Soleh and Beverly, our representation at the @rscsustainability.rsc.org #conference on #Biotechnology for #Sustainability had a wonderful and productive time at the headquarters of the @rsc.org in London 🦠📈😁

Designing Microbe–Semiconductor Interfaces for Semibiological Photosynthesis Integrating semiconductors with microorganisms is attracting significant attention as a sustainable platform for solar-to-chemical conversion. This semibiological design combines the excellent light h...

#Bacteria and #semiconductors have teamed up in many occasions giving rise to semiartificial #photosynthesis🦠☀️

We have summarised the most recent developments in our new @pubs.acs.org ChemRev 📚

Congrats to Glenn and Liu's group at National University Singapore (NUS)🎉🎉

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Researchers turn recovered car battery acid and plastic waste into clean hydrogen Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and

Thank you also to @universitypress.cambridge.org for highlighting the work in their press release: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Solar reforming of plastics using acid-catalyzed depolymerization Acid-catalyzed depolymerization of waste plastics using recycled sulfuric acid from spent lead-acid batteries produces ethylene glycol, which is selectively photoreformed over an acid-stable metal sul...

#Plastic #photoreforming typically requires alkaline #hydrolysis, leading to waste of stoichiometric reactants. Ever thought of using #acids instead? ☀️🔋

Check out our new approach developed by Kay now out in Joule by @cellpress.bsky.social 🥳🥳

www.cell.com/joule/fullte...

📢📢We're opening a position for 1 home (UK) PhD student starting in our group in October 2026📢📢

Apply before the 14th May 🗓️

Please follow the instructions at this link: pgapp.ch.cam.ac.uk/how-apply

At @nanoge.org #MATSUS26 in Barcelona, Spain,
@andrea-rogo.bsky.social presented our recent developments in #floatable materials for liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis ☀️

More to come soon ... 📢

Time for #poster showcase📊at the Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing (SCHEMA) Conference 2026 📢

Here @afreennas.bsky.social and Kay presenting their research on #photoelectrochemistry for chemical synthesis and plastic #photoreforming ☀️

It was all yellow🟡again 🥳

Our annual Open Day at @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social, part of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social, is our unmissable appointment with families, kids and all science-enthusiasts!

A #sunny day showing how #light and #chemistry together are great ☀️🧪

#outreach #scicomm

Organic Semiconducting Hydrogel with Integrated Microbes and Enzymes for Selective Solar CO2 Conversion Integrating synthetic light-harvesting materials with biological CO2-fixing catalysts offers a promising route to efficient and selective solar-to-chemical conversion under mild conditions. However, p...

#Organic #semiconductors meet #enzymes and #bacteria in our most recent photocatalytic #biohybrid system 💡🦠Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org

Congrats to Glenn and all co-authors 👏👏👏

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Stabilizing Carbon Nitride Photoanodes for Unassisted Alcohol Reforming Coupled to CO2 Reduction under Concentrated Sunlight Carbon nitride is a scalable and low-cost organic semiconductor with promise for use in photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices, but its poor stability limits its practical use. This study establishes the ...

Carbon nitride #photoanodes are known for their terrible #stability. Have you ever used them under #concentrated #sunlight? 🧐

Carolina has, and found a remarkable current retention even at high applied bias. Check her work now out in @jacs.acspublications.org 🥳🥳

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A warm welcome to Samir Chattopadhyay to our group🥳

Samir will work on #polymer-molecular catalyst hybrid systems for #electrochemical and #photochemical #CO2 reduction reactions in heterogeneous environments💡

Outside the lab, Samir enjoys travelling ✈️ and cycling 🚴

Congrats to @andrea-rogo.bsky.social for winning the @rsc.org Sustainable Energy & Fuels #poster #prize 📊🏆 at the Applied #Catalysis for the #Circular #Economy III conference, for his work on Liquid|Solid|Liquid #photocatalysis 👏👏

Check it out in Chem by @cellpress.bsky.social
bit.ly/40YWLxF

Failed experiment by Cambridge scientists leads to surprise drug development breakthrough Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than toxic chemicals – a discovery that could accelerate and improve how med...

Learn how this work was a beautiful result of #serendipity in the press release by @eurekalert.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Anti-Friedel–Crafts alkylation via electron donor–acceptor photoinitiation - Nature Synthesis A transition-metal-free synthetic strategy for C–H alkylation of electron-poor aromatics is reported, which selectively alkylates the most electrophilic position of electron-deficient aromatics to exh...

Opposing Friedel-Crafts #alkylation regioselectivity with #light and #EDA complexes💡now made possible 💪

Check out the work by David now out in
@natsynth.nature.com

nature.com/articles/s44...

