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

Catalysis by design: development of a bifunctional water splitting catalyst through an operando measurement directed optimization cycle.
N Kornienko, N Heidary, G Cibin, E Reisner
Chem Sci
(2018)
9
(doi: 10.1039/c8sc01415a)
Redox-Rich Metallocene Tetrazene Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry, and Catalysis
E Reisner, S Vanicek, M Jochriem, C Hassenrück, S Roy, H Kopacka, K Wurst, T Müller, RF Winter, B Bildstein
Organometallics
(2018)
38
(doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00681)
Solar hydrogen generation from lignocellulose
MF Kuehnel, E Reisner
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2017)
57
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201710133)
Catechol–TiO 2 hybrids for photocatalytic H 2 production and photocathode assembly
K Orchard, D Hojo, K Sokol, M-J Chan, N Asao, T Adschiri, E Reisner
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
(2017)
53
(doi: 10.1039/C7CC05094A)
Photoelectrochemistry of Photosystem II in Vitro vs in Vivo
JZ Zhang, P Bombelli, KP Sokol, A Fantuzzi, AW Rutherford, CJ Howe, E Reisner
J Am Chem Soc
(2017)
140
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b08563)
Light-Driven H2 Evolution and C═C or C═O Bond Hydrogenation by Shewanella oneidensis: A Versatile Strategy for Photocatalysis by Nonphotosynthetic Microorganisms
SF Rowe, G Le Gall, EV Ainsworth, JA Davies, CWJ Lockwood, L Shi, A Elliston, IN Roberts, KW Waldron, DJ Richardson, TA Clarke, LJC Jeuken, E Reisner, JN Butt
ACS Catalysis
(2017)
7
(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.7b02736)
Tuning Product Selectivity for Aqueous CO
B Reuillard, H Ly, T Rosser, M Kuehnel, I Zebger, E Reisner
J Am Chem Soc
(2017)
139
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b06269)
Carbon dots as photosensitisers for solar-driven catalysis.
E Reisner, G Hutton, B Martindale
Chem Soc Rev
(2017)
46
(doi: 10.1039/c7cs00235a)
Oxidation-State-Dependent Binding Properties of the Active Site in a Mo-Containing Formate Dehydrogenase.
WE Robinson, A Bassegoda, E Reisner, J Hirst
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2017)
139
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b03958)
Exploring Step-by-Step Assembly of Nanoparticle: Cytochrome Biohybrid Photoanodes
ET Hwang, KL Orchard, D Hojo, J Beton, CWJ Lockwood, T Adschiri, JN Butt, E Reisner, LJC Jeuken
Chemelectrochem
(2017)
4
(doi: 10.1002/celc.201700030)

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er376@cam.ac.uk

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