R. Yoo, D. Yesudoss, D. Johnson, and A. Djire “A Review on the Application of In-situ Raman Spectroelectrochemistryto Understand the Mechanisms of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” ACS Catalysis, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c01687
J. Kasten, C.C. Hsiao, D. Johnson, and A. Djire “Superior Cyclability of High Surface Area Vanadium Nitride in Salt Electrolytes” Nanoscale Advances, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00810F.
E. Uwadiunor, V. Kotasthane, D. Yesudoss, H. Nguyen, E. Pranada, K. Obodo, M. Radovic, and A. Djire “Pt-like Catalytic Activity from an Atomistically Engineered Carbonitride MXene for Sustainable Hydrogen Production” Chem Catalysis, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2023.100634
R. Yoo and A. Djire “Decoupling the Surface and Bulk Reactivities of MXenes and Catalytic Activity Tuning Through Surface Chemistry Modification” ACS Catalysis, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c00655
E. Pranada, D. Johnson, R. Yoo, and A. Djire “Subsurface Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity on Ti2N MXene Revealed by In-situ Raman Spectroelectrochemistry” Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE01532C
D. Johnson, E. Pranada, R. Yoo, E. Uwadiunor, B. Ngozichukwu, and A. Djire “Review and Perspective on Transition Metal Electrocatalysts Towards Carbon-Neutral Energy” Energy & Fuels, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c03378
D. Johnson, and A. Djire “Effect of pH on the Electrochemical Behavior and Nitrogen Reduction Reaction Activity of Ti2N Nitride MXene” Advanced Materials & Interfaces, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202202147
E. Uwadiunor, D. Johnson, K. Hansen, and A. Djire “Controlling the Surface Reactivity of Hybrid Ti3CNTx MXene via In-situ Electrocatalysis” ChemCatChem, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202200702
D. Johnson, K. Hansen, R. Yoo, and A. Djire “Elucidating the Charge Storage Mechanism on Ti3C2MXene through In Situ Raman Spectroelectrochemistry” ChemElectroChem, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200555
R. Yoo, E. Pranada, D. Johnson, Z. Qiao, and A. Djire “Review—The Oxygen Reduction Reaction on MXene-Based Catalysts: Progress and Prospects” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac766e
D. Johnson, K. Hansen, and A. Djire “Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on Ti3C2 MXene Revealed by In-Situ/Operando Raman Spectroelectrochemistry” Nanoscale, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR00222A
D. Johnson, Z. Qiao, E. Uwadiunor, and A. Djire “Holdups in Nitride MXene’s Development and Limitations in Advancing the Field of MXene” Small, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202106129
D. Johnson, B. Hunter, J. Christie, C. King, E. Kelley, and A. Djire “Ti2N Nitride MXene Evokes the Mars-van Krevelen Mechanism to Achieve High Selectivity for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction” Nature Scientific Reports, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04640-7
D. Johnson, Z. Qiao, and A. Djire “Progress and Challenges of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction on Transition Metal Based Electrocatalysts” ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01624
Z. Qiao, D. Johnson and A. Djire “Challenges and opportunities for nitrogen reduction to ammonia on transitional metal nitrides via Mars-van Krevelen mechanism” Cell Reports Physical Science, 2 (2021), 100438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100438
A. Djire*, H. Zhang, B. Reinhart, O. C. Nwamba, and N. Neale “Mechanisms of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Two-Dimensional Nitride MXenes Using In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroelectrochemistry”, ACS Catalysis, (2021) 3128-3136. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c05634
Denis successfully defended his PhD Preliminary Exam.
Bright, Eugenie, and James presented their works at the NOBCChE 2023: 50th Annual Research Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are all Advancing Science Conference Grant (ASCG) recipients. James won Best Poster Presentation awarded by ACS.
DJIRE Lab surpassed 160 citations across 11 works (https://djire-lab.engr.tamu.edu/publications/)!
De’zarae and Taylor (advised by Dr. Zhu) presented their works at the Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) Poster Session in College Station, Texas.
DJIRE Lab and Ugaz Lab partnered with Texas A&M’s Spark! PK-12 Outreach to share how research is done in academia.
Dr. Barteau was selected by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to lead a nationwide study about the recruitment and retention of international talents, while maintaining national security.
DJIRE Lab hosted a lab tour for high school students who participated in the Engineering Summer Bridge Program.
Ray was awarded the Phillips 66 Technical Fellowship for 2023-2024
Dr. Djire collaborated with Dr. Balla Ngom of University of Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal. They are working to establish the first 2D MXene research for energy applications in West Africa. This is under the sponsorship of US-Africa Frontiers Fellowship.
Ray’s review paper on the application of the in-situ Raman spectroelectrochemistry to understand the mechanisms of hydrogen evolution reaction was accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis!
De’Zarae and Wynn join the lab as an undergraduate researchers. De’Zarae was recruited for the DJIRE Summer Program 2023.
Ray and James presented their works at the ADSE Young Researchers Conference Spring 2023 in College Station, Texas.
Ben graduated from MS CHEN and Eugenie graduated from MS MSEN!
Kieran, Josh, Ally, and Mike graduated from BS CHEN!
Denis, Bright, and Eugenie presented their works at the Southwest Catalysis Society Spring Symposium 2023 in Houston, Texas. Denis and Bright won Best Poster Presentation.
Dr. Djire delivered a talk on novel materials and chemistries for carbon-neutral energy at the Southwest Catalysis Society Spring Symposium 2023 in Houston, Texas.
