Research Description

Solid state synthesis using flux and hydrothermal methods, characterization of their crystalline structures and chemical compositions, and measurements of their catalytic and photoelectrochemical properties for solar energy conversion. We currently focus on the discovery and design of novel mixed-metal semiconductors with ordered or disordered crystalline structures as well as new carbon nitride phases and aerogel-type materials.

Publications

• In Search of the "Perfect" Inorganic Semiconductor/Liquid Interface for Solar Water Splitting (2021)
• An interface-controlled Mott memristor in α-RuCl3 (2020)
• Flux‐mediated synthesis and photocatalytic activity of NaNbO 3 particles (2020)
• Photoelectrochemical Materials for Solar Energy Conversion (2020)
• Physical Properties of Molecules and Condensed Materials Governed by Onsite Repulsion, Spin-Orbit Coupling and Polarizability of their Constituent Atoms (2020)
• Pushing the Limits of Metastability in Semiconducting Perovskite Oxides for Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation (2020)
• Rare example of chiral and achiral polymorphs of a metal-oxide/organic hybrid compound (2020)
• Search for Ferroelectric Binary Oxides: Chemical and Structural Space Exploration Guided by Group Theory and Computations (2020)
• Fast Flux Reaction Approach for the Preparation of Sn2TiO4: Tuning Particle Sizes and Photocatalytic Properties (2019)
• Harnessing Plasmon-Induced Hot Carriers at the Interfaces with Ferroelectrics (2019)

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Education

B. A., Chemistry, William Jewell College (1995)
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Iowa State University (2000)
Postdoctoral Associate, Northwestern University (2002)