Nilay Hazari
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2025
Unusual Electrochemical Activity of Thin SiO2 Layers Leads to Instability of Molecular Attachment in Hybrid Photoelectrodes
Cappuccino C, Tanwar M, Jia X, Hazari N, Donley C, Fakhraai Z, Manbeck G, Grills D, Polyansky D. Unusual Electrochemical Activity of Thin SiO2 Layers Leads to Instability of Molecular Attachment in Hybrid Photoelectrodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2025, 8: 18101-18113. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c03010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHybrid photoelectrodesSilanol groupsCathodic biasLight-absorbing semiconductorCyclic voltammetry scansElectrochemical lossesCovalently bound moleculesPH-dependent waveHydrophilic silanol groupsCH3CN solutionMolecular catalysisMolecular catalystsElectrochemical stabilitySurface-bound waterArtificial photosynthesisThermal oxidationSiloxane moietyVoltammetry scansPhotoelectrodeOxide layerLayer of silicon oxideLight absorptionOxide surfaceReversible waveChemical stabilityElucidation of Marcus Relationships for Hydride Transfer Reactions Involving Transition Metal Hydrides
Kumar A, Ertem M, Hazari N, Miller A. Elucidation of Marcus Relationships for Hydride Transfer Reactions Involving Transition Metal Hydrides. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2025, 147: 32671-32688. PMID: 40854557, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c08248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHydride transfer reactionThermodynamic hydricityTransfer reactionsHydride transferThermodynamic driving forceTransition stateMetal hydridesLinear free energy relationshipElectronically different substituentsIr hydride complexP-stacking interactionsTransition metal hydridesFree energy relationshipHydride transfer mechanismRate of hydride transferHydride complexesHydride affinitiesDifferent substituentsMarcus relationshipReorganization energyMarcus theoryMarcus modelEnergy relationshipHydrideRare exampleCatalytic Hydrogenation of a Ruthenium Carbonyl to Formyl Enabled by Metal–Ligand Cooperation
Smith A, Fernández S, Tereniak S, Ahmad S, Kumar A, Chen C, Hazari N, Ertem M, Miller A. Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Ruthenium Carbonyl to Formyl Enabled by Metal–Ligand Cooperation. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15: 13526-13533. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c03137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsMetal-ligand cooperationCatalytic hydrogenationFormyl complexesCarbonyl complexesTransition metal carbonyl complexesLewis acid B(C6F5)3Ruthenium carbonyl complexesMetal carbonyl complexesClasses of catalystsRuthenium carbonylH2 splittingStoichiometric reagentsHydrogenation catalystsRu complexesExternal baseHydride transferMetal ligandsMild conditionsCatalytic routeCatalystFormylationH2 gasRutheniumHydrogenValuable productsPreface to Special Issue “Organometallic Chemistry of CO2”
Adams R, Hazari N. Preface to Special Issue “Organometallic Chemistry of CO2”. Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry 2025, 1034: 123655. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2025.123655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNi/Ti Dual Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling between Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides and Aryl Halides
Oniani D, Jia X, Mane E, Charboneau D, Chow J, Hazari N, Huang H, Lee M, Mercado B, Uehling M, Wedal J. Ni/Ti Dual Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling between Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides and Aryl Halides. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15: 11726-11738. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c01995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCross-electrophile couplingUnactivated alkyl chloridesAlkyl chloridesAryl halidesTi catalystAlkyl radicalsTertiary alkyl chloridesSecondary alkyl chloridesStoichiometric experimentsReactive catalystCatalytic cycleNi catalystsCatalystSubstrate classesHalidesArylRare exampleRate of radical productionMechanistic studiesAlkylationChlorideRadicalsInert substrateIntermediateReactionFlash Communication: Ir Complexes with a PhN(CH2CH2PiPr2)2 Pincer Ligand for Reversible CO2 Hydrogenation
Curley J, Hert C, Bernskoetter W, Hazari N, Mercado B, Wedal J. Flash Communication: Ir Complexes with a PhN(CH2CH2PiPr2)2 Pincer Ligand for Reversible CO2 Hydrogenation. Organometallics 2025, 44: 1358-1361. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricA highly active sulfur based pincer ruthenium catalyst for CO 2 hydrogenation
Mondragón-Díaz A, Kelley S, Hazari N, Bernskoetter W. A highly active sulfur based pincer ruthenium catalyst for CO 2 hydrogenation. Chemical Communications 2025, 61: 6957-6960. PMID: 40230312, DOI: 10.1039/d5cc01194a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricPhotoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate using immobilized molecular manganese catalysts on oxidized porous silicon
Hong Y, Jia X, Stewart-Jones E, Kumar A, Wedal J, Alvarez-Hernandez J, Donley C, Gang A, Gibson N, Hazari N, Houck M, Jeon S, Kim J, Koh H, Mayer J, Mercado B, Nedzbala H, Piekut N, Quist C, Stach E, Zhang Y. Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate using immobilized molecular manganese catalysts on oxidized porous silicon. Chem 2025, 11: 102462. PMID: 40894117, PMCID: PMC12396503, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCO2 reduction to formateReduction to formateMolecular catalystsManganese complexesReduction of CO2 to formateReduction of carbon dioxideCO2 to formatePorous siliconBpy ligandsHybrid photoelectrodesManganese catalystsSilatrane groupSun illuminationCO2 reductionCatalystExcellent reproducibilitySemiconducting siliconCurrent densityPorous silicon waferOxidized porous siliconPhotoelectrodeManganeseSilatranesCarbon dioxidePhotoelectrocatalystsStatistical analysis of HAADF-STEM images to determine the surface coverage and distribution of immobilized molecular complexes
Jeon S, Nedzbala H, Huffman B, Pearce A, Donley C, Jia X, Bein G, Choi J, Durand N, Atallah H, Castellano F, Dempsey J, Mayer J, Hazari N, Stach E. Statistical analysis of HAADF-STEM images to determine the surface coverage and distribution of immobilized molecular complexes. Matter 2025, 8: 101919. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2024.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMolecular catalystsCatalytic systemSurface coverageImmobilization of molecular catalystsPositions of heavy atomsScanning transmission electron microscopyTransition metal complexesSurface immobilizationMetal complexesHeterogeneous catalysisHeavy atomsTransmission electron microscopyCombination of scanning transmission electron microscopyCatalystMolecular complexesSolid supportHAADF-STEM imagesElectron microscopyChemical mechanismCatalysisSurfaceAtomsComplexAttachment groupsConvolutional neural network
2024
Transforming Highly Oxidized and Reduced Carbon Feedstocks: Strategies for Catalytic CO2 and CH4 Valorization
Hazari N, Shafaat H, Yang J. Transforming Highly Oxidized and Reduced Carbon Feedstocks: Strategies for Catalytic CO2 and CH4 Valorization. Accounts Of Chemical Research 2024, 57: 3451-3453. PMID: 39686740, DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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