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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Chemical Sciences

Paul J A Kenis

Director

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
Professor, Materials Research Lab
Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Anzai, A., Fukushima, M., Rivera Rocabado, D. S., Ishimoto, T., Sugiyama, T., Ohtani, B., Kobayashi, H., Liu, M. H., Donoshita, M., Noguchi, T. G., Maurya, S. K., Kato, K., Sit, C. Y., Kenis, P. J. A., & Yamauchi, M. (2025). Enhanced Hydrogen Supply to Atomically Dispersed Copper Sites through Close Cooperation with Oxygen Vacancies in Black TiO2 to Promote CH4 Production in CO2 Electrolysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17(15), 22665-22676. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c00484

Fan, T., Shen, S., Sit, C. Y., Kenis, P. J. A., & Chapman, A. (2025). Environmental, economic and social trade-offs of membrane-based direct air capture technologies integrated with CO2 conversion using life cycle assessment. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 91, Article 103002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.103002

Gaddam, R., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Harris, L. C., Pence, M. A., Guerrero, E. R., Kenis, P. J. A., Gewirth, A. A., & Rodríguez-López, J. (2025). Identifying Reactive Trends in Glycerol Electro-Oxidation Using an Automated Screening Approach: 28 Ways to Electrodeposit an Au Electrocatalyst. ACS Catalysis, 15(2), 639-652. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c04190

Harris, L. C., Gaines, R. N., Hua, Q., Lindsay, G. S., Griebler, J. J., Kenis, P. J. A., & Gewirth, A. A. (2025). Effect of glycerol concentration on rate and product speciation for Ni and Au-based catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(18), 9855-9863. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp04013a

Hong, S., Kim, J., Kwon, S., Ham, K., Long, H., Goddard, W. A., Cho, K., & Kenis, P. J. A. (2025). Synergistic coupling of Ni-oxalate prism and layered FeOOH for oxygen evolution reaction in anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 374, Article 125393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125393

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