Connor Durfy
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD)
Research Topic
Developing homogenous electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide conversion
Eva Nichols
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
carbon dioxide reduction
electrocatalysis
bioinspired catalyst designs
molecularly-modified materials
molecular mechanisms
self-assembled monolayers
operando spectroscopy
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Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
Air-free chemical synthesis
Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy
Surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy (SEIRAS)
Spectroelectrochemistry
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Exploring electric fields around molecular based CO2 reduction catalysts via the Vibrational Stark Effect (2024)
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Publications
- Electrolyte Cation Effects on Interfacial Acidity and Electric Fields (2022)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, - Free Energies of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reagents and Their Applications (2022)
Chemical Reviews, - Templating Bicarbonate in the Second Coordination Sphere Enhances Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Iron Porphyrins (2022)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, - Interfacial Acid–Base Equilibria and Electric Fields Concurrently Probed by In Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy (2021)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (28), 10778--10792 - Hybrid Catalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis: Merging Approaches from Molecular, Materials, and Biological Catalysis (2020)
Accounts of Chemical Research, - Urea-Based Multipoint Hydrogen-Bond Donor Additive Promotes Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Nickel Cyclam (2019)
Organometallics, - Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Enable Tuning of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Formate and Carbon Monoxide: Surface Organometallic Chemistry (2018)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, - Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Water (2018)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, - Positional effects of second-sphere amide pendants on electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by iron porphyrins (2018)
Chemical Science, - Reticular Electronic Tuning of Porphyrin Active Sites in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction (2018)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, - Supramolecular Porphyrin Cages Assembled at Molecular–Materials Interfaces for Electrocatalytic CO Reduction (2017)
ACS Central Science, - A Molecular Surface Functionalization Approach to Tuning Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction (2016)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, - Bioinspired design of redox-active ligands for multielectron catalysis: effects of positioning pyrazine reservoirs on cobalt for electro- and photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water (2015)
Chemical Science, - Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO2 reduction in water (2015)
Science, - Hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to-chemical conversion (2015)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, - Nanowire–Bacteria Hybrids for Unassisted Solar Carbon Dioxide Fixation to Value-Added Chemicals (2015)
Nano Letters, - Supramolecular Ga4L612– Cage Photosensitizes 1,3-Rearrangement of Encapsulated Guest via Photoinduced Electron Transfer (2015)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, - Bright, emission tunable fluorescent dyes based on imidazole and π-expanded imidazole (2012)
Journal of Materials Chemistry,
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