Dr Seb Sprick

Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Personal statement

I obtained my PhD in 2013 from The University of Manchester under the supervision of Prof. Michael Turner working on N-heterocyclic palladium carbene catalysts for polytriarylamine synthesis. After this I moved to the University of Liverpool working with Prof. Andrew Cooper as a postdoctoral research associate on soluble conjugated microporous polymers (C-PIMs) and water splitting using conjugated microporous polymers as photocatalysts. In 2015 started my new role as a Research Lead within the group leading the photocatalysis research. In 2020 I started my independent career as a Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow.

Publications

Photocatalytic syngas production using conjugated organic polymers: Fu Zhiwei, Vogel Anastasia, Zwijnenburg Martijn A, Cooper Andrew I, Sprick Reiner Sebastian; Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol 9, pp. 4291-4296 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA09613J
Conjugated nanomaterials for solar fuel production: Aitchison Catherine M, Sprick Reiner Sebastian; Nanoscale Vol 13, pp. 634-646 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr07533g
Nano-assemblies of a soluble conjugated organic polymer and an inorganic semiconductor for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen production from water: Yang Haofan, Amari Houari, Liu Lunjie, Zhao Chengxi, Gao Hui, He Ai, Browning Nigel D, Little Marc A, Sprick Reiner Sebastian, Cooper Andrew I; Nanoscale Vol 12, pp. 24488-24494 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr05801g
Reprogramming bacterial protein organelles as a nanoreactor for hydrogen production: Li Tianpei, Jiang Qiuyao, Huang Jiafeng, Aitchison Catherine M, Huang Fang, Yang Mengru, Dykes Gregory F, He Hai Lun, Wang Qiang, Sprick Reiner Sebastian, Cooper Andrew I, Liu Lu Ning; Nature Communications Vol 11 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19280-0
Photocatalytic hydrogen production performance of 1-D ZnO nanostructures : role of structural properties: Galdámez-Martínez A, Bai Yang, Santana G, Sprick Reiner Sebastian, Dutt A; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol 45, pp. 31942-31951 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.247
Crosslinked polyimide and reduced graphene oxide composites as long cycle life positive electrode for lithium-ion cells: Gao Hui, Tian Bingbing, Yang Haofan, Neale Alex R, Little Marc A, Sprick Reiner Sebastian, Hardwick Laurence J, Cooper Andrew I; ChemSusChem Vol 13, pp. 5571-5579 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001389

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Research interests

The main goal of our research is to use organic materials for photocatalytic applications, such as hydrogen generation from water and carbon dioxide reduction. For this we make and utilise a range of different materials, such as small oligomers, polymers, conjugated microporous polymers and conjugated organic frameworks. The modularity and structural diversity of the available building blocks allows for excellent fine tuning of the properties of these organic materials.

Projects

Development of linear polymers for photoanodic water oxidation (International Exchanges NSFC): Sprick, Seb (Principal Investigator); 30-Jan-2021 - 29-Jan-2023
Core-shell conjugated microporous polymers for photocatalytic bacteria inactivation: Sprick, Seb (Principal Investigator); 08-Jan-2021 - 07-Jan-2022

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Thomas Graham Building

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