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Overview

John A. Turner is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with specific focus areas in Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work encompasses several main topics, which include:

  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

Turner's publication record includes contributions to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University). One example of their recent scholarly output is the paper titled "Multi-scale characterization of hexagonal Si-4H: a hierarchical nanostructured material," published in 2021 in arXiv (Cornell University).

Their collaborative network is reflected by frequent coauthors, including:

  • Silvia Pandolfi
  • Shiteng Zhao
  • Peter Ercius
  • Chengyu Song
  • Rohan Dhall

These collaborative relationships suggest an interdisciplinary approach, integrating expertise across various domains within engineering and materials science. The combination of topics such as silicon nanostructures and thin-film transistor technologies indicates involvement in both fundamental materials research and applied electronic engineering fields.

By focusing on hierarchical nanostructured materials, Turner contributes to the evolving understanding of nanoscale materials and their applications, which are critical in advancing technologies such as photoluminescent devices and nanowire-based systems.

Best Publications

  • Sustainable Hydrogen Production

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  • 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

  • Renewable hydrogen production

    John Turner;George Sverdrup;Margaret K. Mann;Pin-Ching Maness

  • Cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) catalyst modified Mo-doped BiVO4 photoelectrodes for solar water oxidation

    Satyananda Kishore Pilli;Thomas E. Furtak;Logan D. Brown;Todd G. Deutsch

  • Numerical modeling of heat-transfer and the influence of process parameters on tailoring the grain morphology of IN718 in electron beam additive manufacturing ☆

    Narendran Raghavan;Ryan Dehoff;Sreekanth Pannala;Srdjan Simunovic

  • Direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion via inverted metamorphic multi-junction semiconductor architectures

    James L. Young;Myles A. Steiner;Henning Döscher;Henning Döscher

  • Band structure engineering of semiconductors for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting: The case of TiO 2

    Wan-Jian Yin;Houwen Tang;Su-Huai Wei;Mowafak M. Al-Jassim

  • Water reduction by a p-GaInP2 photoelectrode stabilized by an amorphous TiO2 coating and a molecular cobalt catalyst.

    Jing Gu;Yong Yan;James L. Young;James L. Young;K. Xerxes Steirer

  • Doping properties of monoclinic BiVO 4 studied by first-principles density-functional theory

    Wan-Jian Yin;Su-Huai Wei;Mowafak M. Al-Jassim;John Turner

  • Building digital twins of 3D printing machines

    T. DebRoy;W. Zhang;J. Turner;S.S. Babu

  • Multiple exciton generation for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reactions with quantum yields exceeding 100

    Yong Yan;Yong Yan;Ryan W. Crisp;Ryan W. Crisp;Jing Gu;Jing Gu;Boris D. Chernomordik

  • Structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of the Co-Fe-Al oxide spinel system: Density-functional theory calculations

    Aron Walsh;Su Huai Wei;Yanfa Yan;M. M. Al-Jassim

  • Mechanistic studies of the photocatalytic behavior of titania: particles in a photoelectrochemical slurry cell and the relevance to photodetoxification reactions

    M. W. Peterson;J. A. Turner;A. J. Nozik

  • Sunlight absorption in water – efficiency and design implications for photoelectrochemical devices

    H. Döscher;H. Döscher;J. F. Geisz;T. G. Deutsch;J. A. Turner

  • Enhanced photoelectrochemical responses of ZnO films through Ga and N codoping

    Kwang-Soon Ahn;Yanfa Yan;Sudhakar Shet;Todd Deutsch

  • BiVO4/CuWO4 heterojunction photoanodes for efficient solar driven water oxidation

    Satyananda Kishore Pilli;Todd G. Deutsch;Thomas E. Furtak;Logan D. Brown

  • Electrochemical Investigation of the Gallium Nitride‐Aqueous Electrolyte Interface

    Shyam S. Kocha;Mark W. Peterson;Douglas J. Arent;Joan M. Redwing

  • Thermally nitrided stainless steels for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell bipolar plates: Part 1: Model Ni–50Cr and austenitic 349™ alloys

    H. Wang;M.P. Brady;G. Teeter;J.A. Turner

  • Charging Capacity and Cycling Stability of VO x Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

    Ji‐Guang Zhang;Jeanne M. McGraw;John Turner;David Ginley

  • Direct Water Splitting under Visible Light with Nanostructured Hematite and WO3 Photoanodes and a GaInP2 Photocathode

    Heli Wang;Todd Deutsch;John A. Turner

  • Graded catalytic-protective layer for an efficient and stable water-splitting photocathode

    John Augustus Turner;Jing Gu;Jeffery Andrew Aguiar;Jeffery Andrew Aguiar;Suzanne Ferrere

  • Preparation and Lithium Insertion Properties of Mesoporous Vanadium Oxide

    P. Liu;S.-H. Lee;C.E. Tracy;Y. Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanfa Yan
Yanfa Yan University of Toledo
Mowafak Al-Jassim
Mowafak Al-Jassim National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines
Ping Liu
Ping Liu University of California, San Diego
Michael P. Brady
Michael P. Brady Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Clemens Heske
Clemens Heske University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Kazuhiro Takanabe
Kazuhiro Takanabe University of Tokyo
Su-Huai Wei
Su-Huai Wei Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

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