MEG Work Products

33. Agbo, P.* Engineering cyanobacterial carbonic anhydrase surface mutations for fast CO2 hydration and capture. ChemRxiv July 7, 2025. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-0rnx8.

32. Houle, F. A.; Agbo, P.; Yano, J. Insights from Designing an Artificial Cascade Catalysis System Using Principles from Substrate Channeling in Enzymes. Chemical Science 2025. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC02781K. ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-6vgg9-v2.

31. Ranka, K.; Ke, S.; Fan, C.; Neaton, J. B.; Agbo, P.; Houle, F. A. Approach to Evaluating Reorganization Energies of Interfacial Electrochemical Reactions. ACS Electrochem. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00158. ChemRxiv: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-xz65z.

30. Abouremeleh, M. H.; Rivera, R. A.; Kistler, T. A.; Agbo, P.* Durability Optimization of CO2 Electrolyzers for Syngas Evolution. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adef84.

29. Agbo, P., et al. Technological Innovation Opportunities for CO2 Removal. U.S. Department of Energy commissioned Roadmap. DOE/GO-102024-6600. Nov. 2024. Link to report.

28. Agbo, P.* Self-replicating fuels via autocatalytic molecular bond fission. Arxiv. Oct. 2, 2024. https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01282.

27. Yap, K. M. K., et al. CO2 conversion to Butene via a Tandem Photovoltaic-Electrochemical/Photothermocatalytic Process: A Co-design Approach to Coupled Microenvironments. ACS Energy Lett. Aug. 2024. 4369-4377. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01866.

26. Kistler, T. A.; Agbo, P*. A Recirculation System for Concentration CO2 Electrolyzer Products. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. Apr. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3se01506h.

25. Agbo, P*. Rate-Potential Decoupling: A Biophysical Perspective of Electrocatalysis. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2024, 57 (46), 462001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad6008. ArXiv: Oct. 31, 2023. https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02504.

24. Agbo, P*. An Expansion of Polarization Control Using Semiconductor–Liquid Junctions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 1135–1142. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03051. ArXiv: May 31, 2023. https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00143.

23. Segev, G., et al. The 2022 Solar Fuels Roadmap. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac6f97.

Contribution: Weber, A.Z.; Agbo, P. Design and Scale-Up of Solar Fuels Systems using Current Technologies: Neutral pH, Vapor-Fed Devices.

22. Kistler, T.; Um, M. Y.; Cooper, J. K.; Sharp, I. D.; Agbo, P*. Exploiting Heat Transfer to Achieve Efficient Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction under Light Concentration. Energy Environ. Sci. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EE03957A.

21. Kistler, T. A.; Um, M. Y.; Cooper, J. K.; Sharp, I. D.; Agbo, P*. Monolithic Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Producing Syngas at 10% Efficiency. Advanced Energy Materials, 2100070. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202100070.

20. Deutsch, T. G.; Baker, S.; Agbo, P.; Kauffman, D. R.; Vickers, J.; Schaidle, J. A. Summary Report of the Reactive CO2 Capture: Process Integration for the New Carbon Economy Workshop, February 18-19, 2020; NREL/TP-5100-78466; National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States), 2021. https://doi.org/10.2172/1814138.

19. Agbo, P*. J–V Decoupling: Independent Control over Current and Potential in Electrocatalysis. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (52), 28387–28394. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08142.

18. Agbo, P.* Transparent Dual-Conductivity Membrane Composites as Current Distributors for Diffuse Electrocatalysts. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02339.

17. Agbo, P.; Kanady, J. S.; Abergel, R. Infrared Photon Pair-Production in Ligand-Sensitized Lanthanide Nanocrystals. Front. Chem. 2020, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.579942.

16. Pallares, R. M.; Agbo, P.; Liu, X.; An, D.; Gauny, S. S.; Zeltmann, S.; Minor, A. M.; Abergel, R. J. Engineering Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted Alpha Therapy Against Breast Cancer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c11051.

15. Kistler, T. A.; Agbo, P*. Current Loss Analysis in Photoelectrochemical Devices. APL Materials 2020, 8 (3), 031107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142561. Invited submission, Solar Fuels special topic.

14. Kistler, T. A.; Um, M. Y.; Agbo, P.* Stable Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution for 1000 h at 14% Efficiency in a Monolithic Vapor-Fed Device. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2020, 167 (6), 066502. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab7d93.

13. Agbo, P.* and Danilovic, N. An Algorithm for the Extraction of Tafel Slopes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123 (50), 30252–30264. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06820.

12. Kistler, T. A.; Danilovic, N.; Agbo, P.* Editors’ Choice—A Monolithic Photoelectrochemical Device Evolving Hydrogen in Pure Water. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166 (13), H656–H661. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1151913jes. Editor’s Choice article; highlighted among “Top Downloads in JES.”

11. Agbo, P.; Müller, A.; Arnedo-Sanchez, L.; Ercius, P.; M. Minor, A.; J. Abergel, R. Amplified Luminescence in Organo-Curium Nanocrystal Hybrids. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (16), 7609–7612. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR01360A.

