Molecular Catalysis Group

Manipulating the Coordination Structure of Molecular Cobalt Sites in Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica for CO2 Photoreduction​

Raul Rojas-Luna, Francisco J. Romero-Salguero, Dolores Esquivel*, Souvik Roy*

ChemRxiv, 2024, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-91kw1

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Structural reconstruction of cobalt and ferrocene-based metal-organic framework during electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER)

Thomas Doughty, Andrea Zingl, Maximilian Wünschek, Christian Pichler, Matthew B. Watkins, Souvik Roy*

ChemRxiv, 2024, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-vlqz5

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Integrated capture and solar-driven utilization of CO2 from flue gas and air

Sayan Kar, Motiar Rahaman, Virgil Andrei, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Souvik Roy, Erwin Reisner*

Joule, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.022

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO by a series of organometallic Re(I)-tpy complexes

Shriya Saha, Thomas Doughty, Dibyendu Banerjee, Sunil K. Patel, Dibyendu Mallick*, E. Siva Subramaniam Iyer, Souvik Roy*, Raja Mitra*

Dalton Trans., 2023, doi: 10.1039/D3DT00441D

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Solar driven CO2 reduction with a molecularly engineered periodic mesoporous organosilica containing cobalt phthalocyanine

Mª Ángeles Navarro, Sunanda Sain, Maximilian Wünschek, Christian M. Pichler, Francisco José Romero Salguero, Dolores Esquivel*, Souvik Roy*

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 2114-2121

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Editorial: Light-Assisted Molecular and Hybrid Systems for Artificial Photosynthesis

Albert Ruggi*, Mirco Natali*, Xavier Sala*, Souvik Roy*, Andrea Pannwitz*

Front. Chem., 2022, doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.868373

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Automated and Continuous-Flow Platform to Analyze Semiconductor–Metal Complex Hybrid Systems for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Constantin D. Sahm, Geani Ucoski, Souvik Roy, Erwin Reisner*

ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 11266–11277

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Visible‐light Promoted C–O Bond Formation with an Integrated Carbon Nitride‐Nickel Heterogeneous Photocatalyst

Arjun Vijeta, Carla Casadevall, Souvik Roy, Erwin Reisner*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 8494–8499

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Electrocatalytic and Solar-Driven Reduction of Aqueous CO2 with Molecular Cobalt Phthalocyanine–Metal Oxide Hybrid Materials​

Souvik Roy, Melanie M. Miller, Julien Warnan, Jane J. Leung, Constantin D. Sahm, Erwin Resiner*

ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 1868–1876

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A Precious-metal-free Hybrid Electrolyzer for Alcohol Oxidation Coupled to CO2-to-syngas Conversion

Mark A. Bajada†, Souvik Roy†, Julien Warnan†, Kaltum Abdiaziz, Andreas Wagner, Maxie M. Roessler, Erwin Reisner*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 15633–156411

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Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from a Cobaloxime-based Metal-Organic Framework Thin Film

Souvik Roy†, Zhehao Huang†, Asamanjoy Bhunia, Ashleigh Castner, Arvind Kumar, Xiaodong Zou, Sascha Ott*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 15942–15950

Front-Cover, vol. 141, issue 43 

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Visible-Light Driven CO2 Reduction by Mesoporous Carbon Nitride Modified with Polymeric Cobalt Phthalocyanine

Souvik Roy, Erwin Reisner*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 12180–12184

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A Bioinspired Artificial [FeFe]-Hydrogenase with a Synthetic H-Cluster

Cecilia Papini, Constanze Sommer, Ludovic Pecqueur, Debajyoti Pramanik, Souvik Roy, Edward J. Reijerse, Florian Wittkamp, Vincent Artero, Wolfgang Lubitz, Marc Fontecave*

ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 4495–4501

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Redox-Rich Metallocene Tetrazene Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry and Catalysis

Stefan Vanicek, Markus Jochriem, Christopher Hassenrück, Souvik Roy, Holger Kopacka, Klaus Wurst, Thomas Müller, Rainer F. Winter,* Erwin Reisner,* Benno Bildstein*

Organometallics, 2019, 38, 1360–1371

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Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by a Cobaloxime catalyst Incorporated in a MIL-101(Cr) Metal–Organic Framework

Souvik Roy†, Asamanjoy Bhunia†, Nils Schuth, Michael Haumann, Sascha Ott*

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1148–1152

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Spectroscopic Investigations of a Semi-Synthetic [FeFe] Hydrogenase with Propane Di-Selenol as Bridging Ligand in the Binuclear Subsite: Comparison to the Wild Type and Propane Di-Thiol Variants

Constanze Sommer, Sigrun Rumpel, Souvik Roy, Chistophe Farès, Vincent Artero, Marc Fontecave, Edward Reijerse, Wolfgang Lubitz* 

J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 23, 481–491

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A Noble Metal-Free Photocatalytic System Based on a Novel Cobalt Tetrapyridyl Catalyst for Hydrogen Production in Fully Aqueous Medium

Nicolas Queyriaux, Emmanouil Giannoudis, Chistopher D. Windle, Souvik Roy, Jacques Pécaut, Athanassios G. Coutsolelos,* Vincent Artero,* M. Chavarot-Kerlidou*

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 553–557

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The [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Maturation Protein HydF: Structural and Functional Characterization

