Search Results - "Mayer, Matthew T."
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Cu2O Nanowire Photocathodes for Efficient and Durable Solar Water Splitting
Published in Nano letters (09-03-2016)“…Due to its abundance, scalability, and nontoxicity, Cu2O has attracted extensive attention toward solar energy conversion, and it is the best performing metal…”
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Water photolysis at 12.3% efficiency via perovskite photovoltaics and Earth-abundant catalysts
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (26-09-2014)“…Although sunlight-driven water splitting is a promising route to sustainable hydrogen fuel production, widespread implementation is hampered by the expense of…”
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Covalent Immobilization of a Molecular Catalyst on Cu2O Photocathodes for CO2 Reduction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (17-02-2016)“…Sunlight-driven CO2 reduction is a promising way to close the anthropogenic carbon cycle. Integrating light harvester and electrocatalyst functions into a…”
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Unintended cation crossover influences CO2 reduction selectivity in Cu-based zero-gap electrolysers
Published in Nature communications (12-04-2023)“…Membrane electrode assemblies enable CO 2 electrolysis at industrially relevant rates, yet their operational stability is often limited by formation of solid…”
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Forming Heterojunctions at the Nanoscale for Improved Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting by Semiconductor Materials: Case Studies on Hematite
Published in Accounts of chemical research (16-07-2013)“…In order for the future energy needs of humanity to be adequately and sustainably met, alternative energy techniques such as artificial photosynthesis need to…”
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Multihole water oxidation catalysis on haematite photoanodes revealed by operando spectroelectrochemistry and DFT
Published in Nature chemistry (01-01-2020)“…Water oxidation is the key kinetic bottleneck of photoelectrochemical devices for fuel synthesis. Despite advances in the identification of intermediates,…”
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Efficient photosynthesis of carbon monoxide from CO2 using perovskite photovoltaics
Published in Nature communications (11-06-2015)“…Artificial photosynthesis, mimicking nature in its efforts to store solar energy, has received considerable attention from the research community. Most of…”
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Growth of p-Type Hematite by Atomic Layer Deposition and Its Utilization for Improved Solar Water Splitting
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (28-03-2012)“…Mg-doped hematite (α-Fe2O3) was synthesized by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The resulting material was identified as p-type with a hole concentration of ca…”
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An Optically Transparent Iron Nickel Oxide Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (12-08-2015)“…Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel is an attractive method for renewable energy conversion. Tandem photoelectrochemical water splitting…”
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Sub-Nanometer Conformal TiO2 Blocking Layer for High Efficiency Solid-State Perovskite Absorber Solar Cells
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (02-07-2014)“…A mere 2 nm conformal titanium dioxide overlayer coated by atomic layer deposition is shown to act as a blocking layer for high‐efficiency solid‐state…”
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Kinetics of Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Methanol on Hematite Photoanodes
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (23-08-2017)“…The kinetics of photoelectrochemical (PEC) oxidation of methanol, as a model organic substrate, on α-Fe2O3 photoanodes are studied using photoinduced…”
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Solar conversion of CO2 to CO using Earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO
Published in Nature energy (05-06-2017)“…The solar-driven electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to fuels and chemicals provides a promising way for closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle. However, the…”
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Transparent Cuprous Oxide Photocathode Enabling a Stacked Tandem Cell for Unbiased Water Splitting
Published in Advanced energy materials (23-12-2015)“…Photoelectrochemical water splitting represents an attractive method of capturing and storing the immense energy of sunlight in the form of hydrogen, a clean…”
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Spectroelectrochemical analysis of the mechanism of (photo)electrochemical hydrogen evolution at a catalytic interface
Published in Nature communications (24-02-2017)“…Multi-electron heterogeneous catalysis is a pivotal element in the (photo)electrochemical generation of solar fuels. However, mechanistic studies of these…”
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Determining Structure‐Activity Relationships in Oxide Derived CuSn Catalysts During CO2 Electroreduction Using X‐Ray Spectroscopy
Published in Advanced energy materials (01-02-2022)“…The development of earth‐abundant catalysts for selective electrochemical CO2 conversion is a central challenge. CuSn bimetallic catalysts can yield selective…”
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Low-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition of Crystalline and Photoactive Ultrathin Hematite Films for Solar Water Splitting
Published in ACS nano (22-12-2015)“…We developed a low-temperature atomic layer deposition route to deposit phase pure and crystalline hematite (α-Fe2O3) films at 230 °C without the need for…”
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Targeting Ideal Dual-Absorber Tandem Water Splitting Using Perovskite Photovoltaics and CuInxGa1-xSe2 Photocathodes
Published in Advanced energy materials (23-12-2015)“…Efficient sunlight‐driven water splitting devices can be achieved by pairing two absorbers of different optimized bandgaps in an optical tandem design. With…”
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Photoelectrochemical deposition of CoP on cuprous oxide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production
Published in Electrochimica acta (01-05-2017)“…Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive and sustainable energy conversion method. In this work, cobalt phosphide (CoP) is…”
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Solution-Processed Cu2S Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Published in ACS energy letters (13-04-2018)“…Cu2S has been regarded as a promising solar energy conversion material because of its favorable visible light absorption and earth abundance. Here, we present…”
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Understanding Ionic Vacancy Diffusion Growth of Cuprous Sulfide Nanowires
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (19-04-2010)“…Designer stubble: The growth of Cu2S nanowires was found to be governed by the diffusion of copper ion vacancies. The resulting nanostructure morphologies…”
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