Stanford University - The Global Climate and Energy Project

Global Climate & Energy Project
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Results and Publications

The Electron Economy: Oxidation Catalysis for Energy Management

Start Date: March 2008
Status: Completed

Investigators

Robert Waymouth, Christopher Chidsey, and Daniel Stack, Chemistry, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Pearson, D. M., N. R. Conley, and R. M. Waymouth. “Oxidatively resistant ligands for palladium-catalyzed aerobic alcohol oxidation,” Organometallics, 30, 1445, doi:10.1021/om101037k (2011).
Painter, R. M., D. M. Pearson, and R. M. Waymouth, “Selective catalytic oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 49, 9456-9459 doi:10.1002/anie.201004063 (2010).
Pearson, D. M., N. R. Conley, and R. M. Waymouth. “Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of diols to cyclic carbonates,” Adv. Synth. Cat. (submitted for publication, 2011).
McCrory, C. C. L., A. Devadoss, X. Ottenwaelder, R. D. Lowe, T. D. P. Stack, and C. E. D. Chidsey. “Electrocatalytic O2 reduction by covalently immobilized mononuclear copper (I) complexes: Evidence for a binuclear Cu2O2 intermediate,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 3696-3699, doi:10.1021/ja106338h (2011).
Lowe, R. D., M. A. Pellow, T. D. P. Stack, and C. E. D Chidsey. “Deposition of dense siloxane monolayers from water and trimethoxyorganosilane vapor,” Langmuir (submitted for publication, 2011).
Pearson, D. M. and R. M. Waymouth. “Mechanistic studies of the oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol using a cationic Pd complex.” Organometallics, 28 (13), 3896-3900, doi:10.1021/om900217s (2009).
Nakazawa, J. and T. D. P. Stack. “Controlled loadings in a mesoporous material: Click-on silica.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 130, No. 44, pp. 14360-14365, doi:10.1021/ja804237b (2008).
McCrory, C. C. L., X. Ottenwaelder, T. D. P. Stack, and C. E. D. Chidsey. ” Kinetic and mechanistic studies of the electrocatalytic reduction of O2 to H2O with mononuclear Cu complexes of substituted 1, 10-phenanthrolines.” J. Phys. Chem. A Vol. 111, No. 49, 12641-12650, doi:10.1021/jp076106z (2007).
Conley, N. R., L. A. Labois, D. M. Pearson, D. M., C. McCrory, and R. M. Waymouth. “Aerobic alcohol oxidation with cationic palladium complexes: Insights into catalyst design and decomposition.” Organometallics, Vol. 26, No. 23, pp. 5447-5453, doi:10.1021/om700492n (2007).
Okamoto, M. L. Senatore, M. M. Ling, A. B. Mallik, M. L. Tang, and Z. Bao. “Synthesis, characterization, and field-effect transistor performance of pentacene derivatives.” Advanced Materials, 19, No. 20, pp. 3381-3384, doi:10.1002/adma.200700298 (2007).
Okamoto, M. L. and Z. Bao. “Synthesis of Solution-Soluble Pentacene-Containing Conjugated Copolymers.” American Chemical Society, Vol. 129, No. 34, pp. 10308-10309, doi:10.1021/ja0725403 (2007).
Sista, S., Y. Yao, Y. Yang, M. L. Tang, and Z. Bao. “Enhancement in open circuit voltage through a cascade-type energy band structure.” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, No. 2, 223508, doi:10.1063/1.2817935 (2007).
Mayer, A. C., S. R. Scully, B. E. Hardin, M. W. Rowell, and M. D. McGehee. “Polymer-based solar cells.” Materials Today, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 28-33, doi:10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70276-6 (2007).
Scully, S. R., P. B. Armstrong, C. Edder, J. M .J. Frechet, and M. D. McGehee. “Long-range resonant energy transfer for enhanced exciton harvesting for organic solar cells.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 19, No. 19, pp. 2961-2966, doi:10.1002/adma.200700917 (2007).
Scully, S. R. and M. D. McGehee. “Effects of optical interference and energy transfer on exciton diffusion length measurements in organic semiconductors.” Applied Physics, Vol. 100, No. 3, 034907, doi:10.1063/1.2226687 (2006).

Updated June 2011