The Pan Research Group Department of CHemistry and biochemistry
Current Research:
(Photo)electrocatalytic electrode materials for clean energy technologies
Our group is currently developing functional low-dimension metallic and semiconductor electrode materials with synergistic functions for sunlight harvesting, conversion, and storage into chemical fuels. Research in this area emphasizes the unique catalytic and photonic properties of nanostructured electrode materials to enhance the efficiency and selectivity of the solar-to-fuel conversion. Advanced electrochemistry and spectroscopy techniques are frequently used in our research to study the structure-function relationships and surface chemistry of these materials.
Publications for 2019-2020 Academic Year
Electrochemical Deposition of Organometallic Halide Perovskite Single Crystal Particles with Density Gradients and Their Stability, Fluorescence, and Photoelectrochemical Properties, Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01536
Investigating the Redox Properties of Two-Dimensional MoS2 Using Photoluminescence Spectroelectrochemistry and Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00769
Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 1569-1572, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09209A
High-Throughput Screening and Surface Interrogation Studies of Au-Modified Hematite Photoanodes by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy for Solar Water Splitting”, ACS Omega, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01907.
Submission Confirmation for Scalable Core-shell MoS2/Sb2Se3 Nanorod Array Photocathodes for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Solar RRL, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201900442