Selected Publications

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12. L. Barrera and R. Bala Chandran, Harnessing photoelectrochemistry for wastewater nitrate treatment coupled with resource recovery, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2021), doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07935 

11. S. Keene, R. Bala Chandran, and S. Ardo, Calculations of theoretical efficiencies for electrochemically-mediated tandem solar water splitting as a function of bandgap energies and redox shuttle potential, Energy Environ. Sci. (2019), doi: 10.1039/C8EE01828F 

10. R. Bala Chandran, S. Breen, Y. Shao, S. Ardo, A.Z. Weber, Evaluating particle-suspension reactor designs for Z-scheme solar water splitting via transport and kinetic modeling*, Energy Environ. Sci. (2018), doi: 10.1039/C7EE01360D 

* This article is part of the themed collection: 2017 Energy and Environmental Science HOT articles

9.  B.J. Hathaway, R. Bala Chandran, A.C. Gladen, T.R. Chase, J.H. Davidson, Demonstration of a Solar Reactor for Carbon Dioxide Splitting via the Isothermal Ceria Redox Cycle and Practical Implications, Energy & Fuels. 30 (2016), doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01265   

8. R. Bala Chandran, J.H. Davidson, Model of transport and chemical kinetics in a solar thermochemical reactor to split carbon dioxide, Chem. Eng. Sci. 146 (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.03.001 

7. ​B.J. Hathaway, R. Bala Chandran, S. Sedler, D. Thomas, A. Gladen, T. Chase, et al., Effect of Flow Rates on Operation of a Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Splitting CO2 Via the Isothermal Ceria Redox Cycle, J. Sol. Energy Eng. 138 (2015), doi: 10.1115/1.4032019 ​

6. ​ L.J. Venstrom, R.M. De Smith, R. Bala Chandran, D.B. Boman, P.T. Krenzke, J.H. Davidson, Applicability of an Equilibrium Model To Predict the Conversion of CO 2 to CO via the Reduction and Oxidation of a Fixed Bed of Cerium Dioxide, Energy & Fuels. 29 (2015), doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01865

5. ​R. Bala Chandran, R.M. De Smith, J.H. Davidson, Model of an integrated solar thermochemical reactor/reticulated ceramic foam heat exchanger for gas-phase heat recovery, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 81 (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.10.053

​4. A. Banerjee, R. Bala Chandran, J.H. Davidson, Experimental investigation of a reticulated porous alumina heat exchanger for high temperature gas heat recovery, Appl. Therm. Eng. 75 (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.10.033

3. ​R. Bader, R. Bala Chandran, L.J. Venstrom, S.J. Sedler, P.T. Krenzke, R.M. De Smith, et al., Design of a Solar Reactor to Split CO2 Via Isothermal Redox Cycling of Ceria, J. Sol. Energy Eng. 137 (2015), doi: 10.1115/1.4028917​

2.  R. Bala Chandran, R. Bader, W. Lipiński, Transient heat and mass transfer analysis in a porous ceria structure of a novel solar redox reactor, Int. J. Therm. Sci. 92 (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.01.016​

1. ​R. Bala Chandran, J. Reinhart, E. Lemke, A. Hubel, Influence of buoyancy-driven flow on mass transfer in a two-stream microfluidic channel: Introduction of cryoprotective agents into cell suspensions, Biomicrofluidics. 6 (2012), doi: 10.1063/1.4767463