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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Plastic: The new fantastic

Mimicking nature to create a green fuel

Professor Reisner discusses his research

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Publications

Photoreduction of CO2 with a Formate Dehydrogenase Driven by Photosystem II Using a Semi-artificial Z-Scheme Architecture
KP Sokol, WE Robinson, AR Oliveira, J Warnan, MM Nowaczyk, A Ruff, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
J Am Chem Soc
(2018)
140
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b10247)
Single‐Source Bismuth (Transition Metal) Polyoxovanadate Precursors for the Scalable Synthesis of Doped BiVO4 Photoanodes
H Lu, V Andrei, KJ Jenkinson, A Regoutz, N Li, CE Creissen, AEH Wheatley, H Hao, E Reisner, DS Wright, SD Pike
Adv Mater
(2018)
30
(doi: 10.1002/adma.201804033)
Bias-free photoelectrochemical water splitting with photosystem II on a dye-sensitized photoanode wired to hydrogenase
KP Sokol, WE Robinson, J Warnan, N Kornienko, MM Nowaczyk, A Ruff, JZ Zhang, E Reisner
Nature Energy
(2018)
3
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-018-0232-y)
Interfacing nature's catalytic machinery with synthetic materials for semi-artificial photosynthesis
N Kornienko, JZ Zhang, KK Sakimoto, P Yang, E Reisner
Nature nanotechnology
(2018)
13
(doi: 10.1038/s41565-018-0251-7)
Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven H 2 generation
T Uekert, MF Kuehnel, DW Wakerley, E Reisner
Energy and Environmental Science
(2018)
11
(doi: 10.1039/c8ee01408f)
Photoreforming of Lignocellulose into H2 Using Nanoengineered Carbon Nitride under Benign Conditions.
E Reisner, H Kasap, DS Achilleos, A Huang
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2018)
140
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b07853)
Scalable Triple Cation Mixed Halide Perovskite–BiVO4 Tandems for Bias-Free Water Splitting
V Andrei, RLZ Hoye, M Crespo‐Quesada, M Bajada, S Ahmad, M De Volder, R Friend, E Reisner
Advanced Energy Materials
(2018)
8
(doi: 10.1002/aenm.201801403)
Solar Water Splitting with a Hydrogenase Integrated in Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells.
DH Nam, JZ Zhang, V Andrei, N Kornienko, N Heidary, A Wagner, K Nakanishi, KP Sokol, B Slater, I Zebger, S Hofmann, JC Fontecilla-Camps, CB Park, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
(2018)
57
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201805027)
Solar Water Splitting with a Hydrogenase Integrated in Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells
DH Nam, JZ Zhang, V Andrei, N Kornienko, N Heidary, A Wagner, K Nakanishi, KP Sokol, B Slater, I Zebger, S Hofmann, JC Fontecilla‐Camps, CB Park, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie
(2018)
130
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201805027)
Interfacial Engineering of a Carbon Nitride-Graphene Oxide-Molecular Ni Catalyst Hybrid for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity
H Kasap, R Godin, C Jeay-Bizot, DS Achilleos, X Fang, JR Durrant, E Reisner
ACS Catalysis
(2018)
8
(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01969)

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01223 336323

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er376@cam.ac.uk

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St John's College
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1EW
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