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2025
[56] Kocher, Jordan D. “Thermodynamic and Technoeconomic Limitations of Brayton Refrigeration for Air Conditioning.” International Journal of Refrigeration 169 (2025/01/01/ 2025): 418-28.
[55] Kocher, Jordan D., Ahmed Mahfouz, Jesse G. McDaniel, and Akanksha K. Menon. “Thermodynamic Properties of Lower Critical Solution Temperature (Lcst) Mixtures for Application in Energy–Water Systems.” 10.1039/D5CP02285A. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27, no. 28 (2025): 15024-36.
[54] Bohm, Preston, Akanksha K. Menon, and Zhuomin M. Zhang. “Fundamental Advantages of Multijunction Thermoradiative Cells.” Journal of Applied Physics 137, no. 22 (2025).
[53] Zhang, Zhuomin M., Preston Bohm, and Akanksha K. Menon. “Entropic Analysis of the Maximum Output Power of Thermoradiative Cells.” ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 147, no. 5 (2025).
[52] Haddad, Andrew Z., Akanksha K. Menon, Ravindra Revanur, Jennifer Klare, Jeffrey J. Urban, and Robert Kostecki. “Forward Osmosis Desalination Using Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquids: Bench-Scale Demonstration and Cost Analysis.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 64, no. 15 (2025/04/16 2025): 7810-17.
[51] Zaleski, Nadia, Erik Barbosa, and Akanksha K. Menon. “Evaluating the Potential of Thermochemical Energy Storage to Decarbonize Buildings: A Case Study in the United States.” MRS Energy & Sustainability 12, no. 1 (2025/03/01 2025): 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43581-024-00120-3.
[50] Ramshankar, Arjun T., Kelly D. Farmer, Akanksha K. Menon, and Joe F. Bozeman. “Scalability of Hemp-Based Thermal Insulation in the United States – a Monte Carlo-Based Techno-Economic Approach.” Journal of Cleaner Production 493 (2025/02/15/ 2025): 144952.
[49] Yang, Lin, Peng Peng, Nathaniel Weger, Sean Mills, Clément Messeri, Akanksha K. Menon, Steven Zeltmann, et al. “Self-Heating Conductive Ceramic Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage.” ACS Energy Letters 10, no. 2 (2025/02/14 2025): 1002-12.
[48] Kocher, Jordan D., Ahmed Mahfouz, Jesse G. McDaniel, and Akanksha K. Menon. “Thermodynamic Properties of Lower Critical Solution Temperature (Lcst) Mixtures for Application in Energy–Water Systems.” 10.1039/D5CP02285A. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27, no. 28 (2025): 15024-36.
[47] Finnerty, Casey T. K., Ahmed Mahfouz, and Akanksha K. Menon. “4 – 1d and 2d Water Channels for Solar Water Evaporators.” In Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment, edited by Jaydevsinh M. Gohil and Kingshuk Dutta, 109-34: Elsevier, 2025.
[46] Finnerty, Casey T. K., Preston Bohm, and Akanksha K. Menon. “5 – Three-Dimensional and Hierarchical Solar Water Evaporators.” In Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment, edited by Jaydevsinh M. Gohil and Kingshuk Dutta, 135-58: Elsevier, 2025.
[45] A. Mahfouz, A. Z. Haddad, J. D. Kocher and A. K. Menon, “Performance enhancement of aqueous ionic liquids with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior through ternary mixtures.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025. 13(1): p. 275-288.
2024
[44] M. Morrell, E. Barbosa, A. K. Menon, “Salt Hydrate Composites with Improved Cyclability for Thermochemical Energy Storage in Buildings” 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2024
[43] A. Mahfouz, J. Kocher, A. K. Menon, “Understanding the Mixing Behavior and Phase Separation Kinetics of Thermally Responsive Ionic Liquids in Water” 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2024
[42] A. K. Menon, W. Parker Jr, and J. Kocher, “Numerical Model and Demonstration of a Thermal Brine Concentrator for Clean Water Production” Proceedings of the 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference 9, 11, 2024.
