News

2022

  • October 2022: Professor Holewinski was awarded funding via DOE BES Clean Energy Technology and Low-Carbon Manufacturing Program (DE-SC0023424) for Electrochemically-Assisted Dehydrogenation Reactions for Dual-Electrode Hydrogen Evolution
  • October 2022: Professor Holewinski was awarded funding via DOE BES Catalysis Science Program (DE-SC0023322) for Electro-oxidative valorization of biomass: design strategies for selective and stable catalysis
  • September 2022: Nathanael's first paper is out in “Electrochemical stability of thiolate self-assembled monolayers on Au, Pt, and Cu.” (2022)
  • September 2022: Alex Delluva's latest paper is live on "Thermal Enhancement of Product Conductivity Permits Deep Discharge in Solid-State Li2O2 Batteries"
  • September 2022: Adam Baz's paper "Dynamic Electrocatalysis: Examining Resonant Catalytic Rate Enhancement Under Oscillation Electrochemical Potential" is out in (2022).
  • August 2022: We hope you saw Professor Holewinski's invited talks at the Fall Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society on “Steering selectivity with free-atom-like d-states in single-atom-alloy catalysts” and “Electro-oxidation pathways for biomass derived furans” in Chicago!
  • July 2022: Check out Professor Holewinski's invited talk at ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium! He's discussing “A Kinetic Analysis of the CO Electro-Oxidation Reaction on Bimetallics: Understanding the Interplay of Bifunctional and Electronic Effects” in Golden, CO!
  • June 2022: Professor Holewinski was awarded funding via the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, $110,000 (PI: APH) for  Controlling hydrogenation selectivity for petrochemicals with well-defined active sites!
  • June 2022: Professor Holewinski is giving a poster on “Electrocatalytic Conversion Mechanisms for Renewable Fuels and Chemicals” at the Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis in New Hampshire!
  • May 2022: Joe is giving a talk on his recent work in “Surface mechanisms for furfural electrooxidation to value-added chemicals probed by ATR-SEIRAS” at the 27th Annual North American Catalysis Society National Meeting in New York!
  • May 2022: Taylor is giving a talk on his paper “Interactions Between Free Atom Like States of Single Atom Alloys and Frontier Molecular Orbitals of Unsaturated Aldehydes” at the 27th Annual North American Catalysis Society National Meeting in New York!
  • May 2022: Professor Holewinski is presenting on Adam Baz's final paper “A Microkinetic Understanding of CO and Methanol Electro-Oxidation on Bimetallic Catalysts” at the 27th Annual North American Catalysis Society National Meeting!
  • May 2022: Congratulations to Taylor for being named a Kokes Award Winner for the 27th Annual Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society National Meeting!
  • May 2022: Congratulations to Professor Holewinski for earning the CU «Ƶ Provost's Faculty Achievement Award!
  • May 2022: Congratulations to Professor Holewinski for receiving the CEAS Dean's Performance Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty!
  • April 2022: Joe Hasse's paper "ATR-SEIRAS Investigation of the Electro-oxidation Mechanism of Biomass-Derived C5 Furanics on Platinum Electrodes" is out in , (2022). 126.
  • April 2022: Professor Holewinski is giving a talk at Rocky Mountain Catalysis Society's Annual Symposium on “Steering selectivity with free-atom-like d-states in single-atom-alloy catalysts” in Golden!
  • March 2022: Taylor is giving a talk on “Driving Selectivity with Free-Atom-Like States on Single Atom Alloy Catalysts” at the Spring Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Diego!
  • March 2022: Congrats to Professor Holewinski on two talks at ACS San Diego! We hope you saw “A Kinetic Analysis of the CO Electro-Oxidation Reaction on Bimetallics: Understanding the Interplay of Bifunctional and Electronic Effects” and “Electro-oxidation pathways for biomass derived furans”

