Publications
2021
- Pai, R. and Kalra, V. Vanadium Monoxide-Based Free-Standing Nanofiber Hosts for High-Loading Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials,4, 5649.
- Pai, R., Natu,V., Sokol, M., Carey, M., Barsoum, M.W., and Kalra, V. Tuning functional two-dimensional MXene nanosheets to enable efficient sulfur utilization in lithium-sulfur batteries, 2021, Cell Reports and Physical Sciences, 2, 100480.
2020
- Li, X., Rafie, A., Kalra, V. and Lau, K.K.S. Deposition Behavior of Polyaniline on Carbon Nanofibers by Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition, Langmuir, 2020, 36, 13079.
- Rafie, A., Singh, A. and Kalra. V. Synergistic Effect of Sulfur-rich Copolymer and Carbon Host Porosity in Li-S Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 365, 137088.
- Intikhab, S., Rebollar, L., Li, Y., Pai, R., Kalra, V., Tang, M.H. and Snyder, J.D. Caffeinated Interfaces Enhance Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis, ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 6798.
- Carey, M., Hinton, Z., Natu, V., Pai, R., Sokol, M., Alvarez, N., Kalra, V., and Barsoum, M. Dispersion and Stabilization of Alkylated 2D Ti3C2Tz MXene in Nonpolar Solvents and Their Pseudocapacitive Behavior, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020, 1, 100042.
- Natu, V., Pai, R., Sokol, M., Carey, M., Kalra, V., and Barsoum, M.W. 2D Ti3C2Tz MXene Synthesized by Water Free Etching of Ti3AlC2 in Polar Organic Solvents, Chem, 2020, 6, 616.
- Amaral, P.E.M., Hall, D.C., Pai, R., Krol, J., Kalra, V., Ehrlich, G.D. and Ji, H-F, Fibrous Phosphorus Quantum Dots for Cell Imaging, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3, 752.
2019
- Singh, A.; Kalra, V. Electrospun Nanostructures for Conversion Type Cathode (S, Se) Based Lithium and Sodium batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 11613 (Invited Review).
- Singh, A. Rafie, A. Kalra, V. Revisiting the Use of Electrolyte Additives in Li-S Batteries: Role of Porosity of Sulfur Host Materials, Sustainable Energy and Fuels 2019, 3, 2788.
- Li,X.; Rafie, A.; Yuriy, S.; Simotwo, S.; Kalra, V.; Lau, KKS. Engineering Conformal Nanoporous Polyaniline via Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition and its Potential Application in Supercapacitors. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2019, 194, 156 (Invited Special Issue Article).
2018
- Dillard, C.; Singh, A.; Kalra, V. Polysulfide Speciation and Electrolyte Interactions in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with in Situ Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 18195.
- Dillard, C.; Chung, S-H.; Singh, A.; Manthiram, A.; Kalra, V. Binder-free, freestanding cathodes fabricated with an ultra-rapid diffusion of sulfur into carbon nanofiber mat for lithium sulfur batteries. Materials Today Energy 2018, 9, 336.
- Li,X.; Rafie, A.; Yuriy, S.; Simotwo, S.; Kalra, V.; Lau, KKS. Engineering conformal nanoporous polyaniline via oxidative chemical vapor deposition and its potential application in supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Science 2018
- Pai, R.N.; Kalra, V. High Performance Aqueous Asymmetric Supercapacitor based on Iron Oxide Anode and Cobalt Oxide Cathode. Journal of Materials Research 2018, 33, 1199 (Invited Special Issue Article).
- Pai, R.N.; Singh, A.; Simotwo, S.; Kalra. V., In-Situ Grown Iron Oxides on Carbon Nanofibers as Freestanding Anodes in Aqueous Supercapacitors. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018, 1701116.
- Simotwo, S.; Kalra, V. Polyaniline-Carbon based Binder-free Asymmetric Supercapacitor in Neutral Aqueous Electrolyte. Electrochimica Acta 2018, 268, 131.
- Singh, A.; Kalra, V. TiO Phase Stabilized into Freestanding Nanofibers as Strong Polysulfide Immobilizer in Li–S Batteries: Evidence for Lewis Acid–Base Interactions. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2018, 10, 37937.
2017
- Simotwo, S.; Chinnam, PR.; Wunder, S. L.; Kalra, V. Self-Standing Supercapacitor Based on Ionic Liquid-Rich Ionogel and Activated Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2017, 9, 33749
- Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Cobalt nanoparticle-embedded porous carbon nanofibers with inherent N- and F-doping as binder-free bifunctional catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. Chem Phys Chem 2017, 18, 223.
2016
- Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Binder-free Hierarchically-porous Carbon Nanofibers Decorated with Cobalt Nanoparticles as Efficient Cathodes for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. RSC Advances 2016, 6, 103072.
- Simotwo, S.K.; Kalra, V. Polyaniline-based Electrodes: Recent Application in Supercapacitors and Next Generation Rechargeable Batteries. Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 2016, 13, 150, Invited Review Article.
- Simotwo, S.K.; DelRe, C.#; Kalra, V. Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on High-Purity Electrospun Polyaniline and Polyaniline-Carbon Nanotube Nanofibers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2016, 8, 21261.
- Lawrence, D.#; Tran, C.; Mallajoysula, A.T.; Doorn, S.K.; Mohite, A.; Gupta, G.; Kalra, V. High-energy Density Nanofiber-based Solid-state Supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 160. Featured as a JMCA HOT Paper.
- Simotwo, S.K.; Kalra, V. Study of Co-electrospun Nafion and Polyaniline Nanofibers as Potential Catalyst Support for Fuel Cell Electrodes. Electrochimica Acta 2016, 198, 156.
