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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert A. Taylor is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Energy, with a focus on several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

Robert A. Taylor has contributed to numerous publications, frequently in venues such as Applied Thermal Engineering, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energy Conversion and Management, Separation and Purification Technology, and Solar Energy.

Recent papers by the scientist include the following:

  • "Recent advances in using nanofluids in renewable energy systems and the environmental implications of their uptake," 2021, Nano Energy
  • "A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems," 2023, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • "Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential," 2022, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "On the colloidal and chemical stability of solar nanofluids: From nanoscale interactions to recent advances," 2020, Physics Reports

Their frequent collaborators include Qiyuan Li, Amr Omar, Pierre Le-Clech, Mohammadreza Sedighi, and Ricardo Vásquez Padilla.

Among professional recognitions, Robert A. Taylor was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collector

    Todd P. Otanicar;Patrick E. Phelan;Ravi S. Prasher;Gary Rosengarten

  • Small particles, big impacts: A review of the diverse applications of nanofluids

    Robert Taylor;Sylvain Coulombe;Todd Otanicar;Patrick Phelan

  • Nanofluid optical property characterization: towards efficient direct absorption solar collectors.

    Robert A Taylor;Patrick E Phelan;Todd P Otanicar;Ronald Adrian

  • Preparation and UV / visible spectra of fullerenes C60 and C70

    J.P. Hare;H.W. Kroto;R. Taylor

  • Applicability of nanofluids in high flux solar collectors

    Robert A. Taylor;Patrick E. Phelan;Todd P. Otanicar;Chad A. Walker

  • Spectral beam splitting for efficient conversion of solar energy - A review

    Ahmad Mojiri;Robert Taylor;Elizabeth Thomsen;Gary Rosengarten

  • Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems

    Robert A Taylor;Todd Otanicar;Gary Rosengarten

  • Large infrared nonlinear optical response of C60.

    W. J. Blau;H. J. Byrne;D. J. Cardin;T. J. Dennis

  • Time-Resolved Photoluminescence of Two-Dimensional Hot Carriers in GaAs-AlGaAs Heterostructures

    J. F. Ryan;R. A. Taylor;A. J. Turberfield;Angela Maciel

  • Solar Energy Harvesting Using Nanofluids-Based Concentrating Solar Collector

    Vikrant Khullar;Himanshu Tyagi;Patrick E. Phelan;Todd P. Otanicar

  • Liquid sodium versus Hitec as a heat transfer fluid in solar thermal central receiver systems

    Nicholas Boerema;Graham Morrison;Robert Taylor;Gary Rosengarten;Gary Rosengarten

  • Hybrid PV/T enhancement using selectively absorbing Ag–SiO2/carbon nanofluids

    Natasha E. Hjerrild;Sara Mesgari;Felipe Crisostomo;Jason A. Scott

  • Photocatalytic water splitting by N-TiO2 on MgO (111) with exceptional quantum efficiencies at elevated temperatures

    Yiyang Li;Yung-Kang Peng;Liangsheng Hu;Liangsheng Hu;Jianwei Zheng

  • Pool boiling of nanofluids: Comprehensive review of existing data and limited new data

    Robert A. Taylor;Patrick E. Phelan

  • Recent advances in using nanofluids in renewable energy systems and the environmental implications of their uptake

    Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Evangelos Bellos;Christos N. Markides;Robert A. Taylor

  • A hybrid PV/T collector using spectrally selective absorbing nanofluids

    Felipe Crisostomo;Natasha Hjerrild;Sara Mesgari;Qiyuan Li

  • Room-temperature exciton-polaritons with two-dimensional WS2.

    Lucas C. Flatten;Zhengyu He;David M. Coles;Aurelien A. P. Trichet

  • A cascade nanofluid-based PV/T system with optimized optical and thermal properties

    Samir Hassani;Robert A. Taylor;Saad Mekhilef;R. Saidur

  • Liquid thermoelectrics: Review of recent and limited new data of Thermogalvanic cell experiments

    Andrey Gunawan;Chao Han Lin;Daniel A. Buttry;Vladimiro Mujica

  • Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and solar thermoelectric generators – a critical review

    Pradeepkumar Sundarraj;Dipak Maity;Susanta Sinha Roy;Robert A. Taylor

  • InGaN quantum dots grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy employing a post-growth nitrogen anneal

    Rachel A. Oliver;G. Andrew D. Briggs;Menno J. Kappers;Colin J. Humphreys

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel A. Oliver
Rachel A. Oliver University of Cambridge
Todd Otanicar
Todd Otanicar Boise State University
Gary Rosengarten
Gary Rosengarten RMIT University
Patrick E. Phelan
Patrick E. Phelan Arizona State University
Menno J. Kappers
Menno J. Kappers University of Cambridge
Colin J. Humphreys
Colin J. Humphreys Queen Mary University of London
Ravi Prasher
Ravi Prasher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jason M. Smith
Jason M. Smith University of Oxford
Jason Scott
Jason Scott University of New South Wales
Graham Morrison
Graham Morrison University of New South Wales

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