Mullins, C. Buddie Ph.D.

Professor
Richard B. Curran Centennial Chair in Engineering

photo of C. Buddie Mullins
Office: CPE 4.418 Mailing Address:
Phone: (512) 471-5817 The University of Texas at Austin
Fax: (512) 471-7060 McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
Email: mullins@che.utexas.edu 200 E Dean Keeton St. Stop C0400
UT Mail: C0400 Austin, TX 78712-1589

Research Areas: Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanotechnology and Energy

Research Group Website

Research Presentation for Prospective Graduate Students

Educational qualifications

Post-Doctoral Studies, IBM Almaden Research Center, Physical Sciences Division (1989-1991) Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1990) B.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1982) M.S., Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (1977) B.S., Physics,  The University of Texas at Austin (1975)

Courses Taught

CHE 353 Transport Phenomena

CHE 384 Electrochemistry

Focus

Materials Chemistry for Energy studies regarding solar photoelectrocatalysis, catalysis of nano-structured surfaces, and materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery electrodes.

Research

The Mullins research group is studying (i) the chemistry of nano-structured surfaces with goals of learning more about catalysis, (ii) the growth and characterization of nanostructured films with applications in photoelectrocatalysis for the production of fuels from sunlight, and (iii) the discovery and characterization of electrode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries.

Awards & Honors

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching,
     University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2004)
Union Carbide Corporation Research Innovation Recognition Award for Catalysis, Charleston,
     West Virgina (1999)
Texas Excellence Teaching Award for Most Outstanding Teaching in the College of Engineering (from UT Ex-Students Association),
     Austin, TX (1999)
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award,
     University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (1993-96)
National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award,
     University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (1991-1996)
Martin Marietta Energy Systems Publication Award,
     Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (1986)
Union Carbide Corporation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Engineering,
     Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (1983)
Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Achievement Award for New Scholars,
     St. Petersburg, FL, February (1994)

Selected Publications

  • Kyle C. Klavetter, Jonathan L. Snider, J. Pedro de Souza, Han Tu, Trevor H. Cell, Joon Hee Cho, Christopher J. Ellison, Adam Heller, and C. Buddie Mullins, “A free-standing thin, flexible lithium-ion anode formed from an air-dried slurry cast of high tap density SnO2, CMC polymer binder and Super-P Li,” J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 14459-14467 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ta03201b
  • Kyle C. Klavetter, Stephany Garcia, Naween Dahal, Jonathan L. Snider, J. Pedro de Souza, Trevor H. Cell, Mark A. Cassara, Adam Heller, Simon M. Humphrey, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Li- and Na-reduction products of meso-Co3O4 form high-rate, stably cycling battery anode materials,” J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 14209-14221 (2014).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4TA02684E
  • Wen-Yueh Yu, Gregory M. Mullen, David W. Flaherty, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Selective hydrogen production from formic acid decomposition on Pd-Au bimetallic surfaces,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 11070-11078 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja505192v
  • Gregory M. Mullen, Liang Zhang, Edward J. Evans Jr., Ting Yan, Graeme Henkelman, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Oxygen and hydroxyl species induce multiple reaction pathways for the partial oxidation of allyl alcohol on gold,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 6489-6498 (2014).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja502347d
  • Stephen E. Fosdick, Sean P. Berglund, C. Buddie Mullins, and Richard M. Crooks, “Evaluating electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction using bipolar electrode arrays: Bi- and trimetallic combinations of Co, Fe, Ni, Mo, and W,” ACS Catal. 4, 1332-1339 (2014).http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cs500168t
  • William D. Chemelewski, Heung-Chan Lee, Jung-Fu Lin, Allen J. Bard, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Amorphous FeOOH oxygen evolution reaction catalyst for photoelectrochemical water splitting,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 2843-2850 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja411835a
  • Sean P. Berglund, Huichao He, William D. Chemelewski, Hugo Celio, Andrei D. Dolocan, and C. Buddie Mullins, “p-Si/W2C and p-Si/W2C/Pt photocathodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 1535-1544 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja411604k
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