(51) Freeman, S., Agar, E. Planning Energy Adequacy for a Renewable New England: Multi-decade Weather, Short- and Long-Duration Storage, and Grid-interactive Electric Vehicles. 2025, To be submitted.
(50) Hoene, H., Agar, E., Jin, X. Integration of Hydrogen Storage with Hybrid Renewable Power Production: System Analysis for Cost and Resiliency. 2025, Under Review.
(49) Ergun, E., Rourke, D., Chaurasia, S, Poudel, T., Cappillino, P. J., Agar, E. Impact of Alkali Cations on Redox Potential Matching and Utilization in Redox-Mediated Flow Batteries. 2025, Under Review.
(48) Poudel, T., Poirier, D., Ergun, E., Roruke, D., Agar, E., Mayes, M. L., Cappillino, P. J.. Fine-Tuning the Indirect Electrochemical Reaction in Redox-Matched Flow Batteries. 2025, Under Review.
(47) Freeman, S., Agar, E. Flexible Hosting Capacity for Electric Vehicles: Integrating Photovoltaics and Battery Storage into Distribution Grid Planning in New England. Next Energy, 2025, Accepted.
(46) Rourke, D., Ergun, E., Chaurasia, S, Poudel, T., Cappillino, P. J., Agar, E. Design Considerations for Solid Charge Storage Materials in Redox-Mediated Flow Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 172, 2025, 100513.
(45) Chaurasia, S, Aravamuthan, S. R., Luo, D., Wei, J., Agar, E. Leveraging Flow-Assisted Electrochemistry to Decarbonize Calcium Hydroxide Production in Cement Manufacturing. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 172, 2025, 073506.
(44) Ali, M., Jin, X., Liu, F., Agar, E., Wong, H-W., Rashinkar, S., Tekbas, M. D. Investigating proton exchange membrane electrolyzer performance under variable renewable power: insights into voltage and stack efficiency. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 988, 2025, 119130.
(43) Caiado, A. A., Chaurasia, S, Aravamuthan, S. R., Roy, A., Inalpolat, M., Agar, E. Binder-Coated Carbon Cloth Electrodes for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 171 (12), 2024, 120524.
(42) Freeman, S., Agar, E. Driving Change: Analyzing the Interplay of Electric Vehicle Adoption and Grid Electrification in New England. Energy Energy, 314, 2025, 134068.
(41) Berkowitz, A., Caiado, A. A., Aravamuthan, S. R., Roy, A., Agar, E., Inalpolat, M. Optimization Framework for Redox Flow Battery Electrodes with Improved Microstructural Characteristics. Energy Advances, 3, 2024, 2220-2237.
(40) Freeman, S., Agar, E. The Benefits of Long-Duration Energy Storage for New England’s Energy System Decarbonization Goals. Next Energy, 5, 2024, 100154.
(39) Chaurasia, S, Aravamuthan, S. R., Sullivan, C., Ross, M., Agar, E. Investigating Manganese – Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage and subsequent Hydrogen Generation. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (24), 2024, 11429-11441.
(38) Freeman, S., Agar, E. The Impact of Energy Storage in the Reliability of Wind and Solar Power in New England. Heliyon, 10, 2024, e27652.
(37) Caiado, A. A., Chaurasia, S, Aravamuthan, S. R., Howell, B. R., Inalpolat, M., Gallaway, J. W., Agar, E. Exploring the Effectiveness of Carbon Cloth Electrodes for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 2023, 110525.
(36) Pahari, S. K., Gokoglan, T. C., Chaurasia, S., Bolibok, J. N., Golen, J. A., Agar, E., Cappillino, P. J. Toward High-Performance Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries, Through Electrolyte Design. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6 (14), 2023, 7521-7534.
(35) Duan, X., Liu, F., Agar, E., Jin, X. Degradation Diagnosis of Li(Ni0.5Mn0.2Co0.3)O2/Li Half-cell by Identifying Physical Parameter Evolution Profile Using Impedance Spectra During Cycling. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 2023, 040503.
(34) Hoene, H., Gokoglan, T. C., Pahari, S. K., Liu, F., Cappillino, P. J., Agar, E., Jin, X. Parametric Study of a Bio-Inspired Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Model. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 2023, 020522.
