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Journal Articles

2023

Xu, Yang, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Jingwei Chen, Furio Corà, Patrick L. Cullen, Jacqueline Sophie Edge, Fan Kun et al. “2023 roadmap for potassium-ion batteries.” Journal of Physics: Energy (2023) DOI 10.1088/2515-7655/acbf76

Amiinu, Ibrahim Saana, Sumair Imtiaz, Hugh Geaney, Tadhg Kennedy, Nilotpal Kapuria, Shalini Singh, and Kevin M. Ryan. “A thin Si nanowire network anode for high volumetric capacity and long-life lithium-ion batteries.” Journal of Energy Chemistry (2023).

Abdul Ahad, Syed, Shayon Bhattacharya, Seamus Kilian, Michela Ottaviani, Kevin M. Ryan, Tadhg Kennedy, Damien Thompson, and Hugh Geaney. “Lithiophilic Nanowire Guided Li Deposition in Li Metal Batteries.” Small 19, no. 2 (2023): 2205142.

Imtiaz, Sumair, Nilotpal Kapuria, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Abinaya Sankaran, Shalini Singh, Hugh Geaney, Tadhg Kennedy, and Kevin M. Ryan. “Directly Deposited Antimony on a Copper Silicide Nanowire Array as a High‐Performance Potassium‐Ion Battery Anode with a Long Cycle Life.” Advanced Functional Materials 33, no. 2 (2023): 2209566.

2022

Kapuria, Nilotpal, Sumair Imtiaz, Abinaya Sankaran, Hugh Geaney, Tadhg Kennedy, Shalini Singh, and Kevin M. Ryan. “Multipod Bi (Cu2-xS) n Nanocrystals formed by Dynamic Cation–Ligand Complexation and Their Use as Anodes for Potassium-Ion Batteries.” Nano Letters 22, no. 24 (2022): 10120-10127.

O’Connor, Siobhán, Luluh Al Hassan, Grace Brennan, Kieran McCarthy, Christophe Silien, Ning Liu, Tadhg Kennedy, Kevin Ryan, and Emmet O’Reilly. “Cadmium selenide sulfide quantum dots with tuneable emission profiles: An electrochemiluminescence platform for the determination of TIMP-1 protein.” Bioelectrochemistry 148 (2022): 108221.

Storan, Dylan, Syed Abdul Ahad, Rebecca Forde, Seamus Kilian, Temilade Esther Adegoke, Tadhg Kennedy, Hugh Geaney, and Kevin M. Ryan. “Silicon nanowire growth on carbon cloth for flexible Li-ion battery anodes.” Materials Today Energy 27 (2022): 101030.

Beaucamp, Anne, Muhammad Muddasar, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Marina Moraes Leite, Mario Culebras, Kenneth Latha, María C. Gutiérrez, Daily Rodriquez-Padron, Francisco del Monte, Tadhg Kennedy et al. “Lignin for energy applications–state of the art, life cycle, technoeconomic analysis and future trends.” Green Chemistry (2022): 24, 8193-8226.

Mc Carthy, Kieran, Hemtej Gullapalli, Kevin M. Ryan, and Tadhg Kennedy. “Electrochemical impedance correlation analysis for the estimation of Li-ion battery state of charge, state of health and internal temperature.” Journal of Energy Storage 50 (2022): 104608.


Benfridja, Imadeddine, Sombel Diaham, Fathima Laffir, Grace Brennan, Ning Liu, and Tadhg Kennedy. “A Universal Study on the Effect Thermal Imidization Has on the Physico-Chemical, Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Polyimide for Integrated Electronics Applications.” Polymers 14, no. 9 (2022): 1713.


Alli, Uthman, Kieran McCarthy, Ioan-Alexandru Baragau, Nicholas P. Power, David J. Morgan, Steven Dunn, Seamus Killian, Tadhg Kennedy, and Suela Kellici. “In-situ continuous hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles on conductive N-doped MXene nanosheets for binder-free Li-ion battery anodes.” Chemical Engineering Journal 430 (2022): 132976.


Mc Carthy, Kieran, Hemtej Gullapalli, and Tadhg Kennedy. “Real-time internal temperature estimation of commercial Li-ion batteries using online impedance measurements.” Journal of Power Sources 519 (2022): 230786. 


2021

Imtiaz, Sumair, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Dylan Storan, Nilotpal Kapuria, Hugh Geaney, Tadhg Kennedy, and Kevin M. Ryan. “Dense Silicon Nanowire Networks Grown on a Stainless‐Steel Fiber Cloth: A Flexible and Robust Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries.” Advanced Materials 33, no. 52 (2021): 2105917.


