Member of staff of the Modeling and Simulation group

Curriculum Vitae

• 2001 - 2006 Study of chemistry (Master of Science in Chemistry) at Departments of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.
• 2005–2006 Laboratory assistant at the Departments of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.
• 2007 Assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
• 2010 Doctor of Science (Dr. rer. nat.) in Chemistry. Institute of Physical Chemistry (PCI), Interdisciplinary Centre of Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
• since 01/2011 Research Associate at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Stuttgart, Germany.

Memberships

• Member of the Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA (since 2010)

Publications

All publications are also available as entries in the DLR Elib system.

Peer-reviewed articles:

• V. Yurkiv, A. Utz, A. Weber, E. Ivers-Tiffée, H.-R. Volpp, W. G. Bessler, Elementary kinetic modeling and experimental validation of electrochemical CO oxidation on Ni/YSZ pattern anodes, Elechtrochim. Acta, 59, 573-580 (2012).
• A. Gorski, V. Yurkiv, D. Starukhin, H.-R. Volpp, H2O chemisorption and H2 oxidation on YSZ: Density Functional Theory and Temperature-Programmed Desorption Studies, J. Power Sources, 196, 7188–7194, (2011).
• V. Yurkiv, D. Starukhin, H.-R. Volpp, W. G. Bessler, Elementary reaction kinetics of the CO/CO2/Ni/YSZ electrode, J. Electrochem. Soc., 158 (1), B5-B10 (2011).

Conference proceedings articles:

• A. Weber, A. Utz, J. Joos, E. Ivers-Tiffée, H. Störmer, D. Gerthsen, V. Yurkiv, H. Volpp, W. G. Bessler, Electrooxidation of reformate gases at model anodes, ECS Trans., 35(1), 1513-1528, (2011).
• A. Gorski, V. Yurkiv, W. G. Bessler, H.-R. Volpp, Combined theoretical and experimental studies of H2 and CO Oxidation over YSZ surface. ECS Trans., 35(1), 727-737 (2011).
• A. Gorski, V. Yurkiv, D. Starukhin, H.-R. Volpp, Investigation of H2O chemisorption and H2 Oxidation on YSZ: Density Functional Theory Calculations and Temperature-Programmed Desorption Studies, Proc. 9th European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne/Switzerland, Chapter 15,  85-98, (2010).
• V. Yurkiv, H.-R. Volpp, W. G. Bessler, Heterogeneous chemistry and electrochemistry of carbon monoxide at a Ni/YSZ anode, Proc. 9th European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne/Switzerland, Chapter 9, 1-14, (2010).

Research topics

• Elementary kinetic processes in Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC): modeling and experimental validation.
• Density functional theory (DFT) calculations on metals and ceramics.