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David Prendergast is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant focus areas in Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Additional subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics in advanced materials and energy research. These include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science

David Prendergast has contributed to a range of recent publications spanning high-impact journals. Selected recent papers are:

  • Insights into the Mechanism of Methanol Steam Reforming Tandem Reaction over CeO2 Supported Single-Site Catalysts, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Reversible dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation of cyclohexane and methylcyclohexane by single-site platinum catalyst, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Diversity-oriented synthesis of polymer membranes with ion solvation cages, 2021, Nature
  • Ternary NiMo-Bi liquid alloy catalyst for efficient hydrogen production from methane pyrolysis, 2023, Science
  • Deciphering the Oxygen Absorption Pre-edge: A Caveat on its Application for Probing Oxygen Redox Reactions in Batteries, 2020, Energy & environment materials

The scholar regularly publishes in several prominent venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications
  • Chemistry of Materials

Frequent coauthors in their network include:

  • Subhayan Roychoudhury
  • Nitash P. Balsara
  • Artem Baskin
  • Xi Jiang
  • Xubo Luo

Best Publications

  • Cooperative insertion of CO2 in diamine-appended metal-organic frameworks

    Thomas M. McDonald;Jarad A. Mason;Xueqian Kong;Eric D. Bloch

  • Aqueous vs. nonaqueous Zn-ion batteries: consequences of the desolvation penalty at the interface

    Dipan Kundu;Shahrzad Hosseini Vajargah;Liwen Wan;Brian Adams

  • Nanostructured Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage.

    Andreas Schneemann;James L. White;ShinYoung Kang;Sohee Jeong

  • Coupling between oxygen redox and cation migration explains unusual electrochemistry in lithium-rich layered oxides

    William E. Gent;Kipil Lim;Yufeng Liang;Qinghao Li

  • Attosecond band-gap dynamics in silicon

    Martin Schultze;Martin Schultze;Krupa Ramasesha;C.D. Pemmaraju;S.A. Sato

  • Theory-driven design of high-valence metal sites for water oxidation confirmed using in situ soft X-ray absorption

    Xueli Zheng;Xueli Zheng;Bo Zhang;Bo Zhang;Phil De Luna;Yufeng Liang

  • The structure of interfacial water on gold electrodes studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Juan-Jesus Velasco-Velez;Cheng Hao Wu;Tod A. Pascal;Liwen F. Wan

  • X-ray Absorption Spectra Of Water From First Principles Calculations

    David Prendergast;David Prendergast;Giulia Galli;Giulia Galli

  • Metal-oxygen decoordination stabilizes anion redox in Li-rich oxides.

    Jihyun Hong;William E. Gent;William E. Gent;Penghao Xiao;Kipil Lim

  • Femtosecond x-ray spectroscopy of an electrocyclic ring-opening reaction

    Andrew R. Attar;Andrew R. Attar;Aditi Bhattacherjee;Aditi Bhattacherjee;C. D. Pemmaraju;C. D. Pemmaraju;Kirsten Schnorr;Kirsten Schnorr

  • Experimental and theoretical investigation of the electronic structure of Cu2O and CuO thin films on Cu(110) using x-ray photoelectron and absorption spectroscopy.

    Peng Jiang;David Prendergast;Ferenc Borondics;Soeren Porsgaard

  • Mg Desolvation and Intercalation Mechanism at the Mo6S8 Chevrel Phase Surface

    Liwen F. Wan;Brian R. Perdue;Brian R. Perdue;Christopher A. Apblett;Christopher A. Apblett;David Prendergast

  • Efficient implementation of core-excitation Bethe Salpeter equation calculations

    K. Gilmore;K. Gilmore;John Vinson;E. L. Shirley;D. Prendergast

  • Direct and simultaneous observation of ultrafast electron and hole dynamics in germanium.

    Michael Zurch;Hung Tzu Chang;Lauren J. Borja;Peter M. Kraus

  • Reversible Mg-Ion Insertion in a Metastable One-Dimensional Polymorph of V2O5

    Justin L. Andrews;Arijita Mukherjee;Hyun Deog Yoo;Hyun Deog Yoo;Abhishek Parija;Abhishek Parija

  • Tuning Semiconductor Band Edge Energies for Solar Photocatalysis via Surface Ligand Passivation

    Shenyuan Yang;David Prendergast;Jeffrey B. Neaton

  • Polysulfide-Blocking Microporous Polymer Membrane Tailored for Hybrid Li-Sulfur Flow Batteries

    Changyi Li;Changyi Li;Ashleigh L. Ward;Sean E. Doris;Sean E. Doris;Tod A. Pascal

  • X-ray Absorption Spectra of Dissolved Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries from First-Principles.

    Tod A. Pascal;Kevin H. Wujcik;Juan Velasco-Velez;Chenghao Wu

  • Efficient Hydrogen Production from Methanol Using a Single-Site Pt1/CeO2 Catalyst.

    Lu-Ning Chen;Kai-Peng Hou;Yi-Sheng Liu;Zhi-Yuan Qi

  • Electronic Structure of Warm Dense Copper Studied by Ultrafast X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    B. I. Cho;K. Engelhorn;A. A. Correa;T. Ogitsu

  • Characterization of Polysulfide Radicals Present in an Ether-Based Electrolyte of a Lithium–Sulfur Battery During Initial Discharge Using In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Experiments and First-Principles Calculations

    Kevin H. Wujcik;Tod A. Pascal;C. D. Pemmaraju;Didier Devaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Nitash P. Balsara
Nitash P. Balsara University of California, Berkeley
Richard J. Saykally
Richard J. Saykally University of California, Berkeley
Stephen R. Leone
Stephen R. Leone University of California, Berkeley
Daniel M. Neumark
Daniel M. Neumark University of California, Berkeley
Jinghua Guo
Jinghua Guo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Brett A. Helms
Brett A. Helms Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jeffrey B. Neaton
Jeffrey B. Neaton University of California, Berkeley
Wanli Yang
Wanli Yang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sarbajit Banerjee
Sarbajit Banerjee Texas A&M University
Dennis Nordlund
Dennis Nordlund SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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