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joel w. ager iii

Principal Investigator

Email: jwager@lbl.gov

Dr. Ager’s research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and photocathodes based on abundant elements for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide- and sulfide-based transparent conductors.

In JCAP, Dr. Ager is investigating interactions of carbon-based supports with CO2-reduction electrocatalysts.  His group is studying nanostructured III-V semiconductor absorbers with minority carrier selective interfaces for efficient and stable operation under CO2RR conditions.  The fundamentals of new test beds for sustained CO2production and product separation is also investigated.

Selected Publications

Gurudayal, G., Beeman, J., Bullock, J., Wang, H., Eichhorn, Towle, C., Javey, A., Toma, F., Mathews, N., Ager, J. Si Photocathode with Ag-Supported Dendritic Cu Catalyst for CO2 Reduction. Energy Environ. Sci., DOI: 10.1039/C8EE03547D (2019).

Ager, J. W. Chapter 6 Heterojunction Approaches for Stable and Efficient Photoelectrodes. Book Section in Integrated Solar Fuel Generators, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 183-213, DOI: 10.1039/9781788010313-00183 (2018).

Lum, Y and Ager, J. Sequential catalysis controls selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu. Energy Environ. Sci., DOI: 10.1039/C8EE01501E (2018).

Lum, Y. and Ager, J., Evidence for product-specific active sites on oxide-derived Cu catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Catalysis, DOI: 10.1038/s41929-018-0201-7 (2018).

Lum, Y, Cheng, T., Goddard, W., Ager, J. Electrochemical CO reduction builds solvent water into oxygenate products. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03986 (2018).

Gurudayal, G., Bullock, J., Sranko, D. F., Towle, C. M., Lum, Y., Hettick, M., Scott, M. C., Javey, A., Ager, J. W. Efficient solar-driven electrochemical CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons and oxygenates. Energy and Environmental Science, DOI: 10.1039/C7EE01764B (2017).

Lum, Y., Ager, J. W. Stability of residual oxides in oxide-derived Cu catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction investigated with 18O labeling. Angewandte Chemie, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710590 (2017).

Ager III, J. W. et al. Experimental Demonstrations of Spontaneous, Solar-Driven Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Energy & Environmental Science, DOI: 10.1039/C5EE00457H (2015).

Chen, L. et al. p-type Transparent Conducting Oxide / n-type Semiconductor Heterojunctions for Efficient and Stable Solar Water Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03536 (2015).

Chen, L. et al. Reactive Sputtering of Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117, 21635-21642, DOI: 10.1021/jp406019r (2013).

Lee, M. H. et al. p-Type InP Nanopillar Photocathodes for Efficient Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 51, 10760-10764, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203174 (2012).

 For the full list of publications, see JCAP publications page.

Additional Information

Electronic Materials Program:  http://emat.lbl.gov/members/ager/