Puente Santiago, Alain Rafael

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Puente Santiago, Alain Rafael

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Postdoctoral Associate, Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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Article
- 2025
  
  Zinc mediated electronic structure of CoP toward photocatalytic H2 evolution. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL. 367.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125098 Web of Science: 001417527000001
- 2025
  
  Understanding the effects of adduct functionalization on C₆₀ nanocages for the hydrogen evolution reaction
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00586d Web of Science: 001406761600001
- 2025
  
  Interfacial solvation-structure effects of molecularly dispersed CoPc catalysts on CO2 electrochemical conversion
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102458
- 2024
  
  Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution boosted by C, N co-doped TiO2 (101): Mechanistic insights from a combined computational and experimental investigation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY. 91:1093-1102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.10.228 Web of Science: 001341100800001
- 2024
  
  Zero-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Building Blocks for Efficient Energy Conversion
  Full Text via DOI: 10.70099/bj/2024.03.01.1
- 2024
  
  Insight into mechanism for remarkable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of Cu/Pr dual atom co-modified TiO₂
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00196f Web of Science: 001265379000001
- 2024
  
  Theoretical Prediction and Synthesis of Nonmetal-Doped Anatase TiO₂ (101) for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.4c01047 Web of Science: 001200676100001
- 2024
  
  Nonmetal Atom Doping Induced Orbital Shifts and Charge Modulation at the Edge of Two-Dimensional Boron Carbonitride Leading to Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 146:5987-5997.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12780 Web of Science: 001168302800001
- 2023
  
  Rational Modulation of Single Atom Coordination Microenvironments in a BCN Monolayer for Multifunctional Electrocatalysis. SMALL. 19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302429 Web of Science: 001023870500001
- 2023
  
  Effective photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine-B over Zn-doped BaO₂ and SrO₂ composites under UV and sunlight irradiation
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d3su00091e Web of Science: 001277144700001
- 2023
  
  Unique Pd/PdO-In₂O₃ heterostructures for the highly efficient detection of triethylamine. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 11:17056-17065.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d3ta02405a Web of Science: 001023712100001
- 2023
  
  Boosting the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction of Ni/Co9S8@FP heterostructures via interfacial synergistic effects
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113349 Web of Science: 001036818000001
- 2023
  
  Doping induced asymmetry adjacent structure in h-VN nanoribbon for the promotion of N2 fixation. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE. 612.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155839 Web of Science: 000892940300004
- 2022
  
  Experimental and Theoretical Advances on Single Atom and Atomic Cluster-Decorated Low-Dimensional Platforms towards Superior Electrocatalysts. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202200493 Web of Science: 000784473700001
- 2022
  
  Cylindrical C₉₆ Fullertubes: A Highly Active Metal-Free O₂-Reduction Electrocatalyst. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 61.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116727 Web of Science: 000772001200001
- 2022
  
  Diazonium functionalized fullerenes: a new class of efficient molecular catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE. 14:3858-3864.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05498h Web of Science: 000760356300001
- 2022
  
  Controlling the Interfacial Charge Polarization of MOF-Derived 0D-2D vdW Architectures as a Unique Strategy for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. 14:3919-3929.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c17283 Web of Science: 000743237600001
- 2021
  
  Computational Study of the Curvature-Promoted Anchoring of Transition Metals for Water Splitting
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/nano11123173 Web of Science: 000736764100001
- 2021
  
  Crystallographic Characterization of U@C_2n (2n=82-86): Insights about Metal-Cage Interactions for Mono-metallofullerenes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 143:15309-15318.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06833 Web of Science: 000700883200044
- 2021
  
  The role of fullerene derivatives in perovskite solar cells: electron transporting or electron extraction layers?. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C. 9:10759-10767.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d0tc05903j Web of Science: 000658442400001
- 2021
  
  Unravelling the Reaction Mechanisms of N₂ Fixation on Molybdenum Nitride: A Full DFT Study from the Pristine Surface to Heteroatom Anchoring. CHEMSUSCHEM. 14:3257-3266.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101014 Web of Science: 000667318400001
- 2021
  
  Tuning CO binding strength via engineering the copper/borophene interface for highly efficient conversion of CO into ethanol. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 9:13192-13199.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1ta02355a Web of Science: 000653851800001
- 2021
  
  A New Class of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: Catalytic Activity of M₃N@C_2n (2n=68, 78, and 80) Fullerenes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 143:6037-6042.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13002 Web of Science: 000645519600002
- 2021
  
  Co-Cu Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Catalyst Outperforms the Pt/C Benchmark for Oxygen Reduction. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 143:4064-4073.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01096 Web of Science: 000630322300048
- 2021
  
  Improving the electrocatalytic performance of sustainable Co/carbon materials for the oxygen evolution reaction by ultrasound and microwave assisted synthesis
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d0se01505a Web of Science: 000616375400008
- 2021
  