📢 Erwin is giving a talk in the @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social Department on Saturday 21st March as part of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social 📢
Book your place here: bit.ly/4rgWTDE

The group will be waiting for kids and families to have fun with light💡cars🚗pencils✏️cabbage and turmeric🥬😁

Solar Air-to-Fuel Technologies for a Circular Carbon Economy The CO2 present in our atmosphere is a universally available and abundant carbon feedstock, but it exists only in dilute concentrations (currently around 427 ppm). Clean technologies capable of captur...

#Solar fuels have been in the spotlight for a while. Yet, we're far from using #CO2 in its most diluted, abundant form🌬️

Want to know how we can navigate #air-to-#fuel⛽️ conversion with #sunlight☀️? Check out our #perspective by Sayan now out in @jacs.acspublications.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

It was a pleasure hosting Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon from the Center for #Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea.

A deep dive into the synthesis of #nanomaterials for #photo and #electrocatalysis.
"Nano is not only useful, but also beautiful."

The @reisnerlab.bsky.social joins in supporting and celebrating every #colour of the #LGBTQIA+ community in their #History Month 🏳️‍🌈☀️

#Science is for everyone!

It's the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧑‍🔬
Here are some wonderful smiles from a team of extraordinarily motivated and talented scientists in the @reisnerlab.bsky.social ☀️ 🌱
#Science is for everyone! 🎨
#IDWGS

Congrats to our Alumni David Wakerly and Sarah Lamaison for having their start-up #Dioxycle nominated in the Impact/100 List by the Norrsken Foundation 👏👏

#Electrolytic #carbon #upcycling from the lab to the real world made possible 💪♻️📈

www.norrsken.org/impact100

Floating solar technologies for sustainable chemical synthesis on open water - Nature Chemical Engineering Solar fuels synthesis is a promising technology for net-zero chemicals production, but capacity is inherently tied to area, and water is often required as a reagent, making land-based deployment costl...

#Floatable materials for #sustainable #chemical synthesis are just emerging, with lots of potential for deployment on open #water streams 🌊☀️⛵️

Learn more in our Perspective led by Stuart and Chanon, now out in @natchemeng.nature.com 📢📢

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

📢📢📢 We're hiring! 📢📢📢

The @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social Department is looking for a Research Assistant to provide practical and technical laboratory support to our research 🧑‍🔬🔧

Find more here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

SOLARSPOON has a PDRA position available in Cambridge, UK!

More info and apply here⤵️⤵️⤵️

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...

@biophotoelectro.bsky.social @reisnerlab.bsky.social
#PDRA #SOLARSPOON

Some highlights on semi-artificial #photosynthesis strategies from our Yongpeng Liu at the 3rd #SolarChemicalsNetwork symposium in Southampton ☀️🍃👏👏👏

Congratulations to Dr. Chanon Pornrungroj 🎉🎉 27th #PhD graduate of the Reisner Lab, on receiving the Excellent Dissertation #Award 🏆
(1st Place, Chemical Science Field) from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).
Selected from ~300 PhD theses nationwide 👏👏👏

Our traditional End of Year #symposium and #dinner is an unmissable event to reflect, thank, and appreciate what our #lab means to each of us🫴♥️🕯️

The @reisnerlab.bsky.social wishes everyone a joyous winter break and gets ready for exciting creative #science to see the light in 2026 🎉🎉🎉

Floatable carbon nitride-plastic composite for paired photocatalysis at the liquid-liquid interface Floatable photocatalysts have been demonstrated for solar fuel synthesis at the gas-liquid interface but not yet between immiscible solvents for chemi…

Can we #sandwich a photocatalyst #floating between two liquids for paired aqueous-organic synthesis?🥪☀️

Introducing liquid|solid|liquid #photocatalysis
🔵🟡🟠now out in #Chem @cellpress.bsky.social

Congrats @andrea-rogo.bsky.social and all co-authors 🎉

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ready for new #sun-(#fun)-driven #science? ☀️😎

The @reisnerlab.bsky.social is, with a renewed team ready to rock in the exciting academic year ahead 💪💪

Stay tuned for more creative works soon to be unleashed by these beautiful people ☀️⚡️🧪🌱🦠

Our first #PhD graduate completing a full journey into #biohybrids! ☀️⚡️🦠

Loads of challenges, patience, and a toolkit of skills developed from #bacteria culturing 🦠to machine learning for data analysis 🖥️

Congratulations Dr Marion Short and all the best for your future 🥳🥳

📢📢📢 We're hiring! 📢📢📢

The @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social Department is looking for an Assistant Professor in Solar Chemical Technologies ☀️

Our group is now accepting a #postdoc position in #microbiology and #PhD applications to start in October 2026 🎓

Find more here:
lnkd.in/edrCTYiB