(33) Egitto, J., Gokoglan, T. C., Pahari, S., Bolibok, J. Aravamuthan, S. R., Liu, F., Jin, X., Cappillino, P. J., Agar, E. Toward High Energy Density Redox Targeting Flow Batteries with a Mushroom-Derived Electrolyte . ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 19 (4), 2022, 041005. Emerging Investigator Issue
(32) Hammerstrom, B., Niezrecki, C., Hellman, K., Jin, X. Ross, M. B., Mack, H. J., Agar, E., Trelles, J. P., Liu, F., Che, F., Ryan, D., Narasimhadevara, M. S., Usovicz, M. The viability of implementing hydrogen in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022, 10.3389/fenrg.2022.1005101.
(31) Egitto, J., Latayan, J., Pagsuyoin, S., Apul, O., Agar, E. Towards Selective Removal of Bromide from Drinking Water Resources using Electrochemical Desalination. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 12, 2022, 100369.
(30) Duan, X., Liu, F. Agar, E, Jin, X. Parameter Identification of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Coupling Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy with a Physics-Based Model. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, 2022, 040561.
(29) Visayas, B. R. B., Pahari, S. K., Gokoglan, T. C., Golen, J. A., Agar, E, Cappillino, P. J., Mayes, M. L. Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Cation Structure on the Solubility of Anionic Flow Battery Active Material. Chemical Science, 12, 2021, 15892-15907.
(28) Altac, C. T., Abdullayeva, N., Coskun, O., Kumtepe, A., Yildirim, I. P., Erdem, E., Liu, M., Bozbey, A., Agar, E., Sankir, M., Demirci Sankir, N. Efficiency Enhancement in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Defect Passivation and Boosted Charge Transfer Kinetics of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures via Chalcopyrite/Chalcogenide Mix Sensitization. Physical Review Materials, 5 (12), 2021, 125403.
(27) Pahari, S. K., Gokoglan, T. C., Visayas, B. R. B., Woehl, J., Golen, J. A., Howland, R., Mayes, M., Agar, E., Cappillino, P. J. Designing High Energy Density Flow Batteries by Tuning Active-Material Thermodynamics. RSC Advances, 11, 2021, 5432-5443.
(26) Garcia-Salaberri, P. A., Gokoglan, T. C., Ibanez, S. E., Agar, E., Vera, M. Modeling the Effect of Channel Tapering on the Pressure Drop and Flow Distribution Characteristics of Interdigitated Flow Fields in Redox Flow Batteries. Processes, 8, 2020, 775.
(25) Almakrami, H., Wei, Z, Lin, G., Jin, X., Agar, Ertan, Liu, F. An Integrated Solar Cell with Built-in Energy Storage Capability. Electrochimica Acta, 349, 2020, 136368.
(24) Wei, Z, Salehi, A., Lin, G., Hu, J., Jin, X., Agar, Ertan, Liu, F. Probing Li-ion Concentration in an Operating Lithium ion Battery using in situ Raman Spectroscopy. Journal of Power Sources, 449, 2020, 227361.
(23) Agartan, L., Akuzum, B., Agar, Ertan, Kumbur, E. C. Impact of Flow Configuration on Electrosorption Performance and Energy Consumption of CDI Systems. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua, 69 (2), 2020, 134-144.
(22) NG, B., Duan, X., Liu, F., Agar, Ertan, White, R. E., Mustain, W. E., Jin, X., Investigation of Transport and Kinetic Nonideality in Solid Li-ion Electrodes through Deconvolution of Electrochemical Impedance Spectra, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167 (2), 2020, 020523.
(21) Nourani, M., Dennison, C. R., Jin, X., Liu, F., Agar, Ertan. Elucidating Effects of Faradaic Imbalance on Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Performance: Experimental Characterization, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (15), 2019, A3844-A3851.
(20) Gokoglan, T. C., Pahari, S. K., Hamel, A., Howland, R., Cappillino, P. J., Agar, Ertan. Operando Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of a Bioinspired Redox Flow Battery Active Material, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (10), 2018, A1745-A1751.
(19) Nourani, M., Zackin, B. I., Sabarirajan, D. C., Taspinar, R., Artushkova, K., Liu, F., Zenyuk, I. V., Agar, Ertan. Impact of Corrosion on Carbon Paper Electrode Morphology and the Performance of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (2), 2019, A353-A363.
