Faculty Publication Round Up, Spring 2024

Here are the latest BEST Center faculty publications from 12/2023-6/2024:

CU Boulder

  1. Eric Ohene, Moncef Krarti, Albert PC Chan, Shu-Chien Hsu, Mark K Ansah (2024). Optimal design guidelines for net zero energy residential buildings in cooling-dominated climates: Case study of Ghana. Building and Environment, 260: 111685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111685.
  2. Moncef Krarti (2024). Design Approach for Carbon-Neutral and Resilient Residential Communities: Case Study of Tabuk Region. Journal of Building Engineering, 91:109613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109613.
  3. Moncef Krarti, Ali Karrech (2024). Cost Benefits of Net Zero Energy Homes in Australia. Buildings, 14(4): 1107. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14041107.
  4. Qi Peng, Wenchao Duan, Xiaoqin Sun, Fei Jiang, Yongqiang Luo, John Zhai (2024). Evaluation of the melting process of phase change materials in a tilted rectangular container: Experimental study. Energy and Built Environment, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2024.04.007.
  5. Matthew G. Burgess, Leaf Van Boven, Gernot Wagner, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Kyri Baker, Maxwell Boykoff, Benjamin A. Converse, Lisa Dilling, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Yoel Inbar, Ezra Markowitz, Jonathan D. Moyer, Peter Newton, Trisha Raimi, Kaitlin T., Shrum, Michael P. Vandenbergh (2024). Supply, demand and polarization challenges facing US climate policies. Nature Climate Change, 14: 134-142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01906-y.
  6. Simone Curtis, John Montagu, Constance Crozier, Cristina Torres-Machi, Kyri Baker (2024). Trends in Equitable Electric Vehicle Adoption and Impacts on Pavement Condition and Electric Power Infrastructure. Construction Research Congress 2024, 805-815. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485279.081.
  7. Michael D Murphy, Amy Allen, Gregor P Henze, Nicholas L Long (2024). Optimal environmental and economic performance trade-offs for fifth generation district heating and cooling network topologies with waste heat recovery. Energy Conversion and Management, 309: 118322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118322.
  8. Zakia Afroz, Hao Wu, Subbu Sethuvenkatraman, Gregor Henze, Rune Grønborg Junker, Matt Shepit (2024). A study on price responsive energy flexibility of an office building under cooling dominated climatic conditions. Energy and Buildings, 316: 114359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114359.
  9. Tim Diller, Anton Soppelsa, Himanshu Nagpal, Roberto Fedrizzi, Gregor Henze (2024). A dynamic programming based method for optimal control of a cascaded heat pump system with thermal energy storage. Optimization and Engineering, 25(1): 229-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-023-09853-5.
  10. Sourav Dey, Gregor P Henze (2024). Reinforcement Learning Building Control: An Online Approach with Guided Exploration using Surrogate Models. 5(1): 011005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064842.
  11. Matthew A Jungclaus, Sarah L Williams, Jay H Arehart, Wil V Srubar III (2024). Whole-life carbon emissions of concrete mixtures considering maximum CO2 sequestration via carbonation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 206: 107605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107605.
  12. Tyler S Hernandez, T Michael, Andrew L Yeang, Michael D McGehee (2024).
    Electrolyte for durable dynamic glass based on reversible metal electrodeposition. US Patent Application Number 18274858. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240111200A1/en.
  13. Nikhil C Bhoumik, Desmond C Madu, Cheon Woo Moon, Lorenzo S Arvisu, Michael D McGehee, Christopher J Barile (2024). Nonaqueous electrolytes for reversible zinc electrodeposition for dynamic windows with excellent optical contrast and durability. Joule, 8(4): 1036-1049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.01.023.
  14. Tobias Abzieher, David T Moore, Marcel Roß, Steve Albrecht, Jared Silvia, Hairen Tan, Quentin Jeangros, Christophe Ballif, Maximilian T Hoerantner, Beom-Soo Kim, Henk J Bolink, Paul Pistor, Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, Yu-Hsien Chiang, Samuel D Stranks, Juliane Borchert, Michael D McGehee, Monica Morales-Masis, Jay B Patel, Annalisa Bruno, Ulrich W Paetzold (2024). Vapor phase deposition of perovskite photovoltaics: short track to commercialization? Energy & Environmental Science, 17: 1645-1663. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EE03273F.
  15. Min Chen, Yifan Dong, Yi Zhang, Xiaopeng Zheng, Gabriel R McAndrews, Zhenghong Dai, Qi Jiang, Shuai You, Tuo Liu, Steven P Harvey, Kai Zhu, Vincent Oliveto, Alec Jackson, Robert Witteck, Lance M Wheeler, Nitin P Padture, Paul J Dyson, Michael D McGehee, Mohammad K Nazeeruddin, Matthew C Beard, Joseph M Luther (2024). Stress Engineering for Mitigating Thermal Cycling Fatigue in Perovskite Photovoltaics. ACS Energy Letters, 9: 2582-2589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00988.
  16. Muzhi Li, Samuel Johnson, Lidon Gil-Escrig, Maayan Sohmer, Carlos A Figueroa Morales, Hongki Kim, Siraj Sidhik, Aditya Mohite, Xiwen Gong, Lioz Etgar, Henk J Bolink, Axel Palmstrom, Michael D McGehee, Nicholas Rolston (2024). Strategies to improve the mechanical robustness of metal halide perovskite solar cells. Energy Advances, 3: 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3YA00377A.
  17. Andrii Repula, Colin Gates, Jeffrey C Cameron, Ivan I Smalyukh (2024). Photosynthetically-powered phototactic active nematic liquid crystal fluids and gels. Communications Materials, 5(1): 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00474-8.

CCNY

  1. Mohammed Elsayed, Kirn Zafar, Yusef Esa, Tafadar Soujad, Ahmed Mohamed (2024). Impact of 100% vehicle electrification on the distribution grid in dense urban regions. Energy Reports, 11: 5315-5322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2024.05.030.
  2. Oindrilla Dutta, Ahmed Mohamed (2024). Community microgrid: Control structure, design, and stability. Fuel Communications, 18:100105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfueco.2024.100105.

NREL

  1. Minkyung Shin, Ju Ho Lee, Intae Seo, Hyung-Won Kang, Ji-Hun Seo, Ho Jun Jin, Bong Hoon Kim, Robert C Tenent, Seung Ho Han (2024). Durability enhancement of all-solid-state electrochromic devices by adjusting the charge density ratio between electrochromic and counter electrode layers. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 272: 112901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112901.
  2. Sajith Wijesuriya, Ravi Anant Kishore, Marcus VA Bianchi, Chuck Booten (2024). Enhancing thermal resilience of US residential homes in hot humid climates during extreme temperature events. Cell Reports Physical Science, 101986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.101986.