2020

• McNulty, D., Geaney, H., Ramasse, Q., O’Dwyer, C.*, Long Cycle Life, Highly Ordered SnO2/GeO2 Nanocomposite Inverse Opal Anode Materials for Li‐Ion Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005073. (2020)

• Zhou, P., Collins, G., Hens, Z., Ryan, K.M., Geaney, H.*, Singh, S*. Colloidal WSe2 nanocrystals as anodes for lithium-ion batteries Nanoscale 12 , 22307-22316 (2020)

• Amiinu, I.S., Kapuria, N., Adegoke, T.E., Holzinger, A., Geaney, H., Scanlon, M.D., Ryan, K.M*. Evolution of Hierarchically Layered Cu-Rich Silicide Nanoarchitectures Cryst. Growth Des. 20, 10, 6677–6682 (2020)

• Aminu, I. S., Geaney, H., Imtiaz, S., Adegoke, T. E., Kapuria, N., Collins, G. A., Ryan, K. M.*, A Copper Silicide Nanofoam Current Collector for Directly Grown Si Nanowire Networks and their Application as Lithium‐Ion Anodes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 30, 2003278 (2020)

• Stokes, K., Kennedy, T.*, Kim, G.T., Geaney, H., Storan, D., Laffir, F., Battista, G., Appetecchi, Passerini, S., Ryan, K.M*. Influence of Carbonate-Based Additives on the Electrochemical Performance of Si NW Anodes Cycled in an Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 10, 7011–7019 (2020)

• Davitt, F., Stokes, K., Collins, T.W., Roldan-Gutierrez, M., Robinson, F., Geaney, H., Biswas, S.*, Chang, S.L.Y., Ryan, K.M., Reid, G., Holmes, J.D. Two-Dimensional SnSe Nanonetworks: Growth and Evaluation for Li-ion Battery Applications ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 7, 6602–6610 (2020)

2019

• Stokes, K., Geaney, H., Sheehan, M., Borsa, D., Ryan K.M*. Copper Silicide Nanowires as Hosts for Amorphous Si Deposition as a Route to Produce High Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes Nano Lett. 19, 12, 8829–8835 (2019)

• Culebras, M., Geaney, H., Beaucamp, A., Upadhyaya, P., Dalton, E., Ryan, K.M., Collins, M.N.* Bio‐derived Carbon Nanofibres from Lignin as High‐Performance Li‐Ion Anode Materials ChemSusChem 12, 19, 4516-4521 (2019)

• Ren, H., Wang, M., Li, Z., Laffir, F., Brennan, G., Sun, Y., Stokes, K., Geaney, H.,  O’Reilly, E.J., Gao, P., Liu, N., McCarthy, C., Ryan, K.M.* Synthesis and Characterization of CuZnSe2 Nanocrystals in Wurtzite, Zinc Blende, and Core–Shell Polytypes Chem. Mater. 31, 24, 10085-10093 (2019)

• Geaney, H., Bree, G.; Stokes, K.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K.M.* Highlighting the Importance of Full-cell Testing for High Performance Anode Materials Comprising Li Alloying Nanowires. J Electrochem. Soc. 166 (13), A2784 (2019)

• Geaney, H., Bree, G.; Stokes, K.; Collins, G.A.; Saana Amiinu, I.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K.M.,* Enhancing the performance of germanium nanowire anodes for Li-ion batteries by direct growth on textured copper Chem. Commun. 55, 7780-7783 (2019)

• Bree, G., Geaney, H., Ryan, K.M.,* Electrophoretic Deposition of Tin Sulfide Nanocubes as High Performance Lithium‐Ion Battery Anodes. ChemElectroChem,  6, 3049–3056, (2019)

• Stokes, K., Boonen, W., Geaney, H., Kennedy, T., Borsa, D., Ryan, K.M.,* A Tuneable Core Shell Nanowire Active Material for High Capacity Li-Ion Battery Anodes Comprising of PECVD Deposited aSi on Directly Grown Ge Nanowires. ACS Appl. Mater Interfaces, 11, 21, 19372-19380 (2019)

