Publications

Journal Articles

38. Liu, S.; Sun, T.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “An effective strategy for harvesting medium-grade waste heat from phosphoric acid fuel cells via thermophotonic energy conversion,” Energy Conversion and Management, 364, 121707 (2026).

37. Munira, R. S.; Rahman, E., “Design and optimization of all-inorganic perovskite/kesterite-c-Si tandem solar cell outperforming the Shockley–Queisser limit,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 306, 114491 (2026).

36. Mao, Q.; Wang, Y.; Li, H.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Toward full-spectrum solar energy utilization via synergistic coupling of perovskite solar cells and liquid-state thermocells,” Renewable Energy, 270, 125893 (2026).

35. Liu, S.; Gao, F.; Zhang, X.; Sun, T.; Rahman, E.; Guo, J., “Efficient waste heat recovery from solid oxide fuel cells via thermophotonic conversion for energy cascading,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 131246 (2026).

34. Wang, Y.; Gu, K.; Mao, Q.; Li, H.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Multiphysics modeling and performance analysis of a hybrid system integrating solid oxide fuel cells with thermionic-enhanced thermophotovoltaic converters,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 131082 (2026).

33. Liu, S.; Sun, T.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Enhanced waste heat utilization and electrical performance of molten carbonate fuel cells using near-field thermoradiative conversion,” Energy Conversion and Management, 357, 121468 (2026).

32. Jiang, Y.; Wang, M.; Wang, M.; Zhang, J.; Wang, C.; Zhang, X.; Peng, W.; Rahman, E.; Guo, J., “Synergistic enhancement of power density and energy efficiency in phosphoric acid fuel cells via near-field thermoradiative cell integration,” Renewable Energy, 125489 (2026).

31. Rahman, R.; Rahman, E., “Revealing trap dynamics in p-GaN Gate HEMTs: a stretched exponential model for positive and negative bias-temperature instability,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 59(8), 08LT01 (2026).

30. Hasan, K. A.; Rahman, E., “Hybrid polaritons-driven graphene-InSb hot-carrier near-field thermophotovoltaics with hyperbolic metamaterial emitters,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 129816 (2026).

29. Gao, F.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E.; Guo, J., “Performance evaluation and optimal design of solar thermal liquid thermogalvanic generators without optical concentrator,” Solar Energy, 303, 114122 (2026).

28. XiaHou, X.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E.; Chen, X., “Performance enhancement of a high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell through energy recovery of a near-field thermoradiative cell,” Energy Conversion and Management, 348, 120681 (2026).

27. Rahman, M. T.; Rahman, E., “Investigating the photothermal phenomena in a micro gap multijunction photon enhanced thermionic solar cell exceeding the Shockley–Queisser limit,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 129042 (2025).

26. Sami, M. S. A.; Sur, A.; Rahman, E., “Design and analysis of a plasmonic-nanorod-enhanced lead-free inorganic perovskite/silicon heterojunction tandem solar cell exceeding the Shockley–Queisser limit,” RSC Advances, 15(50), 42254–42271 (2025).

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

24. Rahman, E.; Gao, F.; Zhang, X., “Graphene-enhanced near-field thermophotonic system for efficient heat-to-electricity conversion,” APL Electronic Devices, 1(2) (2025).

23. Khan, S.; Rahman, E., “Designing the cavity architecture in double gate junctionless field effect transistors for enhanced biomolecule detection,” Nanoscale Advances, 7(12), 3746–3763 (2025).

22. Rahman, E.; Gao, F.; Zhang, X., “Concentrated near-field thermophotonics for efficient solar energy harvesting: Model development, system analysis, and performance optimization,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 280, 113273 (2025).

21. Gao, F.; XiaHou, X.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Efficiency limits of concentrated solar thermophotonic converters under realistic conditions: The impact of nonradiative recombination and temperature dependence,” Energy Conversion and Management, 321, 119102 (2024).

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

19. Wang, M.; Ruan, J.; Zhang, J.; Jiang, Y.; Gao, F.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E.; Guo, J., “Modeling, thermodynamic performance analysis, and parameter optimization of a hybrid power generation system coupling thermogalvanic cells with alkaline fuel cells,” Energy, 292, 130557 (2024).

18. Sun, H.; Ding, A.; Gao, F.; Kong, Y.; Zhang, X.; Rahman, E.; Guo, J., “Efficient waste heat recovery from molten carbonate fuel cells through graphene-collector thermionic generators,” Energy Conversion and Management, 299, 117887 (2024).

17. Dastider, A. G.; Rasul, A.; Rahman, E.; Alam, M. K., “Effect of vacancy defects on the electronic and mechanical properties of two-dimensional MoSi₂N₄,” RSC Advances, 13(8), 5307–5316 (2023).

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

15. Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Solar thermionic energy converters with micro-gap spacers,” Optics Letters, 48(15), 4173–4176 (2023).

14. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Micro-gap thermo-photo-thermionics: An alternative approach to harvesting thermo-photons and its comparison with thermophotovoltaics,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 224, 119993 (2023).

13. Zhang, X.; Ding, A.; Sun, H.; Rahman, E., “Thermodynamic limits and performance optimization of nighttime thermoradiative energy conversion systems with non-idealities,” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 45, 102932 (2023).

12. Zhang, X.; Rahman, E., “Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a hybrid power system using thermoradiative device to efficiently recover waste heat from alkaline fuel cell,” Renewable Energy, 200, 1240–1250 (2022).

11. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “The effects of electronic and photonic coupling on the performance of a photothermionic-photovoltaic hybrid solar device,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 247, 111945 (2022).

10. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Semiconductor thermionics for next generation solar cells: photon enhanced or pure thermionic?” Nature Communications, 12, 4622 (2021).

9. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Interplay between near-field radiative coupling and space-charge effects in a microgap thermionic energy converter under fixed heat input,” Physical Review Applied, 14(2), 024082 (2020).

8. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Harvesting solar thermal energy with a micro-gap thermionic-thermoelectric hybrid energy converter: Model development, energy exchange analysis, and performance optimization,” Energy, 204, 117947 (2020).

7. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Adsorbate-enhanced field-emission from single-walled carbon nanotubes: a comparative first-principles study,” Nanotechnology, 30(17), 175202 (2019).

6. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Ahmed, I.; Khan, S. U. Z.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “A physically based compact I–V model for monolayer TMDC channel MOSFET and DMFET biosensor,” Nanotechnology, 29(23), 235203 (2018).

5. Shadman, A.; Rahman, E.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Quantum ballistic analysis of transition metal dichalcogenides based double gate junctionless field effect transistor and its application in nano-biosensor,” Superlattices and Microstructures, 111, 414–422 (2017).

4. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Effect of biomolecule position and fill in factor on sensitivity of a dielectric modulated double gate junctionless MOSFET biosensor,” Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 13, 49–54 (2017).

3. Datta, K.; Shadman, A.; Rahman, E.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Trilayer TMDC heterostructures for MOSFETs and nanobiosensors,” Journal of Electronic Materials, 46(2), 1248–1260 (2017).

2. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “An accurate current model for III–V field effect transistors using a novel concept of effective transmission coefficient,” Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 12, 80–84 (2017).

1. Shadman, A.; Rahman, E.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Monolayer MoS₂ and WSe₂ double gate field effect transistor as super Nernst pH sensor and nanobiosensor,” Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 11, 45–51 (2016).

Roadmaps

1. Alessandro Bellucci; Daniele M. Trucchi; Gideon Segev; Ryan Jacobs; Dane Morgan; John Booske; Muhammad M. Hasan; Ramiz Zulkharnay; Neil A. Fox; Paul W. May; L. K. Ang; Chace Franey; Mohammad Ghashami; Alessio Mezzi; Jared W. Schwede; Nicolas A. Loubet; Katie Bezdjian; Esther López; Alejandro Datas; Mohammadamin Jalili; Alireza Nojeh; Ehsanur Rahman; Xin Zhang; Peter Schindler; Elizabeth D. Juette; Van P. Carey; Jean-Pierre Fleurial; Matteo Mastellone; Guanghua Zheng; Lili Wang; Gang Xiao; Hao Qiu, “The 2026 thermionic converters roadmap,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 59, 263001 (2026). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ae611e.

Chapter 11 contribution: Ehsanur Rahman and Xin Zhang, “Thermodynamic approaches of thermionic-based converters,” Chapter 11, pp. 36–39, in The 2026 thermionic converters roadmap.

Conference Proceedings

11. Rahman, E.; Nojeh, A., “Designing Micro-gap Thermionic Energy Harvesters,” 2021 34th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), pp. 1–2, IEEE (2021).

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

9. Datta, K.; Shadman, A.; Biswas, S. R.; Rahman, E.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “III–V Tri-Gate Quantum-Well MOSFET for 10nm Technology and Beyond,” Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 227, 865–865 (2015).

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

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

6. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Capacitance-Voltage characterization and semiclassical transport analysis of InₓGa₁₋ₓAs surface channel Quantum Well MOSFET,” 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 808–811, IEEE (2014).

5. Shadman, A.; Rahman, E.; Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Ballistic transport characteristic of InGaAs quantum well surface channel MOSFET including effects of physical device parameter,” 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 667–670, IEEE (2014).

4. Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Shadman, A.; Rahman, E.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Quantum ballistic simulation study of In₀.₇Ga₀.₃As/InAs/In₀.₇Ga₀.₃As Quantum Well MOSFET,” 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 671–674, IEEE (2014).

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

2. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “InₓGa₁₋ₓAs surface channel quantum well MOSFET: Quantum ballistic simulation using mode space approach,” 2014 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE2014), pp. 80–83, IEEE (2014).

1. Rahman, E.; Shadman, A.; Biswas, S. R.; Datta, K.; Khosru, Q. D. M., “Capacitance-Voltage characteristics of InₓGa₁₋ₓAs Surface Channel Quantum Well MOSFET: Impact of doping concentration & dielectric material,” 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), pp. 1–2, IEEE (2014).