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Tai-Chu Lau is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on the fields of Chemistry, Energy, and Materials Science. Their work encompasses several key subfields, including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed to numerous topics within these fields, with particular emphasis on:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Tai-Chu Lau's recent scholarly output includes a series of papers published in high-impact journals:

  • "Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction by a Cobalt Molecular Catalyst Covalently Linked to Mesoporous Carbon Nitride" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A Photocaged, Water-Oxidizing, and Nucleolus-Targeted Pt(IV) Complex with a Distinct Anticancer Mechanism" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Hybridization of Molecular and Graphene Materials for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction with Selectivity Control" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Molecular quaterpyridine-based metal complexes for small molecule activation: water splitting and CO2 reduction" (2020) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO by In Situ Formation of a Hybrid Catalytic System Based on Molecular Iron Quaterpyridine Covalently Linked to Carbon Nitride" (2022) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemical Communications
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Tai-Chu Lau collaborates often with a set of coauthors, among whom are Jianhui Xie, Wai-Lun Man, Kai-Chung Lau, Jing Xiang, and Yingying Liu, reflecting collaborative efforts in their research areas.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Catalysis of the Electrochemical and Photochemical Reduction of CO2 with Earth-Abundant Metal Complexes. Selective Production of CO vs HCOOH by Switching of the Metal Center

    Lingjing Chen;Zhenguo Guo;Xi-Guang Wei;Charlotte Gallenkamp

  • Highly Efficient and Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Iron and Cobalt Quaterpyridine Complexes.

    Zhenguo Guo;Siwei Cheng;Siwei Cheng;Claudio Cometto;Elodie Anxolabéhère-Mallart

  • Impact of marine fish farming on water quality and bottom sediment: A case study in the sub-tropical environment

    R.S.S. Wu;K.S. Lam;D.W. MacKay;T.C. Lau

  • Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction by a Cobalt Molecular Catalyst Covalently Linked to Mesoporous Carbon Nitride

    Bing Ma;Gui Chen;Claire Fave;Lingjing Chen

  • A robust palladium(II)-Porphyrin complex as catalyst for visible light induced oxidative C-H functionalization

    Wai Pong To;Yungen Liu;Tai Chu Lau;Chi Ming Che

  • Molecular radical cations of oligopeptides

    Ivan K. Chu;Christopher F. Rodriquez;‡ Tai-Chu Lau;and Alan C. Hopkinson

  • Selectivity control of CO versus HCOO− production in the visible-light-driven catalytic reduction of CO2 with two cooperative metal sites

    Zhenguo Guo;Zhenguo Guo;Gui Chen;Claudio Cometto;Bing Ma

  • Enhancing Extracellular Electron Transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 through Coupling Improved Flavin Synthesis and Metal-Reducing Conduit for Pollutant Degradation

    Di Min;Lei Cheng;Feng Zhang;Xue-Na Huang

  • A cobalt(II) quaterpyridine complex as a visible light-driven catalyst for both water oxidation and reduction

    Chi Fai Leung;Siu Mui Ng;Chi Chiu Vincent Ko;Wai Lun Man

  • Highly Selective Molecular Catalysts for the CO2-to-CO Electrochemical Conversion at Very Low Overpotential. Contrasting Fe vs Co Quaterpyridine Complexes upon Mechanistic Studies

    Claudio Cometto;Lingjing Chen;Po-Kam Lo;Zhenguo Guo

  • A Photocaged, Water-Oxidizing, and Nucleolus-Targeted Pt(IV) Complex with a Distinct Anticancer Mechanism.

    Zhiqin Deng;Na Wang;Yingying Liu;Zoufeng Xu

  • Removal of phosphate from water by a highly selective La(III)-chelex resin.

    Rudolf S.S. Wu;K.H. Lam;Joyce M.N. Lee;T.C. Lau

  • A Carbon Nitride/Fe Quaterpyridine Catalytic System for Photostimulated CO2-to-CO Conversion with Visible Light

    Claudio Cometto;Ryo Kuriki;Ryo Kuriki;Lingjing Chen;Kazuhiko Maeda

  • Chemical and Visible‐Light‐Driven Water Oxidation by Iron Complexes at pH 7–9: Evidence for Dual‐Active Intermediates in Iron‐Catalyzed Water Oxidation

    Gui Chen;Lingjing Chen;Siu-Mui Ng;Wai-Lun Man

  • Photoassisted Fenton degradation of polystyrene.

    Hui-Min Feng;Jia-Chuan Zheng;Ngai-Yu Lei;Lei Yu

  • A Hybrid Co Quaterpyridine Complex/Carbon Nanotube Catalytic Material for CO2 Reduction in Water.

    Min Wang;Lingjing Chen;Tai-Chu Lau;Marc Robert

  • Monitoring of metal pollution in waterways across Bangladesh and ecological and public health implications of pollution

    Golam Kibria;Maruf Hossain;Debbrota Mallick;T.C. Lau

  • Humic substances as electron acceptors for anaerobic oxidation of methane driven by ANME-2d.

    Ya-Nan Bai;Xiu-Ning Wang;Jun Wu;Yong-Ze Lu

  • Formation of molecular radical cations of enkephalin derivatives via collision-induced dissociation of electrospray-generated copper (II) complex ions of amines and peptides.

    Ivan K. Chu;Christopher F. Rodriguez;Alan C. Hopkinson;K. W. Michael Siu

  • Epoxidation of alkenes and oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by a manganese(V) nitrido complex

    Hoi-Ki Kwong;Po-Kam Lo;Kai-Chung Lau;Tai-Chu Lau

  • Relative silver(I) ion binding energies of α-amino acids: a determination by means of the kinetic method

    Vicky W. M. Lee;Hongbo Li;Tai-Chu. Lau;Roger Guevremont

Frequent Co-Authors

Wing-Tak Wong
Wing-Tak Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Song Gao
Song Gao Sun Yat-sen University
Shie-Ming Peng
Shie-Ming Peng National Taiwan University
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Marc Robert
Marc Robert Université Paris Cité
Rudolf S.S. Wu
Rudolf S.S. Wu University of Hong Kong
K. W. Michael Siu
K. W. Michael Siu University of Windsor
Gene-Hsiang Lee
Gene-Hsiang Lee National Taiwan University
Haojun Liang
Haojun Liang University of Science and Technology of China

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