Publications

Thermal Management

K. P. Drummond, D. Back, M. D. Sinanis, D. B. Janes, and D. Peroulis, J. A. Weibel, and S. V. Garimella, Characterization of hierarchical manifold microchannel heat sink arrays under simultaneous background and hotspot heating conditions, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 126A, pp. 1289-1301, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.05.127

T. P. Allred, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, Enabling highly effective boiling from superhydrophobic surfaces, Physical Review Letters 120, 174501, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.174501 (Featured on Cover; Volume 120, Issue 17)

T. A. Kingston, J. A. Weibel, and S. V. Garimella, High-frequency thermal-fluidic characterization of dynamic microchannel flow boiling instabilities: Part 1 - rapid-bubble-growth instability at the onset of boiling, International Journal of Multiphase Flow (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.05.007

T. A. Kingston, J. A. Weibel, and S. V. Garimella, High-frequency thermal-fluidic characterization of dynamic microchannel flow boiling instabilities: Part 2 - impact of operating conditions on instability type and severity, International Journal of Multiphase Flow (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.05.001

T. Van Oevelen, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, The effect of lateral thermal coupling between parallel microchannels on two-phase flow distribution, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 124, pp. 769–781, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.073

K. P. Drummond, D. Back, M. D. Sinanis, D. B. Janes, D. Peroulis, J. A. Weibel, and S. V. Garimella, A hierarchical manifold microchannel heat sink array for high-heat-flux two-phase cooling of electronics, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 117, pp. 319–330, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.10.015

H. Hu, M. Chakraborty, T. P. Allred, J. A. Weibel, and S. V. Garimella, Multiscale modeling of the three-dimensional meniscus shape of a wetting liquid film on micro-/nano-structured surfaces, Langmuir, 33, pp. 12028–12037,2017. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02837

T. P. Allred, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, A wettability metric for characterization of capillary flow on textured superhydrophilic surfaces, Langmuir 33, pp. 7847–7853, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01522

T. Van Oevelen, J.A. Weibel, and S.V. Garimella, Predicting two-phase flow distribution and stability in systems with many parallel heated channels, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 107, pp. 557-571, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.11.050

Hao Tian, Woojin Ahn, Kerry Maize, Mengwei Si, Peide Ye, Muhammad Ashraful Alam, Ali Shakouri, and Peter Bermel, "Thermoreflectance imaging of electromigration evolution in asymmetric aluminum constrictions," Journal of Applied Physics 123, 035107 (2018).

Sakr, Enas, and Peter Bermel. "Angle-Selective Reflective Filters for Exclusion of Background Thermal Emission." Physical Review Applied 7.4 (2017): 044020.

Next Generation Fuels

Vozka, P., Modereger B., Park, A., Zhang, J., Trice, R., Kenttamaa, H., Kilaz, G. (2019). Jet fuel density via GCxGC-FID, Fuel, 253C, p. 1052-1060.

Romanczyk, M., Vozka, P., Ramirez Velasco, J., Xu, L., Wehde, K., Dissanayake, P., Roe, N., Keating, E., Kilaz, G., Trice, R., Kenttamaa, H.I. (2018). Correlation of volume swelling and tensile strength of o-ring seals immersed in aviation kerosene doped with aromatic compounds: a model compound study, Fuel, Submitted.

Ramirez, J., Kenttämaa, H.I., Kilaz, G., Trice, R.W. (2018). Application of Biofuel Impurities and Effect on the Hot Corrosion of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings, Surface & Coatings Technology, Submitted.

Luning Prak, D.J., Romanczyk, M., Wehde, K.E., Ye, S., McLaughlin, M., Luning Park, P.J., Foley, M.P., Kenttӓmaa, H.I., Trulove, P.C., Kilaz, G., Xu, X., Cowart, J.S. (2017). Analysis of Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion Jet Fuel and Surrogate Mixture Formulation: Components, Properties, and Combustion. Energy and Fuels, 31, p. 13802-13814.

Wehde, K., Romanczyk, M., Vozka, P., Ramírez, J.H., Trice, R., Kilaz, G., Kenttämaa, H. (2017, June). Composition Analysis of Aviation Fuels and Fuel Additives for Rational Development of Renewable Aviation Fuels. Paper presented at The 65th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Battery Safety 

B. Li, R.A. Adams, J. Kazmi, A. Dhiman, T.E. Adams, V.G. Pol, V. Tomar., Investigation of LiCoO2 Cathode Response to Dynamic Impact Using Raman Imaging Based Analyses, The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 2018, 1-8.

K. Kim, P. J. H. Kim, J. P. Youngblood, V. G. Pol, “Surface Functionalization of Carbon Architecture with Nano-MnO2 for Effective Polysulfide Confinement in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, ChemSusChem, 2018, 11,1–8.

P.J. Kim, H. D. Fontecha, K. Kim, V. G. Pol, “Towards High Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Upcycling of LDPE Plastic into Sulfonated Carbon Scaffold via Microwave-promoted Sulfonation”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 14827−14834.

P. J. Kim, K. Kim, V. G. Pol, “Towards highly stable lithium sulfur batteries: Surface functionalization of carbon nanotube scaffold”, Carbon, 2018, 131, 175-183

K. Kim, R. A. Adams, A. Arora, E. Martinez, J. P. Youngblood, V. G. Pol, “Li-ion Storage in an Amorphous, Solid, Spheroidal Carbon Anode Produced by Dry-Autoclaving of Coffee Oil”, Carbon, 2018, 133, 62-68.

