John Swierk

21) Jiang, A.J. Matula, J.R. Swierk, N. Romano, Y. Wu, V.S. Batista*, R.H. Crabtree*, J.S. Lindsey*, H. Wang*,  G.W. Brudvig*, "Unusual Stability of a Bacteriochlorin Electrocatalyst under Reductive Conditions. A Case Study on CO2 Conversion to CO," submitted.

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20) C.T. Nemes, J.R. Swierk, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, “A Terahertz-Transparent Electrochemical Cell for In Situ THz Spectroelectrochemistry,” Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90, 4389. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04204

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19) J. Jiang, J. Spies, J.R. Swierk, A.J. Matula, K.P. Regan, N. Romano, B.J. Brennan, R.H. Crabtree*, V.S. Batista*, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, G.W. Brudvig*, “Direct Interfacial Electron Transfer High-Potential Porphyrins into Semiconductor Surfaces: A Comparison of Linker and Anchoring Groups,” J. Phys. Chem. C, accepted. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12405 

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18) J.R. Swierk, N.S. McCool, S. Hëdstrom, S.J. Konezny*, C.T. Nemes, P. Xu, V.S. Batista*, T.E. Mallouk*, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, “Acid-Induced Mixed Electron and Proton Conduction in Thin ZrO2 Films,” in revision.

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17) J.R. Swierk* and T.D. Tilley*, “Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Single Site and Small Nuclearity Clusters of Cobalt,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 2018, 165, H3028-H3033. DOI: 10.1149/2.0041804jes

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16) K.P. Regan, J.R. Swierk, J. Neu, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, "Frequency-Dependent Terahertz Transient Photoconductivity of Mesoporous SnO2 Films," J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 15949.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02318

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15) J. Jiang, J.R. Swierk, K.L. Materna, S. Hëdstrom, S.-H. Lee, R.H. Crabtree, C.A. Schmuttenmaer, V.S. Batista, G.W. Brudvig, “SnO2- and TiO2-Supported High Redox Potential Porphyrins for Photoelectrochemical Applications,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 120, 28971-28982. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10350

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14) J.R. Swierk*, K.P. Regan, J. Jiang, G.W. Brudvig, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, "Rutile TiO2 as an Anode Material for Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells" ACS Energ. Lett., 2016, 1, 603-606.  DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00279

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13) B.P. Stephenson*, N. Ihasz, D.C. Byrd, J.R. Swierk, L. Swierk, “Assessment of temperature-dependent color change in male and female Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) using spectroradiometry,” Biol. J. Linnean Soc., 2016, early view. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12870

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12) N.S. McCool, J.R. Swierk, C.T. Nemes, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, T. E. Mallouk*, "Dynamics of Electron Injection in SnO2-TiO2 Core-Shell Electrodes for Water-splitting Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7, 2930-2934. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01528

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11) J. Jiang, J.R. Swierk, S. Hëdstrom, A.J. Matula, R.H. Crabtree*, V.S. Batista*, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, G.W. Brudvig*, “Molecular Design of Light-Harvesting Photosensitizers: Effect of Varied Linker Conjugation on Interfacial Electron Transfer,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 18678-18682. DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04377a

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10) N.S. McCool, J.R. Swierk, C.T. Nemes, C.A. Schmuttenmaer*, T. E. Mallouk*, "Proton-Induced Trap States, Injection and Recombination Dynamics in Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 16727-16735. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05362 

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9)  J.R. Swierk, N.S. McCool, C.T. Nemes, T. E. Mallouk*, C. A. Schumttenmaer*, "Ultrafast Electron Injection Dynamics of Photoanodes for Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells ”  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 5940-5948.   DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00749

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8) J.R. Swierk*, S. Klaus, L. Trotochaud, A.T. Bell, T.D. Tilley*, "An electrochemical study of the energetics of the oxygen evolution reaction at nickel iron (oxy)hydroxide catalysts," J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 19022-19029.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05861

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7) Y. Zhao, N.M. Vargas-Barbosa, M.E. Strayer, N.S. McCool, M-E Pandelia, T.P. Saunders**, J.R. Swierk, J. Callejas, L. Jensen, T. E. Mallouk*, “The role of iridium hydroxides in the synthesis and properties of iridium oxide nanoparticles,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 8749-8757. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03470

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6)  J.R. Swierk, N.S. McCool, T. E. Mallouk*, “Dynamics of electron recombination and transport in water-splitting dye-sensitized photoanodes,”  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 13858-13867. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01442

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5)  J.R. Swierk, D.D. Méndez-Hernádez, N.S. McCool, P. Liddell, Y. Terazono, I. Pahk,  J.J. Tomlin, N.V. Oster, T.A. Moore, A.L. Moore, D. Gust, T.E. Mallouk*, “Metal-free organic sensitizers for use in water-splitting dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2015, 112, 1681-1686. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414901112

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4) J.R. Swierk, N.S. McCool, T.P. Saunders**, G.D. Barber, T.E. Mallouk*, “Effects of electron trapping and protonation on the efficiency of water-splitting dye-sensitized solar cells,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 131, 10974-10982. DOI: 10.1021/ja5040705

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3) J.R. Swierk, N.S. McCool, T.P. Saunders**, G.D. Barber, M.E. Strayer, N.M. Vargas-Barbosa, T. E. Mallouk*, “Photovoltage effects of sintered IrO2 nanoparticle catalysts in water-splitting dye- sensitized photoelectrochemical cells”J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 17046-17053 DOI: 10.1021/jp500589n

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2) J.R. Swierk and T. E. Mallouk*, "Design and development of photoanodes for water-splitting dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells," Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2357-2387.  DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35246j

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1) Y. Zhao, J.R. Swierk, J. D. Megiatto, Jr., B. Sherman, W. J. Youngblood, D. D. Qin, D. M. Lentz, A. L. Moore, T. A. Moore, D. Gust, and T. E. Mallouk*, "Improving the efficiency of water splitting in dye-sensitized solar cells by using a biomimetic electron transfer mediator," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2012, 109, 15612-15615.  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118339109   

 

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**Undergraduate Mentee