Selected Publications
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Chloride-mediated selective electrosynthesis of ethylene and propylene oxides at high current density.
Science 2020, 368, 1228-1233.
W.R. Leow,† Y. Lum,† A. Ozden, Y. Wang, D. Nam, B. Chen, J. Wicks, T. Zhuang, F. Li, E.H. Sargent* (†These authors contributed equally.)
Featured by Science Perspective "Electrification of the chemical industry."
Featured by C&EN "Electrochemistry cuts COâ‚‚ footprint of synthesizing ethylene oxide."
Featured by UofT Engineering News "Reducing the carbon footprint of the chemicals industry."
Electrified hydrocarbon-to-oxygenates coupled to hydrogen evolution for efficient GHG mitigation.
Nature Communications 2023, 14, 1954
W.R. Leow,†,* S. Völker,† R. Meys,† J.E. Huang, S.A. Jaffer, A. Bardow,* E.H. Sargent* (†These authors contributed equally.)
Featured by A*STAR Research "Clean chemical plants create a buzz."
Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water.
Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 185-192.
Y. Li,† A. Ozden,† W.R. Leow,† P. Ou,† J.E. Huang, Y. Wang, K. Bertens, Y. Xu, Y. Liu, C. Roy, H. Jiang, D. Sinton, C. Li,* & E.H. Sargent* (†These authors contributed equally.)
Correlating the surface basicity of metal oxides with photocatalytic hydroxylation of boronic acids to alcohols.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 9780-9784.
W.R. Leow, J. Yu, B. Li, B. Hu, W. Li, X. Chen*
Al2O3 surface complexation for photocatalytic organic transformations.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 269-276.
W.R. Leow, K. H. Ng, T. Peng, X. Liu, B. Li, W. Shi, Y. Lum, X. Wang, X. Lang, S. Li, N. Mathews, J.W. Ager, T.C. Sum, H. Hirao,* X. Chen*
Surface complexation for photocatalytic organic transformations.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 505-510.
W.R. Leow, X. Chen*
Patents
Y. Li, A. Ozden, W.R. Leow, P. Ou, E.H. Sargent ‘Enhanced Electrosynthesis of Oxiranes.’ US20230220565A1 (2023).
W.R. Leow, Y. Lum, E.H. Sargent ‘Electrosynthesis of Oxiranes.’ US20230146508A1 (2023).
W.R. Leow, Y. Lum, E.H. Sargent ‘Electrosynthesis of Oxiranes.’ WO2021195746A1 (2021).