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

A Si photocathode protected and activated with a Ti and Ni composite film for solar hydrogen production

Y-H Lai, HS Park, JZ Zhang, PD Matthews, DS Wright, E Reisner

Chemistry – A European Journal

(2015)

21

3919

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201406566)

Enhancing H2 evolution performance of an immobilised cobalt catalyst by rational ligand design.

J Willkomm, NM Muresan, E Reisner

Chem Sci

(2015)

6

2727

(doi: 10.1039/c4sc03946g)

Improving the photocatalytic reduction of CO2to CO through immobilisation of a molecular Re catalyst on TiO2

CD Windle, E Pastor, A Reynal, AC Whitwood, Y Vaynzof, JR Durrant, RN Perutz, E Reisner

Chemistry – A European Journal

(2015)

21

3746

(doi: 10.1002/chem.201405041)

Oxygen-tolerant proton reduction catalysis: Much O2 about nothing?

DW Wakerley, E Reisner

Energy and Environmental Science

(2015)

8

2283

(doi: 10.1039/c5ee01167a)

Comparison of photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of a synthetic photocatalyst system with photosystem II.

Y-H Lai, M Kato, D Mersch, E Reisner

Faraday Discuss

(2014)

176

199

(doi: 10.1039/c4fd00059e)

Reversible interconversion of CO2 and formate by a molybdenum-containing formate dehydrogenase.

A Bassegoda, C Madden, DW Wakerley, E Reisner, J Hirst

Journal of the American Chemical Society

(2014)

136

15473

(doi: 10.1021/ja508647u)

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production using Polymeric Carbon Nitride with a Hydrogenase and a Bioinspired Synthetic Ni Catalyst

CA Caputo, MA Gross, VW Lau, C Cavazza, BV Lotsch, E Reisner

Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(2014)

126

11722

(doi: 10.1002/ange.201406811)

Photocatalytic hydrogen production using polymeric carbon nitride with a hydrogenase and a bioinspired synthetic Ni catalyst.

CA Caputo, MA Gross, VW Lau, C Cavazza, BV Lotsch, E Reisner

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

(2014)

53

11538

(doi: 10.1002/anie.201406811)

Digital color in cellulose nanocrystal films.

AG Dumanli, HM van der Kooij, G Kamita, E Reisner, JJ Baumberg, U Steiner, S Vignolini

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

(2014)

6

12302

(doi: 10.1021/am501995e)

Plasmonic Enhancement in BiVO₄ Photonic Crystals for Efficient Water Splitting

L Zhang, C-Y Lin, VK Valev, E Reisner, U Steiner, JJ Baumberg

Small

(2014)

10

3970

(doi: 10.1002/smll.201400970)