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An Investigation into the Charge Storage Mechanism and Cycling Performance of Mn2O3 as the Cathode Material for Zinc-ion Batteries
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There has been increasing research interest to develop next generation energy storage devices to replace or at least compliment lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), because of their potential safety issues and resource deficiencies. Aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are becoming one of the...
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Economic and Environmental Assessment of Large-scale Electro-chemical and Flywheel Energy Storage Systems for Stationary Applications
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There are few cost and environmental feasibility assessments of energy storage systems for utility-scale applications. The development of techno-economic and environmental performance indicators is crucial to make an informed decision on future development and deployment of energy storage...
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High Performance Electrode and Catalyst Nano-materials for Energy Storage Devices: Supercapacitors, Pseudocapacitors and Zinc-air Batteries Made from Asphaltene Based Carbon Fibers
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The demand for grid-scale energy storage becomes significant as the world continues to move towards renewable and sustainable energy storage technologies. Capacitors and batteries are energy storage devices used in almost all electronic devices. The first study in this work investigated the...
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Fall 2019
Modern residential buildings are complex cyber-physical systems housing energy systems with numerous sensors and actuators. In recent years, the falling costs of battery storage and photovoltaic systems have substantially increased the number of “solar-plus-battery” installations in these...
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Fall 2022
The study is dedicated to investigating the possibility of a new type of fixed-bed steam methane reformer heated by an electrical current flowing through the particles. The objective of the thesis is to develop multi-scale modeling for the electrically heated reformer made of bi-disperse...
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Spring 2018
Energy storage systems (ESSs) play a key role in the implementation of sustainable energy. However, the life cycle cost, energy use, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which are important decision factors for their implementation, has received limited attention. For this reason, the economic and...