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Selected Electrochemical Research, Technology, & Engineering Group Publications and Patents -- 2018

Publications

M. C. Smart, B. V. Ratnakumar, R. C. Ewell, S. Surampudi, F. Puglia, and R. Gitzendanner, "The Use of Lithium-Ion Batteries for JPL's Mars Rovers", J. Electrochimica Acta, 268, 27-40 (2018). doi:10.1016/ j.electacta.2018.02.020.

"Room-temperature cycling of metal fluoride electrodes: Liquid electrolytes for high-energy fluoride ion cells", Davis, VK; Bates, CM; Omichi, K; Savoie, BM; Momcilovic, N; Xu, QM; Wolf, WJ; Webb, MA; Billings, KJ; Chou, NH; Alayoglu, S; McKenney, RK; Darolles, IM; Nair, NG; Hightower, A; Rosenberg, D; Ahmed, M; Brooks, CJ; Miller, TF; Grubbs, RH; Jones, SC, SCIENCE, Volume: 362  Issue: 6419  Pages: 1144-, DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7070 (2018).

"High Specific Energy Lithium Primary Batteries as Power Sources for Deep Space Exploration", Frederick C. Krause, John-Paul Jones, Simon C. Jones, Jasmina Pasalic, Keith J. Billings, William C. West, Marshall C. Smart, Ratnakumar V. Bugga, and Erik J. Brandon, J. Electrochem. Soc., 165, A2312 (2018).

Invited Paper:  "Energy Storage Technologies for Small Satellite Applications", Keith B. Chin, Ratnakumar V. Bugga, Simon C. Jones, Marshall C. Smart, Frederick C. Krause, Gary G. Bolotin, William C. West, and Erik J. Brandon, Proc. IEEE, 106, 1 (2018).

"Geoelectrodes and Fuel Cells for Simulating Hydrothermal Vent Environments", Laura M. Barge, Frederick C. Krause, John-Paul Jones, Keith Billings, Pablo Sobron,  Astrobiology, (2018), 18:9, 1147-1158; doi: 10.1089/ast.2017.1707

"In Situ Polysulfide Detection in Lithium Sulfur Cells", John-Paul Jones, Simon C. Jones, Frederick C. Krause, Jasmina Pasalic, Ratnakumar Bugga, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., (2018), 9, 3751-3755; doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01400

"Factors Limiting Li+ Charge Transfer Kinetics in Li-Ion Batteries", T. Richard Jow, Samuel A. Delp, Jan L. Allen, John-Paul Jones, and Marshall C. Smart., J. Electrochem. Soc., (2018), 165(2): A361-A367; doi: 10.1149/2.1221802jes

"New Separators in Lithium/Sulfur Cells with High-Capacity Cathodes",  Ratnakumar Bugga, John-Paul Jones, Simon C. Jones, Frederick C. Krause, Jasmina Pasalic, Devi S. Ganapathi, Mary Hendrickson, and Edward J. Plichta, J. Electrochem. Soc., (2018), 165(1): A6021-A6028; doi:10.1149/2.0051801jes

"An introductory study using impedance spectroscopy technique with polarizable microelectrode for amino acids characterization", K. B. Chin, I. Chi, J. Pasalic, C.-K. Huang, and Laura M. Barge, Review of Scientific Instruments, 89, 045108 (2018).

"Evaluation of supercapacitors for space applications under thermal vacuum conditions," Keith C. Chin, Nelson W. Green, Erik J. Brandon, Journal of Power Sources, 379, 155-159 (2018).

 


Issued Patents

B. Hallac, M. C. Smart, F. C. Krause, B. M. Metz, R. V. Bugga, J. Jiang, "Electrolytes for low impedance, wide operating temperature range Lithium-ion battery module", United States Patent 9,947,960 (April 17, 2018).

"Solar Fuel Generator", Nathan S. Lewis, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Chengxiang Xiang, William C. West, U.S. Patent No. 20, 026,560 B2 (2018).

"Triblock brush block copolymers", Grubbs, Robert H.; Bates, Christopher M.; Chang, Alice; McNicholas, Brendon; Jones, Simon C., US 10,153,513 B2, (2018).