Z. Qi, Jie Jian, J. Huang, J. Tang, H. Wang, V. G. Pol, H. Wang, “LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/Au Nanocomposite Thin Film Cathode with Enhanced Electrochemical Properties”, Nano Energy, 2018, 46, 290-296.

T. L. Lee, R. A. Adams, C. Luhrs, A. Arora, V. G. Pol, C-H. Wu, J. Phillips, “High-Stability Tin/Carbon Battery Electrodes Produced Using Reduction Expansion Synthesis”, Carbon, 2018, 132, 411-419.

Anodes Derived from Biomass for Sodium-ion Storage”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5 (10), 8720–8728

S-M. Hong, V. Etacheri, C. N. Hong, S. W. Choi, K. B. Lee, V. G. Pol, Enhanced Lithium- and Sodium-ion Storage in an Interconnected Carbon Network Comprising Electronegative Fluorine, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9 (22), 18790–18798.

Power Electronics

Zhou, Hong, Mengwei Si, Sami Alghamdi, Gang Qiu, Lingming Yang, and Peide D. Ye. "High-performance depletion/enhancement-mode β-Ga₂O₃ on insulator (GOOI) field-effect transistors with record drain currents of 600/450 mA/mm." IEEE Electron Device Lett 38, no. 1 (2017): 103-106.

Zhou, Hong, Kerry Maize, Gang Qiu, Ali Shakouri, and Peide D. Ye. "β-Ga₂O₃ on insulator field-effect transistors with drain currents exceeding 1.5 A/mm and their self-heating effect." Applied Physics Letters 111, no. 9 (2017): 092102.

Zhou, Hong, Sami Alghmadi, Mengwei Si, Gang Qiu, and D. Ye Peide. "Al₂O₃/ β -Ga₂O₃ (-201) Interface Improvement Through Piranha Pretreatment and Postdeposition Annealing." IEEE Electron Device Letters 37, no. 11 (2016): 1411-1414.

Bhuiyan, Maruf A., Hong Zhou, Rong Jiang, En Xia Zhang, Daniel M. Fleetwood, D. Ye Peide, and Tso-Ping Ma. "Charge Trapping in Al₂O₃/β-Ga₂O₃ Based MOS Capacitors." IEEE Electron Device Letters (2018).

Zhou, Hong, Kerry Maize, Jinhyun Noh, Ali Shakouri, and Peide D. Ye. "Thermodynamic Studies of β-Ga₂O₃ Nanomembrane Field-Effect Transistors on a Sapphire Substrate." ACS Omega 2, no. 11 (2017): 7723-7729.

Si, Mengwei, Lingming Yang, Hong Zhou, and Peide D. Ye. "β-Ga₂O₃ Nanomembrane Negative Capacitance Field-Effect Transistors with Steep Subthreshold Slope for Wide Band Gap Logic Applications." ACS Omega 2, no. 10 (2017): 7136-7140.

K Lou, Xiabing, Hong Zhou, Sang Bok Kim, Sami Alghamdi, Xian Gong, Jun Feng, Xinwei Wang, Peide D. Ye, and Roy G. Gordon. "Epitaxial Growth of Mg _x Ca_1–x O on GaN by Atomic Layer Deposition." Nano letters 16, no. 12 (2016): 7650-7654.

Zhou, Hong, Xiabing Lou, Nathan J. Conrad, Mengwei Si, Heng Wu, Sami Alghamdi, Shiping Guo, Roy G. Gordon, and D. Ye Peide. "High-performance InAlN/GaN MOSHEMTs enabled by atomic layer epitaxy MgCaO as gate dielectric." IEEE Electron Device Letters 37, no. 5 (2016): 556-559.

Zhou, Hong, Xiabing Lou, Sang Bok Kim, Kelson D. Chabak, Roy G. Gordon, and D. Ye Peide. "Enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN Fin-MOSHEMTs on Si substrate with atomic layer epitaxy MgCaO." IEEE Electron Device Letters 38, no. 9 (2017): 1294-1297.

Moore, James E., Xufeng Wang, Elizabeth K. Grubbs, Jennifer Drayton, Steve Johnston, Dean Levi, Mark S. Lundstrom, and Peter Bermel. "Photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy characterization of cadmium telluride solar cells." In Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017 IEEE 44th, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2017.

Boriskina, Svetlana V., Martin A. Green, Kylie Catchpole, Eli Yablonovitch, Matthew C. Beard, Yoshitaka Okada, Stephan Lany et al. "Roadmap on optical energy conversion." Journal of Optics 18, no. 7 (2016): 073004.

Nanocomposite Electrode

Jincheng Lei, Yaowu Hu, Zishun Liu, Gary J. Cheng, Kejie Zhao. Defects mediated corrosion in graphene coating layer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9, 11902-11908 (2017)

Rong Xu, Luize Scalco de Vasconcelos, Junzhe Shi, Jianlin Li, Kejie Zhao. Disintegration of meatball electrodes for LiNixMnyCozO2 cathode materials. Experimental Mechanics. 58, 549-559 (2018).

Hong Sun, Kejie Zhao. Atomistic origins of high capacity and high structural stability of polymer derived SiOC anode materials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9, 35001-35009 (2017)

Hydrogen on Demand

Groom, T. B., Drolet, M. P., Gabl, J. R., & Pourpoint, T. L., Hydrogen Generation via Organic Acid-Promoted Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane for Fuel Cell Applications, (Submitted for Publication).

Groom, T. B., Drolet, M. P., Gabl, J.R., and Pourpoint, T. L., Organic Acid–Promoted Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane under Strained Conditions, 2018 International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Jul. 2018. DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-4800