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Aaron M. Appel is a researcher affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Materials Science, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and related subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research covers several key scientific topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Aaron M. Appel has contributed to multiple research articles with notable recent publications including:

  • "Maximum and Comparative Efficiency Calculations for Integrated Capture and Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2" (2024), published in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Molecular Catalysts with Diphosphine Ligands Containing Pendant Amines" (2022), published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Determining overpotentials for the oxidation of alcohols by molecular electrocatalysts in non-aqueous solvents" (2022), published in Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohol with Cobalt Triphosphine Complexes" (2021), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Oxidation of Ammonia with Molecular Complexes" (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in Aaron M. Appel's research include Eric S. Wiedner, Andrew Z. Preston, Monte L. Helm, R. Morris Bullock, and Amy L. Speelman.

Their publications regularly appear in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Organometallics

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • Thermodynamic Hydricity of Transition Metal Hydrides

    Eric S. Wiedner;Matthew B. Chambers;Catherine L. Pitman;R. Morris Bullock

  • Determining the Overpotential for a Molecular Electrocatalyst

    Aaron M. Appel;Monte L. Helm

  • A cobalt-based catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 under ambient conditions.

    Matthew S. Jeletic;Michael T. Mock;Aaron M. Appel;John C. Linehan

  • [Ni(PPh2NC6H4X2)2]2+ Complexes as Electrocatalysts for H2 Production: Effect of Substituents, Acids, and Water on Catalytic Rates

    Uriah J. Kilgore;John A. S. Roberts;Douglas H. Pool;Aaron M. Appel

  • Production of hydrogen by electrocatalysis: making the H–H bond by combining protons and hydrides

    R. Morris Bullock;Aaron M. Appel;Monte L. Helm

  • Standard Reduction Potentials for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Couples in Acetonitrile and N,N-Dimethylformamide.

    Michael L. Pegis;John A. S. Roberts;Derek J. Wasylenko;Elizabeth A. Mader

  • Molybdenum-sulfur dimers as electrocatalysts for the production of hydrogen at low overpotentials.

    Aaron M. Appel;Daniel L. DuBois;M. Rakowski DuBois

  • Surface Immobilization of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

    R. Morris Bullock;Atanu K. Das;Aaron M. Appel

  • A Bimetallic Nickel–Gallium Complex Catalyzes CO2 Hydrogenation via the Intermediacy of an Anionic d10 Nickel Hydride

    Ryan C. Cammarota;Matthew V. Vollmer;Jing Xie;Jingyun Ye

  • [Cu(I)(bpp)]BF4: the first extended coordination network prepared solvothermally in an ionic liquid solvent.

    Kun Jin;Xiaoying Huang;Long Pang;Jing Li

  • A Molecular Copper Catalyst for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formate

    Christopher M. Zall;John C. Linehan;Aaron M. Appel

  • Thermodynamic Properties of the Ni−H Bond in Complexes of the Type [HNi(P2RN2R‘)2](BF4) and Evaluation of Factors That Control Catalytic Activity for Hydrogen Oxidation/Production

    Kendra Fraze;Aaron D. Wilson;Aaron M. Appel;M. Rakowski DuBois, ,†,‡ and

  • Molecular Catalysts with Diphosphine Ligands Containing Pendant Amines.

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  • Evaluating the Thermodynamics of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction in Acetonitrile

    Brian M. Lindley;Aaron M. Appel;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;James M. Mayer

  • Oxidation of Ammonia with Molecular Complexes

    Peter L. Dunn;Brian J. Cook;Samantha I. Johnson;Aaron M. Appel

  • Proton Delivery and Removal in [Ni(PR2NR'2)2]2+ Hydrogen Production and Oxidation Catalysts

    Molly Ohagan;Ming Hsun Ho;Jenny Y. Yang;Aaron M. Appel

  • Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Formate by [Ni(PR2NR′2)2(CH3CN)]2+ Complexes

    Brandon R. Galan;Julia Schöffel;John C. Linehan;Candace Seu

  • Triphosphine-Ligated Copper Hydrides for CO2 Hydrogenation: Structure, Reactivity, and Thermodynamic Studies

    Christopher M. Zall;John C. Linehan;Aaron M. Appel

  • [Ni(PPh2NBn2)2(CH3CN)]2+ as an Electrocatalyst for H2 Production: Dependence on Acid Strength and Isomer Distribution

    Aaron M. Appel;Douglas H. Pool;Molly O’Hagan;Wendy J. Shaw

  • A Cobalt Hydride Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of CO2: Pathways for Catalysis and Deactivation

    Matthew S. Jeletic;Monte L. Helm;Elliott B. Hulley;Michael T. Mock

  • Thermochemical and mechanistic studies of electrocatalytic hydrogen production by cobalt complexes containing pendant amines.

    Eric S. Wiedner;Aaron M. Appel;Daniel L. DuBois;R. Morris Bullock

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Morris Bullock
R. Morris Bullock Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Daniel L. DuBois
Daniel L. DuBois Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John C. Linehan
John C. Linehan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wendy J. Shaw
Wendy J. Shaw Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University
Simone Raugei
Simone Raugei Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alexander J. M. Miller
Alexander J. M. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James M. Mayer
James M. Mayer Yale University
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
Michel Dupuis
Michel Dupuis University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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