Given the limited product variety of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions solely from CO2 and H2O as the reactants, it is desirable to expand the product scope by introducing additional reactants that provide elemental diversity. The integration of inorganic heteroatom-containing reactants … Read more
The development of benign methylation reactions utilizing CO2 as a one-carbon building block would enable a more sustainable chemical industry. Electrochemical CO2 reduction has been extensively studied, but its application for reductive methylation reactions remains out of the scope of … Read more
The mechanism of a visible light-driven dehalogenation/cyclization reaction was investigated using ruthenium(II), iridium(III) and iron(III) photosensitizers by means of steady-state photoluminescence, time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, and nanosecond/femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The nature of the photosensitizer was found to influence the … Read more
CHASE PI Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer was named 2021 Sterling Professor of Chemistry. The Sterling Professorship is awarded to a tenured Yale faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field and is one of the Yale University’s … Read more
CHASE PI Dr. José Rodriguez was named a 2021 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society! The naming of a Fellow of the AVS “recognizes AVS members who have made sustained and outstanding technical contributions throughout their careers in areas of … Read more
CHASE PI Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer was selected for the 2021 Willard Gibbs Medal, given annually by the American Chemical Society Chicago Section to an individual whose pioneering work has opened new fields of chemical research. Sharon is recognized for her … Read more
CHASE PI Professor Alex Miller was awarded the 2021 NC-ACS Distinguished Speaker Award! “The NC-ACS Distinguished Lecturer Award is given annually to an individual within the NC-ACS section who has made significant and recognized research contributions to the chemical sciences.” … Read more
Efficient excited-state electron transfer between an iron(III) photosensitizer and organic electron donors was realized with green light irradiation. This advance was enabled by the use of the previously reported iron photosensitizer, [Fe(phtmeimb)2]+ (phtmeimb = {phenyl[tris(3-methyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene)]borate}, that exhibited long-lived and luminescent ligand-to-metal … Read more
Molecular catalysts capable of performing electrochemical transformations are frequently utilized in the synthesis of fuels. A common benchmark for evaluating catalysts for electrochemical reactions is overpotential (η) and minimizing η remains an active goal in catalysis. This Review details approaches … Read more
Copper nanoparticles have emerged as promising electrocatalysts for energy storage and conversion. Generally, homogenous nanoparticle synthesis requires a stabilizing ligand, which may influence the electrocatalysis. Ligands can be avoided by direct nanoparticle electrodeposition. Here, nanodroplet-mediated electrodeposition is extended to the … Read more
CHASE PI Professor Zahra Fahkraai was the recipient of the 2021 Dean’s Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Research! “This award is presented to SAS standing faculty members for meaningful engagement of undergraduate students in research due to exceptional nurturing and facilitating … Read more
The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently granted $40 million to the Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE) to accelerate fundamental research on the production of liquid fuels from sunlight, water, nitrogen, and/or carbon … Read more
Sam Bottum, a graduate student in Jim Cahoon’s laboratory at UNC Chapel Hill and Integrations Thrust Coordinator, has been awarded one of the 2021 Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards (SUTASA). These awards were established in 1989 to recognize outstanding … Read more
CHASE PI Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer has been awarded the 2021 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Theoretical Chemistry! The award “recognizes innovative research in theoretical chemistry that either advances theoretical methodology or contributes to new discoveries about chemical systems”. Sharon’s … Read more
CHASE PI and Deputy Director, Professor Jillian Dempsey, was awarded the 2021 University Awards for the Advancement of Women from UNC Chapel Hill. The University Awards for the Advancement of Women are cosponsored by the UNC Office of the Chancellor … Read more