Dr. Grigory Smolentsev

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Dr. Grigory Smolentsev
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
WLGA/217
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Phone: +41 56 310 5173
E-Mail

Interests

• Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Pump-and-probe XAS and XES
• Artificial photosynthesis, photochemical water splitting and H₂ production
• Mechanisms of reactions catalyzed by molecular metal-containing catalysts
• Structure of photoexcited states of metal complexes
• Theoretical calculations of XANES

Selected publications

1. M. A. Newton, D. Ferri, G. Smolentsev, V. Marchionni, and M. Nachtegaal "Kinetic Studies of the Pt Carbonate-Mediated, Room-Temperature Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 Using Combined, Time-Resolved XAFS, DRIFTS, and Mass Spectrometry" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138 (2016) 13930–13940
2.  G. Smolentsev, B. Cecconi, A. Guda, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou, J. A. van Bokhoven, M. Nachtegaal, V. Artero “Microsecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Identification of Co^I Intermediates in Cobaloxime-Catalyzed Hydrogen Evolution” Chem. Eur. J. 21 (2015) 15158-15162
3.  Smolentsev and V. Sundström “Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy for the study of molecular systems relevant for artificial photosynthesis” Coord. Chem. Rev. 304-305 (2015) 117-132
4. M. A. Newton, D. Ferri, G. Smolentsev, V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal “Room temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 mediated by reactive Platinum carbonates.” Nature Commun. 6 (2015) 8675
5. M. G. Pfeffer, B. Schäfer, G. Smolentsev, J. Uhlig, E. Nazarenko, J. Guthmuller, C. Kuhnt, M. Wächtler, B. Dietzek, V. Sundström and S. Rau "Palladium versus Platinum: The Metal in the Catalytic Center of a Molecular Photocatalyst Determines the Mechanism of the Hydrogen Production with Visible Light” Angew Chem Int. Ed. 54 (2015) 5044-5048
6. G. Smolentsev, A. Guda, M. Janousch, C. Frieh, G. Jud, F. Zamponi, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou, V. Artero, J. van Bokhoven and M. Nachtegaal “X-ray absorption spectroscopy with time-tagged photon counting. Application to study the structure of Co(I) intermediate of H₂ evolving photo-catalysts" Faraday Discuss. 171 (2014) 259
7. X. Zhang, S.E. Canton, G. Smolentsev, C.J. Wallentin, Y. Liu, Q. Kong, K. Attenkofer, A.B. Stickrath, M.W. Mara, L.X. Chen, K. Warnmark, and V. Sundstrom "Highly accurate excited-state structure of [Os(bpy)2dcbpy]2+ determined by X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 8804\
8. G. Smolentsev, A. Guda, X. Zhang, K. Haldrup, E. Andreiadis, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou, S. E. Canton, M. Nachtegaal, V. Artero, and V. Sundstrom “Pump-Flow-Probe X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy as a Tool for Studying Intermediate States of Photocatalytic Systems”  J. Phys Chem C. 117 (2013) 17367–17375
9. I. Alperovich, G. Smolentsev, D. Moonshiram, J. Jurss, J. Concepcion, T. Meyer, A. Soldatov, Y. Pushkar, Understanding the Electronic Structure of 4d Metal Complexes: From Molecular Spinors to L-edge Spectra of a di-Ru Catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2011, 133 (39), pp 15786–15794
10. X. Zhang, G. Smolentsev, J. Guo, K. Attenkofer, C. Kurtz, G. Jennings, J.V. Lockard, A.B. Stickrath, L.X. Chen “Visualizing Interfacial Charge Transfer in Ru-Dye-Sensitized TiO₂ Nanoparticles Using X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011, 2, pp 628–632
11.  L. X. Chen,  X. Zhang, E. C. Wasinger, J. V. Lockard, A. B. Stickrath, M. W. Mara, K. Attenkofer, G. Jennings,  G. Smolentsev and A. Soldatov ” X-ray snapshots for metalloporphyrin axial ligation” Chem. Science 642 (2010)
12. G. Smolentsev, A. V. Soldatov, J. Messinger, K. Merz, T. Weyhermuller, U. Bergmann, Y. Pushkar, J. Yano, V. K. Yachandra, and P. Glatzel “X-ray Emission Spectroscopy To Study Ligand Valence Orbitals in Mn Coordination Complexes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc  131, 13161 (2009)

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Grigory Smolentsev