Showcasing research from Craig Grapperhaus, Robert Buchanan, and Joshua Spurgeon’s laboratories at the Department of Chemistry and the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, USA.

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution on Si photocathodes modified with bis(thiosemicarbazonato)nickel(II)/Nafion The molecular catalyst NiATSM was integrated with Si for light-driven hydrogen evolution from water. Compared to an equivalent loading of Ni metal, the NiATSM/p-Si electrode performed better. Durability of the surface-bound catalyst under operation in acid was achieved without covalent attachment by using Nafion binding.

See Robert M. Buchanan, Joshua M. Spurgeon et al ., Chem . Commun ., 2019, 55 , 9440.