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
Photoexcited radical anion super-reductants for solar fuels catalysis
La Porte N, Martinez J, Chaudhuri S, Hedström S, Batista V, Wasielewski M. Photoexcited radical anion super-reductants for solar fuels catalysis. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2018, 361: 98-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetal centerCarbon-neutral energy economyCharge-separated lifetimeSolar fuel catalysisReduction of CO2Catalytic transformationsRadical anionFuel catalysisElectron transferImportant reactionsRedox potentialActive complexGlobal energy demandExcitation wavelengthSolar spectrumCarbon dioxideLargest possible portionReactionNsRylenediimidesCatalysisEnergy economyAnionsSolar energyChromophore