<p>I want to work on car batteries for fuel cell/plug in cars. Would I want to work with a professor who deals with transport or reaction kinetics? Thanks.</p>
<p>I would say kinetics</p>
<p>I’d say they’re both pretty important in batteries/fuel cells actually. Pick the one who is actually trying to apply their research to batteries or fuel cells, if either are.</p>
<p>Ex: transport is important in the transfer of the hydrogen proton across fuel cell membranes, kinetics are important for parts like the oxidation/reduction reactions on either side of the cell.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. I’m better at transport than I am kinetics, but the kinetics guy is the one working on batteries. We’ll see, I have time to decide. Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>Go with the professor who is actually working on a project of interest to you. Their so-called forte is of minimal importance as you will have to master all the facets of the project.</p>