Publications de Marcel Roland Schreier

Understanding the surface dynamics of hydrogen and CO in the electrochemical reduction of CO2

Michael Graetzel, Marcel Roland Schreier

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Solar-driven reduction of CO₂ : from homogeneous to heterogeneous catalytic systems

Rapidly increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and their damaging impact on the global climate system raise doubts about the sustainability of the fossil resource based energy system. Meanwhile, raising living standards and increasing global popul ...

EPFL2017

A copper nickel mixed oxide hole selective layer for Au-free transparent cuprous oxide photocathodes

Michael Graetzel, Jingshan Luo, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier, Ludmilla Steier, Minkyu Son

State-of-the-art cuprous oxide (Cu2O) photocathodes for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting have a long tradition of using gold (Au)-coated F-doped SnO2 (FTO) substrates for the improvement of Cu2O electrodeposition and overall PEC performance. Au i ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2017

All Solution-Processed, Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photocathode for Hydrogen Evolution

Michael Graetzel, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier

Nowadays, the efficient, stable, and scalable conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels represents a great scientific, economic, and ethical challenge. Amongst the available candidate technologies, photoelectrochemical water splitting potentially has ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Solar conversion of CO2 to CO using Earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO

Jeremy Luterbacher, Jingshan Luo, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Marcel Roland Schreier, Ludmilla Steier

The solar-driven electrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels and chemicals provides a promising way for closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle. However, the lack of selective and Earth-abundant catalysts able to achieve the desired transformation reactions i ...

Nature Publishing Group2017

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

Polymer-based photocathodes with a solution-processable cuprous iodide anode layer and a polyethyleneimine protective coating

Michael Graetzel, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier

Organic semiconductors have been proven to be suitable for efficient photovoltaic generation during the last decade but have been scarcely assessed as photoelectrochemical devices. In this work we present the fabrication and characterization of a new effic ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Hybrid organic-inorganic H-2-evolving photocathodes: understanding the route towards high performance organic photoelectrochemical water splitting

Michael Graetzel, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier

A promising, yet challenging, route towards renewable production of hydrogen is the direct conversion of solar energy at a simple and low cost semiconductor/water junction. Despite the theoretical simplicity of such a photoelectrochemical device, different ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Covalent Immobilization of a Molecular Catalyst on Cu2O Photocathodes for CO2 Reduction

Michael Graetzel, Peng Gao, Jingshan Luo, Thomas Moehl, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier

Sunlight-driven CO2 reduction is a promising way to close the anthropogenic carbon cycle. Integrating light harvester and electrocatalyst functions into a single photo electrode, which converts solar energy and CO2 directly into reduced carbon species, is ...

American Chemical Society2016

Cu2O Nanowire Photocathodes for Efficient and Durable Solar Water Splitting

Michael Graetzel, Jingshan Luo, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier, Ludmilla Steier, Minkyu Son

Due to its abundance, scalability, and nontoxicity, Cu2O has attracted extensive attention toward solar energy conversion, and it is the best performing metal oxide material. Until now, the high efficiency devices are all planar in structure, and their pho ...

American Chemical Society2016