Publications and Patents

Selected Publications

(For the full list, please see Dr. Zhai’s Google Scholar)

(* Corresponding author, # Equal contribution)

4. E. Sun#, S. Zhai#, D. Kim#, …, R. Gupta, M. Cargnello*, A. Majumdar*. A semi-continuous process for co-production of CO2-free hydrogen and carbon nanotubes via methane pyrolysis. Cell Reports Physical Science 4 (2023): 101338. (link)

3. S. Zhai*, J. Nam, S. Gopalakrishnan, K. Lim, J. Rojas, M. Toney, E. Carter, I.-H. Jung, W. Chueh, A. Majumdar. Thermodynamic guiding principles of high-capacity phase transformation materials for splitting H₂O and CO₂ by thermochemical looping. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10 (2022): 3552-3561. (link)

 

2. S. Zhai^#, J. Rojas^#, N. Ahlborg, K. Lim, M.C.H. Cheng, C. Xie, M. Toney, I.-H. Jung, W. Chueh*, A. Majumdar*. High-capacity thermochemical CO₂ dissociation using iron-poor ferrites. Energy & Environmental Science 13 (2020): 592-600. (link)

 

1. S. Zhai, J. Rojas, N. Ahlborg, K. Lim, M.F. Toney, H. Jin*, W.C. Chueh*, A. Majumdar*. Use of poly-cation oxides to lower the temperature of two-step thermochemical water splitting. ‎Energy & Environmental Science 11 (2018): 2172-2178. (link)

 

Patents

1. N. Ahlborg, W. Chueh, H. Jin, A. Majumdar, S. Zhai, J. Rojas. Thermochemical gas reduction process using poly-cation oxide. US Patent 10995005, issued May 4, 2021.

2. E. Sun, S. Zhai, D. Kim, M. Cargnello, A. Majumdar, V. Haribal, A. Tong, R. Gupta. A semi-continuous process for co-production of CO2-free hydrogen and high value carbon via hydrocarbon pyrolysis. (in process)