Tod A. Pascal

7.3k citations

90 papers · 4.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Automotive Engineering top 0.5%
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 1%
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Advanced battery technologies research

Papers in ⓘ

Automotive Engineering 12
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research 12
Surfaces, Coatings and Films 5

Co-authors: William A. Goddard (27 shared papers)David Prendergast (19 shared papers)Yousung Jung (7 shared papers)John Holoubek (14 shared papers)Ping Liu (12 shared papers)Zheng Chen (12 shared papers)Zhaohui Wu (7 shared papers)Sicen Yu (9 shared papers)
Journals: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (11 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (6 papers)Nano Letters (6 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (5 papers)The Journal of Chemical Physics (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States South Korea United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Tod A. Pascal

88 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Electrolyte design implications of ion-pairing in low-temperature Li metal batteries 2022 · 181 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Energy & Environmental Science
2021 Nature Energy
2020 ACS Energy Letters
2014 Science

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1	Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature Nature Energy ·John Holoubek, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, Yijie Yin, Xing Xing, Guorui Cai, Sicen Yu, Hongyao Zhou, Tod A. Pascal, Zheng Chen, Ping Liu Hit paper breakdown →	2021	693
2	The structure of interfacial water on gold electrodes studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy Science ·Juan‐Jesús Velasco‐Vélez, Chenghao Wu, Tod A. Pascal, Liwen F. Wan, Jinghua Guo, David Prendergast, Miquel Salmerón Hit paper breakdown →	2014	444
3	An All-Fluorinated Ester Electrolyte for Stable High-Voltage Li Metal Batteries Capable of Ultra-Low-Temperature Operation ACS Energy Letters ·John Holoubek, Mingyu Yu, Sicen Yu, Minqian Li, Zhaohui Wu, Dawei Xia, Pranjal Bhaladhare, Matthew Gonzalez, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2020	301
4	Entropy and the driving force for the filling of carbon nanotubes with water Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tod A. Pascal, William A. Goddard, Yousung Jung	2011	285
5	Electronic−Mechanical Coupling in Graphene from in situ Nanoindentation Experiments and Multiscale Atomistic Simulations Nano Letters ·Mingyuan Huang, Tod A. Pascal, Hyungjun Kim, William A. Goddard, Julia R. Greer	2011	254
6	Electrolyte design implications of ion-pairing in low-temperature Li metal batteries Energy & Environmental Science ·John Holoubek, Kangwoon Kim, Yijie Yin, Zhaohui Wu, Haodong Liu, Mingqian Li, Amanda A. Chen, Hongpeng Gao, Guorui Cai, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2022	181
7	Polysulfide-Blocking Microporous Polymer Membrane Tailored for Hybrid Li-Sulfur Flow Batteries Nano Letters ·Changyi Li, Ashleigh L. Ward, Sean E. Doris, Tod A. Pascal, David Prendergast, Brett A. Helms	2015	155
8	Thermodynamics of liquids: standard molar entropies and heat capacities of common solvents from 2PT molecular dynamics Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Tod A. Pascal, Shiang‐Tai Lin, William A. Goddard	2010	145
9	X-ray Absorption Spectra of Dissolved Polysulfides in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries from First-Principles The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Tod A. Pascal, Kevin H. Wujcik, Juan‐Jesús Velasco‐Vélez, Chenghao Wu, Alexander A. Teran, Mukes Kapilashrami, Jordi Cabana, Jinghua Guo, Miquel Salmerón, Nitash P. Balsara, David Prendergast	2014	139
10	Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes Nature Communications ·Longjun Li, Tod A. Pascal, Justin G. Connell, Frank Y. Fan, Stephen M. Meckler, Lin Ma, Yet‐Ming Chiang, David Prendergast, Brett A. Helms	2017	135
11	New Insights into the Structure of the Vapor/Water Interface from Large-Scale First-Principles Simulations The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Thomas D. Kühne, Tod A. Pascal, Efthimios Kaxiras, Yousung Jung	2010	120
12	Characterization of Polysulfide Radicals Present in an Ether‐Based Electrolyte of a Lithium–Sulfur Battery During Initial Discharge Using In Situ X‐Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Experiments and First‐Principles Calculations Advanced Energy Materials ·Kevin H. Wujcik, Tod A. Pascal, C. D. Pemmaraju, Didier Devaux, W. C. Stolte, Nitash P. Balsara, David Prendergast	2015	111
13	Design of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Methane Storage The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·José L. Mendoza-Cortés, Tod A. Pascal, William A. Goddard	2011	93
14	Ultrahigh coulombic efficiency electrolyte enables Li\|\|SPAN batteries with superior cycling performance Materials Today ·Haodong Liu, John Holoubek, Hongyao Zhou, Amanda A. Chen, Naijen Chang, Zhaohui Wu, Sicen Yu, Qizhang Yan, Xing Xing, Yejing Li, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu	2020	77
15	Fingerprinting Lithium-Sulfur Battery Reaction Products by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Kevin H. Wujcik, Juan‐Jesús Velasco‐Vélez, Chenghao Wu, Tod A. Pascal, Alexander A. Teran, Matthew A. Marcus, Jordi Cabana, Jinghua Guo, David Prendergast, Miquel Salmerón, Nitash P. Balsara	2014	71
16	Lithium Polysulfide Radical Anions in Ether-Based Solvents The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Kevin H. Wujcik, Dunyang Rita Wang, Aditya Raghunathan, Melanie Drake, Tod A. Pascal, David Prendergast, Nitash P. Balsara	2016	69
17	Universal Relationship between Molecular Structure and Crystal Structure in Peptoid Polymers and Prevalence of the cis Backbone Conformation Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Douglas R. Greer, Michael A. Stolberg, Joyjit Kundu, Ryan K. Spencer, Tod A. Pascal, David Prendergast, Nitash P. Balsara, Ronald N. Zuckermann	2018	61
18	Sub-nanometer confinement enables facile condensation of gas electrolyte for low-temperature batteries Nature Communications ·Guorui Cai, Yijie Yin, Dawei Xia, Amanda A. Chen, John Holoubek, Jonathan Scharf, Yangyuchen Yang, Ki Hwan Koh, Mingqian Li, Daniel Davies, Matthew T. Mayer, Tae Hee Han, Ying Shirley Meng, Tod A. Pascal, Zheng Chen	2021	57
19	Solvent selection criteria for temperature-resilient lithium–sulfur batteries Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Guorui Cai, John Holoubek, Mingqian Li, Hongpeng Gao, Yijie Yin, Sicen Yu, Haodong Liu, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen	2022	56
20	On the absolute thermodynamics of water from computer simulations: A comparison of first-principles molecular dynamics, reactive and empirical force fields The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Tod A. Pascal, Daniel Schärf, Yousung Jung, Thomas D. Kühne	2012	56

About Tod A. Pascal

Tod A. Pascal is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, having authored 90 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (26 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (25 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Advanced Battery Technologies Research (12 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (6 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Automotive Engineering (1.2k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.7k citations), Electrochemistry (245 citations), Materials Chemistry (1.3k citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (395 citations). Tod A. Pascal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include William A. Goddard, David Prendergast, Yousung Jung, John Holoubek, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen, Zhaohui Wu, Sicen Yu, Guorui Cai and Yijie Yin. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Nano Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

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