Raymond J. Gorte
Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Honors and Awards: R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering - 2009, Heilmeier Award for Excellence in Faculty Research - 2002, Penn Engineering Distinguished Research Award - 2001, Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis - 1999, Philadelphia Catalysis Club Award - 1998, Giuseppe Parravano Memorial Award of the Michigan Catalysis Society - 1997
Research Expertise: Catalysis | Fuel Cells | Energy
Ray's current research focuses on electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and on oxidation catalysis using mixed-oxides. With SOFC, his lab has developed a method to synthesize electrodes with unprecedented control over composition and nanostructure, fabricating high-performance cells that are able to operate on hydrocarbon fuels. In oxidation catalysis, his group has developed methods to measure the thermodynamic, redox properties of mixed oxides and then determine the effect changes in redox properties have on catalytic properties.
Member of:
Affiliations: Graduate Group Chair, CBE
Education:
PhD Chemical Engineering 1981 - University of Minnesota
BS Chemical Engineering 1976 - University of Wisconsin
Recent Publications 
- Exceptional thermal stability of Pd@CeO2 core-shell catalyst nanostructures grafted onto an oxide surface, Adijanto, L. | Bennett, D.A. | Chen, C. | Yu, A.S. | Cargnello, M. | Fornasiero, P. | Gorte, R.J. | Vohs, J.M., Nano Letters, 2013
- Probing lewis acid sites in Sn-Beta zeolite, Roy, S. | Bakhmutsky, K. | Mahmoud, E. | Lobo, R.F. | Gorte, R.J., ACS Catalysis, 2013
- An investigation of oxygen reduction kinetics in LSF electrodes, K̈ungas, R. | Yu, A.S. | Levine, J. | Vohs, J.M. | Gorte, R.J., Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2013
- High pressure cracking of n-hexane over H-ZSM-5, Luo, J. | Gorte, R.J., Catalysis Letters, 2013
- Heterogeneous catalysts need not Be so "heterogeneous": Monodisperse Pt nanocrystals by combining shape-controlled synthesis and purification by colloidal recrystallization, Kang, Y. | Li, M. | Cai, Y. | Cargnello, M. | Diaz, R.E. | Gordon, T.R. | Wieder, N.L. | Adzic, R.R. | Gorte, R.J. | Stach, E.A. | Murray, C.B., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013