2015
- Chung, S-H; Singhal, R; Kalra, V; Manthiram, A. A Porous Carbon Mat as an Electrochemical Testing Platform for Investigating the Polysulfide Retention of Various Cathode Configurations in Li-S Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2015, 6, 2163.
- Tran, C.; Lawrence, D.#; Richey, F.W.; Dillard, C.; Elabd, Y.; Kalra, V. Electrochemical Performance of Device-ready Porous Carbon Nanofibers in Ionic Liquid Electrolyte-based Supercapacitors. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13760.
- Tran, C.; Singhal, R.; Lawrence, D.#; Kalra, V. Polyaniline-coated Freestanding Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Efficient Hybrid Electrodes for Supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources 2015, 293, 373.
- Chung, S-H.; Singhal, R.; Kalra, V.; Manthiram, A. Electrochemically Stable Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with a Microporous Carbon Nanofiber Filter for Polysulfide. Advanced Energy Materials 2015
- Singhal, R.*; Chung, S-H.*; Manthiram, A.; Kalra, V. Free-standing Carbon Nanofiber Interlayer for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 4530.
- Andersen, C.P.; Hu, H.; Qiu, G.; Kalra, V.; Sun, Y. Pore-Scale Transport Resolved Model Incorporating Cathode Microstructure and Peroxide Growth in Lithium-Air Batteries. Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2015, A1135
- Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Using Common Salt to Impart Pseudocapacitive Functionalities to Carbon Nanofibers, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 377.
- Dillard, C.; Singhal, R.; Kalra, V. Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Monoaxially Electrospun P3HT/PCBM Nanofibers.Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2015, 300 (3), 20-327.
2014
- Richey, F.W., Tran, C., Kalra, V., Elabd, Y.A. Ionic Liquid Dynamics in Nanoporous Carbon Nanofibers in Supercapacitors Measured with in operando Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118, 21846.
- Kapllani, A.#, Dillard, C., Washington, K.E., Biewer, M. C. Stefan, M. C., Kalra, V. Self-Assembly of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-blockpoly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) within Solution-Cast Films and Nanofibers, 2014, 299(12), 1484-1493.
- Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Molecular Dynamics Study on Effect of Elongational Flow on Morphology of Immiscible Mixtures. J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140, 134902.
- Mayrhuber, I.; Dennison, C.R.; Kalra, V.; Kumbur, E.C. Laser-Perforated Carbon Paper Electrodes for Improved Mass-Transport in High Power Density Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. J. Power Sources 2014, 260, 251-258.
- Park, J.; Kalra, V.; Joo, Y.L. Controlling the Dispersion and Orientation of Nanorods in Polymer Melt under Shear: Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 140, 124903.
- Hu, A.#; Curran, C.#; Tran, C.; Kapllani, A.#; Kalra, V. Fabrication of Transition Metal Oxide-Carbon Nanofibers with Novel Hierarchical Architectures. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2014, 14, 5501-5507.
- Park, J.; Yin, J.; Kalra, V.; Joo, Y. Role of Nanoparticle Selectivity in the Symmetry Breaking of Cylindrically Confined Block Copolymers. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 7653-7668.
2013
- Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Fabrication of Porous Carbon Nanofibers with Adjustable Pore Sizes as Electrodes for Supercapacitors. J Power Sources 2013, 235, 289-296.
- Kapllani, A.#; Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Self-Assembly of Fully Conjugated Diblock Copolymers within Nanofibers. Soft Matter2013, 9, 11014.
- Tran, C.; Kalra, V. Co-continuous nanoscale assembly of Nafion/polyacrylonitrile blends within nanofibers: A facile route to fabrication of porous nanofibers. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 846-852.
2012
- Park, J.H.; Kalra, V.; Joo, Y.L. Cylindrically Confined Assembly of Asymmetrical Block Copolymers with and without Nanoparticles. Soft Matter 2012, 8(6), 1845-1857.
2004-2010
- Kalra, V.; Escobedo, F.; Joo, Y.L. Effect of shear on Nanoparticle dispersion in Polymer Melts: A Molecular Dynamics Study. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 024901.
- Kalra, V.; Joo, Y.L. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics study of block copolymer/nanoparticle composites under elongational flow. J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 214904, #Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.
- Kalra, V.; Lee, J.H.; Park, J.; Marquez, M.; Joo, Y.L. Confined Assembly of Asymmetric Block Copolymer Nanofibers via Multi-axial Jet Electrospinning. Small 2009, 5, 2323.
- Carroll, C.P.; Zhmayev, E.; Kalra, V.; Joo, Y.L. Electrically Driven Polymeric Liquid Jets: Modeling and Experiments. Korea-Australia Rheology Journal 2008, 20, 153.
- Kalra, V.; Lee, J.; Lee, J.H.; Marquez, M.; Wiesner, U.; Joo, Y.L. Controlling Nanoparticle Location via Confined Assembly in Electrospun Block Copolymer Nanofibers. Small 2008, 4, 2067.
- Kalra, V.; Mendez, S.; Escobedo, F.; Joo, Y.L. Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the Placement of Nanoparticles within Symmetric Diblock Copolymers under Shear Flow. J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 128, 164909. #Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology and Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
- Kalra, V.; Mendez, S.; Lee, J.H.; Nguyen, H.; Marquez, M.; Joo, Y.L. Confined Assembly in Coaxially Electrospun Block Copolymer Fibers. Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 3299.
- Kalra, V.; Kakad, P.A.; Mendez, S.; Ivannikov, T.; Kamperman, M.; Joo, Y.L. Self Assembled Structures in Electrospun Poly (styrene-block-isoprene) Fibers. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 5453.