2023, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 11, 23, p. 8573-8579 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using nickel-molybdenum cathode catalysts for efficient hydrogen gas production in microbial electrolysis cells
Rossi, R., Nicolas, J. & Logan, B. E., Mar 15 2023, In: Journal of Power Sources. 560, 232594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electrochemical and hydraulic analysis of thin-film composite and cellulose triacetate membranes for seawater electrolysis applications
Taylor, R., Shi, L., Zhou, X., Rossi, R., Picioreanu, C. & Logan, B. E., Aug 5 2023, In: Journal of Membrane Science. 679, 121692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Defect free rolling phase inversion activated carbon air cathodes for scale-up electrochemical applications
Yi, K., Yang, W. & Logan, B. E., Feb 15 2023, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 454, 140411.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydrodynamic interventions and measurement protocols to quantify and mitigate power overshoot in microbial fuel cells using microfluidics
Amirdehi, M. A., Gong, L., Khodaparastasgarabad, N., Sonawane, J. M., Logan, B. E. & Greener, J., Feb 10 2022, In: Electrochimica Acta. 405, 139771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-rate microbial electrosynthesis using a zero-gap flow cell and vapor-fed anode design
Baek, G., Rossi, R., Saikaly, P. E. & Logan, B. E., Jul 1 2022, In: Water Research. 219, 118597.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using copper-based biocathodes to improve carbon dioxide conversion efficiency into methane in microbial methanogenesis cells
Baek, G., Shi, L., Rossi, R. & Logan, B. E., May 1 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 435, 135076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Power and energy capacity tradeoffs in an all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery
Cross, N. R., Rau, M. J., Lvov, S. N., Gorski, C. A., Logan, B. E. & Hall, D. M., May 30 2022, In: Journal of Power Sources. 531, 231339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of reactor configuration on pilot-scale microbial fuel cell performance
Rossi, R. & Logan, B. E., Oct 15 2022, In: Water Research. 225, 119179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater
Rossi, R., Hur, A. Y., Page, M. A., Thomas, A. O. B., Butkiewicz, J. J., Jones, D. W., Baek, G., Saikaly, P. E., Cropek, D. M. & Logan, B. E., May 15 2022, In: Water Research. 215, 118208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Vapor-Fed Cathode Microbial Electrolysis Cells with Closely Spaced Electrodes Enables Greatly Improved Performance
Rossi, R., Baek, G. & Logan, B. E., Jan 18 2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 2, p. 1211-1220 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Co-precipitation synthesis control for sodium ion adsorption capacity and cycle life of copper hexacyanoferrate electrodes in battery electrode deionization
Shi, L., Bi, X., Newcomer, E., Hall, D. M., Gorski, C. A., Galal, A. & Logan, B. E., May 1 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 435, 135001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analyses of Ion Intercalation/Deintercalation Using Different Temperatures on NiHCF Electrodes for Battery Electrode Deionization
Shi, L., Bi, X., Newcomer, E., Hall, D. M., Gorski, C. A. & Logan, B. E., Jun 21 2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 12, p. 8932-8941 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Addition of a carbon fiber brush improves anaerobic digestion compared to external voltage application
Baek, G., Saikaly, P. E. & Logan, B. E., Jan 1 2021, In: Water Research. 188, 116575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review