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2025

Wang, Xinyi, Hanna Breunig, and Peng Peng."Broad range material-to-system screening of metal–organic frameworks for hydrogen storage using machine learning."Applied Energy 383 (2025) 125346. DOI

Rander, Andrew R, Shayna R Kohl, Valeriy Cherepakhin, Long Zhang, Van K Do, Hanna Breunig, and Travis J Williams."Ethanol as a hydrogen carrier with a value-added co-product."Sustainable Energy & Fuels 9.4 (2025) 942-946. DOI

Zaki, Mohammed T, Colby Smith, Alex Badgett, and Hanna Breunig."Liquid Alkaline Water Electrolyzers: Comparing Performance across Design, Operation, and End-of-Life Scenarios."Environmental Science & Technology (2025). DOI

Wang, Xinyi, Peng Peng, Matthew D Witman, Vitalie Stavila, Mark D Allendorf, and Hanna Breunig."Technoeconomic Insights into Metal Hydrides for Stationary Hydrogen Storage."Advanced Science (2025). DOI

2024

Dun, Chaochao, Xinyi Wang, Linfeng Chen, Sichi Li, Hanna Breunig, and Jeffrey J Urban."Nano-enhanced solid-state hydrogen storage: Balancing discovery and pragmatism for future energy solutions."Nano Research (2024). DOI

Shiraishi, Kenji, Won Young Park, and Daniel M Kammen."The role of hydrogen as long-duration energy storage and as an international energy carrier for electricity sector decarbonization."Environmental Research Letters 19.8 (2024). DOI

Rosner, Fabian, Boxun Hu, Michael C Tucker, and Hanna Breunig."Prospects of hydrogen cogeneration and carbon dioxide utilization in electrochemical refineries for ethylene production via oxidative coupling of methane: A techno-economic assessment." (2024).

Peng, Peng, Henry Z.H Jiang, Stephanie Collins, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Jeffrey R Long, and Hanna Breunig."Long Duration Energy Storage Using Hydrogen in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Opportunities and Challenges."ACS Energy Letters (2024) 2727 - 2735. DOI

2023

Peng, Peng, Ji Su, and Hanna Breunig."Benchmarking plasma and electrolysis decomposition technologies for ammonia to power generation."Energy Conversion and Management 288 (2023) 117166. DOI

Rosner, Fabian, Dionissios Papadias, Kriston Brooks, Kelvin Yoro, Rajesh K Ahluwalia, Tom Autrey, and Hanna Breunig."Green steel: design and cost analysis of hydrogen-based direct iron reduction."ChemRxiv (2023).