• Development of new catalytic materials for low-temperature fuel cells and the study of their properties in electrochemical reactions occurring at the electrodes.
• Development of methods for the formation of thin-film catalytic layers for electrochemical current sources.
• Development and testing of prototypes of low-temperature hydrogen-air and alcohol fuel cells.

The most significant publications:

1. A.B. Yaroslavtsev, Y. A. Dobrovolsky, N. S. Shaglaeva, L. A. Frolova, E. V. Gerasimova and E. A. Sanginov, Nanostructured materials for low-temperature fuel cells // Russian Chemical Reviews, 2012, V. 81. P. 191-220. DOI 10.1070/RC2012v081n03ABEH004290, IF 3.991 

2. E.V. Gerasimova, E.Yu. Safronova, A.A. Volodin, A.E. Ukshe, Yu.A. Dobrovolsky, A.B. Yaroslavtsev, Electrocatalytic properties of the nanostructured electrodes and membranes in hydrogen-air fuel cells // Catalysis Today, 2012, V.193(1), P.81-86. DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.06.018, IF 4.667

3. Ekaterina Gerasimova, Ekaterina Safronova, Aleksander Ukshe, Yury Dobrovolsky, Andrey Yaroslavtsev. Electrocatalytic and transport properties of hybrid Nafion® membranes doped with silica and cesium acid salt of phosphotungstic acid in hydrogen fuel cells // Chemical Engineering Journal. 2016. V. 305. P. 121–128. DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2015.11.079, IF 6.735

4. Ivanshina O. Yu.; Tamm M. E.; Gerasimova E. V, Kochugaeva M. P.; Kirikova M. N, Savilov S. V., Yashina L.V. Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticle/Carbon Nanotube Composites // INORGANIC MATERIALS. 2011. V. 47. № 6. P. 618-625. DOI 10.1134/S0020168511060112, IF 0.699 

5. E. A. Astafev, A. E. Ukshe, E. V. Gerasimova, Yu. A. Dobrovolsky, R. A. Manzhos, Electrochemical noise of a hydrogen-air polymer electrolyte fuel cell operating at different loads, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2018. V. 22(6), P. 1839-1849, DOI 10.1007/s10008-018-3892-4, IF 2.509 

6. Ksenia Novikova, Alexandra Kuriganova, Igor Leontyev, Ekaterina Gerasimova, Olga Maslova, Aydar Rakhmatullin, Nina Smirnova, Yuri Dobrovolsky. Influence of Carbon Support on Catalytic Layer Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells // Electrocatalysis, 2018, V. 9 (1), P. 22–30, DOI 10.1007/s12678-017-0416-4, IF 0.88 

7. Pavlov V.I., Gerasimova E.V., Zolotukhina E.V., Don G.M., Dobrovolsky Yu.A., Yaroslavtsev A.B. Degradation of Pt/C Electrocatalysts Having Different Morphology in Low-Temperature PEM Fuel Cells // NANOTECHNOLOGIES IN RUSSIA. 2016. V. 11. № 11-12. P. 743-749 DOI 10.1134/S199507801606015X 

8. Gerasimova E. V., Bukun N. G.; Dobrovolsky Yu. A, Electrocatalytic properties of the catalysts based on carbon nanofibers with various platinum contents // RUSSIAN CHEMICAL BULLETIN, 2011, V.60, № 6. P. 1045-1050. DOI 10.1007/s11172-011-0165-0, IF 0.781 

9. Volodin A.A., Gerasimova E.V., Tarasov B.P. Synthesis of carbon nanofibers by catalytic pyrolysis of ethylene in the presence of vapors of volatile components // RUSSIAN CHEMICAL BULLETIN. 2011. № 3. P. 407-412. DOI 10.1007/s11172-011-0064-4, IF 0.781 

10. Dmitrieva M.V., Zolotukhina E.V., Gerasimova E.V, Terent'ev A. A., Dobrovol'skii Yu.A. Dehydrogenase and Electrochemical Activity of Escherichia coli Extracts // APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY. 2017. V.53. № 4. P. 458-463. DOI: 10.1134/S0003683817040032, IF 0.707