Molecular chromophore–catalyst assemblies for solar fuel applications

DL Ashford, MK Gish, AK Vannucci… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases, the US Department of Energy has estimated that energy
consumption will increase with it, increasing from 5.7× 1020 J in 2012 to 8.1× 1020 J in …

Finding the way to solar fuels with dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells

MK Brennaman, RJ Dillon, L Alibabaei… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap,
nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of …

Direct evidence for a sequential electron transfer–proton transfer mechanism in the PCET reduction of a metal hydroxide catalyst

MC Kessinger, J Xu, K Cui, Q Loague… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism for the reaction Mox–OH+ e–+
H+→ Mred–OH2 was determined through the kinetic resolution of the independent electron …

General Kinetic Model for pH Dependence of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Application to an Electrochemical Water Oxidation System

K Cui, AV Soudackov, MC Kessinger, J Xu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The pH dependence of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions, which are critical
to many chemical and biological processes, is a powerful probe for elucidating their …

The Key RuV=O Intermediate of Site-Isolated Mononuclear Water Oxidation Catalyst Detected by in Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

D Lebedev, Y Pineda-Galvan, Y Tokimaru… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Improvement of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a challenging step toward the
development of sustainable energy technologies. Enhancing the OER rate and efficiency …

Photoelectrochemical approaches for the conversion of lignin at room temperature

S Li, S Park, BD Sherman, CG Yoo… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective cleavage of C–C/C–O linkages represents a key step toward achieving the
chemical conversion of biomass to targeted value-added chemical products under ambient …

Kinetic evidence that the solvent barrier for electron transfer is absent in the electric double layer

RE Bangle, J Schneider, DT Conroy… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Classical capacitance studies have revealed that the first layer of water present at an
aqueous metal–electrolyte interface has a dielectric constant less than 1/10th of that of bulk …

Electron transfer reorganization energies in the electrode–electrolyte double layer

RE Bangle, J Schneider, EJ Piechota… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The total reorganization energy, λ, for interfacial electron transfer, ET, from a conductive
electrode to redox-active molecules at fixed positions within the electric double layer, EDL …

Reorganization Energies for Interfacial Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer to a Water Oxidation Catalyst

M Kessinger, AV Soudackov, J Schneider… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reorganization energy (λ) for interfacial electron transfer (ET) and proton-coupled ET
(PCET) from a conductive metal oxide (In2O3: Sn, ITO) to a surface-bound water oxidation …

Disentangling the Physical Processes Responsible for the Kinetic Complexity in Interfacial Electron Transfer of Excited Ru(II) Polypyridyl Dyes on TiO2

DF Zigler, ZA Morseth, L Wang… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Interfacial electron transfer at titanium dioxide (TiO2) is investigated for a series of surface
bound ruthenium-polypyridyl dyes whose metal-to-ligand charge-transfer state (MLCT) …