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Interfacial phenomena is a cross-cutting theme in our research. The interfaces between different materials and phases in energy systems is central to the performance and degradation of advanced energy technologies including batteries, fuel cells, carbon capture, fuel upgrading and more. Our research aims to understand the chemical-physical processes at interfaces such as mass and charge transport, surface reactions, and field effects to understand the fundamental materials behavior and use that understanding to design better technologies.<\/p>\n

Our work in this area has been funded by NSF (\u00a0<\/span>2034154<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>1932922<\/a>) and DOE (DEEE0007332) in the areas of advanced batteries, fuel upgrading, and cavitation in fuel injectors.<\/p>\n

Relevant Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nAuthors<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nPublication<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2022<\/td>\nX. Shan, M. Morey<\/b>, Z. Li, S. Zhao, S. Song, Z. Xiao, H. Feng, S. Gao, G. Li, A. Sokolov,E.M. Ryan<\/b>, K. Xu, M. Tian, Y. He, H. Yang, P. Cao<\/td>\nA Polymer Electrolyte with High Cationic Transport Number for Safe and Stable Solid Li-Metal Batteries<\/a><\/td>\nACS Energy Letters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nA. Gupta, G. McDonough, J. Moreira, J. Lau, V. Doheny,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, S. Grace, G. Holt<\/td>\nPassive cavitation imaging in fuel injector nozzles<\/a><\/td>\nThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nA. Hubble,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, J. Goldfrab<\/td>\nEnhancing pyrolysis gas and bio-oil formation through transition metals as in situ catalysts<\/a><\/td>\nFuel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nM. Morey<\/b>,\u00a0J. Loftus<\/b>,\u00a0A. Cannon<\/b>,\u00a0E. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nInterfacial studies on the effects of patterned anodes for guided lithium deposition in lithium metal batteries<\/a><\/td>\nThe Journal of Chemical Physics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nS. Gao,\u00a0A. Cannon<\/b>, F. Sun, Y. Pan, D. Yang, S. Ge, N. Liu, A. P. Sokolov,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, H. Yang, and P. Cao<\/td>\nGlass-fiber-reinforced polymeric film as an efficient protecting layer for stable Li metal electrodes<\/a><\/td>\nCell Reports Physical Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nS. Rajendran, Z. Tang, A. George,\u00a0A. Cannon\u00a0<\/b>, C. Neumann, A. Sawas,\u00a0E. M. Ryan<\/b>, A. Turchanin, L.M. Reddy Arava<\/td>\nInhibition of Lithium Dendrite Formation in Lithium Metal Batteries via Regulated Cation Transport through Ultrathin Sub-Nanometer Porous Carbon Nanomembranes,\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nAdvanced Energy Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nA. Cannon<\/b>,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nCharacterizing the Microstructure of Separators in Lithium Batteries and Their Effects on Dendritic Growth.<\/a><\/td>\nACS Applied Energy Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nK. Dong, Y. Xu,\u00a0J. Tan<\/b>, M. Osenberg, C. Yang F. Sun, Z. Kochovski, D. T. Pham, S. Mei, A. Hilger,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, Y. Lu, J. Banhart, I. Manke<\/td>\nnravelling the Mechanism of Lithium Nucleation and Growth and the Interaction with the Solid Electrolyte Interface<\/a><\/td>\nACS Energy Letters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nD. Gopalakrishnan, S. Alkatie,\u00a0A. Cannon<\/b>, S. Rajendran, N.K. Thangavel, N. Bhagirath,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, L.M. Reddy Arava<\/td>\nAnisotropic mass transport using ionic liquid crystalline electrolytes to suppress lithium dendrite growth<\/a><\/td>\nSustainable Energy and Fuels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nD. Villafranco, A. Gupta,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, R.G. Holt, S. Grace<\/td>\nAn Assessment of Homogeneous Mixture Method Cavitation Models in Predicting Cavitation in Nozzle Flow<\/a><\/td>\nJournal of Fluids Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nE. Arai<\/b>, A. Tartakovsky, R.G. Holt, S. Grace,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nComparison of Surface Tension Generation Methods in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Dynamic Systems<\/a><\/td>\nComputer and Fluids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nE. Arai<\/b>, D. Villafranco, S. Grace,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nSimulating Bubble Dynamics in a Buoyant System<\/a><\/td>\nInternational Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nG. McDonough, J. Moreira, A. Gupta,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, S. Grace, G. Holt<\/td>\nThe effect of tapered entrance in nozzle flow cavitation<\/a><\/td>\nhe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nK. R. Dupre<\/b>, A. Vyas, J.L. Goldfard,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nInvestigation of Computational Upscaling of Adsorption of SO2 and CO2 in Fixed Bed Columns<\/a>.<\/td>\nAdsorption<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nE.M. Ryan<\/b>,\u00a0P. Mukherjee<\/b><\/b><\/td>\nMesoscale Modeling in Electrochemical Devices – A Critical Perspective.<\/a><\/td>\nProgress in Energy and Combustion Science<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nL. Watson, H. Do, S. Grace,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b>, G. Holt<\/b><\/td>\nVoid fraction inference in cavitating fuel injector flows<\/a><\/td>\nThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nJ. Tan<\/b>,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/td>\nStructured Electrolytes to Suppress Dendrite Growth in High Energy Density Batteries<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0International Journal of Energy Research<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nJ. Tan<\/b>, A. Tartakovsky,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/b><\/td>\nComputational study of electro-convection effects on dendrite growth in batteries<\/a>.<\/td>\nJournal of Power Sources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJ. Tan<\/b>, A. Tartakovsky, K. Ferris,\u00a0E.M. Ryan<\/b><\/b><\/td>\nInvestigating the effects of anisotropic mass transport on dendrite growth in high energy density lithium batteries<\/a>.<\/td>\nJournal of The Electrochemical Society<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nE.M. Ryan<\/b>, W. Xu, X. Sun, and M.A. Khaleel<\/b><\/td>\nA damage model for degradation in the electrodes of solid oxide fuel cells: Modeling the effects of sulfur and antimony in the anode<\/a><\/td>\nJournal of Power Sources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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