2024
Photoelectrochemical Urea Synthesis from Nitrate and Carbon Dioxide on GaN Nanowires
Dong W, Menzel J, Ye Z, Navid I, Zhou P, Yang K, Batista V, Mi Z. Photoelectrochemical Urea Synthesis from Nitrate and Carbon Dioxide on GaN Nanowires. ACS Catalysis 2024, 14: 2588-2596. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAg cocatalystC-N couplingReversible hydrogen electrodeSemiconductor photoelectrodesFaradaic efficiencyHydrogen electrodeReduction reactionSolar lightCatalytic activityGaN nanowiresTheoretical calculationsCocatalystCarbon dioxideOptimal conditionsNanowiresSynthesisConversion to nitriteSelectivity of ureaSynthesize ureaPhotoelectrodePhotoelectrochemicalDioxideUreaNitrateControl experiments
2018
Unusual Stability of a Bacteriochlorin Electrocatalyst under Reductive Conditions. A Case Study on CO2 Conversion to CO
Jiang J, Matula A, Swierk J, Romano N, Wu Y, Batista V, Crabtree R, Lindsey J, Wang H, Brudvig G. Unusual Stability of a Bacteriochlorin Electrocatalyst under Reductive Conditions. A Case Study on CO2 Conversion to CO. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8: 10131-10136. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCO Faradaic efficiencyAg/AgClBulk electrolysisMA/cm2Organic ligandsFaradaic efficiencyReductive catalysisRobust electrocatalystsPorphyrin counterpartsDFT calculationsSevere stability issuesCO2 conversionCO2 reductionReductive conditionsUnusual stabilityCatalytic stepLigand degradationTotal current densityMolecular originCurrent densityElectrocatalystsCO2 fixationLigandsObserved stabilityBioinspired study