[41] C. Collado-Capell and A. K. Menon, “Performance modeling and cost optimization of a solar desalination system using forward osmosis with energy storage” Renewable Energy, vol. 230, p. 120866, 2024.
[40] E. Barbosa and A. K. Menon, “Thermochemical energy storage using salt mixtures with improved hydration kinetics and cycling stability” Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 90, p. 111916, 2024.
[39] W. Parker Jr., J. Kocher, and A. K. Menon, “Brine concentration using air gap diffusion distillation: A performance model and cost comparison with membrane distillation for high salinity desalination” Desalination, vol. 580, p. 117560, 2024.
[38] A. K. Menon, “Distributed desalination using renewable energy: A paradigm shift toward affordable and sustainable clean water” One Earth, vol. 7, p. 355-358, 2024.
[37] P. Bohm, C. Yang, A. K. Menon, and Z. M. Zhang, “Thermophotovoltaic emitter design with a hyper-heuristic custom optimizer enabled by deep learning surrogates” Energy, vol. 291, p.130424, 2024.
2023
[36] J. Kocher and A. K. Menon. “Addressing global water stress using desalination and atmospheric water harvesting: a thermodynamic and technoeconomic perspective” Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 16(11), p. 4983-4993, 2023.
[35] A. K. Menon, M. Jia, S. Kaur, C. Dames and R. S. Prasher. “Distributed Desalination using Solar Energy: A Technoeconomic Framework to Decarbonize Nontraditional Water Treatment” iScience, vol. 26(2), p. 105966, 2023.
[34] V. Pecunia, P. Silva, …. A. K. Menon, …., “Roadmap on energy harvesting materials” Journal of Physics: Materials 2023, vol. 6, p. 042501, 2023.
[33] T. Gilbert, A. K. Menon, C. Dames and R. Prasher. “Heat source and application-dependent levelized cost of decarbonized heat” Joule, vol. 7(1), p. 128-149, 2023.
2022
[32] L. Yang, Y. Tao, M. P. Gordon, A. K. Menon, Y. Chen, R. S. Prasher, and Jeffery J. Urban. “Morphological Ordering of the Organic Layer for High-Performance Hybrid Thermoelectrics” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 14(51), p. 57460-57470, 2022.
[31] Z.H. Foo, C. Stetson, E. Dach, A. Deshmukh, H. Lee, A.K. Menon, R. Prasher, N.Y. Yip, J.H. Lienhard, and A.D. Wilson. “Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery” Trends in Chemistry, vol. 4(12), p. 1078–1093, 2022.
[30] E. Barbosa, and A. K. Menon. “Thermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization of Salt Hydrates for Thermochemical Energy Storage” MRS Communications., vol. 12, no. 5, p. 678–85, 2022.
[29] H. M. Elmoughni, O. Atalay, K. Ozlem and A. K. Menon, “Thermoelectric Clothing for Body Heat Harvesting and Personal Cooling” Energy Technology, vol. 10, no. 10, p. 2200528, 2022.
[28] W. P. Parker Jr. and A. K. Menon “Wettability and durability of superhydrophobic-coated polymer surfaces for managed salt precipitation in desalination“. MRS Communications, vol. 12, p. 616–623, 2022.
[27] P. Peng, L. Yang, A. K. Menon, N. Weger, R. S. Prasher, H. Breunig, S. D. Lubner “Techno-economic Analysis of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for On-Demand Heat and Power” 2022. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-3l03r.
[26] J. Ponder, S. Gregory, A. Atassi, A. K. Menon, A. Lang, L. Savagian, J. R. Reynolds and S. K. Yee, “Significant Enhancement of the Electrical Conductivity of Conjugated Polymers by Post-Processing Side Chain Removal” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 144, 2022. [JACS spotlights]
2021
[25] C. Finnerty, A. K. Menon, K. Conway, D. Lee, M. Nelson, J. J. Urban, D. Sedlak and B. Mi, “Interfacial Solar Evaporation by 3D Graphene Oxide Stalk for Brine Treatment” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 55, 2021.
