James Hodges

Office

506 Benkovic Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: hodges@psu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Chemistry, Rider University
Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University 
Senior Scientist, New Materials Group, Honeywell UOP

Selected Publications

A. Tassanov, H. Lee, Y. Xia, J.M. Hodges, "Rational Pathways to Ordered Multianion Chalcogenides Using Retrosynthetic Crystal Chemistry" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 32627-32639.

A. Tassanov, H. Lee, Y. Xia, J.M. Hodges, "Layered NaBa₂M₃Q₃(Q₂) (M = Cu or Ag; Q = S or Se) Chalcogenides and Local Ordering in Their Mixed-Anion Compositions" Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 15584-15591.

J.M. Hodges, Y. Xia, C. Malliakis, T. Slade, C. Wolverton, M.G. Kanatzidis, “Mixed-Valent Copper Chalcogenides: Tuning Structures and Electronic Properties Using Multiple Anions” Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 10146-10154.  

J.M. Hodges, S. Hao, J. Grovogui, X. Zhang, T. Bailey, X. Li, Z. Gan, Y. Hu, C. Uher, V.P. Dravid, C. Wolverton, M.G. Kanatzidis, “Chemical Insights into PbSe-x%HgSe: High Power Factor and Improved Thermoelectric Performance by Alloying with Discordant Atoms” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 18115-18123.  

J.M. Hodges, Y. Xia, G.C.B. Alexander, C.D. Malliakis, M.K.Y. Chan, M.G. Kanatzidis, “Two-Dimensional CsAg5Te3-xSx Semiconductors: Multi-Anion Chalcogenides with Dynamic Disorder and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 7245-7254.  

Y. Xia, J.M. Hodges, M.G. Kanatzidis, M.K.Y. Chan, “Lattice Thermal Transport in Group-II Alloyed PbTe,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 112, 181906.