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Atomic Layer Deposition of Transition Metal Oxide Coatings for Oxygen Catalysis at the Air Electrode in Zn-Air Batteries
DownloadFall 2024
Energy storage is a critical step in fully adopting renewable energy, such as wind and solar, and eliminating carbon emissions from fossil fuel use. Electrochemical batteries are a versatile energy storage system and, as the ubiquitous battery of today, Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have begun to...
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Fall 2017
Flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) have a wide range of applications in energy grids and transportation such as load balancing, frequency regulation, power quality improvement, and primary or secondary power supplies. Recently, the adoption of high strength composite rotors has allowed FESS...
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Gas Diffusion Layers Impregnated with Metal Oxide Decorated and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Catalysts for Electrically Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries
DownloadSpring 2020
Secondary zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have garnered interest in recent years as a promising technology for energy storage due to their minimal safety concerns, low cost, and a high theoretical energy density. However, many issues still need to be resolved for commercialization of ZABs. Many of...
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Fall 2021
With continued growth in global carbon emissions, much of the developed world is curtailing its dependence on fossil fuels. Broad decarbonization will not come from a single source, but rather a combination of policy, technology, and innovation. Wind power has seen significant development in...
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Investigation of Failure Modes of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Flywheel Rotors for Energy Storage Systems
DownloadFall 2022
High-velocity and long-lifetime operating conditions of modern high-speed energy storage flywheel rotors may create the necessary conditions for failure modes not included in current quasi-static failure analyses. The central hypothesis for this thesis research is that (i) viscoelastic effects...
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Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Decorated Carbon Nanomaterials as Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries
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As awareness of global warming increases and the geopolitically influenced energy supply fluctuates, the global economy is in dire need of a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Although renewable energies are sustainable and have favorable environmental impacts, they suffer...