Publications de Dimos Poulikakos

Design and packaging of a highly integrated microreactor system for high-temperature on-board hydrogen production

John Richard Thome, Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Navid Borhani, Bo Jiang, Dimos Poulikakos

Highlights • A “plug-and-play” microreaction system for high-temperature reactions (>500 °C). • Efficient thermal decoupling for using standard electrical/fluidic connections. • Automatic and accurate temperature control for calorimetric measurements. • A ...

Elsevier2015

A low-temperature co-fired ceramic micro-reactor system for high-efficiency on-site hydrogen production

Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Bo Jiang, Dimos Poulikakos

A ceramic-based, meso-scale fuel processor for on-board production of syngas fuel was demonstrated for applications in micro-scale solid-oxide fuel cells (mu-SOFCs). The processor had a total dimension of 12 mm x 40 mm x 2 mm, the gas reforming micro react ...

Elsevier2015

Rapid-Response Low Infrared Emission Broadband Ultrathin Plasmonic Light Absorber

Giulia Tagliabue, Dimos Poulikakos

Plasmonic nanostructures can significantly advance broadband visible-light absorption, with absorber thicknesses in the sub-wavelength regime, much thinner than conventional broadband coatings. Such absorbers have inherently very small heat capacity, hence ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

A thermally self-sustained micro-power plant with integrated micro-solid oxide fuel cells, micro-reformer and functional micro-fluidic carrier

Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Claude Muller, Bo Jiang, Alex Dommann, Dimos Poulikakos

Low temperature micro-solid oxide fuel cell (micro-SOFC) systems are an attractive alternative power source for small-size portable electronic devices due to their high energy efficiency and density. Here, we report a thermally self-sustainable reformer – ...

Elsevier2014

Syngas generation from n-butane with an integrated MEMS assembly for gas processing in micro-solid oxide fuel cell systems

Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Bo Jiang, Dimos Poulikakos

An integrated system of a microreformer and a carrier allowing for syngas generation from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for micro-SOFC application is discussed. The microreformer with an overall size of 12.7 mm × 12.7 mm × 1.9 mm is fabricated with micro-e ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2012

A micro heater platform with fluid channels for testing micro-solid oxide fuel cell components

Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Bo Jiang, Dimos Poulikakos

Micro-scale solid oxide fuel cell is a promising power generation technology for portable devices such as laptop, medical devices and personal electronics. One of the key goals in design of μ-SOFC systems is to use common hydrocarbon fuels such as propane/ ...

Elsevier2012

A nanoparticle bed micro-reactor with high syngas yield for moderate temperature micro-scale SOFC power plants

Paul Muralt, Thomas Maeder, Bo Jiang, Dimos Poulikakos

This work introduces and investigates the a novel compact catalytic nanoparticle bed micro-fabricated reactor suitable for utilization in small-scale intermediate-temperature micro-SOFC systems. It is shown that the presented micro-reactor is able to produ ...

Elsevier2012

A micro-solid oxide fuel cell system as battery replacement

Paul Muralt, Paul Victor Georges Muller, Samuel Rey-Mermet, Anna Infortuna, Dimos Poulikakos

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