Group member Calton Kong has named a winner of a prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship (link to award announcement). The Hertz Foundation Fellowship, which is the most competitive PhD fellowship program in science and engineering in the United States, supports doctoral students whose research shows “the greatest potential to tackle society’s most urgent problems.” Calton will […]
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Rajiv receives Appreciation Award from the Liquid Sunlight Alliance
Rajiv was recognized for his leadership on the Sunrise Network, which supports early career researchers in the project.
Chansol and Sydney discover the importance of site diversity in CO reduction on Cu
A key concept in catalysis is the “active site,” the location where the desired chemical transformation takes place. In the emerging field of electrochemical CO2 conversion, much attention had been focused characterizing the active sites on Cu, as this metal electrocatalyst can make ethylene, which is a key building block for the chemical industry. In […]
Calton and Joel publish a News and Views article in Nature Nanotechnology
Writing in the December 27, 2023 issue of Nature Nanotechnology, Calton and Joel provide an analysis of the recent report by Chen et al. in which electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction was performed in acid with a reduction in acid with a nano-structuredtandem catalyst. Operation in acid avoids undesired dissolution of CO2 in the electrolyte, […]
Joel is named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry was founded in 1841 and has the mission of advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. The RSC has over 54,000 members worldwide. Fellows are selected on the basis on their impact in the chemical sciences.
Rajiv and Raphaël have a new publication in J. Mater. Chem A.
Rajiv and Raphaël have shown that thin films of TaO<sub>x</sub> have the requisite electronic transport, stability, and catalytic properties to be electron transport layers for photocathodes performing light-driven CO 2 reduction (CO2R) in aqueous media. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023
Joel named as Outstanding Reviewer for Energy and Environmental Science
Energy and Environmental Science, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, is one of the leading journals in energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science. The journal recently released its list of outstanding reviewers for 2022, one of which is Prof. Joel Ager.
Rajiv at the 2023 National Postdoc Association Annual Meeting
Rajiv represented the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association at the 2023 NPA Annual Conference in Philadelphia and presented a very well-received poster.
Hyunju and Joel publish a Preview on photoelectrochemical water splitting
Writing in the March 15, 2023 issue of Joule, Hyunju and Joel provide a perspective on the recent report in Nature by Zhou et al. which reported an artificial photosynthesis scheme that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen with an overall energy efficiency of nearly 10%, close to the value needed for commercial viability. The […]
Operando measurements of 13C isotope fractionation in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Dr. Hangjuan Ren, working with other members of the eCO2EP project team in the CREATE labs in Singapore, has used proton transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) for the real-time detection of the intermediates and products of electrochemical CO2 reduction. Using precise measurements of on onset potentials and the degree of 13C isotope discrimination, she was […]