Sumanjeet Kaur

Sumanjeet Kaur

Dr. Sumanjeet Kaur, a Research Scientist at LBNL, performs research on thermal energy storage. She is a material scientist and has a background in material synthesis and characterization, as well as in various thermal metrologies. Dr. Kaur is the inaugural leader of the Thermal Energy Group at LBNL, which advances thermal technologies for applications from batteries to water desalination to critical material recovery. Her current research projects include development of dynamically tunable thermal energy storage, thermal switches and standalone thermal batteries using thermochemical materials for low to medium temperature applications.

Contact Information

Phone: 510-486-6295

Awards

Spot: Suman Kaur -  December 18th 2019

To organize a very successful DOE/BT workshop at Berkeley Lab.

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Publications

2023

Extreme fast charging of commercial Li-ion batteries via combined thermal switching and self-heating approaches

Authors: Zeng, Yuqiang; Buyi Zhang; Yanbao Fu; Fengyu Shen; Qiye Zheng; Divya Chalise; Ruijiao Miao; Sumanjeet Kaur; Sean D Lubner; Michael C Tucker; Vincent S Battaglia; Chris Dames, and Ravi S Prasher.
12/2023

Distributed desalination using solar energy: A technoeconomic framework to decarbonize nontraditional water treatment

Authors: Menon, Akanksha K; Mingxin Jia; Sumanjeet Kaur; Chris Dames, and Ravi S Prasher.
02/2023

Particle Size Optimization of Thermochemical Salt Hydrates for High Energy Density Thermal Storage

Authors: Martin, Andrew; Drew Lilley; Ravi S Prasher, and Sumanjeet Kaur.
02/2023

2022

Using thermal interface resistance for non-invasive operando mapping of buried interfacial lithium morphology in-solid state batteries

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Pallab Barai; Yuqiang Zeng; Robert Johnson; Sumanjeet Kaur; Sean D Lubner; Venkat Srinivasan; Michael C Tucker, and Ravi S Prasher.
12/2022

Multi-Harmonic Electrothermal Spectroscopy (METS), a New Technique for Spatially Resolved Electrochemical Measurements

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Akshey Dhar; Venkat Srinivasan; Sean D Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S Prasher.
10/2022

Multi-Harmonic Electrothermal Spectroscopy (METS), a New Technique for Spatially Resolved Electrochemical Measurements

Authors: Chalise, Divya; Joseph Schaadt; Akshey Dhar; Venkat Srinivasan; Sean D Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S Prasher.
10/2022

Particle Size Optimization of Thermochemical Salt Hydrates for High Energy Density Thermal Storage

Authors: Martin, Andrew; Drew Lilley; Ravi S Prasher, and Sumanjeet Kaur.
10/2022

Probing hydrogen-bond networks in plastic crystals with terahertz and infrared spectroscopy

Authors: Lu, Wenchao; Chandika Amarasinghe; Emily Zhang; Andrew Martin; Sumanjeet Kaur; Ravi S Prasher, and Musahid Ahmed.
08/2022

A non-volatile thermal switch for building energy savings

Authors: Miao, Ruijiao; Ravi Kishore; Sumanjeet Kaur; Ravi S Prasher, and Chris Dames.
07/2022

Experimental screening of salt hydrates for thermochemical energy storage for building heating application

Authors: Clark, Ruby-Jean; Gohar Gholamibozanjani; Jason Woods; Sumanjeet Kaur; Adewale Odukomaiya; Said Al-Hallaj, and Mohammed Farid.
07/2022

Experimental screening of salt hydrates for thermochemical energy storage for building heating application

Authors: Clark, Ruby-Jean; Gohar Gholamibozanjani; Jason Woods; Sumanjeet Kaur; Adewale Odukomaiya; Said Al-Hallaj, and Mohammed Farid.
07/2022

Experimental screening of salt hydrates for thermochemical energy storage for building heating application

Authors: Clark, Ruby-Jean; Gohar Gholamibozanjani; Jason Woods; Sumanjeet Kaur; Adewale Odukomaiya; Said Al-Hallaj, and Mohammed Farid.
07/2022

Structured illumination with thermal imaging (SI-TI): A dynamically reconfigurable metrology for parallelized thermal transport characterization

Authors: Zheng, Qiye; Divya Chalise; Mingxin Jia; Yuqiang Zeng; Minxiang Zeng; Mortaza Saeidi-Javash; Ali N.M Tanvir; Gottlieb Uahengo; Sumanjeet Kaur; Javier E Garay; Tengfei Luo; Yanliang Zhang; Ravi S Prasher, and Chris Dames.
06/2022

Structured illumination with thermal imaging (SI-TI): A dynamically reconfigurable metrology for parallelized thermal transport characterization

Authors: Zheng, Qiye; Divya Chalise; Mingxin Jia; Yuqiang Zeng; Minxiang Zeng; Mortaza Saeidi-Javash; Ali N.M Tanvir; Gottlieb Uahengo; Sumanjeet Kaur; Javier E Garay; Tengfei Luo; Yanliang Zhang; Ravi S Prasher, and Chris Dames.
06/2022

Structured illumination with thermal imaging (SI-TI): A dynamically reconfigurable metrology for parallelized thermal transport characterization