• Tofail, SAM.;* Mouras, R.; McNamara, K.; Patyk-Kazmierczak, E.; Geaney, H.;  Zaworotko, M.; Ryan, K. M.; Soulimane, T.; Silien, C.; Kopani, M. Multimodal Surface Analyses of Chemistry and Structure of Biominerals in Rodent Pineal Gland Concretions. Appl. Surf. Sci. ,469,378-386, (2019)

2018

• Bree, G.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K. M.* Common Battery Anode Testing Protocols Are Not Suitable for New Combined Alloying and Conversion Materials, ChemElectroChem, 5, 23, 3757-3763, (2018)

• Foley, S.; Geaney, H.; Bree, G.; Ryan, K.M.* Layered Bimetallic Metal-Organic Material Derived Cu2SnS3/SnS2/C Composite for Anode Applications in Lithium-Ion Batteries, ChemElectroChem, 5, 23, 3764-3770, (2018)

• Sheehan, M.; Ramasse, Q. M.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K.M.* Linear Heterostructured Ni2Si/Si Nanowires with Abrupt Interfaces Synthesised in Solution, Nanoscale, 10, 40, 19182-19187, (2018)

• Bree, G.; Geaney, H.; Stokes, K.; Ryan, K.M.* Aligned Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Nanorods as Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with High Specific Capacities, J Phys Chem C., 122, 35, 20090-20098, (2018)

• Stokes, K.; Fynn, G.; Geaney, H., Bree, G., Ryan, K.M.* Axial Si-Ge Heterostructure Nanowires as Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes, Nano Lett., 18, 9, 5569-5575, (2018)

• Foley, S; Geaney, H; Bree, Gerard; Ryan, K. M.* Copper Sulfide (CuxS) Nanowire-in-Carbon Composites Formed from Direct Sulfurization of the Metal-Organic Framework HKUST-1 and Their Use as Li-Ion Battery Cathodes Adv. Funct. Mater., 28,19, 1800587, (2018)

• Bree, G.; Coughlan, C.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K. M.* Investigation into the Selenization Mechanisms of Wurtzite CZTS Nanorods, ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces,  10,8, 7117-7125, (2018)

• McNulty, D.; Geaney, H; Buckley, D.; O’ Dwyer, C.* High Capacity Binder-Free nanocrystalline GeO2 Inverse Opal Anodes for Li-ion Batteries with Long Cycle Life and Stable Cell Voltage. Nano Energy, 43, 11-21, (2018)

2017

• Stokes, K.; Geaney, H.; Flynn, G.; Sheehan, M.; Kennedy, T.; Ryan, K. M.* Direct Synthesis of Alloyed Si1–xGex Nanowires for Performance-Tunable Lithium Ion Battery Anodes. ACS Nano, 11, 10, 10088–10096, (2017)

• Kim, G.-T.; Kennedy, T.; Brandon, M.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K. M.; Passerini, S.; Appetecchi, G. B.* Behavior of Germanium and Silicon Nanowire Anodes with Ionic Liquid Electrolytes. ACS Nano,11, 6, 5933-5943, (2017)

• Sheehan, M.; Guo, Y.; Flynn, G.; Geaney, H.; Ryan, K. M.* The Selective Synthesis of Nickel Germanide Nanowires and Nickel Germanide Seeded Germanium Nanowires within a Solvent Vapour Growth System. CrystEngComm 19 (15), 2072-2078. (2017)

• Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* Tailoring Asymmetric Discharge-Charge Rates and Capacity Limits to Extend Li-O2 Battery Cycle Life. ChemElectroChem 4, 628– 635. (2017)

• Glynn, C.; Geaney, H.; McNulty, D.; O’Connell, J.; Holmes, J.D.; O’Dwyer. C.* Patterning optically clear films: Coplanar Transparent and Color-Contrasted Thin Films from Interdiffused Electrodeposited and Solution-Processed Metal Oxides. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 35, 2, 020602. (2017)

