Walker R. Chan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Walker R. Chan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walker R. Chan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 15 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Walker R. Chan's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (35 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (15 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (13 papers). Walker R. Chan is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (35 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (15 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (13 papers). Walker R. Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and China. Walker R. Chan's co-authors include Ivan Čelanović, Marin Soljačić, John D. Joannopoulos, Evelyn N. Wang, David M. Bierman, Andrej Lenert, Youngsuk Nam, Yi Xiang Yeng, Jay J. Senkevich and Veronika Rinnerbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Energy & Environmental Science and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Walker R. Chan

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device

2014 685 citations Andrej Lenert, David M. Bierman et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walker R. Chan United States	16	2.1k	1.1k	888	593	528	38	2.6k
Andrej Lenert United States	24	2.0k 0.9×	853 0.8×	933 1.1×	561 0.9×	530 1.0×	57	3.1k
Yi Xiang Yeng United States	13	1.1k 0.5×	588 0.6×	539 0.6×	375 0.6×	238 0.5×	19	1.4k
Hiroo Yugami Japan	23	1.0k 0.5×	716 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	401 0.7×	143 0.3×	108	2.3k
Veronika Rinnerbauer United States	17	860 0.4×	546 0.5×	555 0.6×	372 0.6×	166 0.3×	31	1.4k
Arvind Narayanaswamy United States	22	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	222 0.3×	318 0.5×	603 1.1×	46	2.7k
Boxiang Wang China	22	1.0k 0.5×	682 0.6×	180 0.2×	235 0.4×	90 0.2×	85	1.9k
Philippe Ben‐Abdallah France	36	4.1k 1.9×	2.9k 2.7×	282 0.3×	689 1.2×	1.2k 2.3×	110	4.6k
Soumyadipta Basu United States	21	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	175 0.2×	346 0.6×	453 0.9×	35	2.1k
Keunhan Park United States	18	459 0.2×	456 0.4×	267 0.3×	197 0.3×	129 0.2×	45	1.2k
Jean‐Philippe Mulet France	6	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	256 0.3×	574 1.0×	290 0.5×	8	2.2k

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Liang, Renrong, et al.. (2019). Critical design features of thermal-based radioisotope generators: A review of the power solution for polar regions and space. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 119. 109572–109572. 34 indexed citations

Sakakibara, Reyu, Veronika Stelmakh, Walker R. Chan, et al.. (2019). Practical emitters for thermophotovoltaics: a review. Journal of Photonics for Energy. 9(3). 1–1. 112 indexed citations

Sakakibara, Reyu, Veronika Stelmakh, Walker R. Chan, et al.. (2018). Improved Omnidirectional 2D Photonic Crystal Selective Emitter for Thermophotovoltaics. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1052. 12056–12056. 3 indexed citations

Chan, Walker R., Veronika Stelmakh, Christopher M. Waits, et al.. (2018). Towards a portable mesoscale thermophotovoltaic generator. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1052. 12041–12041. 5 indexed citations

Chan, Walker R., et al.. (2017). Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic Generator Design and Performance Estimates for Terrestrial Applications. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

Lenert, Andrej, David M. Bierman, Youngsuk Nam, et al.. (2015). Addendum: A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device. Nature Nanotechnology. 10(6). 563–563. 10 indexed citations

Stelmakh, Veronika, Walker R. Chan, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić, & Ivan Čelanović. (2015). Sputtered tantalum photonic crystal coatings for high-temperature energy conversion applications. 746. 1134–1137. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Walker R., Veronika Stelmakh, Marin Soljačić, et al.. (2015). Prototype of radioisotope thermophotovoltaic system using photonic crystal spectral control. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 660. 12034–12034. 9 indexed citations

Stelmakh, Veronika, Walker R. Chan, Michael Ghebrebrhan, et al.. (2015). Photonic Crystal Emitters for Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 660. 12080–12080. 3 indexed citations

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Bhatia, Bikram, Daniel J. Preston, David M. Bierman, et al.. (2015). Nanoengineered Surfaces for Thermal Energy Conversion. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 660. 12036–12036. 2 indexed citations

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Chan, Walker R., Christopher M. Waits, John D. Joannopoulos, & Ivan Čelanović. (2014). Thermophotovoltaic and thermoelectric portable power generators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9083. 90831W–90831W. 7 indexed citations

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Lenert, Andrej, David M. Bierman, Youngsuk Nam, et al.. (2014). A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(2). 126–130. 685 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rinnerbauer, Veronika, Andrej Lenert, David M. Bierman, et al.. (2014). Metallic Photonic Crystal Absorber‐Emitter for Efficient Spectral Control in High‐Temperature Solar Thermophotovoltaics. Advanced Energy Materials. 4(12). 248 indexed citations

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Chan, Walker R., Benjamin A. Wilhite, Jay J. Senkevich, et al.. (2013). An all-metallic microburner for a millimeter-scale thermophotovoltaic generator. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 476. 12017–12017. 11 indexed citations

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Rinnerbauer, Veronika, Yi Xiang Yeng, Walker R. Chan, et al.. (2013). High-temperature stability and selective thermal emission of polycrystalline tantalum photonic crystals. Optics Express. 21(9). 11482–11482. 150 indexed citations

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Chan, Walker R., Peter Bermel, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, et al.. (2013). Toward high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and moderate-temperature chip-scale thermophotovoltaics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(14). 5309–5314. 146 indexed citations

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Bermel, Peter, Michael Ghebrebrhan, Walker R. Chan, et al.. (2010). Design and global optimization of high-efficiency thermophotovoltaic systems. Optics Express. 18(S3). A314–A314. 220 indexed citations

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Pallo, Nathan, et al.. (2010). Low-power maximum power point tracker with digital control for thermophotovoltaic generators. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 961–967. 13 indexed citations

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Chan, Walker R., Robin Huang, Christine Wang, et al.. (2009). Modeling low-bandgap thermophotovoltaic diodes for high-efficiency portable power generators. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 94(3). 509–514. 85 indexed citations

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Chan, Walker R., et al.. (2005). The Mars Gravity Biosatellite: Innovations in Murine Motion Analysis and Life Support. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 2 indexed citations

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