Authors: Zheng, Qiye; Divya Chalise; Mingxin Jia; Yuqiang Zeng; Minxiang Zeng; Mortaza Saeidi-Javash; Ali N.M Tanvir; Gottlieb Uahengo; Sumanjeet Kaur; Javier E Garay; Tengfei Luo; Yanliang Zhang; Ravi S Prasher, and Chris Dames.
05/2022

Correction: Addressing energy storage needs at lower cost via on-site thermal energy storage in buildings

Authors: Odukomaiya, Adewale; Jason Woods; Nelson James; Sumanjeet Kaur; Kyle R Gluesenkamp; Navin Kumar; Sven Mumme; Roderick Jackson, and Ravi S Prasher.
01/2022

Mitigation of Leakage and Water Ingress for a Promising Phase Change Material (PCM) Containing Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)Abstract

Authors: Rippy, Kerry; Judith Vidal; Shuang Cui, and Sumanjeet Kaur.

2021

Parametric study of solid-solid translucent phase change materials in building windows

Authors: Gao, Yuan; Qiye Zheng; Jacob C Jonsson; Sean D Lubner; Dragan C Curcija; Luis L Fernandes; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Christian Kohler.
11/2021

Operando spatial mapping of lithium concentration using thermal-wave sensing

Authors: Zeng, Yuqiang; Divya Chalise; Yanbao Fu; Joseph Schaadt; Sumanjeet Kaur; Vincent S Battaglia; Sean D Lubner, and Ravi S Prasher.
07/2021

A review of thermal physics and management inside lithium-ion batteries for high energy density and fast charging

Authors: Zeng, Yuqiang; Divya Chalise; Sean D Lubner; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S Prasher.
06/2021

High thermoelectric figure of merit of porous Si nanowires from 300 to 700 K

Authors: Yang, Lin; Daihong Huh; Rui Ning; Vi H Rapp; Yuqiang Zeng; Yunzhi Liu; Sucheol Ju; Yi Tao; Yue Jiang; Jihyun Beak; Juyoung Leem; Sumanjeet Kaur; Heon Lee; Xiaolin Zheng, and Ravi S Prasher.
06/2021

Impact of size and thermal gradient on supercooling of phase change materials for thermal energy storage

Authors: Lilley, Drew; Jonathan Lau; Chris Dames; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Ravi S Prasher.
05/2021

Random copolymer of poly(polyethylene glycol methyl ether)methacrylate as tunable transition temperature solid-solid phase change material for thermal energy storage

Authors: Khomein, Piyachai; Asritha Nallapaneni; Jonathan Lau; Drew Lilley; Chenhui Zhu; Sumanjeet Kaur; Ravi S Prasher, and Gao Liu.
03/2021

2020

Enhanced Charge Carrier Transport in 2D Perovskites by Incorporating Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes or Graphene

Authors: de la Fuente, Mauricio Solis; Sumanjeet Kaur; Qin Hu; Edward S Barnard; Peter Dudenas; Ahmet Kusoglu; Thomas P Russell; Jeffrey J Urban, and Ravi S Prasher.
10/2020

Water Freezes at Near-Zero Temperatures Using Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes under Static Electric Fields

Authors: Huang, Zhi; Sumanjeet Kaur; Musahid Ahmed, and Ravi S Prasher.
09/2020

Mining Lithium from Seawater

Authors: He, Xin; Sumanjeet Kaur, and Robert Kostecki.
07/2020

Identification and characterization of the dominant thermal resistance in lithium-ion batteries using operando 3-omega sensors

Authors: Lubner, Sean D; Sumanjeet Kaur; Yanbao Fu; Vincent S Battaglia, and Ravi S Prasher.
03/2020

Analysis and improvement of the hot disk transient plane source method for low thermal conductivity materials

Authors: Zheng, Qiye; Sumanjeet Kaur; Chris Dames, and Ravi S Prasher.
02/2020

Enhanced solar evaporation using a photo-thermal umbrella for wastewater management

Authors: Menon, Akanksha K; Iwan Haechler; Sumanjeet Kaur; Sean D Lubner, and Ravi S Prasher.
01/2020

2019

Enhanced Charge Carrier Transport in 2D Perovskites by Incorporating Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes or Graphene

Authors: de la Fuente, Mauricio Solis; Sumanjeet Kaur; Qin Hu; Edward S Barnard; Peter Dudenas; Ahmet Kusoglu; Thomas P Russell; Jeffrey J Urban, and Ravi S Prasher.
12/2019

A nano-photonic filter for near infrared radiative heater

Authors: Wang, Hao; Sumanjeet Kaur; Mahmoud Elzouka, and Ravi S Prasher.
01/2019

2018

Spectrally selective solar absorber stable up to 900 °C for 120 h under ambient conditions

Authors: Wang, Hao; Iwan Haechler; Sumanjeet Kaur; Justin P Freedman, and Ravi S Prasher.
11/2018

2014

Enhanced thermal transport at covalently functionalized carbon nanotube array interfaces

Authors: Kaur, Sumanjeet; Nachiket Raravikar; Brett A Helms; Ravi S Prasher, and D. D Frank Ogletree.
01/2014