  Mechanochemically Synthetized PAN-Based Co-N-Doped Carbon Materials as Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/nano11020290 Web of Science: 000622909400001
- 2021
  
  Tuning the Intermolecular Electron Transfer of Low-Dimensional and Metal-Free BCN/C₆₀ Electrocatalysts via Interfacial Defects for Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrochemistry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 143:1203-1215.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12386 Web of Science: 000612557200072
- 2021
  
  Tissue paper-derived porous carbon encapsulated transition metal nanoparticles as advanced non-precious catalysts: Carbon-shell influence on the electrocatalytic behaviour. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE. 581:905-918.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.012 Web of Science: 000604318400028
- 2020
  
  Biomass-derived ultrathin carbon-shell coated iron nanoparticles as high-performance tri-functional HER, ORR and Fenton-like catalysts. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 275.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124141 Web of Science: 000579495100168
- 2020
  
  Metal-Organic frameworks-derived multifunctional carbon encapsulated metallic nanocatalysts for catalytic peroxymonosulfate activation and electrochemical hydrogen generation
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111241 Web of Science: 000600410800001
- 2020
  
  Spent tea leaves templated synthesis of highly active and durable cobalt-based trifunctional versatile electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d0gc02155e Web of Science: 000579757000025
- 2020
  
  Tailoring the Interfacial Interactions of van der Waals 1T-MoS₂/C₆₀ Heterostructures for High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 142:17923-17927.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08867 Web of Science: 000580559000014
- 2020
  
  Tuning of Trifunctional NiCu Bimetallic Nanoparticles Confined in a Porous Carbon Network with Surface Composition and Local Structural Distortions for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 142:14688-14701.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06960 Web of Science: 000566667700031
- 2020
  
  Atomically embedded asymmetrical dual-metal dimers on N-doped graphene for ultra-efficient nitrogen reduction reaction
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.009 Web of Science: 000539434200008
- 2020
  
  Nanomaterials and catalysis for green chemistry
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.03.001 Web of Science: 000570249200010
- 2020
  
  Facile synthesis of C₆₀-nano materials and their application in high-performance water splitting electrocatalysis
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d0se00399a Web of Science: 000539290400030
- 2020
  
  In Situ Aniline-Polymerized Interfaces on GO-PVA Nanoplatforms as Bifunctional Supercapacitors and pH-Universal ORR Electrodes
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00361 Web of Science: 000537656400074
- 2020
  
  Improving Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution of Ag@CN Nanocomposites by Synergistic Effects with α-Rich Proteins. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. 12:2207-2215.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13571 Web of Science: 000508464500024
- 2019
  
  Tailoring the ORR and HER electrocatalytic performances of gold nanoparticles through metal-ligand interfaces. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 7:20425-20434.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c9ta05492h Web of Science: 000489686400036
- 2019
  
  Benign-by-design nature-inspired nanosystems in biofuels production and catalytic applications. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. 112:195-252.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.03.062 Web of Science: 000474208400015
- 2019
  
  Solvent-Free Preparation of 1,8-Dioxo-Octahydroxanthenes Employing Iron Oxide Nanomaterials
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ma12152386 Web of Science: 000482576900047
- 2019
  
  Boosting the electrochemical oxygen reduction activity of hemoglobin on fructose@graphene-oxide nanoplatforms. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 55:4671-4674.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01625b Web of Science: 000468615900014
- 2019
  
  Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles as High-Performance Electrocatalysts: The Role of Size in the Electroreduction of Oxygen. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C. 123:9807-9812.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00249 Web of Science: 000465488600018
- 2019
  
  Versatile Protein-Templated TiO₂ Nanocomposite for Energy Storage and Catalytic Applications
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06349 Web of Science: 000460600500083
- 2019
  
  Controllable Design of Polypyrrole-Iron Oxide Nanocoral Architectures for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Cycling Stability
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02167 Web of Science: 000462944700065
- 2019
  
  Continuous Flow Synthesis of High Valuable N-Heterocycles via Catalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00103 Web of Science: 000459687100001
- 2019
  
  Mimicking the bioelectrocatalytic function of recombinant CotA laccase through electrostatically self-assembled bioconjugates. NANOSCALE. 11:1549-1554.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06001k Web of Science: 000459910900007
- 2019
  
  Non-porous carbonaceous materials derived from coffee waste grounds as highly sustainable anodes for lithium-ion batteries. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 207:411-417.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.024 Web of Science: 000451105200034
- 2019
  
  Environmental Catalysis: Present and Future
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801248 Web of Science: 000457144200004
- 2019
  
  Unprecedented Wiring Efficiency of Sulfonated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Materials: Toward High-Performance Amperometric Recombinant CotA Laccase Biosensors
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05107 Web of Science: 000455288800154
- 2018
  
  Benign-by-Design Orange Peel-Templated Nanocatalysts for Continuous Flow Conversion of Levulinic Acid to N-Heterocycles
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03896 Web of Science: 000452344900076
- 2018
  
