Professor Erwin Reisner

We are interested in artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels and develop novel photocatalytic systems by combining homogenous synthetic catalysts and enzymes with a light absorbing nanostructured semiconductor. A current focus lies on the sunlight-driven production of the high specific energy carrier hydrogen and the selective conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and formic acid. Our cross-disciplinary laboratory covers a wide range of disciplines, from Synthetic Molecular and Materials Chemistry to Biological Chemistry combined with Electro-, Photochemistry and Nanoscience.

More information can be found at our group website: http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk

Keywords: Solar fuels, artificial photosynthesis, Water and CO₂ splitting, Small Molecule Activation, Catalysis, Metalloenzymes, Biomimetic Chemistry, Bio-inorganic Chemistry Synthetic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Photoelectrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Functional and Energy Materials.

Publications

Protein film electrochemical EPR spectoscopy as a technique to investigate redox reactions in biomolecules

K Abdiaziz, E Salvadori, KP Sokol, E Reisner, MM Roessler

– Chemical Communications

(2019)

55,

8840

(DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03212f)

Electron Accumulation Induces Efficiency Bottleneck for Hydrogen Production in Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts

W Yang, R Godin, H Kasap, B Moss, Y Dong, SAJ Hillman, L Steier, E Reisner, JR Durrant

– J Am Chem Soc

(2019)

141,

11219

(DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04556)

Synthetic approaches to artificial photosynthesis: general discussion

CM Aitchison, V Andrei, D Antón-García, U-P Apfel, V Badiani, M Beller, AB Bocarsly, S Bonnet, P Brueggeller, CA Caputo, F Cassiola, ST Clausing, AI Cooper, CE Creissen, VA de la Peña O'Shea, W Domcke, JR Durrant, M Grätzel, L Hammarström, A Hankin, MC Hatzell, F Karadas, B König, MF Kuehnel, S Lamaison, C-Y Lin, M Maneiro, SD Minteer, A R Paris, E Pastor, C Pornrungroj, JNH Reek, E Reisner, S Roy, C Sahm, R Shankar, WJ Shaw, SI Shylin, WA Smith, K Sokol, HS Soo, RS Sprick, W Viertl, A Vogel, A Wagner, D Wakerley, Q Wang, D Wielend, MA Zwijnenburg

– Faraday Discuss

(2019)

215,

242

(DOI: 10.1039/C9FD90024A)

Demonstrator devices for artificial photosynthesis: general discussion.

R Abe, CM Aitchison, V Andrei, M Beller, D Cheung, CE Creissen, VA de la Peña O'Shea, JR Durrant, M Grätzel, L Hammarström, S Haussener, S-I In, E Kalamaras, A Kudo, MF Kuehnel, PP Kunturu, Y-H Lai, C-Y Lee, M Maneiro, EE Moore, HC Nguyen, AR Paris, C Pornrungroj, JNH Reek, E Reisner, M Schreck, WA Smith, HS Soo, RS Sprick, A Venugopal, Q Wang, D Wielend, MA Zwijnenburg

– Faraday Discussions

(2019)

215,

345

(DOI: 10.1039/C9FD90023C)

Beyond artificial photosynthesis: general discussion

R Abe, M Bajada, M Beller, AB Bocarsly, JN Butt, F Cassiola, W Domcke, JR Durrant, S Gavrielides, M Grätzel, L Hammarström, MC Hatzell, B König, A Kudo, MF Kuehnel, A Lage, C-Y Lee, M Maneiro, SD Minteer, AR Paris, N Plumeré, JNH Reek, E Reisner, S Roy, C Schnedermann, R Shankar, SI Shylin, WA Smith, HS Soo, A Wagner, D Wielend

– Faraday discussions

(2019)

215,

422

(DOI: 10.1039/c9fd90022e)

Biological approaches to artificial photosynthesis: general discussion.

V Badiani, M Bajada, M Beller, AB Bocarsly, S Bonnet, C Bozal-Ginesta, P Brueggeller, JN Butt, F Cassiola, M Grätzel, L Hammarström, MC Hatzell, LJC Jeuken, B König, MF Kuehnel, J Lawrence, C-Y Lee, M Maneiro, SD Minteer, EE Moore, SEH Piper, N Plumeré, JNH Reek, E Reisner, S Roy, J Shears, SI Shylin, HS Soo, A Wagner, D Wielend, J Zhang, M Zwijnenburg

– Faraday discussions

(2019)

215,

(DOI: 10.1039/C9FD90026H)