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

Inverse Opal CuCrO2 Photocathodes for H2 Production Using Organic Dyes and a Molecular Ni Catalyst
CE Creissen, J Warnan, D Antón-García, Y Farré, F Odobel, E Reisner
ACS Catal
(2019)
9
(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02984)
Photoreforming of Nonrecyclable Plastic Waste over a Carbon Nitride/Nickel Phosphide Catalyst.
T Uekert, H Kasap, E Reisner
J Am Chem Soc
(2019)
141
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b06872)
Visible‐Light‐Driven CO2 Reduction by Mesoporous Carbon Nitride Modified with Polymeric Cobalt Phthalocyanine
S Roy, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie
(2019)
131
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201907082)
Visible‐Light‐Driven CO2 Reduction by Mesoporous Carbon Nitride Modified with Polymeric Cobalt Phthalocyanine
S Roy, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2019)
58
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201907082)
Scalable Photoelectrochemical Perovskite-BiVO4 Tandem Devices for Solar Fuel Synthesis
V Andrei, H Lu, SD Pike, RLZ Hoye, B Reuillard, S Ahmad, DS Wright, M De Volder, R Friend, E Reisner
Proceedings of the nanoGe Fall Meeting19
(2019)
(doi: 10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2019.104)
Scalable Photoelectrochemical Perovskite-BiVO4 Tandem Devices for Solar Fuel Synthesis
V Andrei, H Lu, SD Pike, RLZ Hoye, B Reuillard, S Ahmad, DS Wright, M De Volder, R Friend, E Reisner
Proceedings of the nanoGe Fall Meeting 2019
(2019)
(doi: 10.29363/nanoge.ngfm.2019.104)
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)
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
(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
(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 Discuss
(2019)
215
(doi: 10.1039/c9fd90022e)

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