Mc Carthy, Kieran, Hemtej Gullapalli, and Tadhg Kennedy. “Online state of health estimation of Li-ion polymer batteries using real time impedance measurements.” Applied Energy (2021): 118210.


Mc Carthy, K.;  Gullapalli, H.;  Ryan, K. M.; Kennedy, T., Use of Impedance Spectroscopy for the Estimation of Li-ion Battery State of Charge, State of Health and Internal Temperature. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2021, 168 (8), 080517.


Kilian, S.;  McCarthy, K.;  Stokes, K.;  Adegoke, T. E.;  Conroy, M.;  Amiinu, I. S.;  Geaney, H.;  Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Direct Growth of Si, Ge, and Si–Ge Heterostructure Nanowires Using Electroplated Zn: An Inexpensive Seeding Technique for Li‐Ion Alloying Anodes. Small 2021, 17 (10), 2005443.


Foley, S.;  Geaney, H.;  Kennedy, T.;  Aminu, I.;  Bree, G.;  McCarthy, K.;  Darwish, S.;  Connolly, S.;  Mukherjee, S.; Lebedev, V., Tin-Based Oxide, Alloy, and Selenide Li-Ion Battery Anodes Derived from a Bimetallic Metal–Organic Material. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125 (2), 1180-1189.


Kilian, S.;  Adegoke, T. E.;  Ahad, S. A.;  Geaney, H.;  Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Temperature Induced Diameter Variation of Silicon Nanowires via a Liquid-Solid Phase Transition in the Zn Seed. Chemical Communications 2021, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04427c.


Ahad, S. A.;  Kilian, S.;  Zubair, M.;  Lebedev, V. A.;  McNamara, K.;  Ryan, K. M.;  Kennedy, T.; Geaney, H., Amorphization driven Na-alloying in Si x Ge 1− x alloy nanowires for Na-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9 (36), 20626-20634.


Imtiaz, S.;  Amiinu, I. S.;  Xu, Y.;  Kennedy, T.;  Blackman, C.; Ryan, K. M., Progress and perspectives on alloying-type anode materials for advanced potassium-ion batteries. Materials Today 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.02.008


Kilian, S.;  McCarthy, K.;  Stokes, K.;  Adegoke, T. E.;  Conroy, M.;  Amiinu, I. S.;  Geaney, H.;  Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Direct Growth of Si, Ge, and Si–Ge Heterostructure Nanowires Using Electroplated Zn: An Inexpensive Seeding Technique for Li‐Ion Alloying Anodes. Small 2021, 17 (10), 2005443.


2012 – 2020

Ross, A. M.;  Kennedy, T.;  McNulty, D.;  Leahy, C. I.;  Walsh, D. R.;  Murray, P.;  Grabrucker, A. M.; Mulvihill, J. J., Comparing nanoparticles for drug delivery: The effect of physiological dispersion media on nanoparticle properties. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2020, 113, 110985.


Stokes, K.;  Kennedy, T.;  Kim, G.-T.;  Geaney, H.;  Storan, D.;  Laffir, F.;  Appetecchi, G. B.;  Passerini, S.; Ryan, K. M., Influence of Carbonate-Based Additives on the Electrochemical Performance of Si NW Anodes Cycled in an Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. Nano Letters 2020, 20 (10), 7011-7019.


Stokes, K.;  Boonen, W.;  Geaney, H.;  Kennedy, T.;  Borsa, D.; Ryan, K. M., Tunable Core–Shell Nanowire Active Material for High Capacity Li-Ion Battery Anodes Comprised of PECVD Deposited aSi on Directly Grown Ge Nanowires. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 19372-19380.


Geaney, H.; Bree, G.; Stokes, K.; McCarthy, K.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Highlighting the importance of full-cell testing for high performance anode materials comprising Li alloying nanowires. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2019, 166 (13), A2784-A2790.


Geaney, H.; Bree, G.; Stokes, K.; Collins, G. A.; Aminu, I.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Enhancing the Performance of Germanium Nanowire Anodes for Li-ion Batteries by Direct Growth on Textured Copper. Chemical Communications 2019, 55, 7780-7783


Stokes, K.; Geaney, H.; Flynn, G.; Sheehan, M.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M., Direct Synthesis of Alloyed Si1–x Gex Nanowires for Performance-Tunable Lithium Ion Battery Anodes. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 10088-10096.


