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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

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)
1
(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)
(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)
e2207314
(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 ed. in English)
(2023)
e202218782
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202218782)
Comproportionation of CO2 and Cellulose to Formate Using a Floating Semiconductor‐Enzyme Photoreforming Catalyst
E Lam, M Miller, S Linley, RR Manuel, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2023)
135,
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202215894)
Simultaneous Conversion of CO2 and Cellulose to Formate Using a Floating TiO2-Enzyme Photoreforming Catalyst.
E Lam, M Miller, S Linley, RR Manuel, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2023)
62,
e202215894
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202215894)
Photosynthesis re-wired on the pico-second timescale.
TK Baikie, LT Wey, JM Lawrence, H Medipally, E Reisner, MM Nowaczyk, RH Friend, CJ Howe, C Schnedermann, A Rao, JZ Zhang
– Nature
(2023)
615,
836
(doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05763-9)
Hybrid photocathode based on a Ni molecular catalyst and Sb2Se3 for solar H-2 production
DA Garcia-Osorio, TP Shalvey, L Banerji, K Saeed, G Neri, LJ Phillips, OS Hutter, C Casadevall, D Antón-García, E Reisner, JD Major, AJ Cowan
– Chemical Communications
(2023)
59,
944
(doi: 10.1039/d2cc04810h)
In situ Detection of Cobaloxime Intermediates During Photocatalysis Using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Microreactors.
T Lawson, AS Gentleman, J Pinnell, A Eisenschmidt, D Antón-García, MH Frosz, E Reisner, TG Euser
– Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2023)
62,
e202214788
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202214788)
In-situ Detection of Cobaloxime Intermediates During Photocatalysis Using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Microreactors
T Lawson, AS Gentleman, J Pinnell, A Eisenschmidt, D Antón‐García, MH Frosz, E Reisner, TG Euser
– Angewandte Chemie
(2023)
135,
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202214788)
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er376@cam.ac.uk

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