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Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids (2014)
Journal Article
Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids. RSC Advances, 4(76), 40281-40285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra08116a

Cryo-solvatochromism (blue to green) in response to cooling from room temperature to well below 0 °C can have many applications, and has been achieved in an ionic liquid, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, containing di-(1-buty... Read More about Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids.

Carbon electrodeposition in molten salts: Electrode reactions and applications (2014)
Journal Article
Ijije, H. V., Lawrence, R. C., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Carbon electrodeposition in molten salts: Electrode reactions and applications. RSC Advances, 4(67), 35808-35817. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra04629c

The chemistry of carbon deposition in molten salts has been studied by a number of researchers with quite different interpretations of the reactions involved. This paper therefore reviews and discusses available literature on the cathodic and anodic... Read More about Carbon electrodeposition in molten salts: Electrode reactions and applications.

Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode (2013)
Journal Article
Peng, C., Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode. Energy and Environmental Science, 7(3), 1018-1022. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee43817a

Half electrolysis consists of a single faradaic reaction and a supercapacitor electrode. The electrolytic product is only produced at the faradaic electrode and the low voltage electrolysis is highly energy efficient.

The Ionic Diffusion Model for the Solid Oxide Cathode and Its Verification by the Electrolysis of Ta2O5 in Molten CaCl2 (2013)
Journal Article
Chen, H. L., Wang, Z. Y., Jin, X. B., & Chen, G. (2014). The Ionic Diffusion Model for the Solid Oxide Cathode and Its Verification by the Electrolysis of Ta2O5 in Molten CaCl2. Journal of Electrochemistry, 20(3), 266-271. https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.130886

The deoxidation speed of a solid oxide cathode in molten CaCl2 can be estimated by the PRS steady diffusion model of O2, which correlates the deoxidation speed with the precursor porosity, P, the metal-to-oxide molar volume ratio, R, and the cathode... Read More about The Ionic Diffusion Model for the Solid Oxide Cathode and Its Verification by the Electrolysis of Ta2O5 in Molten CaCl2.

Influences of ions and temperature on performance of carbon nano-particulates in supercapacitors with neutral aqueous electrolytes (2013)
Journal Article
Chae, J. H., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Influences of ions and temperature on performance of carbon nano-particulates in supercapacitors with neutral aqueous electrolytes. Particuology, 15, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2013.02.008

A commercial product of carbon nano-particles, Cabot MONACH 1300 pigment black (CMPB), was studied for basic structural information and electrochemical performance in neutral aqueous electrolytes, aiming at applications in supercapacitors. As confirm... Read More about Influences of ions and temperature on performance of carbon nano-particulates in supercapacitors with neutral aqueous electrolytes.

Near-net-shape production of hollow titanium alloy components via electrochemical reduction of metal oxide precursors in molten salts (2013)
Journal Article
Hu, D., Xiao, W., & Chen, G. Z. (2013). Near-net-shape production of hollow titanium alloy components via electrochemical reduction of metal oxide precursors in molten salts. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 44(2), 272-282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-013-9800-5

Metal oxide precursors (ca. 90 wt pct Ti, 6 wt pct Al, and 4 wt pct V) were prepared with a hollow structure in various shapes such as a sphere, miniature golf club head, and cup using a one-step solid slip-casting process. The precursors were then e... Read More about Near-net-shape production of hollow titanium alloy components via electrochemical reduction of metal oxide precursors in molten salts.

Forming metal powders by electrolysis (2013)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z. (2013). Forming metal powders by electrolysis. In I. Chang, & Y. Zhao (Eds.), Advances in Powder Metallurgy: Properties, Processing and Applications (19-41). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098900.1.19

Fossil fuels will eventually be replaced by renewables. Currently, the most feasible and efficient way of utilising renewable energy is to convert it to electricity. In response to this change, fossil energy-based pyrometallurgical processes will ine... Read More about Forming metal powders by electrolysis.

