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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Professor Erwin Reisner

Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies

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

Bio-Inspired Self-Assembly of Enzyme-Micelle Systems for Semi-Artificial Photosynthesis
Y Liu, S Rodríguez-Jiménez, H Song, A Pannwitz, D Kim, AM Coito, RR Manuel, S Webb, L Su, SA Bonke, RD Milton, IAC Pereira, S Bonnet, L Hammarström, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2025)
64,
e202424222
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202424222)
Bio‐Inspired Self‐Assembly of Enzyme‐Micelle Systems for Semi‐Artificial Photosynthesis
Y Liu, S Rodríguez‐Jiménez, H Song, A Pannwitz, D Kim, AM Coito, RR Manuel, S Webb, L Su, SA Bonke, RD Milton, IAC Pereira, S Bonnet, L Hammarström, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2025)
137,
e202424222
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202424222)
Solar-Driven Paired CO2 Reduction–Alcohol Oxidation Using Semiartificial Suspension, Photocatalyst Sheet, and Photoelectrochemical Devices
M Rahaman, C Pulignani, M Miller, S Bhattacharjee, A Bin Mohamad Annuar, RR Manuel, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– J Am Chem Soc
(2025)
147,
8168
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c10519)
Direct air capture of CO<sub>2</sub> for solar fuel production in flow.
S Kar, D Kim, A Bin Mohamad Annuar, BB Sarma, M Stanton, E Lam, S Bhattacharjee, S Karak, HF Greer, E Reisner
– Nature Energy
(2025)
10,
448
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-025-01714-y)
Perovskite-driven solar C2 hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2
V Andrei, I Roh, J-A Lin, J Lee, Y Shan, C-K Lin, S Shelton, E Reisner, P Yang
– Nature Catalysis
(2025)
8,
137
(doi: 10.1038/s41929-025-01292-y)
Modular perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaves towards syngas synthesis on a m2 scale
V Andrei, Y-H Chiang, M Rahaman, M Anaya, T Kang, E Ruggeri, SD Stranks, E Reisner
– Energy and Environmental Science
(2025)
2025,
3623
(doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0q272)
Modular perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaves towards syngas synthesis on a m2 scale
V Andrei, Y-H Chiang, M Rahaman, M Anaya, T Kang, E Ruggeri, SD Stranks, E Reisner
– Energy and Environmental Science
(2025)
18,
3623
(doi: 10.1039/d4ee05780e)
Semi-artificial leaf interfacing organic semiconductors and enzymes for solar fuel synthesis
CWS Yeung, Y Liu, S Cobb, V Andrei, A Coito, R Manuel, I Pereira, E Reisner
(2024)
(doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-f49zl)
Semiartificial Photosynthetic Nanoreactors for H2 Generation
H Zhang, J Jaenecke, IL Bishara-Robertson, C Casadevall, HJ Redman, M Winkler, G Berggren, N Plumeré, JN Butt, E Reisner, LJC Jeuken
– J Am Chem Soc
(2024)
146,
34260
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c12311)
Solar‐Driven Methanogenesis through Microbial Ecosystem Engineering on Carbon Nitride
S Kalathil, M Rahaman, E Lam, TL Augustin, HF Greer, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2024)
136,
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202409192)
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er376@cam.ac.uk

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