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The Guzman lab is investigating how to produce organic feedstock from the reduction of inorganic carbon through photocatalytic reductions. Basic project questions are: What organic products result from CO2 photoreduction over semiconductor supports? What is the time scale for effective electron transfer? What factors control the viability of the reactions in the reverse citric acid cycle on semiconductors? For example, the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 in water can mainly produce formate (HCOO–) in the presence of ZnS semiconductor. By measuring reaction rates of formate production and the associated apparent quantum yield under continuous and periodic illumination we can report the time scale in which reducing electrons and oxidizing holes are transferred. We have also developed a method to determine the bandgap of a synthesized colloidal photocatalysts suspended in water by studying the dependence of the reaction rate on the wavelength of irradiation.
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Feature Papers in Photochemistry. M.I. Guzman. Photochem (2024), 4 (4), 511-517; DOI: 10.3390/photochem4040032.
Photocatalysis of Adsorbed Catechol on the Surface of Degussa P25 TiO2 at the Air-Solid Interface. M.A. Hoque, J. Barrios Cossio, and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2024), 128, 17470-17482, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c05777.
In-situ Electrochemistry of Formate on Cu thin films using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J. Hsu, M.S.E. Houache, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, R.A. Patton, M.I. Guzman, and H.A. Al-Abadleh. Langmuir (2024), 40, 2377–2384, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03660.
Chemical State of Potassium on the Surface of Iron Oxides: Effects of Potassium Precursor Concentration and Calcination Temperature. M.A. Hoque, M.I. Guzman, J.P. Selegue, and M.K. Gnanamani. Materials (2022), 15 (20), 7378. DOI: 10.3390/ma15207378.
Understanding the Effect of Host Structure of Nitrogen Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Electrode on Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. N. Wanninayake, Q. Ai, R. Zhou, M.A. Hoque, S. Herrell, M.I. Guzman, C. Risko, and D.Y. Kim. Carbon (2020), 408-419, DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.10.022.
Photocatalytic Activity: Experimental Features to Report in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis. M.A. Hoque and M.I. Guzman. Materials (2018), 11 (10), 1190. DOI: 10.3390/ma11101990. PDF
Cu2O/TiO2 heterostructures for CO2 reduction through a direct Z-scheme: Protecting Cu2O from photocorrosion. M.E. Aguirre, R. Zhou, A.J. Eugene, M.I. Guzman, and M.A. Grela. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2017), 217, 485-493, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.05.058. PDF
Catalyzed Synthesis of Zinc Clays by Prebiotic Central Metabolites. R. Zhou, K. Basu, H. Hartman, C.J. Matocha, S.K. Sears, H. Vali, and M.I. Guzman. Scientific Reports (2017), 7, 533. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00558-1. PDF
Photocatalytic Reduction of Fumarate to Succinate on ZnS Mineral Surfaces. R. Zhou and M.I. Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016), 120, 7349-7357. PDF
CO2 Reduction under Periodic Illumination of ZnS. R. Zhou and M.I Guzman. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014), 118, 11649-11656. PDF
Chemisorption on Semiconductors: the Role of Quantum Corrections on the Space Charge Regions in Multiple Dimensions. F. Ciucci, C. de Falco, M.I. Guzman, S. Lee, and T. Honda. Applied Physics Letters (2012), 100, 183106. PDF
Abiotic Photosynthesis: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolism. M.I. Guzman in Origins of Life: The Primal Selforganization. R. Egel et al. (eds.), Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg (2011), pp 85-105, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-21625-1_4, ISBN 978-3-642-21624-4.
From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolic Cycles. M.I. Guzman in Astrobiology: From the Big Bang to Civilizations. Editors: G.A. Lemarchand and G.Tancredi (2010), pp. 223-247. ISBN 978-92-9089-163-5. Montevideo, UNESCO. PDF
Photo-Production of Lactate from Glyoxylate: How Minerals Can Facilitate Energy Storage in a Prebiotic World. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. Chemical Communications (2010), 46, 2265-2267. PDF
Prebiotic Metabolism: Production by Mineral Photoelectrochemistry of α-Ketocarboxylic Acids in the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. Astrobiology (2009), 9, 833-842. PDF
Synthesis of Pyrimidines and Triazines in Ice: Implications for the Prebiotic Chemistry of Nucleobases. C. Menor-Salván, M. Ruiz-Bermejo, M.I. Guzman, S. Osuna-Esteban, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer. Chemistry-A European Journal (2009), 15, 4411-4418. PDF
Oxaloacetate-to-Malate Conversion by Mineral Photoelectrochemistry: Implications for the Viability of the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Prebiotic Chemistry. M.I. Guzman and S.T. Martin. International Journal of Astrobiology (2008), 7, 271-278. PDF
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