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Author:: McLafferty, Jason
Title:: ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS: SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE AND ORGANOTIN HYDRIDES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: organic electrochemistry
electroreduction
hydrogen storage
sodium borohydride
File:: Download Jason_McLafferty_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Wenjuan
Title:: Designing Ion-containing polymers for facile ion transport
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Lithium ion batteries
ab initio calculations
ionic conductors
polymeric materials
dielectric spectroscopy
electrode polariz
File:: Download WenjuanLiu_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Fang
Title:: Development of novel cathode materials and optimization of electrode performance towards scaling-up applications of microbial fuel cells
Graduate Program:: Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: microbial fuel cells
poly(dimethylsiloxane)
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
current collector
activated carbon
set anode potential
separator electrode assembly
pre-acclimated culture inoculum
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Fang_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:: Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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Author:: Yeh, Kuan-yu
Title:: Atomistic Modeling Of The Cathode/electrolyte Interface In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cells
oxygen reduction reaction
electrochemical interface
DFT models
MD simulations
File:: Download YEH_Kuan-Yu_Dissertation_9_27_submit_700dpi_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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Author:: Smedley, Sarah Black
Title:: Water hydrogen bonding in proton exchange and neutral polymer membranes
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: hydrogen bonding
proton exchange membrane
FTIR
vibrational spectroscopy
superacid
water treatment membrane
File:: Download SSmedley_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

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Author:: Adhikari, Jwala Mani
Title:: Role of Interfacial, Static and Dynamic Disorder on High Performance Organic Field-effect Transistors
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: organic semiconductors
organic single crystals
thin film disorder
polymer gate dielectric
rubrene
C8BTBT
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Adhikari_J.M.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Le, Thinh Phuc
Title:: Pathway Towards High Performance Organic Photovoltaics: Contact Doping and Morphology Control
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: organic photovoltaics
organic semiconductors
polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering
PSOXS
Morphology control
contact doping
crystallization control
polymer crystallization
File:: Download Le_Thesis_Final_formatted.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

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Author:: Mccrum, Ian Taylor
Title:: Understanding the effects of electrolyte pH and spectator ions on electrocatalysis
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: electrocatalysis
density functional theory
hydrogen oxidation
alkaline fuel cells
specific adsorption
ion effects
File:: Download ITMcCrum_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Outside Member

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Author:: Aplan, Melissa Paige
Title:: Conjugated Block Copolymers as Model Systems to Examine Mechanisms of Charge and Energy Transfer in Organic Materials
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: block copolymers
organic electronics
photophysics
charge transfer
organic photovoltaics
conjugated polymers
File:: Download Aplan_FinalDissertation_07-15-18.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Outside Member

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Author:: Litofsky, Joshua Harrison
Title:: Reading between the lamellae: Elucidating block copolymer morphology using polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: block copolymers
organic electronics
x-ray scattering
conjugated polymers
organic semiconductors
File:: Download Litofsky__Josh_-_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

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