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Fall 2023
Three new Re(I) photocatalysts were prepared by synthesizing imidazole and imidazolium dyes based on carbazolyl dicyanobenzene derivatives and physically linking them to a Re metal centre for the photochemical reduction of CO2. The imidazolium dyes were of interest because they are precursors to...
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Harvesting Hot Holes in Plasmon-Coupled Ultrathin Photoanodes for High-Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
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The harvesting of hot carriers produced by plasmon decay to generate electricity or drive a chemical reaction enables the reduction of the thermalization losses associated with supra-band gap photons in semiconductor photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. Through the broadband harvesting of light,...
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Investigation of Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO over Zn- and Cd-based Catalysts
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), powered by renewable electricity sources, is an attractive approach to mitigating CO2 emissions and to storing intermittent renewable energy in the form of high-value carbon-neutral fuels. Among the various CO2RR products, CO, as an important...
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Investigation of Highly Effective and Stable Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Room and Elevated Temperatures
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To effectively reduce and utilize atmospheric CO2, electrochemically converting it to CO on an efficient and stable electrocatalyst at room and elevated temperatures has attracted extensive interests. However, present electrocatalysts usually suffer from sluggish kinetics, high overpotential, low...
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Investigation of highly efficient Bismuth-based electrocatalysts for CO2 electroreduction to formate
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Renewable energy-powered electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) is considered as a promising approach to producing high value-added chemicals to mitigate the ever-increasing accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. It could offer a sustainable route to achieving both carbon neutrality in the energy...