Principal scientific interests:

Elaboration of scientific principles and investigation of operation of fundamentally novel aluminum-water generators of hydrogen for energy sources 1 to 3 kW in power

Development of prototypes and investigation of operation of portable current sources with hydrogen-air fuel cells and microgenerators of hydrogen utilizing the oxidation of various energy carriers with water

Development and perfection of methods for analyzing the porous structure of diverse energy-related materials  using the unique method of dynamic desorption porosimetry

Development of cogeneration facilities on the basis of energy-technology complexes for the production of hydrogen and boehmite with a capacity of up to 100 nm/h with respect to hydrogen

Introduced developments:

New methods for the investigation of porous electrodes, membranes, and other porous media

Method of standard porosimetry

Method of and instrument for dynamic desorption porosimetry

Main publications:

1. E.I. Shkol’nikov, Yu.M. Vol’fkovich, V.E. Sosenkin, and V.S. Bagotskii, Method of Contact Standard Porosimetry, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1977, vol. 232, no. 3 (in Russian).
2. E.I. Shkol’nikov, Yu.M. Vol’fkovich, and V.E. Sosenkin, Measurement of the Radial Distribution of Pore Volume by the Method of Contact Standard Porosimetry, Elektrokhimiya, 1977, vol. 13, no. 1 (in Russian).
3. I.A. Rodionova, E.I. Shkol’nikov, and V.V. Volkov, The Effect of the Properties of Liquid on the Coefficient of Hydrodynamic Permeability, Kolloidn. Zh., 2005, vol. 67, no. 4, p. 518 (in Russian).
4. E.I. Shkol’nikov and V.V. Volkov, Obtaining the Isotherms of Desorption of vapors without measuring the Pressure, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2001, vol. 378, no. 4, p. 507 (in Russian).
5. A.Z. Zhuk, A.E. Sheindlin, B.V. Kleymenov, E.I. Shkolnikov, and M.Yu. Lopatin, J. Power Sources, 2006, vol. 157, issue 2, p. 921.
6. E.I. Shkol’nikov and E.V. Sidorova, Analytical Equation for the Calculation of Size Distribution of Pores, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 2007, vol. 412, no. 3, p. 1 (in Russian).
7. E.I. Shkol’nikov, M.S. Vlaskin, A.S. Ilyukhin, and A.B. Tarasenko, Features Characteristic of Operation of Free-Breathing Fuel Cell with Solid Polymer Electrolyte under Conditions of Limited Volume, Elektrokhim. Energ., 2007, no. 4, p. 175 (in Russian).
8. A.E. Sheindlin, E.I. Shkol’nikov, A.V. Parmuzina, S.A. Tarasova, S.A. Yanushko, and A.V. Grigorenko, Microgenerators of Hydrogen Utilizing the Oxidation of Aluminum with Water for Use in Portable Sources of Current, Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk Ser. Energ., 2008, no. 3, p. 28 (in Russian).
9. E.I. Shkol’nikov, S.A. Yanushko, S.A. Tarasova, A.V. Parmuzina, A.S. Ilyukhin, and A.E. Sheindlin, Investigation of Operation of Aluminum-Water Microgenerator of Hydrogen for Use in Compact Supplies, Elektrokhim. Energ., 2008, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 86 (in Russian).
10. A.Z. Zhuk, B.V. Kleimenov, E.I. Shkol’nikov, R.R. Grigoryants, E.I. Miroshnichenko et al., Alumovodorodnaya energetika (Aluminum-Hydrogen Power Engineering), A.E. Sheindlin, Ed., Moscow: OIVT RAN, 2007.