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Professor Erwin Reisner

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

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
(doi: 10.1038/s44221-023-00139-9)
Size-dependent activity of carbon dots for photocatalytic H2 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
(doi: 10.1039/d3nr03300g)
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
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c05486)
Low-Volume Reaction Monitoring of Carbon Dot Light Absorbers in Optofluidic Microreactors.
T Lawson, AS Gentleman, A Lage, C Casadevall, J Xiao, T Petit, MH Frosz, E Reisner, TG Euser
– ACS Catalysis
(2023)
13,
9090
(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02212)
Integrated capture and solar-driven utilization of CO2 from flue gas and air
S Kar, M Rahaman, V Andrei, S Bhattacharjee, S Roy, E Reisner
– Joule
(2023)
7,
1496
(doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.022)
Thermoelectric-Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting under Concentrated Solar Irradiation.
C Pornrungroj, V Andrei, E Reisner
– J Am Chem Soc
(2023)
145,
13709
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01892)
Solar-driven liquid multi-carbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite–BiVO4 artificial leaf
M Rahaman, V Andrei, D Wright, E Lam, C Pornrungroj, S Bhattacharjee, C Pichler, H Greer, J Baumberg, E Reisner
– Nature Energy
(2023)
8,
629
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01262-3)
Carboxysome‐Inspired Electrocatalysis using Enzymes for the Reduction of CO2 at Low Concentrations**
SJ Cobb, AM Dharani, AR Oliveira, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2023)
135,
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202218782)
Floating Carbon Nitride Composites for Practical Solar Reforming of Pre-Treated Wastes to Hydrogen Gas.
S Linley, E Reisner
– Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
(2023)
10,
2207314
(doi: 10.1002/advs.202207314)
Carboxysome-Inspired Electrocatalysis using Enzymes for the Reduction of CO2 at Low Concentrations.
SJ Cobb, AM Dharani, AR Oliveira, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2023)
62,
e202218782
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202218782)
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er376@cam.ac.uk

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