Sondre Kvalvåg Schnell
Sondre Kvalvåg Schnell
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Natural SciencesBackground and activities
Nåværende PhD-studenter:
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Our research is focused on numerical simulations, specifically focusing on thermodynamics properties, both in equilibrium and non-equilibrium. More specifically, we focus on two topics: transport in Magnesium Ion batteries, an alternative battery technology, and nanothermodynamics, which is describing thermal properties of systems consisting of just a few atoms. In our work we use molecular simulations, where we explicitly model single atoms, and how they interact with each other.
From the autumn 2018 we will start working on the RCN funded FRIPRO project NanoTherm, where we will study how thermodynamics can be used to describe connections between heat and energy in molecular machines.
Current Ph.D.-students:
Courses
- MT8307 - Thermodynamics of Materials
- TMT4100 - General Chemistry
- TMT4500 - Materials Technology, Specialization Project
- MT3901 - Special Syllabus for Master's Degree
- TMT4106 - General Chemistry
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) The Importance of Stacking and Coordination for Li, Na, and Mg Diffusion and Intercalation in Ti3C2T2 MXene. Advanced Materials Interfaces.
- (2022) Local surface crystal structure fluctuation on Li, Na and Mg metal anodes. Molecular Physics.
- (2021) Small Size Effects in Open and Closed Systems: What Can We Learn from Ideal Gases about Systems with Interacting Particles?. Journal of Chemical Physics. vol. 155 (24).
- (2021) Chemical Potential Differences in the Macroscopic Limit from Fluctuations in Small Systems. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. vol. 61 (2).
- (2021) Stacking Sequence, Interlayer Bonding, Termination Group Stability and Li/Na/Mg Diffusion in MXenes. ACS Materials Letters. vol. 3 (9).
- (2021) Thermodynamic Insight in Design of Methanation Reactor with Water Removal Considering Nexus between CO2 Conversion and Irreversibilities. Energies. vol. 14 (23).
- (2021) Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel States and the Effect of Interfaces on Transport Properties across Membranes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
- (2021) Thermo-osmotic pressure and resistance to mass transport in a vapor-gap membrane. Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. vol. 23.
- (2021) Slow surface diffusion on Cu substrates in Li metal batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. vol. 9 (17).
- (2021) Adsorption of an Ideal Gas on a Small Spherical Adsorbent. Nanomaterials. vol. 11 (2).
- (2020) Kirkwood–Buff Integrals Using Molecular Simulation: Estimation of Surface Effects. Nanomaterials.
- (2020) Thermodynamic analysis of different methanation reactors for biogas upgrading. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 48.
- (2020) Dipentamethylene thiuram tetrasulfide-based cathodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. vol. 3.
- (2020) Are MXenes Suitable as Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Mg Batteries?. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. vol. 4 (6).
- (2020) Two-Phase Equilibrium Conditions in Nanopores. Nanomaterials. vol. 10 (4).
- (2020) Crystal Structure Influences Migration along Li and Mg Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. vol. 11 (8).
- (2019) Kirkwood-Buff integrals from molecular simulation. Fluid Phase Equilibria. vol. 486.
- (2019) Optimization of an absorption-based biogas upgrading and liquefaction process. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 76.
- (2019) Cryogenic vs. absorption biogas upgrading in liquefied biomethane production – An energy efficiency analysis. Fuel. vol. 245.
- (2018) Finite-size effects of Kirkwood–Buff integrals from molecular simulations. Molecular Simulation. vol. 44 (7).