• McNulty, D., Geaney, H., Carroll, E., Garvey, S., Lonergan, A., & O’Dwyer, C.* The Effect of Particle Size, Morphology and C-rates on 3D Structured Co3O4 Inverse Opal Conversion Mode Anode Materials. Mater. Res. Express 4, (2), 025011. (2017)

• McNulty, D., Geaney, H., O’Dwyer, C.* Carbon-Coated Honeycomb Ni-Mn-Co-O Inverse Opal: A High Capacity Ternary Transition Metal Oxide Anode for Li-ion Batteries. Sci. Rep., 7. (2017)

• Vankova, S., Francia, C., Amici, J., Zeng, J., Bodoardo, S., Penazzi, N., Collins, G., Geaney, H. O’Dwyer, C.* 2017. Influence of Binders and Solvents on Stability of Ru/RuOx Nanoparticles on ITO Nanocrystals as Li–O2 Battery Cathodes. ChemSusChem, 10, (3), 575-586. (2017)

2016

• Collins, G.; Armstrong, E.; McNulty, D.; O’Hanlon, S.; Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* 2D and 3D Photonic Crystal Materials for Photocatalysis and Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion. Sci. Tech. Adv. Mater. 17 (1), 563-582 (2016)

• Glynn, C.; McNulty, D.; Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* Growing Oxide Nanowires and Nanowire Networks by Solid State Contact Diffusion into Solution‐Processed Thin Films. Small 12 (43), 5954-5962 (2016)

• Diaz, C.; Barrientos, L.; Carrillo, D.; Valdebenito, J.; Valenzuela, M.L.; Allende, P.;  Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* Solvent-less Method for Efficient Photocatalytic Alpha-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles using Macromolecular Polymeric Precursors, New J. Chem., 40,8,6768-6776 (2016)

• McSweeney, W.; Glynn, C.; Geaney, H.; Collins, G.; Holmes, J.D.; O’Dwyer, C.* Mesoporosity in Doped Silicon Nanowires from Metal Assisted Chemical Etching Monitored by Phonon Scattering, Semiconductor Science & Technology, 31, 1,014003, (2016)

• Geaney, H.; McNulty, D.; O’Connell, J.; Holmes. J.D.; O’Dwyer, C.* Assessing Charge Contribution from Thermally Treated Ni Foam as Current Collectors for Li-ion Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 163 (8), A1805-A1811 (2016)

• McNulty, D.; Geaney, H.; Armstrong, E.; O’Dwyer, C.* High Performance Inverse Opal Li-ion Battery with Paired Intercalation and Conversion Mode Electrodes. J. Mater. Chem. A 4, 4448-4456 (2016)

• Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* Examining the Role of Electrolyte and Binders in Determining Discharge Product Morphology and Cycling Performance of Carbon Cathodes in Li-O2 Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc., 163 (2), A43-A49, (2016)

2015

• McSweeney, W.; Glynn, C.; Geaney, H.; Collins, G.; Holmes, J. D.; O’Dwyer, C.* Mesoporosity in Doped Silicon Nanowires from Metal Assisted Chemical Etching Monitored by Phonon Scattering. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 31 (1), 014003. (2015)

• Armstrong, E.; McNulty, D.; Geaney, H.; O’Dwyer, C.* Electrodeposited Structurally Stable V2O5 Inverse Opal Networks as High Performance Thin Film Lithium Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 7 (48), 27006–27015, (2015)

• Glynn, C.; Creedon, D.; Geaney, H.; Armstrong, E.; Collins, T.; Morris, M. A.; O’Dwyer, C.* Linking Precursor Alterations to Nanoscale Structure and Optical Transparency in Polymer Assisted Fast-Rate Dip-Coating of Vanadium Oxide Thin Films, Sci. Rep. 5, 11574, (2015)

• Mullane, E., Geaney, H. & Ryan, K.* Synthesis of Silicon–Germanium Axial Nanowire Heterostructures in a Solvent Vapor Growth System using Indium and Tin Catalysts Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 6919-6924, (2015).

• Geaney, H. & O’Dwyer, C.* Electrochemical Investigation of the Role of MnO2 Nanorod Catalysts in Water containing and Anhydrous Electrolytes for Li–O2 Battery Applications Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 6748-6759, (2015).