2021

  • November 2021: Adam Baz is giving a talk on “Understanding CO and Methanol Electro-Oxidation Activity on AgxPd1-X/C Alloys Under Alkaline Conditions” at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting in Boston!
  • November 2021: Joseph Hasse is giving a poster on “Elucidation of Surface Moieties during Furfural Oxidation on Platinum Catalysts Using in-Situ Spectroscopy” at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting in Boston!
  • November 2021: Professor Holewinski gave an invited talk on “Driving Selectivity with Free-Atom-Like States on Single Atom Alloy Catalysts” at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting in Boston!
  • November 2021: Check out Professor Holewinski's talk at AICHE on “Electro-oxidation pathways for biomass derived furans” in Boston!
  • October 2021: Francisco W.S. Lucas gave his talk on “Electrochemical Valorization of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks: Levulinic Acid to 4-Hydroxyvaleric Acid” at the Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Orlando!
  • October 2021: Alex Román gave his talk on “Electro-oxidation pathways for biomass-derived furans” at the Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Orlando!
  • August 2021: Adam Baz has a new paper out in Journal of Catalysis! "Microkinetic Modeling in Electrocatalysis: Applications, Limitations, and Recomendations for Reliable Mechanistic Insights" (2021). In Press.
  • August 2021: Professor Holewinski has invited talks at the Fall 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society! Check out "Electro-oxidation pathways for biomass derived furans" and "Steering selectivity with free-atom-like d-states in single-atom-alloy catalysts” in Atlanta!
  • July 2021: Check out Taylor Spivey's first paper in JACS! "Selective Interactions between Free-Atom-like d-States in Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts and Near-Frontier Molecular Orbitals" . (2021), 143, 31, 11897-11902.
  • July 2021: Check out Alex Delluva's latest paper in Advanced Functional Materials! "Decomposition of Trace Li2CO3 During Charging Leads to Cathode Interface Degradation with the Solid Electrolyte LLZO" (2021), 31, 2103716.
  • July 2021: Professor Holewinski was awarded funding from NSF (CHE-2055689) Chemical Catalysis Program for NSF-DFG Echem: Cooperativity Between Immobilized Redox Mediators for Selective Anodic Biomass Valorization
  • May 2021: Adam Baz's paper is published in Journal of Catalysis! Check out "Predicting Macro-Kinetic Observables in Electrocatalysis Using the Generalized Degree of Rate Control" (2021). 397, 233-244.
  • March 2021: Check out Francisco W. S Lucas' latest paper "Electrochemical Routes for the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks: From Chemistry to Application" (2021). 6 ,4, 1205-1270.
  • January 2021: Professor Holewinski was awarded funding from the Sloan Foundation/Research Corp. for Scientific Advancment Scialog Program (Award #28305) for Electric-swing solid state sorbents for direct air capture of CO2

2020

  • Dec 2020: Congratulations to Professor Holewinski for being selected as a RCSA Scialog Fellow for Negative Emission Science!
  • Dec 2020: Congratulations to Professor Holewinski for being Selected to Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research's 2020 Class of Influential Researchers!
  • October 2020: Taylor was awarded the prestigious DOE SCGSR award to perform Operando XAS at SSRL with Dr. Simon Bare!
  • October 2020: New proposal funded: 
  • October 2020: New publication: 
  • Sept 2020: Alex Delluva passes comprehensive exam!
  • May 2020 - New publication: 
  • April 2020: New publication: 
  • February 2020 - New Publication: 

2019

  • December 2019: Group welcomes two new members, Dr. Willian Lucas (postdoc, previously from Federal University of São Carlos) and Yuval Fishler (graduate student, coadvised with Prof. Wilson Smith).
  • November 2019: NSF Career Award! 
  • September 2019 - New Publication: 
  • September 2019 - New proposal funded: NSF MRI equipment grant for 
  • Currenly searching for qualified candidates for new 
  • August 2019- Jessica Dudoff awarded prestigious DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) fellowship 
  • April 2019 - New publication: 
  • April 2019: Faysal Khulaifi passes preliminary exam!
  • March 2019: Joe Hasse passes preliminary exam!

2018-2016

  • August 2018: Jessica Dudoff passes preliminary exam!
  • August 2018 - Grant Awarded: NSF CBET 1806059: Mixed Ion Electron Conductor (MIEC) Cascade Electrodes for High Density Energy Storage in Li2O2
  • June 2018 - Grant Awarded: NSF CBET 1835967 EAGER: Identifying Active Sites in Electrocatalysis by Steady-State Isotope-Transient Technique
  • March 2018 – CU IRT Seed Grant Awarded for Solid State Battery project. Collaborative with S. Lee (CU).
  • December 2017 – Alex publishes paper: “Identifying “Optimal” Electrocatalysts: Impact of Operating Potential and Charge Transfer Model”
  • October 2017 – Grant Awarded: NREL LDRD UGA-0-41026-103: Electrochemical Transformations to Enable Fuel and Chemical Production from the Carboxylate Platform
  • October 2017: Adam Baz passes preliminary exam!
  • September 2017 – Grant Awarded: NSF CHE 1665176: Manipulation of reaction selectivity in the electrochemical environment for biomass-to-chemicals conversion; collaborative with J.W. Medlin (CU) and M. Janik (PSU)
  • October 2016: Alex Delluva passes preliminary exam!
  • February 2016 – RASEI Seed Grant Awarded for Electrochemical Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Carboxylic Acids. Collaborative with J. Schaidle (NREL)