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Overview

Eric W. McFarland is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with a strong focus on Catalysis as a key subfield.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

Eric W. McFarland has contributed multiple papers to several publication venues, notably:

  • Energy & Fuels (3 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (2 publications)
  • Nature Catalysis (1 publication)
  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels (1 publication)
  • Carbon (1 publication)

Their recent papers include:

  • "Dry reforming of methane catalysed by molten metal alloys," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "Catalytic Methane Pyrolysis in Molten Alkali Chloride Salts Containing Iron," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Catalytic Methane Pyrolysis with Liquid and Vapor Phase Tellurium," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "CO2-Free Hydrogen Production by Catalytic Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks in Molten Ni-Bi," 2020, Energy & Fuels
  • "Methane pyrolysis in low-cost, alkali-halide molten salts at high temperatures," 2021, Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Clarke Palmer
  • Michael J. Gordon
  • Horia Metiu
  • Maryam Tarazkar
  • Raynald Giovine

Their subfields of study extend beyond Catalysis to include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. This interdisciplinary approach supports their research on catalytic mechanisms and materials science applications.

Best Publications

  • Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols

    Zhebo Chen;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Todd G. Deutsch;Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein

  • A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy

    Matthew R. Shaner;Harry A. Atwater;Nathan S. Lewis;Eric W. McFarland

  • Catalysis by doped oxides.

    Eric W. McFarland;Horia Metiu

  • A rare-earth phosphor containing one-dimensional chains identified through combinatorial methods

    Earl Danielson;Martin Devenney;Daniel M. Giaquinta;Josh H. Golden

  • Unconventional Chemistry for Unconventional Natural Gas

    Eric McFarland

  • Pt-Doped α-Fe2O3 Thin Films Active for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

    Yong-Sheng Hu;Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein;Arnold J. Forman;Daniel Hazen

  • A highly dispersed Pd-Mg/SiO2 catalyst active for methanation of CO2

    Jung-Nam Park;Jung-Nam Park;Eric W. McFarland

  • A Cu2O/TiO2 heterojunction thin film cathode for photoelectrocatalysis

    Withana Siripala;Anna Ivanovskaya;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Sung-Hyeon Baeck

  • A combinatorial approach to the discovery and optimization of luminescent materials

    Earl Danielson;Josh H. Golden;Eric W. McFarland;Casper M. Reaves

  • Enhancement of Photocatalytic and Electrochromic Properties of Electrochemically Fabricated Mesoporous WO3 Thin Films

    Sung-Hyeon Baeck;Kyoung-Shin Choi;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Galen D. Stucky

  • Catalytic molten metals for the direct conversion of methane to hydrogen and separable carbon

    D. Chester Upham;Vishal Agarwal;Vishal Agarwal;Alexander Khechfe;Zachary R. Snodgrass

  • Systems and methods for characterization of materials and combinatorial libraries with mechanical oscillators

    Eric W. McFarland;Leonid Matsiev

  • Electrodeposition of α-Fe2O3 Doped with Mo or Cr as Photoanodes for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

    Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein;Yong-Sheng Hu;Arnold J. Forman;Galen D. Stucky

  • Catalytic Activity of Supported Au Nanoparticles Deposited from Block Copolymer Micelles

    Thomas F. Jaramillo;Sung-Hyeon Baeck;Beatriz Roldan Cuenya;Eric W. McFarland

  • Chemically Induced Electronic Excitations at Metal Surfaces

    Brian Gergen;Hermann Nienhaus;W. Henry Weinberg;W. Henry Weinberg;Eric W. McFarland

  • Combinatorial Synthesis and Analysis of Organometallic Compounds and Catalysts

    W. Henry Weinberg;Eric McFarland;Isy Goldwasser;Thomas Boussie

  • CO2 methanation on Ru-doped ceria

    Sudhanshu Sharma;Zhenpeng Hu;Peng Zhang;Eric W. McFarland

  • Parallel reactor with internal sensing and method of using same

    Howard Turner;G. Cameron Dales;Erden Lynn Van;Beek Johannes A. M. Van

  • Electron-Hole Pair Creation at Ag and Cu Surfaces by Adsorption of Atomic Hydrogen and Deuterium

    H. Nienhaus;H. S. Bergh;B. Gergen;A. Majumdar

  • High-Throughput Synthesis and Screening of Combinatorial Heterogeneous Catalyst Libraries.

    Peijun Cong;Robert D. Doolen;Qun Fan;Daniel M. Giaquinta

Frequent Co-Authors

Horia Metiu
Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara
Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Peter C. Ford
Peter C. Ford University of California, Santa Barbara
Kyoung-Shin Choi
Kyoung-Shin Choi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Simon Smart
Simon Smart University of Queensland
Arun Majumdar
Arun Majumdar Stanford University
Jonas Baltrusaitis
Jonas Baltrusaitis Lehigh University
Martin Moskovits
Martin Moskovits University of California, Santa Barbara
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology

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