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

Structural Models of the Nickel Site in [NiFeSe]-Hydrogenases as Precursors for Nickel Containing Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution in Water

C Wombwell, E Reisner

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

(2014)

19

S490

Development and understanding of cobaloxime activity through electrochemical molecular catalyst screening.

DW Wakerley, E Reisner

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

(2014)

16

5739

(doi: 10.1039/c4cp00453a)

Cobalt sulphide microtube array as cathode in photoelectrochemical water splitting with photoanodes

C-Y Lin, D Mersch, DA Jefferson, E Reisner

Chem. Sci.

(2014)

5

4906

(doi: 10.1039/c4sc01811g)

Proton reduction by molecular catalysts in water under demanding atmospheres.

DW Wakerley, MA Gross, E Reisner

Chem. Commun.

(2014)

50

15995

(doi: 10.1039/c4cc06159d)

Distance dependent charge separation and recombination in semiconductor/molecular catalyst systems for water splitting.

A Reynal, J Willkomm, NM Muresan, F Lakadamyali, M Planells, E Reisner, JR Durrant

Chem Commun (Camb)

(2014)

50

12768

(doi: 10.1039/c4cc05143b)

Al-doped ZnO inverse opal networks as efficient electron collectors in BiVO 4 photoanodes for solar water oxidation

L Zhang, E Reisner, JJ Baumberg

Energy and Environmental Science

(2014)

7

1402

(doi: 10.1039/c3ee44031a)

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of Ni site models of [NiFeSe] hydrogenases.

C Wombwell, E Reisner

Dalton Trans

(2014)

43

4483

(doi: 10.1039/c3dt52967c)

Photoelectrochemical reduction of aqueous protons with a CuO|CuBi₂O₄ heterojunction under visible light irradiation

HS Park, C-Y Lee, E Reisner

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

(2014)

16

22462

(doi: 10.1039/c4cp03883e)

Protein film photoelectrochemistry of the water oxidation enzyme photosystem II.

M Kato, JZ Zhang, N Paul, E Reisner

Chem Soc Rev

(2014)

43

6485

(doi: 10.1039/c4cs00031e)

Versatile Photocatalytic Systems for H2 Generation in Water Based on an Efficient DuBois-Type Nickel Catalyst

MA Gross, A Reynal, JR Durrant, E Reisner

J Am Chem Soc

(2013)

136

356

(doi: 10.1021/ja410592d)