Publications

Journal Articles

1. X. XiaHou, X. Zhang, E. Rahman, and X. Chen, "Performance enhancement of a high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell through energy recovery of a near-field thermoradiative cell," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 348, pp. 120681, 2026.

2. M. T. Rahman and E. Rahman, "Investigating the photothermal phenomena in a micro gap multijunction photon enhanced thermionic solar cell exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit," Applied Thermal Engineering, pp. 129042, 2025.

3. E. Rahman, F. Gao, and X. Zhang, "Graphene-enhanced near-field thermophotonic system for efficient heat-to-electricity conversion," APL Electronic Devices, vol. 1, no. 2, 2025.

4. S. Khan and E. Rahman, "Designing the cavity architecture in double gate junctionless field effect transistors for enhanced biomolecule detection," Nanoscale Advances, 2025.

5. E. Rahman, F. Gao, and X. Zhang, "Concentrated near-field thermophotonics for efficient solar energy harvesting: Model development, system analysis, and performance optimization," Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 280, pp. 113273, 2025.

6. F. Ye, X. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Y. Man, F. Qi, X. Zhang, W. Peng, E. Rahman, and J. Guo, "Efficiency enhancement of photovoltaic modules via full-spectrum utilization and waste heat recovery using liquid-state thermocells," Renewable Energy, pp. 124247, 2025.

7. M. S. A. Sami, A. Sur, and E. Rahman, "Design and analysis of a plasmonic-nanorod-enhanced lead-free inorganic perovskite/silicon heterojunction tandem solar cell exceeding the Shockley–Queisser limit," RSC Advances, vol. 15, no. 50, pp. 42254-42271, 2025.

8. F. Gao, X. XiaHou, X. Zhang, and E. Rahman, "Efficiency limits of concentrated solar thermophotonic converters under realistic conditions: The impact of nonradiative recombination and temperature dependence," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 321, pp. 119102, 2024.

9. F. Gao, X. XiaHou, A. Ding, H. Sun, X. Zhang, J. Guo, and E. Rahman, "Thermodynamic performance evaluation and optimization of a hybrid system integrating vacuum graphene-anode thermionic converters with direct carbon fuel cells," Journal of Power Sources, vol. 614, pp. 235012, 2024.

10. M. Wang, J. Ruan, J. Zhang, Y. Jiang, F. Gao, X. Zhang, E. Rahman, and J. Guo, "Modeling, thermodynamic performance analysis, and parameter optimization of a hybrid power generation system coupling thermogalvanic cells with alkaline fuel cells," Energy, vol. 292, pp. 130557, 2024.

11.   H. Sun, A. Ding, F. Gao, Y. Kong, X. Zhang, E. Rahman, and J. Guo, "Efficient waste heat recovery from molten carbonate fuel cells through graphene-collector thermionic generators," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 299, pp. 117887, 2024.

12. X. Zhang and E. Rahman, "Solar thermionic energy converters with micro-gap spacers: publisher’s note," Optics Letters, vol. 48, no. 17, pp. 4549-4549, 2023.

13. X. Zhang and E. Rahman, "Solar thermionic energy converters with micro-gap spacers (vol 48, pg 4173, 2023)," OPTICS LETTERS, vol. 48, no. 17, pp. 4549-4549, 2023.

14.  A. G. Dastider, A. Rasul, E. Rahman, and M. K. Alam, "Effect of vacancy defects on the electronic and mechanical properties of two-dimensional MoSi 2 N 4," RSC advances, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 5307-5316, 2023.

15. A. Ding, H. Sun, S. Zhang, X. Dai, Y. Pan, X. Zhang, E. Rahman, and J. Guo, "Thermodynamic analysis and parameter optimization of a hybrid system based on SOFC and graphene-collector thermionic energy converter," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 291, pp. 117327, 2023.

16. X. Zhang and E. Rahman, "Solar thermionic energy converters with micro-gap spacers," Optics Letters, vol. 48, no. 15, pp. 4173-4176, 2023.

17.   E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Micro-gap thermo-photo-thermionics: An alternative approach to harvesting thermo-photons and its comparison with thermophotovoltaics," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 224, pp. 119993, 2023.

18. X. Zhang, A. Ding, H. Sun, and E. Rahman, "Thermodynamic limits and performance optimization of nighttime thermoradiative energy conversion systems with non-idealities," Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, vol. 45, pp. 102932, 2023.

19. X. Zhang and E. Rahman, "Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a hybrid power system using thermoradiative device to efficiently recover waste heat from alkaline fuel cell," Renewable Energy, vol. 200, pp. 1240-1250, 2022.

20. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "The effects of electronic and photonic coupling on the performance of a photothermionic-photovoltaic hybrid solar device," Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 247, pp. 111945, 2022.

21. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Semiconductor thermionics for next generation solar cells: photon enhanced or pure thermionic?," Nature communications, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 4622, 2021.

22. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Interplay between near-field radiative coupling and space-charge effects in a microgap thermionic energy converter under fixed heat input," Physical Review Applied, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 24082, 2020.

23. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Harvesting solar thermal energy with a micro-gap thermionic-thermoelectric hybrid energy converter: Model development, energy exchange analysis, and performance optimization," Energy, vol. 204, pp. 117947, 2020.

24. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Adsorbate-enhanced field-emission from single-walled carbon nanotubes: a comparative first-principles study," Nanotechnology, vol. 30, no. 17, pp. 175202, 2019.

25. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, I. Ahmed, S. U. Z. Khan, and Q. D. Khosru, "A physically based compact I–V model for monolayer TMDC channel MOSFET and DMFET biosensor," Nanotechnology, vol. 29, no. 23, pp. 235203, 2018.

26. K. Datta, A. Shadman, E. Rahman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Trilayer TMDC heterostructures for MOSFETs and nanobiosensors," Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 1248-1260, 2017.

27. A. Shadman, E. Rahman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Quantum ballistic analysis of transition metal dichalcogenides based double gate junctionless field effect transistor and its application in nano-biosensor," Superlattices and Microstructures, vol. 111, pp. 414-422, 2017.

28. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Effect of biomolecule position and fill in factor on sensitivity of a dielectric modulated double gate junctionless MOSFET biosensor," Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, vol. 13, pp. 49-54, 2017.

29. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, S. R. Biswas, K. Datta and Q. D. M. Khosru, "An Accurate Current Model for III–V Field Effect Transistors Using a Novel Concept of Effective Transmission Coefficient," Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, vol. 12, pp. 80–84, 2017.

30. A. Shadman, E. Rahman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Monolayer MoS2 and WSe2 double gate field effect transistor as super nernst pH sensor and nanobiosensor," Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, vol. 11, pp. 45-51, 2016.

Conference Proceedings

1. E. Rahman and A. Nojeh, "Designing Micro-gap Thermionic Energy Harvesters," in 2021 34th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2021, pp. 01-Feb.

2. M. S. Hossain, M. Kamal, J. Adan, A. Chakrabartty, S. ShataddruTahsin, Y. Arafat, and E. Rahman, "Generation of Electricity using Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter and its Prospect in Bangladesh," in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Power, Electrical, and Electronics and Industrial Applications (PEEIACON), 2019, pp. 27-30.

3. A. Shadman, E. Rahman, K. Darta, S. R. Biswas, and Q. D. M. Khosra, "InxGa1-xAs surface channel, quantum well MOSFET: Electrostatic analysis by self consistent CV characterization incorporating strain effects," in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2015, pp. 539-542.

4. K. Datta, S. R. Biswas, E. Rahman, A. Shadman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Capacitance-voltage (CV) characteristics of InGaAs/InAs/InGaAs quantum well MOSFET," in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2015, pp. 709-712.

5. K. Datta, A. Shadman, S. R. Biswas, E. Rahman, and Q. D. Khosru, "III-V Tri-Gate Quantum-Well Mosfet for 10nm Technology and Beyond," in Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 227, no. 9, 2015, pp. 865-865.

6. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, K. Datta, S. R. Biswas, and Q. D. Khosru, "Capacitance-Voltage characterization and semiclassical transport analysis of  InxGa1-xAs surface channel Quantum Well MOSFET," in 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014, pp. 808-811.

7. S. R. Biswas, K. Datta, A. Shadman, E. Rahman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Quantum ballistic simulation study of In0.7Ga0.3As/InAs/In0.7Ga0.3As Quantum Well MOSFET," in 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014, pp. 671-674.

8. A. Shadman, E. Rahman, S. R. Biswas, K. Datta, and Q. D. Khosru, "Ballistic transport characteristic of ingaas quantum well surface channel MOSFET including effects of physical device parameter," in 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014, pp. 667-670.

9. S. R. Biswas, K. Datta, E. Rahman, A. Shadman, and Q. D. Khosru, "Quantum ballistic simulation study of InGaAs/InAs/InGaAs quantum well MOSFET: Effects of doping and physical device parameters," in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE2014), 2014, pp. 36-39.

10. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, S. R. Biswas, K. Datta, and Q. D. Khosru, "InxGa1-xAs surface channel quantum well MOSFET: Quantum ballistic simulation using mode space approach," in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE2014), 2014, pp. 80-83.

11. E. Rahman, A. Shadman, S. R. Biswas, K. Datta, and Q. D. Khosru, "Capacitance-Voltage characteristics of InxGa1-xAs Surface Channel Quantum Well MOSFET: Impact of doping concentration & dielectric material," in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, 2014, pp. 01-Feb.