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THE NICHOLS LAB

Electrocatalysis  •  Inorganic Chemistry  •  Mechanisms  •  Spectroscopy

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RECENT NEWS

Published in Organometallics!

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August 26th, 2024

Our paper titled “Electronic Tunability of Ruthenium Formyl and Hydroxymethyl Intermediates Relevant to Sustainable CO-to-Methanol Conversion” appears in Organometallics! We report detailed spectroscopic and isotope labeling studies and observe unexpected trends as a function of ligand electronics. 

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RESEARCH AREAS

We are an inorganic research group with interests in the preparation and interrogation of molecular and interfacial electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications. We draw conceptual inspiration from enzyme active sites to design efficient, selective, and tunable synthetic catalysts. We use cyclic voltammetry, spectroelectrochemistry, time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy, and SEIRA spectroscopy to gain a deeper understanding of relevant governing parameters and mechanisms.

   

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