• openAccess   A low temperature aqueous formate fuel cell using cobalt hexacyanoferrate as a non-noble metal oxidation catalyst 

      Han, Lijuan; González-Cobos, Jesús; Sánchez-Molina, Irene; Giancola, Stefano; Folkman, Scott; Gimenez, Sixto; Vidal-Ferran, Anton; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon Royal Society of Chemistry (2020-12-01)
      Cobalt hexacyanoferrate, the Co–Fe Prussian blue derivative (CoFePB), is an effective, selective and stable electrocatalyst for formate oxidation, exhibiting robust performance under a variety of electrolyte conditions. ...
    • openAccess   Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate as a Selective and High Current Density Formate Oxidation Electrocatalyst 

      Han, Lijuan; González-Cobos, Jesús; Sánchez-Molina, Irene; Giancola, Stefano; Folkman, Scott; Tang, PengYi; Heggen, Marc; Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal; Arbiol, Jordi; Gimenez, Sixto; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon American Chemical Society (2020-09-28)
      Herein we report the selectivity, stability, and electrochemical characterization of cobalt hexacyanoferrate, the Co–Fe Prussian Blue derivative (CoFePB), as a formate/formic acid oxidation electrocatalyst in aqueous media. ...
    • openAccess   Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Robust Water Splitting 

      Hegner, Franziska; Herraiz Cardona, Isaac; Cardenas-Morcoso, Drialys; López, Núria; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon; Gimenez, Sixto (2017-11-01)
      The efficient integration of photoactive and catalytic materials is key to promoting photoelectrochemical water splitting as a sustainable energy technology built on solar power. Here, we report highly stable water splitting ...
    • openAccess   Level Alignment as Descriptor for Semiconductor/Catalyst Systems in Water Splitting: The Case of Hematite/Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate Photoanodes 

      Hegner, Franziska; Cardenas-Morcoso, Drialys; Gimenez, Sixto; López, Núria; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon (2017-11-23)
      The realization of artificial photosynthesis may depend on the efficient integration of photoactive semiconductors and catalysts to promote photoelectrochemical water splitting. Many efforts are currently devoted to the ...
    • closedAccess   Push-PullElectronicEffectsin Surface-ActiveSites EnhanceElectrocatalyticOxygenEvolutionon TransitionMetalOxides 

      Garcés Pineda, Felipe Andrés; Nguyen, Huu Chuong; Blasco Ahicart, Marta; García-Tecedor, Miguel; de fez febre, mabel; Tang, PengYi; Arbiol, Jordi; Gimenez, Sixto; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon; Lopez, Nuria Wiley (2021-01-19)
      Sustainable electrocatalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) constitutes a major challenge for the realization of green fuels. Oxides based on Ni and Fe in alkaline media have been proposed to avoid using critical ...
    • openAccess   Sustainable oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in aqueous 1 M H2SO4 with earth abundant nanostructured Co3O4 

      Yu, Jiahao; Garcés Pineda, Felipe Andrés; González-Cobos, Jesús; Peña-Díaz, Marina; Rogero, Celia; Gimenez, Sixto; Spadaro, Maria Chiara; Arbiol, Jordi; Barja, Sara; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon Nature Research (2022-07-27)
      Earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) able to work in acidic working conditions are elusive. While many first-row transition metal oxides are competitive in alkaline media, most of them ...
    • openAccess   Unraveling Charge Transfer in CoFe Prussian Blue Modified BiVO4 Photoanodes 

      Moss, Benjamin; Hegner, Franziska; Corby, Sacha; Selim, Shababa; Francàs Forcada, Laia; López, Núria; Gimenez, Sixto; Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon; Durrant, James American Chemical Society (2019)
      Catalyst modification of metal oxide photoanodes can result in markedly improved water oxidation efficiency. However, the reasons for improvement are often subtle and controversial. Upon depositing a CoFe Prussian blue ...