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1. NOVEL SMART POLYMER – SORBENT-BASED THERMAL BATTERY FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS

Keyword:: Thermal Energy Storage, Thermal Battery, Smart Polymer, Sorbent, and Cold Climates
Creator:: El Ouaragli, Jihan
Advisor:: Van Dessel, Steven
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Civil & Environmental Engineering

2. Surface Science of Low-Dimensional Materials: Controlling Chemical and Optoelectronic Structure, Connecting Dissimilar Materials, and Improving Atmospheric Stability

Keyword:: Low-dimensional materials surface science, Titania titanium dioxide TiO2, MXene, XPS, BiOI, and UPS
Creator:: Martin, Julia
Advisor:: Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemistry & Biochemistry

3. Dynamic Catalytic Microreactor Design and Operation in Overcoming Inherent Thermodynamic Limitations

Keyword:: Thermal Oscillations, Catalysis, Heat Transfer, Microreactors, and Reaction Engineering
Creator:: Armstrong, Cameron
Advisor:: Teixeira, Andrew R
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

4. Colloidal Interaction of Cellulose with Solid-acid Catalyst and Its Implications for Hydrolysis

Keyword:: Cellulose Hydrolysis, Colloidal Interaction, Surface Energy, Solid Acid Catalyst, Contact Angle, and Biomass Decomposition
Creator:: Zhang, Ziyang
Advisor:: Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-12-06
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

5. Atomistic Modeling of Key Factors in Catalytic Ethanol Oxidation

Keyword:: Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells, Catalysis, Modeling, DFT, and Ethanol Oxidation
Creator:: Mei, Yuhan
Advisor:: Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-07-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

6. Developing Viable Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation Using Electronic Structure Calculations

Keyword:: Metal-Metal Oxides, Density Functional Theory, Segregation Energy, Ethanol Oxidation, Alloys, Cluster Expansion, and Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells
Creator:: Farsi, Lida
Advisor:: Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-05-30
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

7. Novel Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

Keyword:: nanotechnology, photoelectrochemical water splitting, and metal oxides
Creator:: Zhou, Lite
Advisor:: Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Materials Science & Engineering

8. Cu-Catalyzed Amination of sp3 C-H Bonds

Keyword:: C-H functionalization, Transition Metal Catalysis, and Amination
Creator:: Wang, Anqi
Advisor:: Emmert, Marion H
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemistry & Biochemistry

9. Supercritical Water Assisted Zeolite Catalyzed Upgrading of Hydrocarbons

Keyword:: Dodecane Cracking, Supercritical Water, Brønsted acid , ZSM-5, Heterogeneous Catalysis, and Zeolite
Creator:: Zaker, Azadeh
Advisor:: Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-12-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

10. Reaction Engineering Implications of Using Water for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass

Creator:: Tyufekchiev, Maksim V.
Advisor:: Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-01-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering