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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Exploratory Projects

Efficient Cell-Free Hydrogen Production from Glucose

Kuchenreuther J. M. et al. "High-yield expression of heterologous [FeFe] hydrogenases in Escherichia coli," PlosOne 5, 11, e15491, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015491 (2010).

Geological Sequestration of CO₂ – An Exploratory Study of the Mechanisms and Kinetics of CO₂ Reaction with Mg-Silicates

Del Real, G., P. Maher, G. E. Brown, and D. K. Bird. “CO₂ sequestration in ultramafic rocks: Geological, physical, and chemical constraints from the Red Mountain Magnesite District, California,” (in preparation, 2010).
Johnson, N. C, B. Thomas, K. Maher, D. K. Bird, R. B. Rosenbauer, and G. E. Brown, Jr. “Kinetics of olivine carbonation at 60°C and 100 bar.” Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (in preparation, 2010).

High capacity molecular hydrogen storage in novel crystalline solids

Kroon, M. C., H. Docherty, P. T. Cummings, C. J. Peters, G.-J. Witkamp, and W. L. Mao. “Novel interactions in hydrogen-rich van der Waals compound CH4(H2)4,” JACS (submitted, 2010).

High Voltage Alloys for Lithium Battery Cathodes

C. Wessells, F. La Mantia, R. Ruffo, R.A. Huggins, and Y. Cui, “Investigations of the electrochemical stability of aqueous electrolytes for lithium battery applications”, Electrochemical Solid State Letters 13 (5) A59-A61, doi:10.1149/1.3329652 (2010).
R. Ruffo, C. Wessells, R.A. Huggins, and Y. Cui, “Electrochemical behavior of LiCoO2 as aqueous lithium-ion battery electrodes”, Electrochemistry Communications 11 (2), 247-249, doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2008.11.015 (2009).

Multijunction Nanowire Solar Cells for Inexpensive and Highly Efficient Photoelectricity: Enabling Methods

Hu, S., A.F. Marshall, and P.C. McIntyre. “Interface-controlled low-temperature metal-induced crystallization of germanium films on amorphous substrates.” Adv. Mater. (submitted, 2010).

Nanotube Networks as Transparent Electrodes for Solar Cells

Rowell, M. W., M. A. Topinka, M. D. McGehee, H. J. Prall, G. Dennler, N. S. Sariciftci, L. Hu, and G. Gruner. “Organic solar cells with carbon nanotube network electrodes.” Applied Physics Letters 88 (23), 233506-1-3, doi:10.1063/1.2209887 (2006).

Nanowire-Nanocrystal Multiexciton Solar Cells

Zhu, J. H. Peng, C. K. Chan, and Yi Cui. “Hyperbranched lead selenide nanowire networks” Nano Letters, Vol 7, No. 4, 1095-1099, doi:10.1021/nl0700393 (2007).

Spectroscopic Characterization of Multi-Exciton Generation Efficiency in Nano-Structured Materials

Ji, Minbiao, J., S. Park, S. T. Connor, T. Mokari, Y. Cui, and K. J. Gaffney. “Efficient multiple exciton generation observed in colloidal PbSe quantum dots with temporally and pectrally resolved intraband excitation.” Nano Letters, 9 (3), 1217-1222, doi:10.1021/nl900103f (2009).