2014

• McSweeney, W., Geaney, H. & O’Dwyer, C.* Metal Assisted Chemical Etching of Silicon and the Behaviour of Nanoscale Silicon Materials as Li-ion Battery Anodes Nano Res. 8, 5, 1395-1442  (2014)

• Osiak, M., Geaney, H., Armstrong, E. & O’Dwyer, C.* Structuring Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries: Advancements in Nanomaterial Structure, Composition, and Defined Assembly on Cell Performance J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 9433-9460, (2014).

• Mullane, E., Kennedy, T., Geaney, H. & Ryan, K.M.* A Rapid, Solvent-Free Protocol for the Synthesis of Germanium Nanowire Lithium-ion Anodes with a Long Cycle Life and High Rate Capability ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces  6, 21, 18800–18807, (2014).

• McSweeney, W., Lotty, O., Glynn, C., Geaney, H., Holmes, J.D. & O’ Dwyer,C.* The Influence of Carrier Density and Doping Type on Lithium Insertion and Extraction Processes at Silicon Surfaces Electrochimica Acta 135, 356-367, (2014).

• Kennedy, T., Mullane, E., Geaney, H., Osiak, M., O’ Dwyer, C. & Ryan., K.M.*  High Performance Germanium Nanowire based Lithium-ion Battery Anodes Extending over 1000 Cycles Through In-situ Formation of a Continuous Porous Network Nano Lett., 14, 2, 716–723, (2014).

• Glynn, C., Creedon, D., Geaney, H., O’ Connell, J., Holmes, J.D. & O’ Dwyer, C.*  Optimizing Vanadium Pentoxide Thin Films and Multilayers from Dip-Coated Nanofluid Precursors ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 3, 2031–2038, (2014).

• Geaney, H., O’Connell, J., Holmes, J.D. & O’ Dwyer, C.* On the Use of Gas Diffusion Layers as Current Collectors in Li-O2 Battery Cathodes J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, A1964-A1968, (2014).

• Diaz, C., Platoni, S., Molina, A., Valenzuela, M.L., Geaney, H., & O’ Dwyer, C.* Novel Solid-State Route to Nanostructured Tin, Zinc and Cerium Oxides as Potential Materials for Sensors J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 14, 6748-6753, (2014).

• Bilousov, O.V., Carvajal, J.J., Geaney, H., Zubialevich, V.Z., Parbrook, P.J.,  Martínez, O., Jiménez, J., Díaz, F., Aguiló, M., & O’ Dwyer., C.* Fully Porous GaN p–n Junction Diodes Fabricated by Chemical Vapor Deposition ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 6, 20, 17954–17964, (2014).

• Bilousov, O.V., Carvajal, J.J., Mena, J., Martínez, O., Jiménez, J., Geaney, H.,  Díaz, F., Aguiló, M., & O’ Dwyer, C.* Epitaxial Growth of (0001) Oriented Porous GaN Layers by Chemical Vapour Deposition. Cryst. Eng. Comm 16, 10255-10261, (2014).

• Bhatt, M. D.,# Geaney, H.,# Nolan, M. & O’Dwyer, C.* Key Scientific Challenges in Current Rechargeable Non-Aqueous Li-O2 Batteries: Experiment and Theory. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 12093-12130, (2014).

• Armstrong, E., Osiak, M., Geaney, H., Glynn, C. & O’Dwyer, C.* 2D and 3D vanadium Oxide Inverse Opals and Hollow Sphere Arrays. Cryst. Eng. Comm, 16, 10804-10815,  (2014).

2013

• Mullane, E., Kennedy, T., Geaney, H., Dickinson, C. & Ryan, K. M.* Synthesis of Tin Catalyzed Silicon and Germanium Nanowires in a Solvent–Vapor System and Optimization of the Seed/ Nanowire Interface for Dual Lithium Cycling. Chem.  Mater. 25, 1816-1822, (2013).