[24] D. Lilley, A. K. Menon, S. Kaur, S. Lubner and R. S. Prasher, “Phase change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: A Perspective on Linking Phonon Physics to Performance” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 130, 2021. [Invited perspective] [Editors pick]
[23] M. P. Gordon*, S. A. Gregory*, J. P. Wooding, S. Ye, G. M. Su, D. S. Seferos, M. D. Losego, J. J. Urban, S. K. Yee and A. K. Menon, “Microstructure and heteroatom dictate the doping mechanism and thermoelectric properties of poly(alkyl-chalcogenophenes)” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 118, 2021. [Invited article] [Featured article]
[22] S. A. Gregory, R. Hanus, A. Atassi, J. Rinehart, J. P. Wooding, A. K. Menon, M. D. Losego, G. J. Snyder and S. K. Yee, “Quantifying charge carrier localization in chemically doped semiconducting polymers,” Nature Materials, vol. 20, 2021.
[21] L. Yang*, M. P. Gordon*, A. K. Menon, A. Bruefach, K. Haas, M. C. Scott, R. S. Prasher and J. J. Urban, “Decoupling electron and phonon transport in single nanowire Te-PEDOT:PSS hybrid thermoelectrics,” Science Advances, vol. 7, 2021.
[20] A. Z. Haddad*, A. K. Menon*, H. Kang, J. J. Urban, R. S. Prasher and R. Kostecki, “Solar Desalination Using Thermally Responsive Ionic Liquids Regenerated with a Photonic Heater,” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 55, 2021.
[19] M. P. Gordon, K. Haas, E. Zaia, A. K. Menon, L. Yang, A. Bruefach, M. D. Galluzzo, M. C Scott, R. S Prasher, A. Sahu and J. J. Urban, “Understanding Diameter and Length Effects in a Solution‐Processable Tellurium‐Poly (3, 4‐Ethylenedioxythiophene) Polystyrene Sulfonate Hybrid Thermoelectric Nanowire Mesh” Advanced Electronic Materials, 2000904, 2021.
2020
[18] A. K. Menon, I. Haechler, S. Kaur, S. Lubner and R. S. Prasher, “Enhanced solar evaporation using a photo-thermal umbrella for waste water management,” Nature Sustainability, 2020.
2019
[17] J. J. Urban, A. K. Menon, Z. Tian, A. Jain and K. Hippalgaonkar, “New horizons in thermoelectric materials: Correlated electrons, organic transport, machine learning, and more,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 125, 2019. [Invited perspective]
[16] A. Gunawan, R. A. Simmons, M. W. Haynes, D. Moreno, A. K. Menon, M. C. Hatzell and S. K. Yee, “Techno-Economics of Cogeneration Approaches for Combined Power and Desalination From Concentrated Solar Power,” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, vol. 141 (021004), 2019.
[15] J. F. Ponder Jr, A. K. Menon, R. R. Dasari, S. L. Pittelli, K. J. Thorley, S. K. Yee, S. R. Marder and J. R. Reynolds, “Conductive, Solution‐Processed Dioxythiophene Copolymers for Thermoelectric and Transparent Electrode Applications,” Advanced Energy Materials, 1900395, 2019.
[14] H. M Elmoughni, A. K. Menon, R. Wolfe and S. K. Yee, “A Textile‐Integrated Polymer Thermoelectric Generator for Body Heat Harvesting,” Advanced Materials Technologies, 1800708, 2019.
[13] R. Wolfe, A. K. Menon, J. R. Reynolds, S. R. Marder and S. K. Yee, “Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type Poly (Ni‐tetrathiooxalate) as a Counterpart to Poly (Ni‐ethenetetrathiolate): NiTTO versus NiETT,” Advanced Electronic Materials, 1900066, 2019.
[12] A. K Menon, R. Wolfe, S. Kommandur and S. K. Yee, “Progress in Nickel‐Coordinated Polymers as Intrinsically Conducting n‐Type Thermoelectric Materials,” Advanced Electronic Materials, 1800884, 2019. [Invited article]
[11] S. A. Gregory, A. K. Menon, S. Ye, D. S. Seferos, J. R. Reynolds and S. K. Yee, “Effect of Heteroatom and Doping on the Thermoelectric Properties of Poly (3‐alkylchalcogenophenes),” Advanced Energy Materials, 1802419, 2019.
