Selected Electrochemical Research, Technology, & Engineering Group Publications and Patents -- 2014
Publications
Chitturi Venkateswara Rao, Jesse Soler, Rajesh Katiyar, Jifi Shojan, William C. West and Ram S. Katiyar, "Investigations on Electrochemical Behavior and Structural Stability of Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 Lithium-Ion Cathodes via In-Situ and Ex-Situ Raman Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 14133 (2014).
V. Prakash Reddy, Mario Blanco, Ratnakumar Bugga, "Boron-based anion receptors in lithium-ion and metal-air batteries", J. Power Sources, 247, 813-820 (2014).
T. I. Valdez, Illeana González-González, Carlos R. Cabrera, Nanomaterials in Regenerative Fuel Cells, Advanced Nanomaterials for Aerospace Applications, Carlos R. Cabrera and Felix A. Miranda (Eds.), Chapter 7, Pan Stanford Publishing, ISBN 978-981-4463-18-8, pp. 179- 200, 2014.
M. C. Smart, W. C. West, A. V. Shevade, K. J. Billings, K. B. Chin, R. V. Bugga, and E. J. Brandon, "Supercapacitors for Wide Temperature Operation", Power Sources Conference, Orlando, FL, June 11, 2014.
Frederick C. Krause, Constanza Hwang, Bugga V. Ratnakumar, Marshall C. Smart, Dennis W. McOwen, and Wesley A. Henderson, "The Use of Methyl Butyrate-Based Electrolytes with Additives to Enable the Operation of Li-Ion Cells with High Voltage Cathodes over a Wide Temperature Range" ECS Trans. 2014 58(48): 97-107.
Tan, H. J., Smith, H. L., Kim, L., Harding, T. K., Jones, S. C., Fultz, B., "Electrochemical cycling and lithium insertion in nanostructured FeF3 cathodes," J. Electrochem. Soc., 2014, 161. A445.
Edwin O. Ortiz-Quiles, Jess Soler, Mallory Gobet, Tetiana Nosach, Oscar Resto, Omar J. García-Ricard, Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado, Steve Greenbaum, William C. West , and Carlos R. Cabrera, "Lithium Chloride Molten Flux Approach to Li2MnO3:LiMO2 (M= Mn, Ni, Co) "Composite" Synthesis for Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Applications", RSC Advances, 4, 12018 (2014).
K.B.Chin, M.C. Smart, E.J. Brandon, G.S. Bolotin, N.K. Palmer, J.A. Flynn, S. Katz, "Li-ion battery and super-capacitor Hybrid energy system for low temperature Smallsat applications, Conference Paper, 28th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2014.
Issued Patents
Ratnakumar V. Bugga, William C. West, Andrew Kindler, Marshall C. Smart, "Lithium-based high energy density flow batteries", U.S. Patent No. 8,889,300 (2014).
Colleen M. Marrese-Reading, Juergen Mueller, and William C. West, "Microfluidic electrospray thruster", U. S. Patent No. 8,850,792 (2014).
Erik J. Brandon, Marshall C. Smart, and William C. West, "Low temperature double-layer capacitors using asymmetric and spiro-type quaternary ammonium salts", U.S. Patent No. 8,804,309 (2014).
M. C. Smart, and R. V. Bugga, "Lithium ion electrolytes and lithium ion cells with good low temperature performance", U.S. Patent No. 8,920,981 (2014).
M. C. Smart, K. A. Smith, Ratnakumar V. Bugga, G. K. S. Prakash, and F. C. Krause, "Lithium-ion electrolytes containing flame retardant additives for increased safety characteristics", U.S. Patent No. 8,795,903 (2014).
M. C. Smart, R. V. Bugga, G. K. S. Prakash, K. A. Smith, P. Bhalla, "Lithium-ion Electrolytes with Fluoroester Co-Solvents", U.S. Patent No. 8,748,046 (2014).