Kennedy, T.; Brandon, M; Laffir, F.; Ryan, K.M. Understanding the Influence of Electrolyte Additives on the Electrochemical Performance and Morphology Evolution of Silicon Nanowire Based Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes. Journal of Power Sources 2017, 359, 601-610


Kim, G.T.; Kennedy, T.; Brandon, M.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K.M.; Passerini, S.; Appetecchi, G.B. Behavior of Germanium and Silicon Nanowire Anodes with Ionic Liquid Electrolytes. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 5933-5943


Flynn, G., Palaniappan, K., Sheehan, M.; Kennedy, T., Ryan, K. Solution Synthesis of Lead Seeded Germanium Nanowires and Branched Nanowire Networks and their Application as Li-Ion Battery Anodes. Nanotechnology 2017, 28, 255603-255611


Kennedy, T.; Brandon, M; Ryan, K.M. Advances in the Application of Silicon and Germanium Nanowires for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 5696–5704


Kennedy, T.; Bezuidenhout, M.; Palaniappan, K.; Stokes, K.; Brandon, M.; Ryan, K. M. Nanowire Heterostructures Comprising Germanium Stems and Silicon Branches as High-Capacity Li-ion Anodes with Tunable Rate Capability. ACS Nano 20159 (7), 7456–7465


Bezuidenhout, M.; Kennedy, T.; Belochapkine, S.; Guo, Y.; Mullane, E.; Kiely, P. A.; Ryan, K. M. High density and patternable growth of silicon, germanium and alloyed SiGe nanowires by a rapid anneal protocol. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2015, 3, 7455-7462


Mullane, E#.; Kennedy, T.#; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K. M. A Rapid, Solvent-Free Protocol for the Synthesis of Germanium Nanowire Lithium-Ion Anodes with a Long Cycle Life and High Rate Capability. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 18800-18807.


Kennedy, T.; Mullane, E.; Geaney, H.; Osiak, M.; O’Dwyer, C.; Ryan, K. M. High-Performance Germanium Nanowire-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes Extending over 1000 Cycles Through in Situ Formation of a Continuous Porous Network. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 716-723.


Osiak, M. J.; Armstrong, E.; Kennedy, T.; Sotomayor Torres, C. M.; Ryan, K. M.; O’Dwyer, C. Core–Shell Tin Oxide, Indium Oxide, and Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticles on Silicon with Tunable Dispersion: Electrochemical and Structural Characteristics as a Hybrid Li-Ion Battery Anode. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 8195-8202.


Osiak, M.; Khunsin, W.; Armstrong, E.; Kennedy, T.; Torres, C. S.; Ryan, K.; O’Dwyer, C. Epitaxial growth of visible to infra-red transparent conducting In2O3 nanodot dispersions and reversible charge storage as a Li-ion battery anode. Nanotechnology 2013, 24, 065401.


Mullane, E.; Kennedy, T.; Geaney, H.; Dickinson, C.; Ryan, K. M. Synthesis of Tin Catalyzed Silicon and Germanium Nanowires in a Solvent–Vapor System and Optimization of the Seed/Nanowire Interface for Dual Lithium Cycling. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 1816-1822.


Osiak, M.; Armstrong, E.; Kennedy, T.; Torres, C. M. S.; Ryan, K.; O’Dwyer, C. MBE Growth and Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Tin Oxide and Indium Tin Oxide Nanoparticles Grown on Silicon for Li-ion Battery Anodes. ECS Transactions 2013, 53, 1-10.


Osiak, M.; Khunsin, W.; Armstrong, E.; Kennedy, T.; Torres, C. M. S.; Ryan, K. M.; O’Dwyer, C. Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery Anode of Indium Oxide with Visible to Infra-Red Transparency. ECS Transactions 2013, 53, 53-61.


Geaney, H.; Kennedy, T.; Dickinson, C.; Mullane, E.; Singh, A.; Laffir, F.; Ryan, K. M. High Density Growth of Indium seeded Silicon Nanowires in the Vapor phase of a High Boiling Point Solvent. Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 2204-2210.


Book Chapters

de Meatza, I.; Miguel, O.; Cendoya, I.; Kim, G.-T.; Löffler, N.; Laszczynski, N.; Passerini, S.; Schweizer, P. M.; Castiglione, F.; Mele, A.; Appetecchi, G. B.; Moreno, M.; Brandon, M.; Kennedy, T.; Mullane, E.; Ryan, K. M.; Cantero, I.; Olive, M. In GREENLION Project: Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Low Cost Greener Li-Ion Batteries, Cham, Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2015; pp 45-60.

Patents

Ryan, K. M., Kennedy, T., and Mullane, E. “Silicon or Germanium Network Structure for Use as an Anode in a Battery.” U.S. Patent Application 15/703,493, filed January 4, 2018.

Ryan, K. M., and Kennedy, T. “A Nanowire Heterostructure.” U.S. Patent Application 15/579,029, filed June 21, 2018.

Ryan, K. M., and Kennedy, T. “A Silicon and Germanium Nanowire Heterostructure.” European Patent Application 16732952.3, filed April 11, 2018.

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