Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Note: the links below are to the publisher-formattedversion of recordfor each paper. Open access papers/preprints are available for each publication on ResearchGate.
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Hu G, Hogan T, & Nicholas JD. Porous Interlayers that Getter Surface-Segregating Species for Improved Silver Wetting, Adhesion, and Electrical Contact on Stainless Steel SOFC Components. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2025; 172, 014513. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adad48 |
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Berrada, M., Hu, G., Zhou, D., Wang, S., Nguyen, P. Q. H., Zhang, D., Prakapenka, V., Chariton, S., Chen, B., Li, J. & Nicholas, J. D. Detection of Thin Film Phase Transformations at High-Pressure and High-Temperature in a Diamond Anvil Cell. Communincations Earth and Environment, 2024; 5, 73. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01234-9 |
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Termuhen R, Hu G, Nicholas JD & Yu H-C. Spontaneous Imbibition Velocities in Porous Metal Layers on Ceramic Substrates Calculated Using Microstructural Analyses. Materialia, 2023; 28, 101779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101779 |
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Park J, Nicholas JD & Qi Y. Surface Gibbs Free Energy Analyses of Sr Segregation in Lanthanum Strontium Iron Oxide. Surface Science, 2023; 732, 122268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2023.122268 |
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Ma Y, Zhou Q & Nicholas JD. High Temperature Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Praseodymium Doped Ceria Thin Films Measured Two Ways. Materials Advances, 2022; 3, 1574. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00842k |
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Ma Y, Burye TE & Nicholas JD. Pt Current Collectors Artificially Boosting Praseodymium Doped Ceria Oxygen Surface Exchange Coefficients. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021; 9, 24406. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta06237a |
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Ma Y & Nicholas JD. Silicon Contamination of the Praseodymium Doped Ceria Oxygen Surface Exchange Coefficient. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2021; 168, 104518. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac2e1d |
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Zhang Y & Nicholas JD. Updating the Notion that Poor Cathode Performance Typically Dominates Overall Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Response. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2021; 168, 034513. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abed21 |
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Zhang Y & Nicholas JD. Evidence that Surface-Segregated Sr Phases Can Be Removed in LSCF via Ceria Pre-Infiltration, Are Less Apt to Form in SSC. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2021; 168, 024522. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abe34e |
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Hu G, Zhou Q, Bhatlawande A, Park J, Termuhlen R, Ma Y, Bieler TR, Yu HC, Qi Y, Hogan T & Nicholas JD. Patterned Nickel Interlayers for Enhanced Silver Wetting, Spreading and Adhesion on Ceramic Substrates. Scripta Materialia, 2021; 196, 113767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113767 |
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Termuhlen R, Chatzistavrou X, Nicholas JD, Yu HC. Three-Dimensional Phase Field Sintering Simulations Accounting for the Rigid-Body Motion of Individual Grains. Computational Materials Science, 2021; 186, 109963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109963 |
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Park J, Phongpreecha T, Nicholas JD & Qi Y. Enhanced Liquid Metal Wetting on Oxide Surfaces via Patterned Particles. Acta Materialia, 2020; 199, 551-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.08.037 |
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Das, T, Nicholas, JD, Qi, Y. Composition, Crystallography, and Oxygen Vacancy Ordering Impacts on the Oxygen Ion Conductivity of Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020; 22, 9723-9733. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp00206b |
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Zhang Y, Wen Y, Huang K, Nicholas JD. Atomic Layer Deposited Zirconia Overcoats as On-Board Strontium Getters for Improved Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Nano-Composite Cathode Durability. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020; 3: 4057-4067. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00558 |
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Straley EM, Dorfman SM, Nicholas JD. Correlation between the Wafer Curvature and Fluorescence of Pulsed Laser Deposited Ruby Thin Films Stressed to ~2 GPa. Journal of Applied Physics, 2019; 125: 245904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5094141 |
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Zhou Q, Bieler TR, Nicholas JD. Dual Atmosphere Isothermal Aging and Rapid Thermal Cycling of Ag-Ni and Ag-CuO Stainless Steel to Zirconia Braze Joints. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2019; 166: F594-F603. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0911910jes |