2018
[10] A. K. Menon, R. Wolfe, J. R. Reynolds, S. R. Marder and S. K. Yee, “Simultaneous Enhancement in Electrical Conductivity and Thermopower of n-type NiETT/PVDF Composite Films by Annealing,” Advanced Functional Materials, 1803275, 2018.
[9] A. K. Menon, R. Wolfe, J. R. Reynolds, S. R. Marder and S. K. Yee, “Systematic Power Factor Enhancement in n‐Type NiETT/PVDF Composite Films,” Advanced Functional Materials, 1801620, 2018.
2017
[8] K. Gordiz, A. K. Menon and S. K. Yee, “Interconnect Patterns for Printed Organic Thermoelectric Devices with Large Fill Factors,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 122, 2017.
[7] A. K. Menon, O. Meek, A. Eng and S. K. Yee, “Radial thermoelectric generator fabricated from n‐and p‐type conducting polymers,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science vol. 134, 2017. [Special Issue]
[6] A. K. Menon, E. Uzunlar, R. Wolfe, J. R. Reynolds, S. R. Marder and S. K. Yee, “Metallo-organic n-type thermoelectrics: Emphasizing advances in nickel-ethenetetrathiolates,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 134, 2017. [Special Issue]
2016
[5] A. K. Menon and S. K. Yee, “Design of a Polymer Thermoelectric Generator Using Radial Architecture,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 119, 2016. [Most read articles in JAP in 2016]
[4] K. Ankireddy, A. K. Menon, B. Iezzi, S. K. Yee, M. Losego and J. Jur, “Electrical Conductivity, Thermal Behavior, and Seebeck Coefficient of Conductive Films for Printed Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems,” Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 45, 2016.
2013
[3] A. K. Menon, A. Farid and N. Ozalp, “A New Solar Reactor Aperture Mechanism Coupled with Heat Exchanger,” Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 35, 2013.
2012
[2] J. Costandy, A. K. Menon, N. El Ghazal, M. T. Mohamed, V. Shilapuram, and N. Ozalp, “Effect of reactor geometry on the temperature distribution of hydrogen producing solar reactors,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 37, 2012.
2011
[1] A. K. Menon and N. Ozalp, “Optical Analysis of Variable Aperture Mechanism for a Solar Reactor,” International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronic and Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 5, 2011.
Conference Proceedings
2023
[7] W. P. Parker Jr. and A. K. Menon, “Thermal brine concentration using air-gap diffusion distillation: a coupled heat and mass transport model” Proceedings of the ASME 2023 Heat Transfer Summer Conference (2023).
[6] E. Barbosa and A. K. Menon, “Salt Hydrate Thermochemical Energy Storage in Buildings: Analyzing Storage Density and Thermal Power Output” Proceedings of the ASME 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (2023).
[5] J.D. Kocher, A. K. Menon, and S. K. Yee, “An Air Conditioning cycle using Lower Critical Solution Temperature Mixtures” Proceedings of the ASME 2023 Heat Transfer Summer Conference (2023).
[4] J.D. Kocher and A. K. Menon, “Pathways for Atmospheric Water Harvesting to Reach Cost Parity with Desalination” Proceedings of the ASME 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (2023).
2015
[3] A. K. Menon and S. K. Yee, “Design of a High Performance Polymer Thermoelectric Generator Using Radial Architecture” Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2015).
2013
[2] A. K. Menon, F. Asadullah and N. Ozalp, “A New Solar Reactor Aperture Mechanism Coupled with Heat Exchanger” Chemical Engineering Transactions (2013).
2012
[1] S. Usman, A. Saleem, A. K. Menon, H. Zahreddine and N. Ozalp, “Experimental testing of avariable aperture concept for solar thermochemical reactors,” Proceedings of the SolarPACESConference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (2012).