• McSweeney, W., Lotty, O., Mogili, N.V.V., Glynn, C., Geaney, H., Tanner, D.,  Holmes, J.D. & O’Dwyer, C.* Doping Controlled Roughness and Defined Mesoporosity in Chemically Etched Silicon Nanowires with Tunable Conductivity. J. Appl. Phys. 114, 034309, (2013).

• Geaney, H., Mullane, E. & Ryan, K.M.* Solution Phase Synthesis of Silicon and Germanium Nanowires. J. Mater. Chem. C 1, 4996-5007, (2013).

• Geaney, H., Mullane, E., Ramasse, Q. M. & Ryan, K.M.* Atomically Abrupt Silicon–Germanium Axial Heterostructure Nanowires Synthesized in a Solvent Vapor Growth System. Nano Lett. 13, 1675-1680, (2013).

• Docampo, P., Ivaturi, A., Gunning, R.D., Diefenbach, S., Kirkpatrick, J., Palumbiny, C.M., Sivaram, V., Geaney, H., Schmidt-Mendece, L., Welland, M.E. & Snaith, H.J.* The Influence of 1D, Meso-and Crystal Structures on Charge Transport and Recombination in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 1, 12088-12095 (2013).

• Bilousov, O.V., Geaney, H., Carvajal, J.J., Zubialevich, V.Z., Parbrook, P.J.,  Giguère, A., Drouin, D., Díaz, F., Aguiló M. & O’ Dwyer, C.* Fabrication of p-Type Torous GaN on Silicon and Epitaxial GaN. Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 112103 (2013).

2012

• Singh, A., Geaney, H., Laffir, F. & Ryan, K.M.* Colloidal Synthesis of Wurtzite Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanorods and their Perpendicular Assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 2910-2913 (2012).

• Mullane, E., Geaney, H. & Ryan, K.M.* Size Controlled Growth of Germanium Nanorods and Nanowires by Solution Pyrolysis Directly on a Substrate. Chem. Commun. 48, 5446-5448 (2012).

• Geaney, H., Kennedy, T., Dickinson, C., Mullane, E., Singh, A., Laffir, F. & Ryan, K.M.* High Density Growth of Indium seeded Silicon Nanowires in the Vapor phase of a High Boiling Point Solvent. Chem. Mater. 24, 2204-2210 (2012).

• Geaney, H., Dickinson, C., O’ Dwyer, C., Mullane, E., Singh, A. & Ryan, K.M.* Growth of Crystalline Copper Silicide Nanowires in High Yield within a High Boiling Point Solvent System. Chem. Mater. 24, 4319-4325 (2012).

2011 and before

• Geaney, H., Dickinson, C., Weng, W., Kiely, C.J., Barrett, C.A., Gunning, R.D. & Ryan, K.M.* Role of Defects and Growth Directions in the Formation of Periodically Twinned and Kinked Unseeded Germanium Nanowires. Cryst. Growth & Des. 11, 3266-3272 (2011)

• Geaney, H., Dickinson, C., Barrett, C.A. & Ryan, K.M.* High Density Germanium Nanowire Growth Directly from Copper Foil by Self-Induced Solid Seeding. Chem.  Mater. 23, 4838-4843 (2011)

• Barrett, C.A.,# Geaney, H.,# Gunning, R.D., Laffir, F.R. & Ryan, K.M.* Perpendicular Growth of Catalyst-Free Germanium Nanowire Arrays. Chem. Commun. 47, 3843-3845 (2011).

• O’Sullivan, C. Gunning, R.D., Sanyal, A., Barrett, C.A., Geaney, H., Laffir, F.R.,  Ahmed, S. & Ryan, K.M.* Spontaneous Room Temperature Elongation of CdS and Ag2S Nanorods via Oriented Attachment. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 12250-12257 (2009).

• Barrett, C.A., Gunning, R.D., Hantschel, T., Arstila, K., O’ Sullivan, C., Geaney, H. & Ryan,  K.M.* Metal Surface Nucleated Supercritical Fluid–Solid–Solid Growth of Si and Ge/SiOx Core–Shell Nanowires. J. Mater. Chem. 20, 135-144 (2009).