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Puente Santiago, Alain Rafael
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Article
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 TiO
2
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/d4nh00196f
Web of Science:
001265379000001
2024
Chemical insights into the interfacial phenomena of low-dimensional heterointerfaces
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.chempr.2024.04.011
Web of Science:
001269624200001
2024
Theoretical Prediction and Synthesis of Nonmetal-Doped Anatase TiO
2
(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
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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
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SMALL
. 19.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/smll.202302429
Web of Science:
001023870500001
2023
Effective photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine-B over Zn-doped BaO
2
and SrO
2
composites under UV and sunlight irradiation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/d3su00091e
Web of Science:
001277144700001
2023
Unique Pd/PdO-In
2
O
3
heterostructures for the highly efficient detection of triethylamine
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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
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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 C
96
Fullertubes: A Highly Active Metal-Free O
2
-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
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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
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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
2
n
(2
n
=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?
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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 N
2
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 M
3
N@C
2
n
(2
n
=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
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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/C
60
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-MoS
2
/C
60
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 C
60
-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 TiO
2
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/Ag
2
S 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-C
3
N
4
-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 CH
3
- 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
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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/C
60
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
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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