Publications by Lucas-Alexandre Stern

Polymer-Brush-Templated Three-Dimensional Molybdenum Sulfide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

Harm-Anton Klok, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Xile Hu, Heron Vrubel, Piotr Mocny, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

Earth-abundant hydrogen evolution catalysts are essential for high-efficiency solar-driven water splitting. Although a significant amount of studies have been dedicated to the development of new catalytic materials, the microscopic assembly of these materi ...

2018

Photoelectrochemical deposition of CoP on cuprous oxide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production

Xile Hu, Laurent Liardet, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Carlos Gilberto Morales Guio

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive and sustainable energy conversion method. In this work, cobalt phosphide (CoP) is photoelectrochemically deposited on a p-type cuprous oxide (pCu(2)O) photocathode for solar hydrogen production. U ...

Elsevier2017

Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting Reactions

Lucas-Alexandre Stern

At the dawn of the 21st century, mankind is facing an important energy challenge. Future energy demand can only be met by large scale exploitation of renewable energy resources. Solar energy is abundant, with a sufficient capacity for the growing energy de ...

EPFL2017

Efficient Water Electrolysis Using Ni2P as a Bifunctional Catalyst: Unveiling the Oxygen Evolution Catalytic Properties of Ni2P

Xile Hu, Lucas-Alexandre Stern

The excellent bifunctional catalytic activity of nickel phosphide (Ni2P) for water splitting is reported. Ni2P, an active hydrogen evolving catalyst, is shown to be highly active for oxygen evolution. Only 290 mV of overpotential is required to generate a ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2016

Ni2P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni2P nanoparticles

Xile Hu, Fang Song, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng

Electrochemical water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is a promising method for solar energy storage. The development of efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting has drawn much attention. However, catalysts that are active for both the hydrogen ev ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Widely available active sites on Ni2P for electrochemical hydrogen evolution - insights from first principles calculations

Xile Hu, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Martin Hangaard Hansen

We present insights into the mechanism and the active site for hydrogen evolution on nickel phosphide (Ni2P). Ni2P was recently discovered to be a very active non-precious hydrogen evolution catalyst. Current literature attributes the activity of Ni2P to a ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Nanostructured hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

Xile Hu, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Carlos Gilberto Morales Guio

Progress in catalysis is driven by society's needs. The development of new electrocatalysts to make renewable and clean fuels from abundant and easily accessible resources is among the most challenging and demanding tasks for today's scientists and enginee ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Enhanced oxygen evolution activity by NiOx and Ni(OH)(2) nanoparticles

Xile Hu, Lucas-Alexandre Stern

Small nanoparticles of nickel oxide and nickel hydroxide were investigated for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline solutions. These nanoparticles showed excellent catalytic activity, giving a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) at overpotentials (e ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Copper-catalyzed cross coupling of functionalized alkyl halides and tosylates with secondary and tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents

Xile Hu, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Peng Ren

A copper-based method is highly efficient for the cross-coupling of alkyl electrophiles with secondary and tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents. The method is distinguished by its broad substrate scope and high functional group tolerance. ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2012