Electrocatalytic transformations with small molecule substrates

Abstract

As distributed sources of renewable energy become increasingly widespread it is incumbent upon the catalysis community to define new types of multi-electron redox catalysis that can be efficiently coupled to these energy sources. The field of electrocatalysis serves an essential role in this context and, as such, has emerged at the forefront of catalysis research. In this talk I will describe recent efforts by our group at Caltech to explore new types of electrocatalytic transformations within the broad context of renewable energy conversion schemes.