Shannon W. Boettcher

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Shannon W. Boettcher
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Boettcher (2021)
Born1981
Alma mater California Institute of Technology (postdoctoral work)
University of California, Santa Barbara (2008, PhD)
University of Oregon (2003, B.A)
Scientific career
Thesis Synthesis, characterization, and electronic tuning of nanostructured materials  (2008)
Doctoral advisor Galen D. Stucky
Website chemistry.berkeley.edu/people/shannon-boettcher

Shannon W. Boettcher (born 1981) is an American chemist and chemical engineer, and professor. He is the Theodore Vermeulen Professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry at UC Berkeley and was previously in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oregon. His research is at the intersection of materials science and electrochemistry, with a focus on fundamental aspects of energy conversion and storage. He has been named a DuPont Young Professor, a Cottrell Scholar, a Sloan Fellow, and a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. [1] An ISI highly cited researcher (top 0.1% over past decade), in 2019, he founded the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry [2] and, in 2020, launched the nation's first targeted graduate program in electrochemical technology. [3] In 2021, he was named a Blavatnik National Award Finalist and in 2023 the Blavatnik National Award Laureate. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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Academic career

Boettcher earned his B.A. from the University of Oregon in 2003. He performed his undergraduate work performing research with Prof. Mark Lonergan on electronically conductive ionomers and conjugated-polymer/semiconductor interfaces. His PhD work (2003–2008) in inorganic materials chemistry was at the University of California, Santa Barbara with Prof. Galen Stucky where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a UC Chancellors Fellow. His work spanned the synthesis and study of porous transition metal oxides, photoelectrochemistry, and detailed studies of nanoparticle film electrochemistry and nanoparticle/semiconductor interfaces. [13]

He completed postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology as a Kavli Nanoscience Institute Prize Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof. Nathan Lewis (Chemistry) and Prof. Harry Atwater (Applied Physics) studying three-dimensional semiconductor architectures for solar photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic applications. [14] [15] He started as an assistant professor at the University of Oregon in 2010. In the spring of 2012, a profile appeared on Boettcher's work, his background, and perspective in The Oregon Quarterly. [16]

References

  1. Boettcher wins Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, around.uoregon.edu. Accessed April 16, 2024.
  2. Profile, electrochemistry.uoregon.edu. Accessed April 16, 2024.
  3. M.S. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, electrochemistry.uoregon.edu. Accessed April 16, 2024.
  4. Burke, Michaela S.; Enman, Lisa J.; Batchellor, Adam S.; Zou, Shihui; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2015-10-14). "Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis on Transition Metal Oxides and (Oxy)hydroxides: Activity Trends and Design Principles" . Chemistry of Materials. 27 (22): 7549–7558. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03148. ISSN   0897-4756.
  5. Lin, Fuding; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2013-12-01). "Adaptive semiconductor/electrocatalyst junctions in water-splitting photoanodes" . Nature Materials. 13 (1): 81–86. doi:10.1038/nmat3811. ISSN   1476-1122. PMID   24292419.
  6. Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Oener, Sebastian Z.; Nellist, Michael R.; Gordon, Adrian M.; Bain, David C.; Fehrs, Jessica L.; Boettcher, Shannon W. (January 2020). "Nanoscale semiconductor/catalyst interfaces in photoelectrochemistry" . Nature Materials. 19 (1): 69–76. Bibcode:2020NatMa..19...69L. doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0488-z. ISSN   1476-1122. PMID   31591528. S2CID   203852578.
  7. Nellist, Michael R.; Laskowski, Forrest A. L.; Qiu, Jingjing; Hajibabaei, Hamed; Sivula, Kevin; Hamann, Thomas W.; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2017-12-11). "Potential-sensing electrochemical atomic force microscopy for in operando analysis of water-splitting catalysts and interfaces" . Nature Energy. 3 (1): 46–52. doi:10.1038/s41560-017-0048-1. ISSN   2058-7546. S2CID   139386029.
  8. Mills, Thomas J.; Lin, Fuding; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2014-04-08). "Theory and Simulations of Electrocatalyst-Coated Semiconductor Electrodes for Solar Water Splitting" . Physical Review Letters. 112 (14): 148304. Bibcode:2014PhRvL.112n8304M. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.112.148304. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   24766026.
  9. Ritenour, Andrew J.; Boucher, Jason W.; DeLancey, Robert; Greenaway, Ann L.; Aloni, Shaul; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2015). "Doping and electronic properties of GaAs grown by close-spaced vapor transport from powder sources for scalable III–V photovoltaics". Energy & Environmental Science. 8 (1): 278–285. doi: 10.1039/c4ee01943a . ISSN   1754-5692.
  10. Chun, Sang-Eun; Evanko, Brian; Wang, Xingfeng; Vonlanthen, David; Ji, Xiulei; Stucky, Galen D.; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2015-08-04). "Design of aqueous redox-enhanced electrochemical capacitors with high specific energies and slow self-discharge". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 7818. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.7818C. doi:10.1038/ncomms8818. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   4532795 . PMID   26239891.
  11. Nadarajah, Athavan; Carnes, Matthew E.; Kast, Matthew G.; Johnson, Darren W.; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2013-10-04). "Aqueous Solution Processing of F-Doped SnO2 Transparent Conducting Oxide Films Using a Reactive Tin(II) Hydroxide Nitrate Nanoscale Cluster" . Chemistry of Materials. 25 (20): 4080–4087. doi:10.1021/cm402424c. ISSN   0897-4756.
  12. Oener, Sebastian Z.; Foster, Marc J.; Boettcher, Shannon W. (2020-07-02). "Accelerating water dissociation in bipolar membranes and for electrocatalysis". Science. 369 (6507): 1099–1103. Bibcode:2020Sci...369.1099O. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz1487 . ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   32616669. S2CID   220325202.
  13. Shannon W. Boettcher (2008). Synthesis, characterization, and electronic tuning of nanostructured materials. ISBN   978-0-549-84476-1. Wikidata   Q125501832.
  14. Boettcher, Shannon W.; Spurgeon, Joshua M.; Putnam, Morgan C.; Warren, Emily L.; Turner-Evans, Daniel B.; Kelzenberg, Michael D.; Maiolo, James R.; Atwater, Harry A.; Lewis, Nathan S. (2010-01-08). "Energy-Conversion Properties of Vapor-Liquid-Solid–Grown Silicon Wire-Array Photocathodes" . Science. 327 (5962): 185–187. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..185B. doi:10.1126/science.1180783. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   20056886. S2CID   44373059.
  15. Kelzenberg, Michael D.; Boettcher, Shannon W.; Petykiewicz, Jan A.; Turner-Evans, Daniel B.; Putnam, Morgan C.; Warren, Emily L.; Spurgeon, Joshua M.; Briggs, Ryan M.; Lewis, Nathan S.; Atwater, Harry A. (March 2010). "Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications" . Nature Materials. 9 (3): 239–244. Bibcode:2010NatMa...9..239K. doi:10.1038/nmat2635. ISSN   1476-4660. PMID   20154692.
  16. Power Hungry, around.uoregon.edu. Accessed April 16, 2024.