Christine Caputo
The Caputo Group is interested in the design and synthesis of new organic and organometallic complexes that can act as catalysts or precursors for the development of new photoactive materials. Photochemical and electrochemical techniques are used to test for catalytic activity and spectroscopic methods are used to study the photophysical properties of new materials. Current research projects are focussed on using Earth-abundant metals to synthesize organometallic complexes for the catalytic conversion of small molecules (e.g. CO, CO2 etc.) into more valuable sustainable fuel precursors using sunlight.
Research Interests
- Catalysis/Kinetics
- Chemical Synthesis
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Inorganic Materials
- Organometallic Chemistry, Main Group
- Solar Energy
- Solar, Photochemical Conversion
Courses Taught
- BMCB 799H: Honors Senior Thesis
- CHEM 409: Chemistry and Society
- CHEM 576: Experimental Inorganic Chem
- CHEM 699: Thesis
- CHEM 774/874: Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 903: Adv Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHEM 997: Sem/Organic-Inorganic
- INCO 590: Rsrch Exp/Chemistry
- INCO 790: Adv Rsrch Exp/Chemistry
Selected Publications
Queen, J. D., Phung, A. C., Caputo, C. A., Fettinger, J. C., & Power, P. P. (2020). Metathetical Exchange between Metal–Metal Triple Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(5), 2233-2237. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13604
Huang, P., Huang, J., Pantovich, S. A., Carl, A. D., Fenton, T. G., Caputo, C. A., . . . Li, G. (2018). Selective CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Single Cobalt Sites on Carbon Nitride under Visible-Light Irradiation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(47), 16042-16047. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b10380
Riffle, J. V., Flynn, C., St. Laurent, B., Ayotte, C. A., Caputo, C. A., & Hollen, S. M. (2018). Impact of vacancies on electronic properties of black phosphorus probed by STM. Journal of Applied Physics, 123(4), 044301. doi:10.1063/1.5016988
Martindale, B. C. M., Hutton, G. A. M., Caputo, C. A., Prantl, S., Godin, R., Durrant, J. R., & Reisner, E. (2017). Enhancing Light Absorption and Charge Transfer Efficiency in Carbon Dots through Graphitization and Core Nitrogen Doping. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(23), 6459-6463. doi:10.1002/anie.201700949
Martindale, B. C. M., Hutton, G. A. M., Caputo, C. A., Prantl, S., Godin, R., Durrant, J. R., & Reisner, E. (2017). Enhancing Light Absorption and Charge Transfer Efficiency in Carbon Dots through Graphitization and Core Nitrogen Doping. Angewandte Chemie, 129(23), 6559-6563. doi:10.1002/ange.201700949
Hutton, G. A. M., Reuillard, B., Martindale, B. C. M., Caputo, C. A., Lockwood, C. W. J., Butt, J. N., & Reisner, E. (2016). Carbon Dots as Versatile Photosensitizers for Solar-Driven Catalysis with Redox Enzymes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(51), 16722-16730. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b10146
Kasap, H., Caputo, C. A., Martindale, B. C. M., Godin, R., Lau, V. W. -H., Lotsch, B. V., . . . Reisner, E. (2016). Solar-Driven Reduction of Aqueous Protons Coupled to Selective Alcohol Oxidation with a Carbon Nitride–Molecular Ni Catalyst System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(29), 9183-9192. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b04325
Wombwell, C., Caputo, C. A., & Reisner, E. (2015). [NiFeSe]-Hydrogenase Chemistry. Accounts of Chemical Research, 48(11), 2858-2865. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00326
Martindale, B. C. M., Hutton, G. A. M., Caputo, C. A., & Reisner, E. (2015). Solar Hydrogen Production Using Carbon Quantum Dots and a Molecular Nickel Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(18), 6018-6025. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b01650
Caputo, C. A., Gross, M. A., Lau, V. W., Cavazza, C., Lotsch, B. V., & Reisner, E. (2014). Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production using Polymeric Carbon Nitride with a Hydrogenase and a Bioinspired Synthetic Ni Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(43), 11538-11542. doi:10.1002/anie.201406811
Most Cited Publications