Publications

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2026

58. Khasnabis S, Godin R. Experimentally Determined Spatiotemporal Charge Carrier Dynamics for the Development of Particulate Photocatalysts, Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, Just Published, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.71531
57. Xu J, Tao L, Zhang Y, Hansen E J, Godin R, Liu J. Atomic-layer-deposited Pd/Cu2O/Cu heterojunction as a high-efficiency formate catalyst for boosting aqueous Zn–CO2 batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026, 14, 44, 29955–29964, DOI: 10.1039/D6TA00814C
56. Ohemeng P O, Tu Q, Solano N A, Godin R. Reported synthetic conditions of carbon nitride (CNx) do not directly correlate with photocatalytic activities. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2026, 368, 132941. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155418
55.
Khasnabis S, Amaya Porras L S, Godin R. Linking Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Carbon Nitrides to Excited State Dynamics via Bulk and Single-Particle Spectroscopic Methods. Chemistry of Materials, 2026, 38, 4363−4375. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6c00631

 

2025

54.
Do L T M, Godin R, Wolthers K R; Direct coupling of lactate oxidation with butyryl-CoA formation via a canonical electron transfer flavoprotein in Fusobacterium nucleatum, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2025, 110796, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110796
53.
Zarama J, DiLabio G, Godin R; Noncovalent interactions dictate surface chemical functionalization of carbon nitrides and subsequent arsenic remediation in water, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2025, 129, 14240-14248, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c03729
52.
Khasnabis S, Mesburis C, Godin R; Transient Absorption Microscopy Explores the Effect of Pt Deposition on Charge Carrier Dynamics in Individual Carbon Nitride Particles, ChemSusChem, 2025, 18, e202500203, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202500203
51.
Ohemeng P O, Huang Y, Godin R; Arsenic (III) and (V) remediation in water using a particulate photocatalytic carbon nitride (CNx) system,  Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 368, 132941, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132941

 

2024

50.
Khasnabis S, Godin R; Transient Absorption Microscopy Maps Spatial Heterogeneity and Distinct Chemical Environments in Photocatalytic Carbon Nitride Particles, Small, 2024, 21, 2406652, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202406652
49.
Ohemeng P O, Godin R; Surface properties of carbon nitride materials used in photocatalytic systems for energy and environmental applications, Chemical Communications, 2024, 60, 12034-12061. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03898C
48.
Beckedorf M, Holland J, Godin R; Cobalt-Loaded Carbon Nitride Demonstrates Enhanced Photocatalytic Production of H2 from Lignocellulosic Biomass Components, Artificial Photosynthesis, 2025, 1, 50–62, DOI: 10.1021/aps.4c00007
Part of the journal's inaugaral issue!
47.
Zhang D, Khasnabis S, Wang W, Yeddu V, Moradi S, Awais M, Nguyen H-D; Reinecke S B, Harura Y, Godin R, Tan F, Saidaminov M I; Cadmium-Doping Slows Trap Emptying in Ambient-Air Blade-Coated Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2303858. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202303858
46.
Fang R, Yang Z, Wang Z, He J, Qiu J, Ran J. Godin R; Double Defects Cooperatively Mediated BiOClBr-OV for Efficient Round-the-clock Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Fuel, 2024, 374, 131514. DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2024.131514
45.
Wang Q, Tang Z, Herout R, Liu C; Yu K, Lange D, Godin R; Kizhakkedathu J N; Troczynski T, Wang R, Axial suspension plasma sprayed Ag-TiO2 coating for enhanced photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 45, 103856.DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.103856

2023

44.

Liu C, Busse S, Liu J, Godin R, Aminosilanized Interface Promotes Electrochemically Stable Carbon Nitride Films with Fewer Trap States on FTO for (Photo)electrochemical Systems, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 40, 46902–46915. DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c09284
43.

Ohemeng P O, Godin R, Methylated precursor leads to carbon nitride (CNx) with improved interfacial interactions for enhanced photocatalytic performance, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 3250–3265, DOI: 10.1039/D2SE01636B .

Part of the Sustainable Energy & Fuels Emerging Investigators Series themed collection and a journal cover!
42.
Liu C, Liu J, Godin R, ALD-Deposited NiO Approaches the Performance of Platinum as a Hydrogen Evolution Cocatalyst on Carbon Nitride, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 573–586, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04795.

