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Harmon, Russell S, Richard E Russo, and Richard R Hark."Applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for geochemical and environmental analysis: A comprehensive review."Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 87 (2013) 11-26. DOI

Iturrondobeitia, Amaia, Aintzane Goñi, Luis Lezama, Chunjoong Kim, Marca M Doeff, Jordi Cabana, and Teófilo Rojo."Effect of Si (iv) substitution on electrochemical, magnetic and spectroscopic performance of nanosized LiMn_2-xSi_xO₄."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1.36 (2013) 10857-10862. DOI

Lee, Eunseok, and Kristin A Persson."First-principles study of the nano-scaling effect on the electrochemical behavior in LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄."Nanotechnology 24.42 (2013). DOI

Nadimpalli, Siva P. V, Vijay A Sethuraman, Giovanna Bucci, Venkat Srinivasan, Allan F Bower, and Pradeep R Guduru."On plastic deformation and fracture in Si films during electrochemical lithiation/delithiation cycling."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 160.10 (2013) A1885-A1893. DOI

Hasanbeigi, Ali, Lynn K Price, Cecilia Fino-Chen, Hongyou Lu, and Jing Ke."Retrospective and prospective decomposition analysis of Chinese manufacturing energy use and policy implications."Energy Policy (2013). DOI

Katzman, Alex, Michael A McNeil, and Stephen Pantano."The benefits of creating a cross-country data framework for energy efficiency."7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL ’13) (2013).

Vine, Edward L."Better Buildings Neighborhood Program."Home Energy 30.5 (2013).

Shirpour, Mona, Jordi Cabana, and Marca M Doeff."New materials based on a layered sodium titanate for dual electrochemical Na and Li intercalation systems."Energy & Environmental Science 6.8 (2013) 2538-2547. DOI

Williams, Charles H, Andrew S Green, Douglas Dahle, John Barnett, Pat Butler, and David Kerner."Potential for the Use of Energy Savings Performance Contracts to Reduce Energy Consumption and Provide Energy and Cost Savings in Non-Building Applications." (2013).

Wargocki, Pawel, Max H Sherman, Willem de Gids, Peter Wouters, Francis Allard, François Rémi Carrié, Paolo Carrer, and Stylianos Kephalopolous."Proposed Research Agenda for Achieving Indoor Air Quality Supporting Health and Comfort in Highly Energy Efficient Buildings." (2013).

Cabana, Jordi, Natasha A Chernova, Jie Xiao, Megan Roppolo, Kellie A Aldi, M. M Stanley Whittingham, and Clare P Grey."Study of the Transition Metal Ordering in Layered Na_xNi_x/2Mn_1–x/2O₂ (2/3≤x≤1) and Consequences of Na/Li Exchange."Inorganic Chemistry 52 (2013) 8540-8550. DOI

Vine, Edward L."Transforming the energy efficiency market in California: Key findings, lessons learned and future directions from California's market effects studies."Energy Policy 59 (2013). DOI

Kantner, Colleen, Scott J Young, Sally M Donovan, Karina Garbesi, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Bereket Beraki, and Sarah K Price."Ceiling Fan and Ceiling Fan Light Kit use in the U.S.—Results of a Survey on Amazon Mechanical Turk." (2013).

Jain, Anubhav, Shyue P Ong, Geoffroy Hautier, Wei Chen, William D Richards, Stephen T Dacek, Shreyas Cholia, Dan Gunter, David Skinner, Gerbrand Ceder, and Kristin A Persson."Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation."APL Materials 1.1 (2013). DOI

Patel, Shrayesh N, Anna E Javier, and Nitash P Balsara."Electrochemically Oxidized Electronic and Ionic Conducting Nanostructured Block Copolymers for Lithium Battery Electrodes."ACS Nano 7 (2013) 6056-6068. DOI

Russo, Richard E, Xianglei Mao, Jhanis J Gonzalez, Vassilia Zorba, and Jong-Hyun Yoo."Laser ablation in analytical chemistry."Analytical Chemistry 85.13 (2013) 6162-6177. DOI

Gurevitch, Inna, Raffaella Buonsanti, Alexander A Teran, Bernd Gludovatz, Robert O Ritchie, Jordi Cabana, and Nitash P Balsara."Nanocomposites of Titanium Dioxide and Polystyrene-Poly (ethylene oxide) Block Copolymer as Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 160 (2013) A1611-A1617. DOI

Lee, Eunseok, and Kristin A Persson."Solid-Solution Li Intercalation as a Function of Cation Order/Disorder in the High-Voltage Li_xNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ Spinel."Chemistry of Materials 25.14 (2013) 2885-2889. DOI

Diamond, Richard C, Qing Ye, Wei Feng, Tao Yan, Hongwei Mao, Yutong Li, Yongcong Guo, and Jialang Wang."Sustainable Building in China—A Green Leap Forward?."Buildings 3.3 (2013) 639-658. DOI

Pendleton, Linwood, Thomas R Karl, and Evan Mills."Economic Growth in the Face of Weather and Climate Extremes: A Call for Better Data."Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 94 (2013). DOI

Duncan, Hugues, Nuha Salem, and Yaser Abu-Lebdeh."Electrolyte Formulations Based on Dinitrile Solvents for High Voltage Li-Ion Batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 160.6 (2013) A838-A848. DOI

Sherman, Max H, and Erin L Hult."Impacts of Contaminant Storage on Indoor Air Quality: Model Development."Atmospheric Environment 72 (2013) 41-49. DOI

Hong, Tianzhen, Wen-Kuei Chang, and Hung-Wen Lin."A Sensitivity Study of Building Performance Using 30-Year Actual Weather Data."13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, August 26-28 (2013).

Lin, Hung-Wen, Mingshan Zhen, and Tianzhen Hong."An analysis of impact of occupant behavior on discrepancies of energy use in office buildings." (2013).

McNeil, Michael A, Virginie E Letschert, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Jing Ke."Bottom-Up Energy Analysis System (BUENAS) – An International Appliance Efficiency Policy Tool."Energy Efficiency 6.2 (2013) 191-217. DOI