10. Kistler, T. A.; Larson, D.; Walczak, K.; Agbo, P.; Sharp, I. D.; Weber, A. Z.; Danilovic, N. Integrated Membrane-Electrode-Assembly Photoelectrochemical Cell under Various Feed Conditions for Solar Water Splitting. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166 (5), H3020–H3028. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0041905jes.

* * * Pre-MEG Publications * * *

9. Agbo, P., Rees, J. A., and Abergel, R.J. “Actinide Biological Inorganic Chemistry.” In Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Actinide Chemistry, 445–89. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018. DOI: 10.1002/9781119115557.ch9

8. Agbo, P.; Xu, T.; Sturzbecher-Hoehne, M.; Abergel, R. J. Enhanced Ultraviolet Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals. ACS Photonics 2016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00118.

7. Agbo, P.; Abergel, R. J. Ligand-Sensitized Lanthanide Nanocrystals: Merging Solid-State Photophysics and Molecular Solution Chemistry. Inorg. Chem. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00879.

6. Kamada, K.; Namikawa, T.; Senatore, S.; Matthews, C.; Lenne, P.-F.; Maury, O.; Andraud, C.; Ponce-Vargas, M.; Le Guennic, B.; Jacquemin, D.; Agbo, P.; An, D. D.; Gauny, S. S.; Liu, X.; Abergel, R. J.; Fages, F.; D’Aléo, A. Boron Difluoride Curcuminoid Fluorophores with Enhanced Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Emission and Versatile Living-Cell Imaging Properties. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22 (15), 5219–5232. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504903.

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5. Varghese, J. O.; Agbo, P.; Sutherland, A. M.; Brar, V. W.; Rossman, G. R.; Gray, H. B.; Heath, J. R. The Influence of Water on the Optical Properties of Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide. Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (17), 2734–2740.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201500555. Frontispiece Cover Article, 6 May 2015 issue.

4. Agbo, P.; Heath, J. R.; Gray, H. B. Modeling Dioxygen Reduction at Multicopper Oxidase Cathodes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (39), 13882–13887. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5077519.

3. Agbo, P.; Heath, J. R.; Gray, H. B. Catalysis of Dioxygen Reduction by Thermus Thermophilus Strain HB27 Laccase on Ketjen Black Electrodes. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (2), 527–534. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp309759g. Cover Article, 17 January 2013 issue.

2. Byrne-Bailey, K. G.; Wrighton, K. C.; Melnyk, R. A.; Agbo, P.; Hazen, T. C.; Coates, J. D. Complete Genome Sequence of the Electricity-Producing “Thermincola Potens” Strain JR. J Bacteriol 2010, 192 (15), 4078–4079. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp309759g.

1. Wrighton, K. C.; Agbo, P.; Warnecke, F.; Weber, K. A.; Brodie, E. L.; DeSantis, T. Z.; Hugenholtz, P.; Andersen, G. L.; Coates, J. D. A Novel Ecological Role of the Firmicutes Identified in Thermophilic Microbial Fuel Cells. The ISME Journal, Nature Publishing Group. 2008, 2 (11), 1146–1156. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2008.48.

• • Agbo, Peter. A Cyanobacterial System for Catalyzing CO2 Mineralization. US Provisional Application No.: 63/552,451 / LBNL Docket No. 2023-042-01. February 12, 2024.

• • Agbo, Peter; Kistler, Tobias. Stacked Dual Cathode Device for (Photo-)Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. LBNL ROI 2022-143; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No: 63/587,210 Oct. 2, 2023.

• • Agbo, Peter; Abergel, Rebecca J. Ligand-Sensitized Lanthanide Nanocrystals as Ultraviolet Downconverters. LBNL ROI 2017-038; U.S. patent serial #15/442,441. Patent granted May 2021.

• • Agbo, Peter and USDOE. Tafel Fitter v1.5. , Jul. 2019. Copyright software. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190711.1

• • Kistler, Tobias and USDOE. Current-Voltage Analysis Tool for Solar Fuel Production (CATS) v0.1. , Feb. 2023. Copyright software. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240716.16

• • Kistler, Tobias; Agbo, Peter. Looped CO2 Reduction System. LBNL ROI 2023-128. July 17, 2023; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No: 63/587,902. Oct. 4, 2023.

• • Agbo, Peter. Autocatalytic Fuel Generators. LBNL Record of Invention 2024-059. August 9, 2024; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No: 63/887,740. September 25, 2025.

• Tafel Fitting Algorithm:

https://github.com/MEG-LBNL/Tafel_Fitter

• Current-Voltage Analysis Tool for Solar Fuel Production (CATS):

https://github.com/MEG-LBNL/Current-Voltage-Analysis-Tool-for-Solar-Fuel-Production-CATS

• Catalyzed CO2 Hydration Kinetics Simulator:

https://github.com/MEG-LBNL/CO2_Hydration_Sim 

• Polarization Decoupling Analyzer:

https://github.com/MEG-LBNL/Polarization_Decoupling_Analysis