supramolecular materials chemistry for solar energy
Scott C. Warren
Northwestern University
Non-Equilibrium Energy Research Center
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Publications
E. Thimsen, F. Le Formal, M. Graetzel, S. C. Warren (corresponding author). Influence of plasmonic Au nanoparticles on the photoactivity of Fe2O3 electrodes for water splitting. Nano Lett. 11, 35-43 (2011).
H. Dotan, K. Sivula, M. Graetzel, A. Rothschild, S. C. Warren (corresponding author). Probing the photoelectrochemical properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) electrodes using hydrogen peroxide as a hole scavenger. Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 958-964 (2011). Featured in the MRS Bulletin.
J. Lee, Y. S. Jung, S. C. Warren, M. Kamperman, S. M. Oh, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Direct access to mesoporous crystalline TiO2/carbon composites with large and uniform pores for use as anode materials in lithium ion batteries. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 212, 383-390 (2011).
H. Arora, Z. Li, H. Sai, M. Kamperman, S. C. Warren, U. Wiesner. Block copolymer directed nanoporous metal thin films. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 31, 1960-1964 (2010).
M. Nedelcu, S. Guldin, M. C. Orilall, J. Lee, S. Huettner, E. J. W. Crossland, S. C. Warren, C. Ducati, P. R. Laity, D. Eder, U. Wiesner, U. Steiner, H. J. Snaith. Monolithic route to efficient dye-sensitized solar cells employing diblock copolymers for mesoporous TiO2. J. Mater. Chem. 20, 1261-1268 (2010).
Z. Li, H. Sai, S. C. Warren, M. Kamperman, H. Arora, S. Gruner, U. Wiesner. Metal nanoparticle-block copolymer composite assembly and disassembly. Chem. Mater. 21, 5578-5584 (2009).
M. Kamperman, A. Burns, R. Weissgraeber, N. van Vegten, S. C. Warren, S. M. Gruner, A. Baiker, U. Wiesner. Integrating structure control over multiple length scales in porous high temperature ceramics with functional platinum nanoparticles. Nano Lett. 9, 2756-2762 (2009).
S. C. Warren (corresponding author), U. Wiesner. Self-assembled ordered mesoporous metals. Pure & Appl. Chem. 81, 72-84 (2009).
R. Oren, Z. Liang, J. S. Barnard, S. C. Warren, U. Wiesner, W. T. S. Huck. Organization of nanoparticles in polymer brushes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 1670-1671 (2009).
M. Nedelcu, J. Lee, E. J. W. Crossland, S. C. Warren, M. C. Orilall, S. Guldin, S. Huttner, C. Ducati, D. Eder, U. Wiesner, U. Steiner, H. J. Snaith. Block copolymer directed synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells. Soft Matter 5,134-139 (2009).
S. C. Warren, L. C. Messina, L. S. Slaughter, M. Kamperman, Q. Zhou, S. M. Gruner, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Ordered mesoporous materials from metal nanoparticle-block copolymer self-assembly. Science 320, 1748-1752 (2008).
H. Abe, F. Matsumoto, L. R. Alden, S. C. Warren, H. D. Abruña, F. J. DiSalvo. Electrocatalytic performance of fuel oxidation by Pt3Ti nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 5452-5458 (2008).
J. Lee, M. C. Orilall, S. C. Warren, M. Kamperman, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Direct access to thermally stable and highly crystalline mesoporous transition-metal oxides with uniform pores. Nat. Mater. 7, 222-228 (2008).
S. C. Warren, A. C. Jackson, Z. D. Cater-Cyker, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Nanoparticle synthesis via the photochemical polythiol process. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 10072-10073 (2007).
S. C. Warren, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Nanoparticle-tuned assembly and disassembly of mesostructured silica hybrids. Nat. Mater. 6, 156-161 (2007). This was highlighted by A. Balazs in Nat. Mater., News and Views, “Nanocomposites: economy at the nanoscale,” 6, 94-95 (2007).
S. C. Warren, M. J. Banholzer, L. S. Slaughter, E. P. Giannelis, F. J. DiSalvo, U. Wiesner. Generalized route to metal nanocrystals with liquid behavior. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 12074-12075 (2006).
**This was highlighted in Science, Editor’s Choice, “Flowing precious metals,” 313, 1542 (2006).
C. Roychowdhury, F. Matsumoto, V. B. Zeldovich, S. C. Warren, P. F. Mutolo, M. Ballesteros, U. Wiesner, H. D. Abruña, F. J. DiSalvo. Synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic activity of PtBi and PtPb nanoparticles prepared by borohydride reduction in methanol. Chem. Mater. 18, 3365-3372 (2006).