Electrochemical Performance of Screen-Printed Composite Coatings of Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes on Titanium Bipolar Plates in Aqueous Asymmetrical Supercapacitors (2012)
Journal Article
Zhou, X., & Chen, G. Z. (2012). Electrochemical Performance of Screen-Printed Composite Coatings of Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes on Titanium Bipolar Plates in Aqueous Asymmetrical Supercapacitors. Journal of Electrochemistry, 18(5-6), 548-565

Composites of conducting polymers (polypyrrole and polyaniline) with acid treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes were formulated into printable aqueous inks, with the aid of functional additives (benzethonium chloride as a surfactant with or without p... Read More about Electrochemical Performance of Screen-Printed Composite Coatings of Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes on Titanium Bipolar Plates in Aqueous Asymmetrical Supercapacitors.

Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulsangcharoen, P., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., De, D., Patel, C., Asher, G., & Chen, G. Z. (2012). Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery. In 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2012.0341

Newly developed electrochemical energy storage devices are typically produced as single/small quantity and small size devices. This makes their evaluation very difficult in high power applications that would require production of much larger size dev... Read More about Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery.

Produced water treatment technologies (2012)
Journal Article
Igunnu, E. T., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Produced water treatment technologies. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 9(3), 157-177. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/cts049

Produced water is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic compounds and the largest volume of by-product generated during oil and gas recovery operations. The potential of oilfield produced water to be a source of fresh water for water-stressed oi... Read More about Produced water treatment technologies.

Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties (2011)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Gao, B., Chen, G. Z., Mokaya, R., Sotiropoulos, S., & Li Puma, G. (2011). Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 110, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.08.023

Combining carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with TiO2 at the nano-scale level can promote the separation of the electron-hole charges generated upon irradiation. However, charge separation capability depends on the quality of the interfacial contact between CN... Read More about Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core-shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties.

Electro-deoxidation of solid chromium oxide in molten chloride salts (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gordo, E., Chen, G. Z., & Fray, D. J. (2005, February). Electro-deoxidation of solid chromium oxide in molten chloride salts. Paper presented at TMS Annual Meeting 2005, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

Chromium is industrially produced by aluminothermic reduction of Cr 2O3 or electrodeposition from the aqueous NH 4Cr(SO4)2 solution. The former makes more a expensive product than an electrolytic method because the reductant, aluminium, is produced b... Read More about Electro-deoxidation of solid chromium oxide in molten chloride salts.

Extraction of titanium from solid titanium dioxide in molten salts (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fray, D. J., & Chen, G. Z. (2004). Extraction of titanium from solid titanium dioxide in molten salts. In Cost-Affordable Titanium (9-17)

The search for a cheaper replacement for the Hunter and Kroll Processes has continued ever since titanium was first produced commercially. In 2000, the authors reported that it was possible to reduce titanium and other metal oxides directly to metals... Read More about Extraction of titanium from solid titanium dioxide in molten salts.

The use of electro-deoxidation to reduce titanium dioxide and other metal oxides (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fray, D. J., & Chen, G. Z. (2001, October). The use of electro-deoxidation to reduce titanium dioxide and other metal oxides. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Materials Engineering for Resources

Titanium is usually extracted by the Kroll process in which titanium tetrachloride is reduced by magnesium to form titanium sponge and magnesium chloride. This is an expensive and time consuming process which makes titanium a very expensive metal. Al... Read More about The use of electro-deoxidation to reduce titanium dioxide and other metal oxides.

Selecting the power electronic interface for a supercapattery based energy storage system
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., Asher, G., & Chen, G. Z. (in press). Selecting the power electronic interface for a supercapattery based energy storage system. In 2009 IEEE Bucharest PowerTech. https://doi.org/10.1109/PTC.2009.5281965

This paper presents the initial investigations in selecting the topology of the power electronic interface for an energy storage system for power levelling applications based on a novel storage device, the supercapattery. The particularities of the s... Read More about Selecting the power electronic interface for a supercapattery based energy storage system.

Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulsangcharoen, P., Klumpner, C., Zhou, X., Peng, C., Chen, G. Z., Rashed, M., & Asher, G. (in press). Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems.

The increase of renewable energy generation seen as the only way to ensure clean and sustainable development, is under scrutiny due to its intermittent nature and an insufficient development of com-plementary technologies such as electrical energy st... Read More about Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems.