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Peer Reviewed Research Publications
Yin Li, Christopher Yang, Yiting Li, Anikender Kumar, Michael J Kleeman. Future emissions of particles and gases that cause regional air pollution in California under different greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 273. 2023.
Kumar, Anikender, Christina Zapata, Sonia Yeh, Chris Yang, Joan Ogden, Hsiang‐He Lee, Shu‐Hua Chen and Michael J. Kleeman. Effects of low-carbon energy adoption on airborne particulate matter concentrations with feedbacks to future climate over California. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, Vol 125, 16. 2020.
Ramea, Kalai, David S. Bunch, Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh, and Joan M. Ogden. Integration of behavioral effects from vehicle choice models into long-term energy systems optimization models. Energy Economics (74), 2018. 663-676.
Mulholland, Eamon, Jacopo Tattini, Kalai Ramea, Christopher Yang, Brian P. Ó Gallachóir. The cost of electrifying private transport – Evidence from an empirical consumer choice model of Ireland and Denmark. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 62. 2018. 584-603.
Tattini, Jacopo, Kalai Ramea, Maurizio Gargiulo, Christopher Yang, Eamonn Mulholland, Sonia Yeh, Kenneth Karlsson. Improving the representation of modal choice into bottom-up optimization energy system models – The MoCho-TIMES model. Applied Energy. (212). 2018. pp265-282.
Zapata, Christina, Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh, Joan Ogden, Michael J. Kleeman. Estimating Criteria Pollutant Emissions Using the California Regional Multisector Air Quality Emissions (CA-REMARQUE) Model v1. 0. Geoscientific Model Development11, 1293-1320. 2018.
Zapata, Christina, Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh, Joan Ogden, Michael J. Kleeman. Low-carbon energy generates public health savings in California. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (7), 4817-4830. 2018.
Yeh, Sonia, Christopher Yang, Michael Gibbs, David Roland-Holst, Jeffery Greenblatt, Amber Mahone, Dan Wei, Gregory Brinkman, Joshua Cunningham, Anthony Eggert, Ben Haley, Elaine Hart, Jim Williams. (2016) A modeling comparison of deep greenhouse gas emissions reduction scenarios by 2030 in California. Energy Strategy Reviews. Vol 13-14, November 2016, 169–180.
Morrison, Geoffrey M., Sonia Yeh, Anthony R. Eggert, Christopher Yang, James Nelson, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Daniel M. Kammen, Jeffery Greenblatt, Max Wei, Christina Zapata, Raphael Isaac, Mark Z. Jacobson, David Roland-Holst, Ray Williams, John Weyant (2015) Comparison of Low-Carbon Pathways for California. Climatic Change. April 2015.
Yang, Christopher, Sonia Yeh, Saleh Zakerinia, Kalai Ramea, David L. McCollum (2015) Achieving California’s 80% Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in 2050: Technology, Policy and Scenario Analysis Using CA-TIMES Energy Economic Systems Model. Energy Policy 77, 118 – 130
Sohnen, Julia, Yueyue Fan, Joan M. Ogden, Christopher Yang (2015) A Network-based Dispatch Model for Evaluating the Spatial and Temporal Effects of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging on GHG Emissions. Transportation Research Part D 38 (July 2015), 80 – 93
Delucchi, Mark A., Christopher Yang, Andrew F. Burke, Joan M. Ogden, Kenneth S. Kurani, Jeff Kessler, Daniel Sperling (2013) An Assessment of Electric Vehicles: Technology, Infrastructure Requirements, Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, Petroleum Use, Material Use, Lifetime Cost, Consumer Acceptance, and Policy Initiatives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 372 (20120325)
Yang, Christopher (2013) A Framework for Allocating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation to Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging. Energy Policy. 60. pp. 722–732. 2013.
Xuping Li, Joan M Ogden, Christopher Yang. Analysis of the Design and Economics of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Tri-generation Systems Providing Heat and Power for Commercial Buildings and H2 for FC Vehicles – Journal of Power Sources, 241, 668 – 679. 2013.
Max Wei, James H. Nelson, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Michael Ting, Christopher Yang, Chris Jones, James E. McMahon, Daniel M. Kammen. Deep Carbon Reductions in California Require Electrification and Integration Across Economic Sectors. Environmental Research Letters. 8, 014038 10pp. 2013.
Christopher Yang and Joan Ogden. Renewable and Low Carbon Hydrogen for California – Modeling The Long Term Evolution of Fuel Infrastructure Using a Quasi-Spatial TIMES Model. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 38 (11) p 4250-4265. 2013.
Christopher Yang. Fuel electricity and plug-in electric vehicles in a low carbon fuel standard. Energy Policy. 56, 51-62. 2013.
Wayne Leighty, Joan Ogden and Christopher Yang. Modeling Transitions in the California Light Duty Vehicles Sector to Achieve Deep Reductions in Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Energy Policy. 44, 52-67. 2012.
David McCollum, Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh, Joan Ogden. Deep Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scenarios for California – Strategic Implications from the CA-TIMES Energy-Economic Systems Model. Energy Strategy Reviews. 1 (1) 19–32. 2012.
Jonn Axsen, Kenneth S. Kurani, Ryan McCarthy and Christopher Yang. Plug-in hybrid vehicle GHG impacts in California: Integrating consumer-informed recharge profiles with an electricity-dispatch model. Energy Policy. 39 1617–1629. 2011.
McCarthy, Ryan and Christopher Yang. Determining marginal electricity for near-term plug-in and fuel cell vehicle demands in California: Impacts on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. Journal of Power Sources. 195(7): 2099-2109. 2010.
David McCollum and Christopher Yang. Achieving deep reductions in US transport greenhouse gas emissions: scenario analysis and policy implications. Energy Policy. 2009. 37 (12). pp 5580-5596. 2009.
Christopher Yang, David McCollum, Ryan McCarthy, and Wayne Leighty. Meeting an 80% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation by 2050: A Case Study in California, USA. Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment. 14. pp. 147-156. 2009.
Nils Johnson, Christopher Yang, and Joan Ogden. A GIS-Based Assessment Of Coal-Based Hydrogen Infrastructure Deployment In The State Of Ohio. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2008. 33 (20) pp. 5287-5303.
Christopher Yang. Hydrogen and electricity: Parallels, interactions, and convergence. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2008. 33 (8) pp. 1977 – 1994.
Christopher Yang and Joan Ogden. Determining the Lowest-Cost Hydrogen Delivery Mode. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 32, 268-286. 2007.
Christopher Yang, S. Srinivasan, A.B. Bocarsly, S. Tulyani, J.B. Benziger. A comparison of physical properties and fuel cell performance of Nafion and zirconium phosphate/Nafion composite membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 237, 145–161. 2004.
Paola Costamagna, Christopher Yang, A.B. Bocarsly and S. Srinivasan. Nafion® 115/zirconium phosphate composite membranes for operation of PEMFCs above 100°C. Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 47 (7). 1023 – 1033, 2002.
Christopher Yang, P. Costamagna, S. Srinivasan, J. Benziger, A.B. Bocarsly. Approaches and technical challenges to high temperature operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. J. Power Sources. 103 (1): 1-9, Dec 30 2001.
Christopher Yang, S. Srinivasan, A. S. Aricò, P. Cretì, V. Baglio, and V. Antonucci. Composite Nafion/Zirconium Phosphate Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Operation at High Temperature. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 4 (4) A31-A34, 2001.
Supramaniam Srinivasan, Renaut Mosdale, Philippe Stevens, Christopher Yang. Fuel Cells: Reaching the Era of Clean and Efficient Power Generation in the Twenty-First Century. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 24:281-328, 1999.
Christopher Yang, Stephen Schneider. Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Scenarios: Sensitivity to Social and Technological Factors in Three Regions. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2 (4):373-404,1997.
Project Reports
Fulton, Lewis, Marshall Miller, Andrew Burke, Qian Wang, Christopher Yang. Technology and Fuel Transition Scenarios to Low Greenhouse Gas Futures for Cars and Trucks in California. UCD-ITS-RR-19-35. 2019.
Yang, Christopher, Saleh Zakerinia, Kalai Ramea, Marshall Miller. Development of Integrated Vehicle and Fuel Scenarios in a National Energy System Model for Low Carbon U.S. Transportation Futures. A Research Report from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation. 2018.
Amy Myers Jaffe, Rosa Dominguez-Faus, Joan Ogden, Nathan C. Parker, Daniel Scheitrum, Zane McDonald, Yueyue Fan, Tom Durbin, George Karavalakis, Justin Wilcock, Marshall Miller, Christopher Yang. The Potential to Build Current Natural Gas Infrastructure to Accommodate the Future Conversion to Near-Zero Transportation Technology. A Research Report from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation. 2017.
Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh, Kalai Ramea, Saleh Zakerinia, Alan Jenn, David Bunch. Modeling of greenhouse gas reductions options and policies for California to 2050: Analysis and model development using the CA-TIMES model. UCD-ITS-RR-16-09. 2016.
Abdulkadir Bedir, Joan M. Ogden, Christopher Yang. Quantifying the Economic Value of Vehicle-Grid Integration: A Case Study of Dynamic Pricing in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. UCD-ITS-RR-15-25. 2015.
Bunch, David, Kalai Ramea, Sonia Yeh, Christopher Yang. Incorporating Behavioral Effects from Vehicle Choice Models into Bottom-Up Energy Sector Models. UCD-ITS-RR-15-13. 2015.
Yeh, Sonia, Daniel Sperling, Miroslav Batka, Michael Griffin, David R. Heres, Haixiao Hung, Madhu Khanna, Mathew Kocoloski, Paul Leiby, Gouri Shanker Mishra, Siwa Msang, Kimberly Mullins, Hayri Onal, Nathan Parker, James Rhodes, Jonathan Rubin, Aranya Venkatesh, Julie Witcover, and Christopher Yang. 2012. National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Technical Analysis Report. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-12-11.
Christopher Yang, Joan Ogden, Dan Sperling and Roland Hwang. California’s Energy Future: Transportation Energy Use in California. California Council on Science and Technology. December 2011.
Jane C.S. Long, Miriam John, Jeffery Greenblatt, Max Wei, Chris Yang, Burton Richter, Bryan Hannegan, Heather Youngs. “California’s Energy Future – The View to 2050 – Summary Report”. California Council on Science and Technology. May 2011.
Yang, C., McCollum, D.L., McCarthy, R.W., and W.W. Leighty (2009) “Identifying Options for Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from California Transportation: Meeting an 80% Reduction Goal in 2050,” Proceedings of the 88th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15.
Christopher Yang, Alan Lamont, Ryan McCarthy, Joan Ogden, Richard White and Jeffrey Stewart. “Evaluating the Effects of Advanced Energy System Pathways on Energy Flows and Emissions in California”. Report for the California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program. CEC-500-02-004. October 2008.
Farrell, Alexander E., Daniel Sperling and others. A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 1: Technical Analysis. May 2007. UCD-ITS-RR-07-07.
David McCollum, Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Techno-economic Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. April 2007.
Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. H2 Production Via Natural Gas Reforming. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. May 2007.
Nils Johnson, Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. H2 Production Via Coal Gasification. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. May 2007.
Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Hydrogen Delivery and Refueling Infrastructure. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. June 2007.
Andrew Burke, Bryan Jungers, Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Battery Electric Vehicles: An Assessment of the Technology and Factors Influencing Market Readiness. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. June 2007.
Bryan Jungers, Andrew Burke, Joshua Cunningham, Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Assessment of Technical and Market Readiness of Fuel Cell Vehicles. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. July 2007.
Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Co-production of H2 and Electricity. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. July 2007.
Rob Williams, Nathan Parker, Christopher Yang, Joan M. Ogden and Bryan Jenkins. H2 Production Via Biomass Gasification. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. July 2007.
Wayne Leighty, Christopher Yang and Joan M. Ogden. Advanced Ice Vehicles: An Assessment Of The Technologies For Next Generation Vehicles. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. July 2007.
Ryan McCarthy, Christopher Yang and Joan Ogden. California Energy Demand Scenario Projections to 2050. Research Report for Advanced Energy Pathways Project as part of Public Interest Energy Research Program for California Energy Commission. November 7, 2006.
Ogden, Joan; Yang, Christopher; Johnson, Nils; Ni, Jason; Lin, Zhenhong. Technical and Economic Assessment of Transition Strategies Toward Widespread Use of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier. Hydrogen Pathways Report to the United States Department of Energy. January 2005. UCD-ITS-RR-05-06.
Joan M. Ogden, Christopher Yang, Nils Johnson, Jason Ni and Joshua Johnson. Conceptual Design of Optimized Fossil Energy Systems with Capture and Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide. Final report for NETL project DE-FC26-02NT41623. 2004. UCD-ITS-RR-04-34.
Committee on Novel Approaches to the Management of Greenhouse Gases from Energy Systems, National Research Council. Novel Approaches to Carbon Management: Separation, Capture, Sequestration, and Conversion to Useful Products – Workshop Report. 2003.
Books and Book Chapters
Saleh Zakerinia, Christopher Yang, Sonia Yeh. Modeling the Impacts of Deep Decarbonization in California and the Western US: Focus on the Transportation and Electricity Sectors in Limiting Global Warming to Well Below 2° C: Energy System Modelling and Policy Development. pp245-259. Springer, Cham. 2018.
Christopher Yang. “Hydrogen and Electricity: Parallels, Interactions, and Convergence”. In Hydrogen Energy and Vehicle Systems. Scott Grasman, Editor. CRC Press. 2013.
Christopher Yang and Sonia Yeh. Future of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels. Physics of Sustainable Energy II: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing it Renewably. Edited by D. Hafemeister, D. Kammen, B. Goss Levi, P. Schwartz. American Institute of Physics. Volume 1401. 2011.
Jonn Axsen, Christopher Yang, Ryan McCarthy, Andrew Burke, Kenneth S. Kurani, and Tom Turrentine. Chapter 2: The Plug-in Electric Vehicle Pathway. in Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways: A Research Summary for Decision Makers. Edited by Joan Ogden and Lorraine Anderson. UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. 2011.
Joan Ogden, Christopher Yang, Joshua Cunningham, Nils Johnson, Xuping Li, Michael Nicholas, Nathan Parker, and Yongling Sun. Chapter 3: The Hydrogen Fuel Pathway. in Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways: A Research Summary for Decision Makers. Edited by Joan Ogden and Lorraine Anderson. UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. 2011.
Joan Ogden, Christopher Yang, Yueyue Fan, and Nathan Parker. Chapter 5: Comparing Infrastructure Requirements. in Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways: A Research Summary for Decision Makers. Edited by Joan Ogden and Lorraine Anderson. UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. 2011.
Christopher Yang, David McCollum, and Wayne Leighty. Chapter 8: Scenarios for Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions. in Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways: A Research Summary for Decision Makers. Edited by Joan Ogden and Lorraine Anderson. UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. 2011.
Joan Ogden, Christopher Yang, and Nathan Parker. Chapter 9: Transition Scenarios for the U.S. Light-Duty Sector. in Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways: A Research Summary for Decision Makers. Edited by Joan Ogden and Lorraine Anderson. UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. 2011.
Joan Ogden and Christopher Yang. Chapter 15. “Build-up of a hydrogen infrastructure in the US”. from Perspectives of a hydrogen economy. Michael Ball, Martin Wietschel, Eds. Cambridge. 2009.
Supramaniam Srinivasan and Christopher Yang. Chapter 11. “Competing Technologies” in Fuel Cells. From Fundamentals to Applications. Springer. 2006.