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Thermal Energy Group

We are a science-to-systems lab conducting research in manipulating matter at nanoscale dimensions for novel applications in a multitude of thermal, solar, and electrochemical energy devices and systems. We combine theoretical, computational, and experimental techniques to understand energy conversion, storage, and transport.

Thermal Energy Storage Materials & Systems

Thermal Diagnostics and Management of Batteries

Photon and Phonon Science for Energy Technologies

Machine Learning for Metamaterial Design

Zero and Negative Carbon Technologies

Water Desalination & Critical Material Recovery

Thermal Physics of Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Manipulation of Solid-Liquid-Vapor Phase Change for Energy Applications

Nonlinear Thermal Devices

Recent Publications

Zeng, Yuqiang, Buyi Zhang, Yanbao Fu, Fengyu Shen, Qiye Zheng, Divya Chalise, Ruijiao Miao, Sumanjeet Kaur, Sean D Lubner, Michael C Tucker, Vincent S Battaglia, Chris Dames, and Ravi S Prasher."Extreme fast charging of commercial Li-ion batteries via combined thermal switching and self-heating approaches."Nature Communications 14.1 (2023). DOI
Zhang, Buyi, Bei Fan, Zhi Huang, Kenneth Higa, Vincent S Battaglia, and Ravi S Prasher."A Review of Dispersion Film Drying Research."Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 20.3 (2023). DOI
Menon, Akanksha K, Mingxin Jia, Sumanjeet Kaur, Chris Dames, and Ravi S Prasher."Distributed desalination using solar energy: A technoeconomic framework to decarbonize nontraditional water treatment."iScience 26.2 (2023) 105966. DOI
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