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  • New chemistry for electrochemical energy storage applications

    Creator:
    Wang, Xingfeng
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    Electrochemical capacitors and batteries are two major electrochemical energy storage technologies, which have been investigated extensively to meet the rapidly-growing demand for higher energy, higher power, lower cost and enhanced safety in the past few decades. With the charge storage mechanism of electrostatic charge adsorption desorption via electrical double layers,...
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    reported for the first time, which enables aqueous capacitors to store a maximum energy of 7.1 Wh/kg, on

  • Part I: Synthetic Studies toward C10-functionalized Lycopodium Alkaloids. Part II: Exploration of the Pummerer Cyclization and Its Application to the Total Syntheses of the Abietane Diterpenoids

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    Li, Xin
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    This dissertation is separated into two parts according to the two major distinct research projects. In Part I, the full account of synthetic studies toward C10-functionalized lycopodium alkaloids is described. In Part II, the detailed discussion on the exploration of the Pummerer cyclization methodology and its application to the total...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Xin Li for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry presented

  • The Total Kinetic Energy Release in the Fast Neutron-induced Fission of ²³²Th

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    King, Jonathan W.
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    The post-emission total kinetic energy release (TKE) in the neutron induced fission of ²³²Th was measured (using white spectrum neutrons from LANSCE) for neutron energies from En = 3 to 91 MeV. In this energy range the average post-neutron total kinetic energy release decreases from 162.3 ± 0.3 at En...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 4.2 The average post-TKE measured for the 232Th (n,f) reaction as a function of neutron energy

  • Unlocking Water's Potential for Energy Storage: Abundant Materials for a Ubiquitous Problem

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    Leonard, Daniel P.
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    Water is an absolute necessity for life as we know it. It provides a useful medium in which chemical reactions take place that allowed for the development of single cellular organisms. When combined with the evolutionary accident that was pho- tosynthesis, water became not only a useful medium chemical reactions,...
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    chemical reactions, but also a ready feedstock for the storage of chemical energy. The potential to use

  • Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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    Harthcock, Colin
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    In this dissertation, I describe spectroscopic studies of jet-cooled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and one nitrogen substituted PAH (PANH) using pulsed field zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy and resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy. Recently, there has been a demand for far-infrared (FIR) spectral information of astrophysically relevant molecules...
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    studies and the actual values of vibrational frequencies are both necessary for modeling the energy

  • Zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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    Zhang, Jie
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    In this dissertation, I present electronic spectra of a few polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): tetracene, pentacene, pyrene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene and benzo[a]pyrene using resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) and zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy. The work of tetracene and pentacene also combine a laser desorption source with a ZEKE spectrometer, demonstrating...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jie Zhang for the

  • Novel nanocomposite synthesis for high-performance thermoelectrics

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    Eilertsen, James S.
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    Thermoelectric materials are playing a larger role in the global effort to develop diverse, efficient, and sustainable energy technologies: primarily through power-generating thermoelectric modules. The principal components of thermoelectric modules are solid-state thermoelectric materials – typically heavily doped semiconductors – that convert heat directly into electricity. However, this conversion efficiency...
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    motivated unprecedented demand for a host of diverse, clean, and sustainable energy technologies and may

  • The identification and quantitation of complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures in environmental samples using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry

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    Manzano, Carlos A.
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    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants and are mostly products of the incomplete combustion of organic material. PAHs are often found in environmental samples as a complex mixture of isomers. In addition, the same sources that produce complex PAH mixtures also produce other poorly characterized mixtures of organic compounds,...
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    crystalline polysiloxane stationary phases for high-resolution gas chromatography. Journal of Chromatography

  • A photoactivable microfluidic device for heavy metal ion extraction

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    Nammoonnoy, Jintana
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    The development of microfluidic devices for heavy metal extraction is presented in this dissertation. Various research areas, covering subjects from photochromic compound syntheses to microchip fabrication techniques are explored to develop microfluidic devices capable of extracting heavy metal ions from drinking water. Through integration of the beneficial characteristics of both...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jintana Nammoonnoy for

  • Copper and iron chalcogenides for efficient solar absorption

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    Platt, Heather A. S.
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    This dissertation outlines two approaches for improving the efficiency and reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy generation. First, the structures of known binary copper and iron compounds are used to choose the promising compositions Fe₂XS₄ (X = Si, Ge), Cu₃TaQ₄ (Q = Se, Te), and BaCuQ'F (Q' = S, Se,...
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    5.8 Calculated absorption coefficient vs energy for Cu3TaSe4 and Cu3TaTe4. . 97 LIST OF FIGURES