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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Professor of Energy and Sustainability

Our research

The Reisner laboratory develops new concepts and technologies for the conversion of solar energy and renewable electricity into sustainable fuels and chemicals for a circular economy. Thus, we explore chemical aspects of energy and sustainability, in particular photo- and electrocatalysis and the interface of synthetic chemistry, materials and nano-science, chemical biology and engineering. Central themes of our cross-disciplinary and collaborative approach are the development of processes for the upcycling of plastic and biomass waste as well as the use of carbon dioxide and water to produce green fuels and chemicals for a sustainable future.

More information can be found on our group website.

Keywords:  Solar fuels, solar chemicals, artificial photosynthesis, biohybrid materials, water and CO2 splitting, small molecule activation, catalysis, metalloenzymes, microbiology, biomimetic chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, materials Chemistry, nanotechnology, functional and energy materials.

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Publications

Operando film-electrochemical EPR spectroscopy tracks radical intermediates in surface-immobilized catalysts.
M Seif-Eddine, SJ Cobb, Y Dang, K Abdiaziz, MA Bajada, E Reisner, MM Roessler
– Nature Chemistry
(2024)
1
Solar reforming as an emerging technology for circular chemical industries
S Bhattacharjee, S Linley, E Reisner
– Nat Rev Chem
(2024)
8,
87
Electrostatic [FeFe]-hydrogenase–carbon nitride assemblies for efficient solar hydrogen production
Y Liu, C Pulignani, S Webb, SJ Cobb, S Rodríguez-Jiménez, D Kim, RD Milton, E Reisner
– Chemical Science
(2024)
Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
SJ Cobb, S Rodríguez-Jiménez, E Reisner
– Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2023)
63,
e202310547
Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
SJ Cobb, S Rodríguez‐Jiménez, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2023)
136,
e202310547
Hybrid photothermal–photocatalyst sheets for solar-driven overall water splitting coupled to water purification
C Pornrungroj, AB Mohamad Annuar, Q Wang, M Rahaman, S Bhattacharjee, V Andrei, E Reisner
– Nature Water
(2023)
1,
952
Valorisation of lignocellulose and low concentration CO2 using a fractionation–photocatalysis–electrolysis process
S Rodríguez-Jiménez, E Lam, S Bhattacharjee, E Reisner
– Green Chemistry
(2023)
25,
10611
Size-dependent activity of carbon dots for photocatalytic H 2 generation in combination with a molecular Ni cocatalyst
C Casadevall, A Lage, M Mu, HF Greer, D Antón-García, JN Butt, LJC Jeuken, GW Watson, M García-Melchor, E Reisner
– Nanoscale
(2023)
15,
15775
Chemoenzymatic Photoreforming: A Sustainable Approach for Solar Fuel Generation from Plastic Feedstocks
S Bhattacharjee, C Guo, E Lam, JM Holstein, M Rangel Pereira, CM Pichler, C Pornrungroj, M Rahaman, T Uekert, F Hollfelder, E Reisner
– J Am Chem Soc
(2023)
145,
20355
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
S Fang, M Rahaman, J Bharti, E Reisner, M Robert, GA Ozin, YH Hu
– Nature Reviews Methods Primers
(2023)
3,
61
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Research Group

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Telephone number

01223 336323

Email address

er376@cam.ac.uk

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