Author: farnumlab

We want to give a warm welcome to new group members Musharraf Hossein (graduate), Greydon Franck (undergraduate), and Cali Garcia (undergraduate).

Congratulations to Motiur Mazumder for successfully defending his PhD! He is the second PhD student to graduate from the group and will continue as a postdoc with Shelley Minteer at the University of Utah.

Our latest collaborative work by Andricus and Rajendra (Comes group) shows the OER electrocatalysis with LaFeO₃ single crystalline films is highly dependent on both surface defect states and bulk conductivity through the lattice. A balance of both is necessary to achieve the best catalysis.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ta/d1ta07142d

Our latest publication by Motiur Mazumder details the ability to control one-electron vs two-electron oxidation of nickel(II) compounds. Oxidation is controlled by the coordination strength of ancillary pyridines in the electrolyte solution with stronger pyridines resulting in more favorable one-electron pathways.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01699

Our latest work by co-authors Alex Bredar and Noah Gibson (undergrad) shows the impact of Ga³⁺ and other group 13 metal cations have on the synthesis of Cu₂O nanocrystals. They have found a new mechanism for oxide nanocrystal growth in which a catalytic metal can perform the required esterification reaction to produce hydroxide ligands and then pass them off to copper cations. Previous literature has suggested that the parent metal (i.e. copper) must be able to drive the esterification to produce Cu₂O.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/nr/d1nr02397g#!divAbstract