... The department was founded in 1933 and developed from the Laboratory of Electrochemistry which was headed by A.N. Frumkin. ... The department was headed by Academician A.N. Frumkin (1933-1977), Professor B.B. Damaskin (1977 – 1998). Since 1998 the department has been headed by Professor Oleg Aleksandrovich Petry . ... The major fields of research of the department are electrochemistry, radiochemistry of organic systems. ... Head of the laboratory – Professor Boris Borisovich Damaskin . ...
The laboratory is engaged in fabricating high-efficiency catalysts and working out theoretical descriptions of kinetics and mechanisms of the processes which takes place in chemical power sources. ... The kinetics of electrooxidation of some simplest organic fuels is investigated, which is of interest for electrochemical generators. ... B.I.Podlovchenko, E.A.Kolyadko, Lu Shigan, Specific Features of Hydrogen Sorption by Pd Dispersed Forms at a-Phase Potentials // J.Electroanal. ...