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Ron Grimm

Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
United States of America

Biography

Education: BS Case Western Reserve University 1999 PhD California Institute of Technology 2005 What makes a particular material efficient at converting sunlight to electrical or chemical energy? Conversely, what makes a material a poor energy converter? The Grimmgroup is motivated by quantifying and controlling the bulk and surface properties of solar energy conversion materials. As a research group in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, we seek an atom- and bond-level understanding of material properties.

Research Interest

Material Chemistry; Surface Science; Physical Chemistry; Solar Energy Conversion

Publications

  • Comparison of the Photoelectrochemical Behavior of H-Terminated and Methyl-Terminated Si(111) Surfaces in Contact with a Series of One-Electron, Outer-Sphere Redox Couples in CH3CN. Ronald L. Grimm, Matthew J. Bierman, Leslie E. O’Leary, Nicholas C. Strandwitz, Bruce S. Brunschwig, and Nathan S. Lewis. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (44), 23569−23576.

  • Hematite-based Solar Water Splitting in Acidic Solutions: Functionalization by Mono- and Multilayers of Iridium Oxygen-Evolution Catalysts. Wei Li, Stafford W. Sheehan, Da He, Yumin He, Xiahui Yao, Ronald L. Grimm, Gary W. Brudvig, Dunwei Wang. Angew. Chem. 2015, 127 (39), 11590–11594.

  • Photoelectrochemical Behavior of n-Type GaAs(100) Electrodes Coated by a Single Layer of Graphene. Fan Yang, Adam C. Nielander, Ronald L. Grimm, and Nathan S. Lewis. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120 (13), 6989–6995.

  • Photoelectrochemical Properties and Behavior of α-SnWO4 Photoanodes Synthesized by Hydrothermal Conversion of WO3 Films Zhehao Zhu, Pranab Sarker, Chenqi Zhao, Lite Zhou, Ronald L. Grimm, Muhammad N. Huda, and Pratap M. Rao. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (2), 1459–1470.

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