(18) Wei, Z, Hsu, C., Almakrami, H., Lin, G., Jin, X., Agar, Ertan, Liu, F. Ultra-high-aspect-ratio Vertically Aligned 2D MoS2-1D TiO2 Nanobelt Heterostructured Forests for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance, Electrochimica Acta, 316, 2019, 173-180.
(17) Akuzum, B., Alparslan, Y. C., Robinson, N. C., Agar, Ertan,Kumbur, E. C. Obstructed Flow Field Designs for Improved Performance in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 49 (6), 2019, 551-561.
(16) Hoyt, N. C., Agar, Ertan, Nagelli, E. A., Savinell, R., Wainright, J. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Flowing Electrosorptive Slurry Electrodes, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165 (10), 2018, A439-A444. Editors’ Choice Article
(15) Wei, Z, Almakrami, H., Lin, G., Agar, Ertan, Liu, F. An Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photoelectrochemical Storage Cell for Improved Solar Energy Storage, Electrochimica Acta, 263, 2018, 570-575.
(14) Huang, H., Howland, R., Agar, Ertan, Nourani, M., Golen, J. A., Cappillino, P. J. Bioinspired, High-Stability, Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 2017, 11586-11591.
(13) Agartan, L., Akuzum, B., Mathis, T., Ergenekon, K., Agar, Ertan, Kumbur, E. C. Influence of Thermal Treatment Conditions on Capacitive Deionization Performance and Charge Efficiency of Carbon Electrodes, Separation and Purification Technology, 202, 2018, 67-75.
(12) Boettcher, P. A., Agar, Ertan, Dennison, C. R., Kumbur, E. C. Modeling of Ion Crossover through a Membrane for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: A Lumped Parameter Approach for Extended Cycling, Journal of The Electrochemical Society Focus Issue on Redox Flow Batteries, 163 (1), 2016, A5244-A5252.
(11) Dennison, C. R. Agar, Ertan, Akuzum, B., Kumbur, E. C. Enhancing Mass Transport in Redox Flow Batteries by Tailoring Flow Field and Electrode Design, Journal of The Electrochemical Society Focus Issue on Redox Flow Batteries, 163 (1), 2016, A5163-A5169.
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(10) Agar, Ertan, Benjamin, A., Dennison, C. R., Chen, D., Hickner, M. A., Kumbur, E. Reducing Capacity Fade in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries by Altering Charging and Discharging Currents, Journal of Power Sources, 246, 2014, 767-774.
(9) Agar, Ertan, Knehr, K. W., Chen, D., Hickner, M. A., Kumbur, E. C. Species Transport Mechanisms Governing Capacity Loss in Vanadium Flow Batteries: Comparing Nafion and Sulfonated Radel Membranes, Electrochimica Acta, 98, 2013, 66-74.
(8) Agar, Ertan, Dennison, C. R., Knehr, K. W., Kumbur, E. C. Identification of Performance Limiting Electrode using Asymmetric Cell Configuration in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 225, 2013, 89-94.
(7) Benjamin, A., Agar, Ertan, Dennison, C. R., Kumbur, E. C. On the Computation of Coulombic Efficiency for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Electrochemistry Communications, 35, 2013, 42-44.
(6) Chen, D., Hickner, M. A., Agar, Ertan, Kumbur, E. C. Optimized Anion Exchange Membranes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5, 2013, 7559-7566.
(5) Chen, D., Hickner, M. A., Agar, Ertan, Kumbur, E. C. Optimizing Membrane Thickness for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Journal of Membrane Science, 437, 2013, 108-113.
(4) Chen, D., Hickner, M. A., Agar, Ertan, Kumbur, E. C. Selective Anion Exchange Membrane for High Coulombic Efficiency Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, Electrochemistry Communications, 26, 2013, 37-40.
(3) Knehr, K. W., Agar, Ertan, Dennison, C. R., Kalidindi, A. R., Kumbur, E. C. ATransient Vanadium Flow Battery Model Incorporating Vanadium Crossover and Water Transport through the Membrane, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159, 2012, A1146-A1159.
(2) Baker, D., Agar, Ertan. International Summer Engineering Program on Fuel Cells for Undergraduate Engineering Students, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,36, 2011, 3712-3725.
(1) Ekiz, A., Camci, T., Turkmen, I., Sankir, M., Uslu, S., Baker, D. Agar, Ertan. Modeling of Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, 26 (3), 2011, 591-605.
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