Professor Emeritus
Recent advances in the fabrication of inexpensive nanocrystalline materials such as TiO2 in conjunction with the synthesis of stable photosensitizers (e.g., Ru(II)-polypyridyl complexes) that covalently bond to these materials has allowed construction of robust electrode systems and liquid solar cells that show efficient conversion of visible light to electrical energy. (For example, see O’Regan, B; Grätzel, M. Nature 1991,353,737, for an often-cited reference.)
Current efforts in our research group, funded by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, focus on exploiting this technology by attaching photoactive metal complexes of biologically active ligands to TiO2-coated transparent electrodes. Our goal is to promote photoassisted H-atom transfer reactions in order to catalyze chemical transformations using visible light. In other words, we wish to construct solar cells that are capable of using sunlight to provide the energy for chemical synthesis (i.e., artificial photosynthesis).
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About Mark McGuire
Recent advances in the fabrication of inexpensive nanocrystalline materials such as TiO2 in conjunction with the synthesis of stable photosensitizers (e.g., Ru(II)-polypyridyl complexes) that covalently bond to these materials has allowed construction of robust electrode systems and liquid solar cells that show efficient conversion of visible light to electrical energy. (For example, see O’Regan, B; Grätzel, M. Nature 1991,353,737, for an often-cited reference.)
Current efforts in our research group, funded by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, focus on exploiting this technology by attaching photoactive metal complexes of biologically active ligands to TiO2-coated transparent electrodes. Our goal is to promote photoassisted H-atom transfer reactions in order to catalyze chemical transformations using visible light. In other words, we wish to construct solar cells that are capable of using sunlight to provide the energy for chemical synthesis (i.e., artificial photosynthesis).
| Present | Professor Emeritus, Eastern Illinois University ‐ Chemistry and Biochemistry | |
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Disciplines
Courses
- CHM 1040G - World of Chemistry
- CHM 1310, 1410 - General Chemistry Lecture I, II
- CHM 1315, 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory I, II
- CHM 1390, 1490 - Honors General Chemistry Lecture I, II
- CHM 1395, 1495 - Honors General Chemistry Laboratory I, II
- CHM 1440 - Chemistry Research Rotation
- CHM 2040G - Practical Chemistry
- CHM 2310 - Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHM 2730 - Quantitative Analysis
- CHM 3100 - Chemistry Practicum
- CHM 3500 - Introduction to Chemical Research
- CHM 4400 - Undergraduate Research
- CHM 4555 Honors Research
- CHM 4644 Honors Thesis
- CHM 4900 - Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHM 4915 - Advanced Laboratory
- CHM 5002 - Introduction to Graduate Chemical Research
- CHM 5120 - Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM 5250 - Special Topics
- CHM 5890 - Graduate Research
- CHM 5950 - Graduate Thesis
| 1985 | Ph.D., University of Rochester | |
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| 1978 | B.S., Roberts Wesleyan College | |
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Contact Information
Email: memcguire@eiu.edu