2022

41.
Pankratz J, Mitchell E, Godin R, Soluble Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as an Alternate Precursor for Hard-Templated Morphological Control, Nanoscale, 2022, 14 (37), 13580–13592, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04129D.
Part of the Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators special issue!
40.
Lu X, Tao L, Qu K, Zhang Y, Liu C, Godin R, Liu J, A Low-Concentration Eutectic Electrolyte for Superior Cycling Ability of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Capacitors. Journal of Material Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 20273-2028 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA05573B.
39.
Thangamuthu M, Ruan Q, Ohemeng P. O., Luo B, Jing D, Godin R, Tang J, Polymer Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production: Progress and Challenges, Chemical Reviews, 2022, 122 (13), 11778–11829, DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00971.

2021

38. Godin R, Durrant J R, Dynamics of photoconversion processes: the energetic cost of lifetime gain in photosynthetic and photovoltaic systems. Chemical Society Reviews, in press, DOI:10.1039/D1CS00577D
37. Mitchell E, Law A, Godin R, Interfacial Charge Transfer in Carbon Nitride Heterojunctions Monitored by Optical Methods, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, C: Photochemistry Reviews, 49, 100453, DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2021.100453
36. Wang Y, Godin R, Durrant J R, Tang J, Efficient Hole Trapping in Carbon Dot/Oxygen-Modified Carbon Nitride Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Enhanced Methanol Production from CO2 under Neutral Conditions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 20811–20816, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105570
35. Moss B, Wang Q, Butler K T, Grau-Crespo R, Selim S, Regoutz A, Hisatomi T, Godin R, Payne D J, Kafizas A, Domen K, Steier L, Durrant J R, Linking in situ charge accumulation to electronic structure in doped SrTiO3 reveals design principles for hydrogen-evolving photocatalysts, Nature Materials, 2021, 20, 511–517, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-00868-2
34. Mitchell E, Law A, Godin R, Experimental determination of charge carrier dynamics in carbon nitride heterojunctions, Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 1550–1567. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06841A

Part of the 2021 Emerging Investigators and  ChemComm Milestones – First Independent Articles special issues!

And has been chosen as the journal cover!

2020

33. Sachs M,Cha H, Kosco J, Aitchison C M, Francàs L, Corby S, Chiang C-J, Wilson A A, Godin R, Fahey-Williams A, Cooper A I, Sprick R S, McCulloch I, Durrant J R, Tracking Charge Transfer to Residual Metal Clusters in Conjugated Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 34, 14574–14587. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06104. TOC showing effect of residual Pd on PL and TAS decays
32. Wang Y, Liu X, Han X, Godin R, Chen J, Zhou W, Jiang C, Thompson J F, Mustafa B, Shevlin S A, Durrant J R, Guo Z, Tang J, Unique hole-accepting carbon-dots promoting selective carbon dioxide reduction nearly 100% to methanol by pure water, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 2531. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16227-3 

See this post for an overview.
Chosen as an Editor's Highlight paper! 
31. Dastpeyman S, Godin R, Cosa G, English A M, Quantifying Heme–Protein Maturation from Ratiometric Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements on the Single Fluorophore in Its GFP Fusion, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2020, 124, 4, 746-754. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11901
 TOC figure of JPC A GFP-heme fusion paper

2019

30. Francas Forcada L, Corby S, Selim S, Lee D, Mesa C, Godin R, Pastor E, Stephens I, Choi K-S, Durrant J R, Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation on nickel and iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts, Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 5208. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13061-0  Figure for 2019 Nature Communication NiFeOOH paper
29. Wang Y, Vogel A, Sachs M, Sprick R S, Wilbraham L, Moniz S J A, Godin R, Zwijnenburg M A, Durrant J R, Cooper A I, Tang, J.; Current understanding and challenges of solar-driven hydrogen generation using polymeric photocatalysts, Nature Energy, 2019, 4, 476 - 760. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0456-5
28. Yang W, Godin R, Kasap H, Moss B, Dong Y, Hillman S A J, Steier L, Reisner E, Durrant J R; Electron Accumulation Induces Efficiency Bottleneck for Hydrogen Production in Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2019, 141, 11219 - 11229. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04556

 

2018

 