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Ma Y, Nicholas JD. Mechanical, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties of Pr Doped Ceria from Wafer Curvature Measurements. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018; 20: 27350-27360. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04802a |
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Das T, Nicholas JD, Sheldon BW, Qi Y. Anisotropic Chemical Strain in Cubic Ceria Due to Oxygen-Vacancy-Induced Elastic Dipoles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018; 20: 15293-15299. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp01219a |
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Phongpreecha T, Nicholas JD, Bieler TR, Qi Y. Computational Design of Metal Oxides to Enhance the Wetting and Adhesion of Silver-based Brazes on Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia. Acta Materialia, 2018; 152: 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.04.024 |
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Zhou Q, Bieler TR, Nicholas JD. Transient Porous Nickel Interlayers for Improved Silver-Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Brazes. Acta Materialia, 2018; 148: 156-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.01.061 |
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Das T, Nicholas JD, Qi Y. Polaron Size and Shape Effects on Oxygen Vacancy Interactions in Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017; 5: 25031-25043. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta06948k |
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Das T, Nicholas JD, Qi Y. Long-Range Charge Transfer and Oxygen Vacancy Interactions in Strontium Ferrite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017; 5: 4493-4506. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta10357j |
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Burye TE, Tang H, Nicholas JD. The Effect of Precursor Solution Desiccation or Nano-Ceria Pre-Infiltration on Various La0.6Sr0.4FeyCo1-yO3-x Infiltrate Compositions. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2016; 163: F1017–F1022. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0431609jes |
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Nicholas JD. Practical Considerations for Reliable Stress and Oxygen Surface Exchange Coefficients from Bilayer Curvature Relaxation Measurements. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2016; 9 (3): 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2016.04.006 |
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Burye TE, Nicholas JD. Precursor Solution Additives Improve Desiccated La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−x Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Performance. Journal of Power Sources, 2016; 301: 287–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.10.012 |
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Burye TE, Nicholas JD. Nano-Ceria Pre-Infiltration Improves La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−x Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Performance. Journal of Power Sources, 2015; 300: 402–412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.09.080 |
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Burye TE, Nicholas JD. Improving La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3−x Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Performance through Precursor Solution Desiccation. Journal of Power Sources, 2015; 276: 54–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.11.082 |
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Flegler AJ, Burye TE, Yang Q, Nicholas JD. Cubic Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Sintering Additive Impacts: A Comparative Study. Ceramics International, 2014; 40: 16323–16335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.07.071 |
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Yang Q, Nicholas JD. Porous Thick Film Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite Stress and Oxygen Surface Exchange Bilayer Curvature Relaxation Measurements. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2014; 161: F3025–F3031. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0051411jes |
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Yang Q, Burye TE, Lunt RR, Nicholas JD. In Situ Oxygen Surface Exchange Coefficient Measurements on Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite Thin Films via the Curvature Relaxation Method. Solid State Ionics, 2013; 249–250: 123–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2013.07.025 |
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Fan X, Case ED, Yang Q, Nicholas JD. Room Temperature Hardness of Gadolinia–doped Ceria as a Function of Porosity. Journal of Materials Science, 2013; 48: 6977–6985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7506-3 |
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Fan X, Case ED, Yang Q, Nicholas JD. Room Temperature Elastic Properties of Gadolinia–doped Ceria as a Function of Porosity. Ceramics International, 2013; 39: 6877–6886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.02.022 |
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Song X, Diaz AR, Benard A, Nicholas JD. A 2D Model for Topology Optimization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2013; 47: 453–464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-012-0837-x |
