Publications by Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

New Insights Into the Role of Imidazolium-Based Promoters for the Electroreduction of CO2 on a Silver Electrode

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Marcel Roland Schreier, Dmitry Vasilyev, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO is a reaction of central importance for sustainable energy conversion and storage. Herein, structure activity relationships of a series of imidazolium-based cocatalysts for this reaction are described, which demon ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Alkynes to Succinimides

Paul Joseph Dyson, Huizhen Liu, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

Succinimide derivatives are useful building blocks for the synthesis of natural products and drugs. We describe an efficient route to succinimide derivatives comprising Pd(xantphos)Cl2-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of alkynes with aromatic or aliphatic amin ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Enhancing the Stability of Porphyrin Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Manipulation of Electrolyte Additives

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Chenyi Yi, Hoi Nok Tsao, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

The use of porphyrin-based photosensitizers with superior light-harvesting properties has enabled the power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) to reach 13% under full sun illumination. However, a major limitation of such devices cor ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2015

Robust High-performance Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Based on Ionic Liquid-sulfolane Composite Electrolytes

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Jean-David Décoppet, Thomas Moehl, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

Novel ionic liquid-sulfolane composite electrolytes based on the 1,2,3-triazolium family of ionic liquids were developed for dye-sensitized solar cells. The best performing device exhibited a short-circuit current density of 13.4 mA cm(-2), an open-circuit ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Novel Ionic Liquids For Electrochemical Applications

Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

This thesis is organized into three main sections, and is concerned with the design and synthesis of novel ionic liquids (ILs), and their associated electrochemical applications. In the first section, a general introduction to the field of ionic liquids is ...

EPFL2015

Highly Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Novel 1,2,3-Triazolium Ionic Liquids

Michael Graetzel, Paul Joseph Dyson, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Hoi Nok Tsao, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau

We describe the design and synthesis of novel low viscosity bicyclic 1,2,3-triazolium ionic liquids. These new salts are applied as nonvolatile electrolytes in dye-sensitized solar cells, affording efficiencies up to 7.07% at low light intensities, and 6.0 ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014