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The Luca Research Lab

at the University of Colorado


We are an interdisciplinary research group that aims to solve problems related to catalysis, energy sciences and sustainable chemical transformations.

We harness the power of electrons and holes as reagents in complex multi-step chemical transformations. At the same time, we use a variety of analytical tools to monitor the transformations in real time to inform reaction optimization and gain mechanistic understanding of processes we are studying.

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Phil Pham advances to candidacy!! Congrats!!!

Electricity Generates Reactive Carbon Radicals, Paper Out in OBC!

Check out our latest paper on electrochemically-generated carbon radicals out in OBC and available here. Congratulations to Phil, Haley and Jackie!

Jackie is awarded a UROP Fellowship for 2022-2023! Congratulations!

A link to the CU Boulder UROP program: https://www.colorado.edu/urop/

RIO SEED Funds the Electrochemical Recycling on Ester Polymers!

Excited to work with the great Adam Holewinski @ Chemical Engineering tackling some big challenges! Thank you RIO for your support!

Our work on the electrochemical conversion of nitrogen to ammonia is awarded a RASEI SEED! Excited to work with Elisa Miller @ NREL on solving some mind-bending mechanistic puzzles!

Thank you to @RASEI and to the kind sponsors!

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On the Temperature Sensitivity of Electrochemical Reaction Thermodynamics

Haley A. Petersen, Emmet N. Miller, Phuc H. Pham, Kajal, Jaclyn L. Katsirubas, Hunter J. Koltunski, Oana R. Luca On the Temperature Sensitivity of Electrochemical Reaction Thermodynamics, ACS Physical Chemistry Au

Alternative Energy Carriers: Unique Interfaces for Electrochemical Hydrogenic Transformations

Gerard M. Carroll, Matthew A. Gebbie, Shannon Stahl, Mathew R. Johnson, Oana R. Luca, Haley A. Petersen, Yannick Bomble, Nathan R. Neale and Randy Cortright Alternative Energy Carriers: Unique Interfaces for Electrochemical Hydrogenic Transformations Advanced Energy Materials

Predictive energetic tuning of quinoid O-nucleophiles for the electrochemical capture of carbon dioxide

Abdulaziz W. Alherz, Haley A. Petersen, Nicholas R. Singstock, Sohan N Sur, Charles B. Musgrave and Oana R. Luca Predictive energetic tuning of quinoid O-nucleophiles for the electrochemical capture of carbon dioxide, Energy Advances, 2022, 1, 900-907

Predictive Energetic Tuning of C-Nucleophiles for the Electrochemical Capture of Carbon Dioxide

Haley A. Petersen, Abdulaziz Alherz, Taylor A. Stinson, Chloe G. Huntzinger, Charles B. Musgrave, Oana R. Luca* Predictive Energetic Tuning of C-Nucleophiles for the Electrochemical Capture of Carbon Dioxide, iScience, 2022, 25, 4 103997

Recent synthetic methods involving carbon radicals generated by electrochemical catalysis

Phuc H. Pham, Haley A. Petersen, Jaclyn L. Katsirubas, Oana R. Luca* Recent synthetic methods involving carbon radicals generated by electrochemical catalysis, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022, 20, 5907-5932.