Texas Tech University

Computational Catalysis Research Lab


2022


Chloride-Promoted High-Rate Ambient Electrooxidation of Methane to Methanol on Patterned Cu–Ti Bimetallic Oxides


Aditya Prajapati, Rohan Sartape, Nishithan C Kani, Joseph A Gauthier, Meenesh R Singh

ACS Catalysis, 2022


CO2-free high-purity ethylene from electroreduction of CO2 with 4% solar-to-ethylene and 10% solar-to-carbon efficiencies


Aditya Prajapati, Nishithan C Kani, Joseph A Gauthier, Rohan Sartape, Jiahan Xie, Ivan Bessa, Miguel T Galante, Samuel L Leung, Marcio HS Andrade, Robert T Somich, Márcio V Rebouças, Gus T Hutras, Nathália Diniz, Meenesh R Singh

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022


Pathways for the formation of C2+ products under alkaline conditions during the electrochemical reduction of CO2


JA Gauthier, Z Lin, M Head-Gordon, AT Bell

ACS. Energy Lett., 2022


Mechanism for acetate formation in electrochemical CO(2) reduction on Cu: Selectivity with potential, pH, and nanostructuring


HH Heenen, H Shin, G Kastlunger, S Overa, JA Gauthier, F Jiao, K Chan

ChemRxiv., 2022


Force-based method to determine the potential dependence in electrochemical barriers


S Vijay, G Kastlunger, JA Gauthier, A Patel, K Chan

ChemRxiv., 2022




2021


Nitrogen Chemistry I: Nitrate Reduction


A Singh, M Singh, J Gauthier

AiChE., 2021


The role of roughening in enhancing selectivity to C2+ products during CO2 electroreduction on copper.


JA Gauthier, JH Stenlid, F Abild-Pedersen, M Head-Gordon, AT Bell

ACS. Energy Lett., 2021


Mechanism for acetate formation in electrochemical CO(2) reduction on Cu: Selectivity with potential, pH, and nanostructuring


Hendrik H Heenen, Haeun Shin, Georg Kastlunger, Sean Overa, Joseph A Gauthier, Feng Jiao, Karen Chan

ChemRxiv., 2021


Solar-driven electrochemical synthesis of ammonia using nitrate with 11% solar-to-fuel efficiency at ambient conditions


Nishithan C Kani, Joseph A Gauthier, Aditya Prajapati, Jane Edgington, Isha Bordawekar, Windom Shields, Mitchell Shields, Linsey C Seitz, Aayush R Singh, Meenesh R Singh

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021


Challenges for density functional theory: calculation of CO adsorption on electrocatalytically relevant metals


C.N. Lininger, J.A. Gauthier, W.-L. Li, E. Rossomme, V.V. Welborn, Z. Lin, T. Head-Gordon, M. Head-Gordon, A.T. Bell

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021

2020

Atomistic Insight into Cation Effects on Binding Energies in Cu-Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Reduction


T.K. Ludwig, J.A. Gauthier, C.F. Dickens, K.S. Brown, S. Ringe, K. Chan, J.K. Norskov

JPCC, 2020


Dipole-Field Interactions Determine the CO2 Reduction Activity of 2D Fe–N–C Single-Atom Catalysts


S. Vijay, J.A. Gauthier, H.H. Heenen, V.J. Bukas, H.H. Kristoffersen, K. Chan

ACS Catalysis, 2020

Solvation at metal/water interfaces: An ab initio molecular dynamics benchmark of common computational approaches


H.H. Heenen, J.A. Gauthier, H.H. Kristoffersen, T.K. Ludwig, K. Chan

J. Chem. Phys. 2020

Micro-kinetic model of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction over platinum in non-aqueous solvents


B.A. Rohr, A.R. Singh, J.A. Gauthier, M.J. Statt, J.K. Norskov

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020

Implications of the fractional charge of hydroxide at the electrochemical interface


J.A. Gauthier, L.D. Chen, M. Bajdich, K. Chan

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020

2019


Facile Electron Transfer to CO2 during Adsorption at the Metal|Solution Interface


J.A. Gauthier, M. Fields, M. Bajdich, L.D. Chen, R.B. Sandberg, K. Chan, J.K. Norskov

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019

Unified approach to implicit and explicit solvent simulations of electrochemical reaction energetics


J.A. Gauthier, C.F. Dickens, H.H. Heenen, S. Vijay, S. Ringe, K. Chan

JCTC, 2019

Transition Metal Arsenide Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction


J.A. Gauthier, L.A. King, F.T. Stults, R.A. Flores, J. Kibsgaard, Y.N. Regmi, K. Chan, and T.F. Jaramillo

JPCC, 2019

Predicting chemical reaction barriers with a machine learning model


A.R. Singh, B.A. Rohr, J.A. Gauthier, J.K. Norskov

Catalysis Letters, 2019

Electrolyte Effects on the Stability of Ni−Mo Cathodes for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction


J.H.J. Witjen, R.L. Riemersma, J.A. Gauthier, L.D.B. Mandemaker, M.W.G.M. Verhoeven, J.P. Hofmann, K. Chan, B.M. Weckhuysen

ChemSusChem, 2019

Practical Considerations for Continuum Models Applied to Surface Electrochemistry


J.A. Gauthier, C.F. Dickens, S. Ringe, K. Chan

ChemPhysChem, 2019

2018


Challenges in Modeling Electrochemical Reaction Energetics with Polarizable Continuum Models


J.A. Gauthier, S. Ringe, C.F. Dickens, A.J. Garza, A.T. Bell, M. Head-Gordon, J.K. Norskov, K. Chan

ACS Catalysis, 2018

Understanding the apparent fractional charge of protons in the aqueous electrochemical double layer


L.D. Chen, M. Bajdich, J.M.P. Martirez, C.M. Krauter, J.A. Gauthier, E.A. Carter, A.C. Luntz, K. Chan, J.K. Norskov

Nature Communications, 2018

2017


Solvation Effects for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysis on IrO2(110)


J.A. Gauthier, C.F. Dickens, L.D. Chen, A.D. Doyle, J.K. Norskov

JPCC, 2017