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Nicholas JD, Wang L, Call AV, Barnett SA. Use of the Simple Infiltration Microstructure Polarization Loss Estimation (SIMPLE) Model to Predict the Polarization Resistance of Infiltrated Nano–Composite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012; 14: 15379–15392. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp43370b Access the Online SIMPLE Model Calculator Here |
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Sheldon BW, Nicholas JD, Mandowara S. Tensile Stress Evolution during the Early Stage Constrained Sintering of Gadolinium Doped Ceria Films. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2011; 94: 209–216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04035.x |
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Nicholas JD, Barnett SA. Measurements and Modeling of Sm0.5Sr0.5CoO3–x—Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 SOFC Cathodes Produced Using Infiltrate Solution Additives. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2010; 157: B536. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3284519 |
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Shah M, Nicholas JD, Barnett SA. Prediction of Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Polarization Resistance Using Simple Models. Electrochemistry Communications, 2008; 11: 2–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2008.10.006 |
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Nicholas JD, Barnett SA. Finite Element Modeling of Idealized Infiltrated Composite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2009; 156: B458–B464. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3076133 |
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Huang L, Nicholas J, Kieffer J, Bass J. Polyamorphic Transitions in Vitreous B2O3 Under Pressure. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2008; 20: 075107(1–8). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/7/075107 |
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Nicholas JD, DeJonghe LC. Prediction and Evaluation of Sintering Aids for Cerium Gadolinium Oxide. Solid State Ionics, 2007; 178: 1187–1194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2007.05.019 |
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Sinogeikin SV, Lakshtanov DL, Nicholas JD, Jackson JM, Bass JD. High Temperature Elasticity Measurements on Oxides by Brillouin Spectroscopy with Resistive and IR Laser Heating. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2005; 25: 1313–1324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.01.001 |
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Nicholas JD, Sinogeikin SV, Kieffer J, Bass JD. Spectroscopic Evidence of Polymorphism in Vitreous B2O3. Physical Review Letters, 2004; 92: 215701(1–4). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.215701 |
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Nicholas JD, Sinogeikin SV, Kieffer J, Bass JD. A High Pressure Brillouin Scattering Study of Vitreous Boron Oxide up to 57 GPa. Journal of Non–Crystalline Solids, 2004; 349: 30–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.08.258 |
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Sinogeikin SV, Lakshtanov DL, Nicholas JD, Bass JD. Sound Velocity Measurements on Laser–Heated MgO and Al2O3. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2004; 143: 575–586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2003.09.017 |
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Nicholas JD, Youngman RE, Sinogeikin SV, Bass JD, Kieffer J. Structural Changes in Vitreous Boron Oxide. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses, 2003; 44: 249–251. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sgt/pcg/2003/... |
Workshop Reports
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Nicholas JD. Highlights from the 2013 National Science Foundation Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Promise, Progress, and Priorities (SOFC-PPP) Workshop. ECS Interface, 2013; 22 (4): 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.f04134if |
Invited Book Chapters
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Nicholas, JD. In situ Wafer Curvature Relaxation Measurements to Determine Surface Exchange Coefficients and Thermo-Chemically Induced Stresses. In Bishop, S., Marriochelli, D., Perry, N. and Sheldon, B., eds. Electro-Chemo-Mechanics of Solids, pp. 103-106 (Springer, New York, 2017). ISBN: 978-3-319-51405-5 (Print) 978-3-319-51407-9 (Online). http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-51407-9 |
Guest Edited Journal Issue Introductions
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Nicholas JD, Qi Y, Bishop SR, Mukherjee PP. An Introduction to Mechano-Electro-Chemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials and Devices. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2014; 161: Y10-Y11. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0231411jes |
Patents
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Nicholas JD, Zhou Q, Bieler TR. Controlled Wetting and Spreading of Metals on Substrates Using Porous Interlayers and Related Articles. Patent US 2019/0320528 A1 (2019). http://msut.technologypublisher.com/technology/28520 Click here for the patent |
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Nicholas JD, Zhou Q, Bieler TR, Kerr RD. Brazing Methods Using Porous Interlayers and Related Articles. Patent US 2018/0326524 A1 (2018). http://msut.technologypublisher.com/technology/26317 Click here for the patent |