Developing Efficient Pyrite Photovoltaic Cells
Principal Investigator: Jinsong Huang, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
PI web page: Jinsong Huang Webpage
Abstract: 701 Jinsong Huang Abstract
Publications:
- Air Stable, Photosensitive, Phase Pure Ion Pyrite Nanocrystal Thin Films for Photovoltaic Application
- Alkylamine Assisted Ultrasound Exfoliation of MoS2 Nanosheets and Organic Photovoltaic Application
- Biodegradable Transparent Substrates for Flexible Organic-Light-Emitting Diodes
- Photovoltaic Switching Mechanism in Lateral Structure Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells
- Surface Thermal Stability of Iron Pyrite Nanocrystals Role of Capping Ligands
- Thin Film WSe2 for Use as a Photovoltaic Absorber Material
- Zinc Alloyed Ion Pyrite Nanocrystals for Band Gap Broadening – poster
Three-Dimensional Graphene-based Scaffolds for Supercapacitor Applications
Principal Investigator: Alexander Sinitskii, Department of Chemistry
PI web page: Alexander Sinitskii Webpage
Abstract: 702 Alexander Sinitskii Abstract
Publications:
- Bottom-Up Solution Synthesis of Narrow Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons
- Bulk Properties of Solution-synthsized Chevron-Like Graphene Nanoribbons – Faraday Discussions
- Electropolymerization of Poly(phenylene oxide) on Graphene as a Top-Gate Dielectric
- Highly Selective Gas Sensor Arrays Based on Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide
- Intrinsic Device-to-Device Variation in Graphene Field-Effect Transistors on a Si/SiO2 Substrate as a Platform for Discriminative Gas Sensing
- Large-Scale Solution Synthesis of Narrow Graphene Nanoribbons
- Multilayer Graphitic Coatings for Thermal Stabilization of Metallic Nanostructures
- Synthesis of High-Quality Inverse Opals Based on Magnetic Complex Oxides
- Three-Dimensional Periodic Graphene Nanostructures
Developing a Break-through in Methane Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Open-Lot Feedlot Manure
Principal Investigator: Galen Erickson, Department of Animal Science
PI web page: Galen Erickson Webpage
Abstract: 703 Galen Erickson Abstract
Publications:
- Anaerobic Digestion of Finishing Cattle Manure
- Characterization of Three Chlorella sorokiniana Strains in Anaerobic Digested Effluent from Cattle Manure
- Feedlot Manure Management Considerations Including Anaerobic Digestion’ by Andrea K. Watson
- Microbial Community Shifts During Anaerobic Digestion of Finishing Cattle Manure with and without Distillers Grains in the Diet (abstract)
High Throughput Screening for Compounds that Induce Lipid Accumulation in Algae for Biofuel Production
Principal Investigator: Concetta DiRusso, Department of Biochemistry
PI web page: Concetta DiRusso Webpage
Abstract: 704 Concetta DiRusso Abstract
Publications:
- Carbon and Acyl Chain Flux During Stress-Induced Triglyceride Accumulation by Stable Isotopic labeling of the Polar Micr4oalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea C169
- Identification and Metabolite Profiling of Chemical Activators of Lipid Accumulation in Green Algae
Near-Field (Nano-Gap) Concentrated Solar Thermophotovoltaic Microsystem
Principal Investigator: Sidy Ndao, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
PI web page: Sidy Ndao Webpage
Abstract: 705 Sidy Ndao Abstract
Publications:
- Towards a Near-Field Concentrated Solar Thermophotovoltaic Microsystem Part 1 – Modeling
- Modeling of Near-Field Concentrated Solar Thermophotovoltaic Microsystem
Enhancement of Pyroelectric Effect on Organic-Inorganic Interfaces
Principal Investigator: Axel Enders, Department of Physics and Astronomy
PI Web Page: Axel Enders Webpage
Abstract: 706 Axel Enders Abstract
Award: Donna Kunkel, STM-Guided Materials Discovery of 2D Ferroelectric Cocrystals”, 74th 25-Physical Electronics Conference, La Crosse, WI – Presentation on June 26. Received the Nottingham Prize (very prestigious for graduate students in condensed matter physics, June 25-27, 2014 (Partially funded by NCESR)
Publications:
- Chiral Surface Networks of 3-HPLN – A Molecular Analog of Rounded Triangle Assembly
- Chromium Site in Doped Glassy Lithium Tetraborate, The
- Complete In-Gap Electronic Structure of Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids and Its Correlation with Electronic Transport and Photovoltaic Performance, The
- Coverage-Dependent Interactions at the Organics-Metal Interface: Quinonoid Zwitterions on Au(111)
- Dipole Mediated Surface Chemistry of p-Benzoquinonemonoimine Zwitterions, The
- EXAFS and EPR Analysis of the Local Structure of Mn-Doped Li2B4O7
- Kagome-Like Lattice of pi-pi stacked 3-hydroxyphenalenone on Cu(111)
- Molecular Adsorption on Graphene
- Rare Earth Dopant (ND, Gd, Dy, and Er) Hybridization in Lithium Tetraborate
- Reversible Mn Segregation at the Polar Surface of Lithium Tetraborate
- Self-Assembly of Strongly Dipolar Molecules on Metal Surfaces
- Ultrathin Chromia Films Grown with Preferential Texture on Metallic, Semimetallic and Insulating Substrates.
Collaborative Carbon Capture Research Principal Investigator: Yasar Demirel, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
PI web page: Yasar Demirel Webpage
Abstract: Yasar Demirel abstract
Publications:
- Biofuels (book chapter)
- Capturing and Conversion of CO2 to Methanol in a Chemical Looping Packed Bed System
- Chemical Looping Technology to Capture and Convert CO2 to Methanol
- Economic Analysis of Biodiesel and Glycerol Carbonate Production Plant by Glycerolysis
- Experimental and Modeling Studies for Capturing and Converting CO2 in Chemical Looping Technology
- Lactic Acid from CO2 .in a Hydrothermal Conversion with Chemical-Looping Technology
- Solvent Screening and Techno-economic Analysis of an IGCC Process
- Sustainable Operations for Distillation Columns