Oganes Dawtjan

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Oganes Karapetowitsch Dawtjan ( Armenian Հովհաննես Կարապետի Խանոյան , in English-language publications OK Davtyan, born April 15, 1911 in Armenia ; † December 1, 1990 in Yerevan ) was a scientist from Armenia who carried out research in Moscow and Odessa , particularly on fuel cells , and published the first book on fuel cells in 1947.

From 1935, Dawtjan worked at the Moscow Oil and Gas Institute . In the 1940s he worked on solid oxide fuel cells and examined various oxide mixtures for this purpose. In 1944 he received his doctorate with a thesis on fuel cells. He examined both high-temperature cells and alkaline fuel cells that operated at room temperature.

In 1947 he published a monograph, the first book on fuel cells. Dawtjan later led a working group at the National University in Odessa , Ukraine , where he did research not only on fuel cells, but also on batteries and other topics, e.g. B. electrocatalysis or quantum chemistry . He published over 500 publications.

Works (selection)

  • Gas cell with a solid electrolyte , 1946 OCLC 18472346
  • The problem of direct conversion of chemical energy from fuel into electrical energy (in Russian), Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1947 (1950 as Direct conversion of chemical energy of fuel into electrical energy , Leatherhead OCLC 249124963 , British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association OCLC 320808730 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f V. Yu. Baklan, Oleksandr D. Vasylyev, Valeriy S. Kublanovskii, Boris M. Grafov: To the centenary of OK Davtyan (April 15, 1911 – December 1, 1990) . In: Russian Journal of Electrochemistry . tape 48 , no. 3 . Pleiades Publishing, Springer, March 2012, ISSN  1023-1935 , p. 348-349 , doi : 10.1134 / S1023193512660019 ( springer.com ).
  2. ↑ a b Vladimir S. Bagotsky: Fuel Cells. In: Electrochemistry Encyclopedia. The Electrochemical Society, Inc. (ECS), August 2009, accessed July 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jeff Sheets: Davtyan. In: Free Energy Planet> Fuel Cell Technology. Jeff Sheets, August 10, 2012, accessed July 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dawtjan, Oganes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dawtjan, Oganes Karapetowitsch (full name); Davtyan, Oganes Karapetowitsch (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Physical chemist who researched fuel cells and batteries
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Armenia
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1990
Place of death Yerevan