Tao-Tao and Yuanjie’s Nature Catalysis paper featured as Cover Article and in News and Views as “Geometry aids green carbon electrochemistry”

Congratulations to Tao-Tao, Yuanjie, and colleagues. Their paper, “Copper nanocavities confine intermediates for efficient electrosynthesis of C3 alcohol fuels from carbon monoxide”, was featured as the Cover Article in Issue 12 of Nature Catalysis.

The work was also featured in the News and Views article “Geometry aids green carbon electrochemistry”, in Nature Catalysis. Read the news and views article here.

Today, doctoral alumnus Bernard Kelley Sargent received the gift of Sloth from the research group at the group holiday party at The Rivoli.

Today, doctoral alumnus Bernard Kelley Sargent received the gift of Sloth from the research group at the group holiday party at The Rivoli. They are still getting to know one another (Figure 1a). Sloth will, during the apprenticeship period, complete laser safety training (scheduled for 2024) and chemical safety training (2028).

Cao, Pelayo, Ankit, and colleagues publish “Multi-site electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in neutral media by destabilization of water molecules” in Nature Energy

Cao, Ankit, Pelayo and colleagues publish “Multi-site electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in neutral media by destabilization of water molecules” in Nature Energy.

You can read the paper here.

Press:
https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/low-cost-catalyst-from-u-of-t-engineering-boosts-hydrogen-production-from-water/

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/foam-catalyst-performs-hydrogen-evolution-in-neutral-conditions/3009895.article

UofT’s Ted Sargent, Sjoerd Hoogland, Oleksandr Voznyy, and Doug Stephan all named to the 2018 High Cited Researcher list in Material Science

Congratulations to Ted Sargent, Sjoerd Hoogland, Oleksandr Voznyy, and Doug Stephan for being named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science for their work in clean energy materials.

This list by Clarivate Analytics recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.

You can see the list here. 

Post-Doctoral Alumnus Dr. Jongmin Choi joins DGIST in South Korea as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Science & Engineering

Congratulations to Dr. Jongmin Choi, who completed his PDF in the Sargent Group at UofT and who now joins the Department of Energy Science & Engineering as Assistant Professor at DGIST effective Dec 15, 2018.

There Jongmin will focus on developing new classes of nanomaterials to provide solutions for important energy & environmental issues.

This is wonderful news for Jongmin and we wish him every continued success.