27. Crake, A.; Christoforidis, K. C.; Godin, R.; Moss, B.; Kafizas, A.; Zafeiratos, S.; Durrant, J. R.; Petit, C.;  Titanium dioxide/carbon nitride nanosheet nanocomposites for gas phase CO2 photoreduction under UV-visible irradiation, App. Cat. B: Env, 242, 369 - 378. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.10.023
26. Kim, J.; Godin, R.; Dimitrov, S. D.; Du, T.; Bryant, D. T. J.; McLachlan, M. A.; Durrant, J. R.; Excitation Density Dependent
Photoluminescence Quenching and Charge Transfer Efficiencies in Hybrid Perovskite / Organic Semiconductor Bilayers, Adv. Energ. Mat., 2018, 1802474. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201802474
25. Kosco, J.; Sachs, M.; Godin, R.; Kirkus, M.; Francas, L.; Bidwell, M.; Qureshi, M.; Anjum, D.; Durrant, J. R.; McCulloch, I.; The Effect of Residual Palladium Catalyst Contamination on the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Conjugated Polymers, Adv. Energ. Mat., 2018, 1802181. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201802181
24. Godin, R.; Hisatomi, T.; Domen, K.; Durrant, J. R.; Understanding the Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity of GaN:ZnO Solid Solution: the Role of Rh2-yCryO3 Cocatalyst and Charge Carrier Lifetimes Over Tens of Seconds, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 7546 - 7555, DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02348D

Part of the celebration of Kazunari Domen’s 65th birthday collection.
23. Creamer, A; Wood, C. S.; Howes, P. D.; Casey, A.; Cong, S.; Marsh, A. V.; Godin, R.; Panidi, J.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Burgess, C. H.; Wu, T.; Fei, Z.; Hamilton, I.; McLachlan, M. A.; Stevens, M. M.; Heeney, M.; Post-polymerisation Functionalisation of Conjugated Polymer Backbones and its Application in Multifunctional Emissive Nanoparticles, Nat. Comm., 2018, 9, 3237, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05381-4
22. Christoforidis, K. C.; Syrgiannis, Z.; La Parola, V.; Montini, T.; Petit, C.; Stathatos, E.; Godin, R.; Prato, M.; Fornasiero, P.; Metal-free Dual-phase Full Organic Carbon Nanotubes/g-C3N4 Heteroarchitectures for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Nano Energy, 2018, 50, 468 – 478, DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.05.070
21. Kasap, H.; Godin, R.; Jeay-Bizot, C.§; Achilleos, D. S.; Fang, X.; Durrant, J. R.; Reisner, E; Interfacial Engineering of a Carbon Nitride–Graphene Oxide–Molecular Ni Catalyst Hybrid for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity, ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 6914 – 6926, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01969
20. Godin, R.*; Ma, X.; Gonzàlez-Carrero, S.; Du, T.; Li, X.; Lin, C.-T.; Galian, R. E.; Pérez-Prieto, J.; Durrant, J. R.; Tuning Charge Carrier Dynamics and Surface Passivation in Organolead Halide Perovskites with Capping Ligands and Metal Oxide Interfaces, Adv. Opt. Mat., 2018, 6, 1701203, DOI: 10.1002/adom.201701203

 

2017

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19. Hariri, A. A.; Hamblin, G. D.; Hardwick, J. S.; Godin, R.; Desjardins, J.-F.; Wiseman, P. W.; Sleiman, H. F.; Cosa, G.; Stoichiometry and Dispersity of DNA Nanostructures Using Photobleaching Pair-Correlation Analysis, Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28, 2340 – 2349, DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00369
18. Kafizas, A.; Godin, R.; Durrant, J. R.; Chapter 1 - Charge Carrier Dynamics in Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes for Water Oxidation, In Semiconductors and Semimetals, Eds. Zetian Mi, Lianzhou Wang, Chennupati Jagadish, Elsevier, 2017, 97, 3 – 46, DOI: 10.1016/bs.semsem.2017.02.002
17. Godin, R.*; Kafizas, A.; Durrant, J. R.; Electron Transfer Dynamics in Fuel Producing Photosystems, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017, 2, 136 – 143, DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.03.012
16. Martindale, B. C. M.; Hutton, G. A. M.; Caputo, C. A.; Prantl, S.; Godin, R.; Durrant, J. R.; Reisner, E.; Enhancing Light Absorption and Charge Transfer Efficiency in Carbon Dots Through Graphitization and Core Nitrogen Doping, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 6459 – 6463, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700949
15. Godin, R.; Wang, Y.; Zwijnenburg, M. A.; Tang, J.; Durrant, J. R.; Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Investigation of Charge Trapping in Carbon Nitrides Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 5216 – 5224, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01547
14. Pont, S.; Bryant, D.; Lin, C.-T.; Aristidou, N.; Ma, X.; Godin, R.; Haque, S.; Durrant, J. R.; Tuning CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3 Perovskite Oxygen Stability in Thin Films and Solar Cells, J. Mat. Chem. A., 2017, 5, 9553 – 9560, DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00058H

