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The Manthiram Lab is focused on creating electrically-powered catalysts which drive oxidation and reduction steps involved in chemical synthesis, using nitrogen gas, carbon dioxide, and water as sustainable synthons.

CO₂ as C-atom source

Carbon-negative functionalization of molecules using carbon dioxide

N₂ as N-atom source

Dissociating dinitrogen molecules for chemical synthesis

H₂O as O-atom source

Transferring oxygen atoms from water to organic molecules

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publications

Heterogeneous molecular catalysts for electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction
N. Corbin, J. Zeng, K. Williams, K. Manthiram Nano Research 12, 2093-2125 (2019)
Direct electrochemical carboxylation of benzylic C-N bonds with carbon dioxide
D. Yang, M. Zhu, Z. J. Schiffer, K. Williams, X. Song, X. Liu, K. Manthiram ACS Catalysis 9, 4699-4705 (2019)
Epoxidation of Cyclooctene Using Water as the Oxygen Atom Source at Manganese Oxide Electrocatalysts
K. Jin, J. H. Maalouf, N. Lazouski, N. Corbin, D. Yang, and K. Manthiram Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, 6413-6418 (2019) Highlighted in The Chemical Engineer by A. Jasi,MIT News by A. Trafton,C&EN by L. Boerner,Energy Futures by N. Stauffer

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TEAM

Members of our team deeply analyzing carbon and oxygen atoms – sadly, candlepin bowling does not provide nitrogen atoms.

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Student-run Twitter for the Manthiram Lab at MIT. We use electricity to make and break chemical bonds!

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*Group chanting* "One of us! One of us!"

Come join the team!

Karthish Manthiram@KManthiram

Please RT - looking for talented postdocs!
Interested in electrifying and decarbonizing chemical synthesis? Our team is innovating at the interface of organic synthesis, catalysis, and electrochemistry.
Check out https://manthiramlab.com/join-us to learn more. @MITChemE

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Hot & fresh: @adityal's latest paper with @WillardLab! We are glad to have a co-advised theorist in the group who helps us to think about the EDL more deeply.

Adam Willard@WillardLab

Check out our latest publication. We use theory to examine interfacial electron transfer within the double layer. Great work Adi! @adityal https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08438

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My annual announcement:

If you are working alone in the lab over winter break, be safe! There may be times when you are the only person in the building. Let a friend or labmate know what time you plan to be in the lab & what time you plan to be home.

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At our annual All-You-Can-Eat Sushi outing, we welcomed Katie to the team! You know what they say: labs that eat together publish well-written, reproducible, fundamentally sound science together! #DoTheySayThat #WeDontCare #WeTryItAnyway #DelishFish #AndFriedRiceForNateDogg