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Researchers in EAEI focus on three broad areas: Energy Markets, Policy, and Infrastructure; Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis; and Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Standards.

We develop analytical and experimental methods and tools to assess the technical, economic and market potential of energy technologies, as well as the associated social, economic, health and environmental impacts.
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2024

Breunig, Hanna, Patricia Fox, Jeremy Domen, R Kumar, Ricardo Jorge Eloy Alves, Kateryna Zhalnina, Anne Voigtländer, Hang Deng, Bhavna Arora, and Peter Nico."Life cycle impact and cost analysis of quarry materials for land-based enhanced weathering in Northern California."Journal of Cleaner Production (2024) 143757. DOI

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

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

Deng, Hang, Eric Sonnenthal, Bhavna Arora, Hanna Breunig, Eoin Brodie, Markus Kleber, Nicolas Spycher, and Peter Nico."The environmental controls on efficiency of enhanced rock weathering in soils."Scientific Reports 13.1 (2023). DOI

Hu, Boxun, Fabian Rosner, Hanna Breunig, Asia Sarycheva, Robert Kostecki, and Michael C Tucker."Electrochemical conversion of methane to ethylene, olefins, and paraffins using metal-supported solid oxide cells."International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023). DOI

Rosner, Fabian, Michael C Tucker, Boxun Hu, and Hanna Breunig."Techno-Economic Analysis of Electrochemical Refineries Using Solid Oxide Cells for Oxidative Coupling of Methane."ECS Transactions 111.6 (2023) 2049 - 2055. DOI

Breunig, Hanna, Fabian Rosner, Tae-Hwan Lim, and Peng Peng."Emerging concepts in intermediate carbon dioxide emplacement to support carbon dioxide removal."Energy & Environmental Science 16.5 (2023) 1821 - 1837. DOI

Rosner, Fabian, Alexander Schamberger, and Hanna Breunig."Techno-economic analysis of a CO2 direct air capture-cooling tower hybrid process at a geothermal facility."ChemRxiv (2023).

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).

2022

Orner, Kevin D, Sarah Josephine Smith, Sarah L Nordahl, Alicia Chakrabarti, Hanna Breunig, Corinne D Scown, Harold Leverenz, Kara L Nelson, and Arpad Horvath."Environmental and Economic Impacts of Managing Nutrients in Digestate Derived from Sewage Sludge and High-Strength Organic Waste."Environmental Science & Technology 56.23 (2022) 17256 - 17265. DOI

Breunig, Hanna, Sarah Josephine Smith, Laxmi Rao, Alastair Robinson, Jacky Kinson, Robert Thornton, Corinne D Scown, and Vi H Rapp."Economic and greenhouse gas analysis of regional bioenergy-powered district energy systems in California."Resources, Conservation and Recycling 180 (2022) 106187. DOI

Jeong, Seongeun, Marc L Fischer, Hanna Breunig, Alison R Marklein, Francesca M Hopkins, and Sebastien C Biraud."Artificial Intelligence Approach for Estimating Dairy Methane Emissions."Environmental Science & Technology 56.8 (2022) 4849 - 4858. DOI

Peng, Peng, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Kriston Brooks, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Mark E Bowden, Jeffrey R Long, Tom Autrey, and Hanna Breunig."Cost and potential of metal–organic frameworks for hydrogen back-up power supply."Nature Energy (2022). DOI

Deng, Hang, Hanna Breunig, Joshua S Apte, and Yue Qin."An Early Career Perspective on the Opportunities and Challenges of Team Science."Environmental Science & Technology (2022). DOI

Peng, Peng, Lin Yang, Akanksha K Menon, Nathaniel Weger, Ravi S Prasher, Hanna Breunig, and Sean D Lubner."Techno-economic Analysis of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for On-Demand Heat and Power."Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry (2022). DOI

2021

Deng, Hang, Peter Nico, Stephanie Huang, Markus Kleber, Hanna Breunig, Isabelle Sauter, Maegen Simmonds, and Alan Di Vittorio."Enhanced rock weathering in agricultural lands for carbon removal: a reactive transport modeling perspective."AGU Fall Meeting 2021 (2021).

Orner, Kevin D, Sarah Josephine Smith, Hanna Breunig, Corinne D Scown, and Kara L Nelson."Fertilizer demand and potential supply through nutrient recovery from organic waste digestate in California."Water Research 206 (2021) 117717. DOI

Breunig, Hanna."Systems‐level strategies for development and integration of novel CO2 capture and utilization technologies."U of IL webinar (2021).

Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Brandon R Barnett, Henry Z.H Jiang, Jeffrey R Long, and Hanna Breunig."Technoeconomic analysis of metal–organic frameworks for bulk hydrogen transportation."Energy & Environmental Science (2021). DOI

2020

Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Hanna Breunig, and Corinne D Scown."Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas and Upgrading Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries."Environmental Science & Technology 54.20 (2020) 12810 - 12819. DOI

Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Hanna Breunig, and Corinne D Scown."Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas Upgrading and Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries."Environmental Science & Technology 54.20 (2020) 12810 - 12819. DOI

Nordahl, Sarah L, Jay P Devkota, Jahon Amirebrahimi, Sarah Josephine Smith, Hanna Breunig, Chelsea V Preble, Andrew Satchwell, Ling Jin, Nancy J Brown, Thomas W Kirchstetter, and Corinne D Scown."Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management StrategiesLife-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management Strategies."Environmental Science & Technology 54.15 (2020) 9200 - 9209. DOI

2019

Breunig, Hanna, Jahon Amirebrahimi, Sarah Josephine Smith, and Corinne D Scown."Role of Digestate and Biochar in Carbon-Negative Bioenergy."Environmental Science & Technology (2019). DOI