HOT paper, journal cover
13. Warnan, J.; Willkomm, J.; Ng, J. N.; Godin, R.; Prantl, S.; Durrant, J. R.; Reisner, E.; Solar H2 Evolution in Water with Modified Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dyes Immobilised on Molecular Co and Ni catalyst-TiO2 hybrids, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 3070 – 3079, DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05219c

 

2016

  1. Belzile, M.-N.; Godin, R.; Durantini, A. M.; Cosa, G.; Monitoring Chemical and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions with a Fluorogenic Vitamin K Analogue Probe, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 16388 – 16397, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09735
  1. Greene, L.; Godin, R.; Cosa, G.; Fluorogenic Ubiquinone Analogue for Monitoring Chemical and Biological Redox Processes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11327 – 11334. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06899
  1. Kasap, H.; Caputo, C.; Martindale, B.; Godin, R.; Lau, V.; Lotsch, B.; Durrant, J. R.; Reisner, E.; Solar-Driven Reduction of Aqueous Protons Coupled to Selective Alcohol Oxidation with a Carbon Nitride–Molecular Ni Catalyst System, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 9183 – 9192. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04325
  1. Godin, R.; Cosa, G.; Counting Single Redox Turnovers: Fluorogenic Antioxidant Conversion and Mass Transport Visualization via Single Molecule Spectroelectrochemistry, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 15349 – 15353. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06183

2015

  1. Godin, R.; Sherman, B. D.; Bergkamp, J. J.; Chesta, C. A.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A.; Palacios, R. E.; Cosa, G.; Fluorescence-Mediated Visualization of Charge Transfer Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized SnO2 Electrodes under Applied Biases, J. Phys. Chem Lett., 2015, 6, 2688 – 2693. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01061
  1. Godin, R.; Palacios, R.; Cosa, G.; Heterogeneous Charge Mobility in Individual Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Nanoparticles Revealed by Two-Color Single Particle Spectroelectrochemistry Studies, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 12875 – 12886. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03491

Pre-2015

  1. Greene, L.; Krumova, K.; Godin, R.; Lincoln, R.; Cosa, G.; Fluorogenic Probes to Monitor Reactive Oxygen Species in the Lipid Membranes of Live Cells, European Photochemistry Association Newsletter, 2014, 87, 60 – 65.
  1. Godin, R.; Liu, H.-W.; Smith, L.§; Cosa, G.; Dye Lipophilicity and Retention in Lipid Membranes: Implications for Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Langmuir, 2014, 30, 11138 – 11146. DOI: 10.1021/la5021669
  1. Godin, R.; Liu, H.-W.; Cosa, G.; Ambient Condition Oxidation in Individual Liposomes Observed at the Single Molecule Level, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 2525 – 2529. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC00033A
  1. Hernandez, L.I.; Godin, R.; Bergkamp, J. J.; Portolès, M. J. L.; Sherman, B. D.; Tomlin, J.; Kodis, G.; Méndez-Hernández, D. D.; Bertolotti, S.; Chesta, C. A.; Mariño-Ochoa, E.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A.; Cosa, G.; Palacios, R. E.; Spectral Characteristics and Photosensitization of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Reverse Micelles by Perylenes, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 4568 – 4581. DOI: 10.1021/jp3086792
  1. Borozenko, O.; Godin, R.; Lau, K. L.; Mah, W.; Cosa, G.; Skene, W. G.; Giasson, S.; Monitoring in Real-Time the Degrafting of Covalently Attached Fluorescent Polymer Brushes Grafted to Silica Substrates—Effects of pH and Salt, Macromolecules 2011, 44, 8177 – 8184. DOI: 10.1021/ma2013755
  1. Maurel, V.; Laferriere, M.; Billone, P.; Godin, R.; Scaiano, J. C.; Free Radical Sensor Based on CdSe Quantum Dots with Added 4-Amino-2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine Oxide Functionality, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2006, 110, 16353 – 16358. DOI: 10.1021/jp061115d