Nano-structuring and Surface Functionalisation
Controlling mass transport and confinement via nanostructuration and surface functionalisation
We develop new nanostructured catalysts inspired by biological strategies to harvest poorly soluble gases, to confine reaction intermediates or to control the local availability of substrates. The strategies for the design of such materials encompass electrodeposition of dendritic metallic structures on conductive porous supports, as well as surface modification strategies to modulate hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity of materials.
Selected Publications:
external page Electrocatalyst Microenvironment Engineering for Enhanced Product Selectivity in Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Reduction Reactions
H. Wu, A. Singh-Morgan, K. Qi, Z. Zeng, V. Mougel*, D. Voiry*
ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 5375-5396
external page High-Current-Density CO2-to-CO Electroreduction on Ag-Alloyed Zn Dendrites at Elevated Pressure
S. Lamaison, D. Wakerley, J. Blanchard, D. Montero, G. Rousse, D. Mercier, P. Marcus, D. Taverna, D. Giaume, V. Mougel*, M. Fontecave*
Joule, 2020, 4 (2), 395-406
external page Bio-inspired hydrophobicity promotes CO2 reduction on a Cu surface
D. Wakerley, S. Lamaison, F. Ozanam, N. Menguy, D. Mercier, P. Marcus, M. Fontecave*, V. Mougel*
Nature Materials, 2019, 18, 1222–1227
external page Low-cost high efficiency system for solar-driven conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons
T. N. Huan, D. Alves Dalla Corte, S. Lamaison, D. Karapinar, L. Lutz, N. Menguy, M. Foldyna, S-H Turren-Cruz, A. Hagfeldt, F. Bella, M. Fontecave*, V. Mougel*
PNAS, 2019, 116 (20), 9735-9740 .
external page Zn–Cu Alloy Nanofoams as Efficient Catalysts for the Reduction of CO2 to Syngas Mixtures with a Potential‐Independent H2/CO Ratio
S. Lamaison, D. Wakerley, D. Montero, G. Rousse, D. Taverna, D. Giaume, D. Mercier, J. Blanchard, T. N. Huan, M. Fontecave*, V. Mougel*
ChemSusChem, 2019,12, 511-517.
external page Dendritic Nanostructured Copper Oxide Electrocatalyst For Oxygen Evolution Reaction
T. N. Huan, G. Rousse, S. Zanna, I. T. Lucas, X. Xu, N. Menguy, V. Mougel*, M. Fontecave*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56 ,4792–4796