  Copper Tridentate Schiff Base Complex Supported on SBA-15 as Efficient Nanocatalyst for Three-Component Reactions under Solventless Conditions
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ma11122458 Web of Science: 000456419200116
- 2018
  
  Microwave-assisted preparation of Ag/Ag₂S carbon hybrid structures from pig bristles as efficient HER catalysts. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 6:21516-21523.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8ta06417b Web of Science: 000449701900030
- 2018
  
  Sunlight-Driven Hydrogen Production Using an Annular Flow Photoreactor and g-C₃N₄-Based Catalysts
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201800064 Web of Science: 000447136500009
- 2018
  
  Encapsulated Laccases as Effective Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02529 Web of Science: 000441475500164
- 2018
  
  Mechanochemistry: Toward Sustainable Design of Advanced Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Catalytic Applications
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01716 Web of Science: 000441475500002
- 2018
  
  Cytosine Palladium Hybrid Complex Immobilized on SBA-15 as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Aqueous Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling. CHEMISTRYSELECT. 3:6102-6106.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/slct.201800348 Web of Science: 000435260800010
- 2018
  
  Efficient Mechanochemical Bifunctional Nanocatalysts for the Conversion of Isoeugenol to Vanillin. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00077 Web of Science: 000429019700001
- 2018
  
  Highly efficient direct oxygen electro-reduction by partially unfolded laccases immobilized on waste-derived magnetically separable nanoparticles. NANOSCALE. 10:3961-3968.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00512e Web of Science: 000426148500044
- 2018
  
  Influence of Patterning in the Acid-Base Interfacial Properties of Homogeneously Mixed CH₃- and COOH-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C. 122:2854-2865.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11878 Web of Science: 000424955400045
- 2018
  
  Synthesis of carbon-based fluorescent polymers driven by catalytically active magnetic bioconjugates
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c7gc03295a Web of Science: 000419060600020
- 2017
  
  Mechanochemical design of hemoglobin-functionalised magnetic nanomaterials for energy storage devices. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 5:16404-16411.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c7ta04135g Web of Science: 000465911200039
- 2017
  
  Solventless mechanochemical preparation of novel magnetic bioconjugates. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 53:7635-7637.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03975a Web of Science: 000404606800050
- 2016
  
  Formation of 2-D Crystalline Intermixed Domains at the Molecular Level in Binary Self-Assembled Monolayers from a Lyotropic Mixture. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C. 120:8595-8606.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12271 Web of Science: 000375521700020
Book Chapter
- 2020
  
  Proteins-based nanocatalyts for energy conversion reactions. 237-255.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-55502-3_8
- 2019
  
  Nanoparticles within functional frameworks and their applications in photo(electro)catalysis. 109-138.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814531-9.00005-1
Other Scholarly Work
- 2023
  
  An Interfacial View of Cation Effects on Electrocatalysis Systems. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306103
- 2021
  
  The role of fullerene derivatives in perovskite solar cells: electron transporting or electron extraction layers? (Feb, 10.1039/D0TC05903J, 2021). JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C. 11376-11376.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1tc90123k Web of Science: 000661949400001
- 2021
  
  Tuning the Intermolecular Electron Transfer of Low-Dimensional and Metal-Free BCN/C₆₀ Electrocatalysts via Interfacial Defects for Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrochemistry (vol 143, pg 1203, 2021). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 11271-11271.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06579 Web of Science: 000679913600055
- 2019
  
  Tailoring the ORR and HER electrocatalytic performances of gold nanoparticles through metal-ligand interfaces (vol 7, pg 20425, 2019). JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 20435-20435.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c9ta90203a Web of Science: 000489686400037
Review
- 2024
  
  Chemical insights into the interfacial phenomena of low-dimensional heterointerfaces. 1974-1993.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.04.011 Web of Science: 001269624200001
- 2022
  
  Atomically Dispersed Heteronuclear Dual-Atom Catalysts: A New Rising Star in Atomic Catalysis. SMALL.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106091 Web of Science: 000729390800001
- 2022
  
  Low-dimensional heterostructures for advanced electrocatalysis: an experimental and computational perspective. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS. 812-828.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00498k Web of Science: 000742108800001
- 2021
  
  Graphynes as emerging 2D-platforms for electronic and energy applications: a computational perspective. 6392-6412.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1qm00595b Web of Science: 000677459400001
- 2021
  
  Nature-inspired hierarchical materials for sensing and energy storage applications. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS. 4856-4871.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00652k Web of Science: 000644663800005
- 2021
  
  Fullerenes as Key Components for Low-Dimensional (Photo)electrocatalytic Nanohybrid Materials. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 122-141.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009449 Web of Science: 000577426200001
- 2020
  
  Benign-by-design nature-inspired bionanoconjugates for energy conversion and storage applications
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100373 Web of Science: 000600411600008
- 2020
  
  Proteins-Based Nanocatalysts for Energy Conversion Reactions
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-00306-6 Web of Science: 000544303900001

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