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Author:

Hess, Andrew R

Title:

Phosphazenes for Energy Production and Storage: Applied and Exploratory Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphazene
polyphosphazene
polymer electrolytes
DSSC
dye sensitized solar cell
lithium battery
lithium-ion battery

File:

Download AndrewHess_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Special Member

Author:

Yi, Ran

Title:

Development Of High-energy Silicon-based Anode Materials For Lithium-ion Storage

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
anodes
silicon
composite
hybrid capacitors

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_of_Ran_Yi.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Wallack, Maxwell James

Title:

Reducing nitrogen crossover in microbial reverse-electrodialysis fuel cells by using ion exchange resin

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

MFC
MREC
MRC
electrodialysis
resin
membrane
nitrogen
ammonia
crossover

File:

Download 1-M_Wallack_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Shuru

Title:

Development of Cathode Materials and Electrolytes for High-energy Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-Sulfur
Batteries
Electrolyte
Cathode
Dimethyl Disulfide
Silicon anode

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_of_Shuru_Chen_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Mcenaney, Joshua M

Title:

Colloidal Nanochemistry Applied to the Discovery and Characterization of Earth-abundant Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Co2 Photoreduction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanosynthesis
Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
CO2 Photoreduction
Electrocatalyst
Metal Phosphide

File:

Download Joshua_M_McEnaney_Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Capparelli, Clara

Title:

Influence Of Carbon Spacers And Alkyl Pendant Chains On The Stability Of Quaternary Ammonium Cations For Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

anion exchange membranes
degradation
small molecule cations
NMR
LCMS
membrane degradation

File:

Download PS_Thesis_-_Clara_Capparelli.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shadeck, Michael Thomas

Title:

Translational and Rotational Diffusion in Ionic Liquids Through NMR Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Diffusion
Ionic Liquids
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Translational Diffusion
Rotational Diffusion

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Olah, Michael G

Title:

Development of Poly(benzyl ethers) that Undergo Selective, Continuous Depolymerization for Use in Responsive Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polymers
depolymerization
responsive materials
self-immolative polymers
photoresist

File:

Download Olah_dissertation_8-6-2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Bartels, Joshua Michael

Title:

Inorganic Backbone Ionomers: Design and Dielectric Response of Single-ion Conducting Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionomers
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polysiloxane
Polyphosphazene
Conducting Polymer

File:

Download Bartels_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Special Member

Author:

Oh, Hyukkeun

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Ionomers as Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Polymer Electrolytes
Ionomers

File:

Download Thesis_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Christensen, Caroline Marie

Title:

Synthesis and Cross-linking of Anthracene-based Polymers and Optimization of Single-phase Suzuki Polycondensation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chemistry
polymers
conjugated polymers
Suzuki coupling
Suzuki Polycondensation
anthracene
organic synthesis

File:

Download Christensen_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nunez, Sean Andrew

Title:

Alkaline Degradation Studies of Anion Exchange Polymers to Enable New Membrane Designs

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fuel cell
polymer chemistry
exchange membrane
FTIR
NMR

File:

Download SNUNEZ-PhDThesisFinal4.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Special Member