Ekene’s paper on Pt-like catalytic activity from an atomistically engineered carbonitride MXene for sustainable hydrogen production was accepted for publication in Chem Catalysis!
Ray’s paper on decoupling surface and bulk reactivities of MXenes and catalytic activity tuning through modifying surface chemistry was accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis!
Ben successfully defended his Master’s Thesis
David, Eugenie, Bright, Ebtihal, and Ben presented their works at 10th ChEGSA Symposium in College Station, Texas. Eugenie won Best Oral Presentation for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology category.
Denis, Ray, and Dr. Djire performed in-situ/operando XAS in Argonne National Lab
Dr. Djire spearheaded the discussion on Synthesis and Processing of Nanoscale Materials in GRC Conference in Ventura, California.
Denis delivered a talk on writing research articles for international publication at the PICHE-MSC Research Writing Webinar in Manila, Philippines.
Applications for DJIRE Lab’s Summer Research Program are now open! Visit the Outreach Page for more information.
Ally Moore, Josh Honnekeri, and Olivia Rajagopal join DJIRE Lab as undergraduate researchers
Yashaswini Paleru joins DJIRE Lab as a Master’s student
Eugenie’s paper on the subsurface oxygen reduction reactivity on Ti2N MXene revealed by in-situ Raman spectroelectrochemistry was accepted for publication in Sustainable Energy & Fuels!
The group’s paper review and perspectives on transition metal electrocatalysts towards carbon-neutral energy was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels!
Ekene graduated from MS CHEN!
Denis’s paper on the effect of pH on the electrochemical behavior and nitrogen reduction reaction activity of Ti2N Nitride Mxene was accepted for publication in Advances Materials & Interfaces!
Dr. Djire delivered a talk on turning air and water into ammonia using versatile materials as a Keynote Speaker at the African MRS 2022 in Dakar, Senegal.
Dr. Djire delivered a talk on novel materials with unusual chemistries for carbon-neutral energy at the Chemical Engineering department of Kansas State University (KSU)
Dr. Djire delivered a talk on versatile materials with unconventional chemistries for carbon-neutral energy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dr. Djire presented on controlling the surface reactivity of hybrid carbonitride MXene via in-situ electrocatalysis at MRS 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Djire presented on tuning the nitrogen reduction reaction reactivity of nitride MXene through modifying pH and electrolyte choice at MRS 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts
Denis, Ray, and Ekene presented their works in ACS SWRM 2022 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Laura Hoagland joins DJIRE Lab as a PhD student
Dr. Djire delivered a talk in the Africa Sustainable Resources (ASR) Meeting 2022
Ekene successfully defended his Master’s Thesis
Vaishnavi Nemaniwar joins DJIRE Lab as a Master’s student
Eugenie presented her work in SES 2022 in College Station, Texas
Kieran Tillis joins our group as an undergraduate researcher
Ekene’s paper on controlling the surface reactivity via in-situ/operando electrocatalysis was accepted for publication in ChemCatChem!
Denis was awarded the Phillips 66 Technical Fellowship for 2022-2023
Denis presented his work at the MXene Conference in Philadelphia
Denis and Kyle’s paper on in-situ/operando Raman spectroscopy for Charge Storage analysis was accepted for publication in ChemElectroChem!
Ray and Eugenie’s review paper on the progress of MXene-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction was accepted for publication in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society!
Denis and Ekene presented their works at the 241st ECS Meeting in Vancouver, Canada
Dr. Djire presented his work at the Nature Conference on Chemistry of 2D Materials broadcast on YouTube
Chris and Kyle graduated from their BS CHEN with Summa Cum Laude
Dr. Djire presented his work at the MRS Spring Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii
Denis presented his work at the SWCS Spring Symposium in Spring, TX and was awarded the Young Lecturer Award
Denis’s NRR on Ti2N MXene paper is featured in a news article on the Texas A&M Engineering News homepage (https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2022/04/chen-producing-ammonia-through-electrochemical-processes-could-reduce-carbon-dioxide-emissions.html)
Denis presented his work at the ACS National Conference in San Diego
Denis and Kyle’s paper on in-situ/operando Raman spectroscopy for HER analysis is published in Nanoscale!
Bright Ngozichukwu joins our group as a PhD student
James Kasten joins our group as an undergraduate researcher
Dr. Djire is highlighted by the AIChE Catalysis & Research Engineering Division. Link is https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abdoulaye-djire-phd-a596b37a_home-activity-6899030382109364224-5UTg
Denis’s review paper on nitride MXenes and in-situ/operando analysis is accepted for publication in Small!
Denis’s paper on NRR on Ti2N MXene is accepted for publication in Nature Scientific Reports!
First MXene Film Created
Denis’s CO2 Review Paper is featured in a news article on the Texas A&M Research homepage https://research.tamu.edu/2021/11/04/how-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-extract-co2-and-put-it-to-better-use/
Ray Yoo join our lab as PhD Students
Cheng-Che Hsiao and Errol Mascarenhas join our lab as Master’s Students
Eugenie Pranada joined our group as a Master’s Student
Denis’s review paper on CO2 Reduction is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Energy Materials!
Eric Kelley joined our group as an undergraduate researcher
We installed a new Mbraun 2-person glovebox
We installed a new Rigaku MiniFlex 6th Gen with ASC-8 sample holder
Dr. Djire was invited for a virtual talk, titled “Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Transition Metal Alloyed Nitride MXenes”, at the 239th ECS Meeting.