Giorgio Caserta, Ludovic Pecqueur, Agneiszka Adamska-Venkatesh, Cecilia Papini, Souvik Roy, Vincent Artero, Mohamed Atta, Edward Reijerse, Wolfgang Lubitz, Marc Fontecave*

Nat. Chem. Bio., 2017, 13, 779–784

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Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Activity of [FeFe]-H2ase Model Complexes with Non-Innocent Chelating Nitrogen-Donor Ligands

Souvik Roy†, Joseph A. Laureanti†, Thomas L. Groy, Anne K. Jones*

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2017, 23, 2942–2950;

Front-Cover, vol. 2017, issue 23, p 2940

Video-abstract sponsored by ChemPubSoc Europe

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[FeFe] Hydrogenase Active Site Model Chemistry in a UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework

Sonja Pullen, Souvik Roy, Sascha Ott* 

Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5227–5230

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Evaluation of Two- and Three-Dimensional Electrode Platforms for the Electrochemical Characterization of Organometallic Catalysts Incorporated in Non-Conducting Metal–Organic Frameworks

Edgar Mijangos†, Souvik Roy†, Sonja Pullen, Reiner Lomoth, Sascha Ott*

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 4907–4911

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Catalyst Accessibility to Chemical Reductants in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Souvik Roy†, Vlad Pascanu†, Sonja Pullen†, Greco González Miera, Belen Martin-Matute*, Sascha Ott*

Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3257–3260

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Molecular Cobalt Complexes with Pendant Amines for Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid

Souvik Roy, Bhaskar Sharma, Jacques Pecaut, Philippe Simon, Marc Fontecave, Phong D. Tran, Etienne Derat, Vincent Artero*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 3685–3696

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Reactivity of the Excited States of the H-Cluster of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase

Matteo Sensi, Carole Baffert, Claudia Greco, Giorgio Caserta, Charles Gauquelin, Laure Saujet, Marc Fontecave, Souvik Roy, Vincent Artero, Philippe Soucaille, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Hervé Bottin, Luca de Gioia, Vincent Fourmond, Christophe Léger,* Luca Bertini*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13612–13618

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Chemical Assembly of Multiple Metal Cofactors: The Heterologously Expressed Multidomain [FeFe]-Hydrogenase from Megasphaera Elsdenii 

Giorgio Caserta, Agnieszka Adamska-Venkatesh, Ludovic Pecqueur, Mohamed Atta, Vincent Artero, Souvik Roy, Edward Reijerse, Wolfgang Lubitz, Marc Fontecave*

Biochim. Biophys. Acta (BBA) Bioenergetics, 2016, 1857, 1734–1740

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Spectroscopic Identification of the Bridging Amine in the Active Site of [FeFe] Hydrogenase using Isotopologues of the H-Cluster

Agnieszka Adamska-Venkatesh, Souvik Roy, Judith F. Siebel, Trevor R. Simmons, Marc Fontecave, Vincent Artero, Edward Reijerse*, Wolfgang Lubitz*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 12744–12747

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A Systematic Comparative Study of Hydrogen Evolving Molecular Catalysts in Aqueous Solutions

Souvik Roy, Marine Bacchi, Gustav Berggren, Vincent Artero*

ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 3632–3638

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Biomimetic Peptide-Based Models of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases: Utilization of Phosphine-Containing Peptides

Souvik Roy, Thuy-Ai Nguyen, Lu Gan, Anne K. Jones*

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 14865–14876

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From Enzyme Maturation to Synthetic Chemistry: the Case of Hydrogenases

Vincent Artero, Gustav Berggren, Mohamed Atta, Giorgio Caserta, Souvik Roy, Ludovic Pecqueur, Marc Fontecave*

Acc. Chem. Res., 2015, 48, 2380–2387

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Artificial Hydrogenases: Biohybrid and Supramolecular Systems for Catalytic Hydrogen Production or Uptake

Giorgio Caserta, Souvik Roy, Mohamed Atta, Vincent Artero, Marc Fontecave*

Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2015, 25, 36–47

 

Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Fe(II) Carbonyls Featuring a Dithiolate and a Chelating Phosphine

Souvik Roy, Shobeir K. S. Mazinani, Thomas L. Groy, Lu Gan, Pilarisetty Tarakeshwar, Vladimiro Mujica, Anne K. Jones*

Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 8919–8929

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Metalloenzymes: Cutting out the Middleman

Souvik Roy, Anne K. Jones*

Nat. Chem. Bio., 2013, 9, 603–605

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Sequential Oxidation of Thiolate and Cobalt Metallocenter in a Synthetic Metallopeptide: Implications for the Biosynthesis of Nitrile Hydratase

Arnab Dutta, Marco Flores, Souvik Roy, Jennifer C. Schmitt, G. Alexander Hamilton, Hilairy E. Hartnett, Jason M. Shearer, Anne K. Jones*

Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 5236–5245

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Biomimetic Model for [FeFe]‑Hydrogenase: Asymmetrically Disubstituted Diiron Complex with a Redox-Active 2,2'-Bipyridyl Ligand

Souvik Roy, Thomas L. Groy, Anne K. Jones*

Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 3843–3853

 

Artificial [FeFe]‑Hydrogenase: On Resin Modification of an Amino Acid to Anchor a Hexacarbonyldiiron Cluster in a Peptide Framework

Souvik Roy, Sandip Shinde, G. Alexander Hamilton, Hilairy E. Hartnett, Anne K. Jones

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 7, 1050–1055