Publications – Kempler Group

	University of Oregon

25	Konovalova, A.,‡ Goldman, A. C.,‡ Shekhar, R., Triplett, I., Moutarlier, L. J., Kwak, M., Kempler, P. A.* (2025) Pathways to Electrochemical Ironmaking at Scale Via the Direct Reduction of Fe₂O₃. Submitted
24	D’Antona, N., Kelly, J., Barnard, N., Ardo, S. Wang, Y., Surendranath, Y., Markland, T. E., Kempler, P. A.,* Boettcher, S. W.* (2024) Proton-Transfer Kinetics at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. ChemRxiv.
23	Rajeev, M., Jerome-Saboori, A., Boettcher, S. W.,* Kempler, P. A.* (2024) Impact of dissolved iron on alkaline water electrolysis cells. Submitted
22	Thurman, K., Cannan, C., Shekhar, R., Zhao, Y., Boettcher, S. W.,* Kempler, P. A.* (2024) Anions in corrosion: Influence of polymer electrolytes on the interfacial ion transfer kinetics of Cu at Au (111) surfaces. ChemRxiv.
21	Shekhar, R., Mukhopadhyay, S., Sanchez, F. Konovalova, A., Boettcher, S. W., Devaraj, A., & Kempler, P. A.* (2024) Understanding the mechanism for the low-temperature reduction of Fe₂O₃ to Fe in alkaline electrolytes. ChemRxiv.
20	Kempler, P. A.,* Coridan, R. H., & Luo, Long. (2024). Gas Evolution in Water Electrolysis. Chemical Reviews. 124 (19), 10964-11007
19	Kang, R., Zhao, Y., Hait, D., Gauthier, J., Kempler, P. A., Thurman, K., Boettcher, S. W.* & Head-Gordon, M.* (2024). Understanding Ion-transfer Reactions in Silver Corrosion and Electrodeposition from First-principles Calculations and Experiments. Chemical Science. 15 (13), 4996-5008
18	Noble, B. B., Konovalova, A., Moutarlier, L. J., Brogden, V. & Kempler, P. A.* (2024) Electrochemical chlor-iron process for iron production from iron oxide and salt water. Joule. 8(3) p714-727
17	Kempler, P. A.* & Nielander, A. C. (2023). Reliable reporting of Faradaic efficiencies for electrocatalysis research. Nature Communications. 14, 1158
16	McKenzie, J., Kempler, P. A. & Brozek, C. K.* (2022) “Solvent-controlled ion-coupled charge transport in microporous metal chalcogenides.” Chemical Science, 13, 12747-12759
15	Kempler, P. A.,* Slack J., & Baker, A. M. (2022). Electrochemical research priorities for affordable seasonal energy storage using electrolyzers and fuel cells. Joule, 6(2), 280-285
14	Kempler, P. A.,* Boettcher, S. W.,* & Ardo, S. (2021). Reinvigorating electrochemistry education. iScience, 102481.
13	Boettcher, S. W.,* Oener, S. Z., Lonergan, M. C., Surendranath, Y., Ardo, S., Brozek, C., & Kempler, P. A. (2020). Potentially confusing: Potentials in electrochemistry. ACS Energy Letters, 6(1), 261-266.
	California Institute of Technology
12	Ifkovits, Z. P., Evans, J. M., Kempler, P. A., Morla, M. B., Pham, K. H., Dowling, J. A., … & Lewis, N. S.* (2022). Powdered Mn y Sb1–y O x Catalysts for Cerium-Mediated Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Environments. ACS Energy Letters, 7, 4258-4264.
11	Jiang, S., Link, A., Canning, D., Fooks, J. A., Kempler, P. A., Kerr, S., … & Chen, H.* (2021). Enhancing positron production using front surface target structures. Applied Physics Letters, 118(9), 094101.
10	Kennedy, K. M., Kempler, P. A., Cabán-Acevedo, M., Papadantonakis, K. M., & Lewis, N. S.* (2021). Primary Corrosion Processes for Polymer-Embedded Free-Standing or Substrate-Supported Silicon Microwire Arrays in Aqueous Alkaline Electrolytes. Nano Letters, 21(2), 1056-1061.
9	Kempler, P. A., Ifkovits, Z. P., Yu, W., Carim, A. I., & Lewis, N. S.* (2021). Optical and electrochemical effects of H₂ and O₂ bubbles at upward-facing Si photoelectrodes. Energy & Environmental Science, 14(1), 414-423.
8	Kempler, P. A., Richter, M. H., Cheng, W. H., Brunschwig, B. S., & Lewis, N. S.* (2020). Si Microwire-Array Photocathodes Decorated with Cu Allow CO2 Reduction with Minimal Parasitic Absorption of Sunlight. ACS Energy Letters, 5(8), 2528-2534.
7	Buabthong, P., Ifkovits, Z. P., Kempler, P. A., Chen, Y., Nunez, P. D., Brunschwig, B. S., … & Lewis, N. S.* (2020). Failure modes of protection layers produced by atomic layer deposition of amorphous TiO 2 on GaAs anodes. Energy & Environmental Science, 13(11), 4269-4279.
6	Kempler, P. A., Coridan, R. H., & Lewis, N. S.* (2020). Effects of bubbles on the electrochemical behavior of hydrogen-evolving Si microwire arrays oriented against gravity. Energy & Environmental Science, 13(6), 1808-1817.
5	Yalamanchili, S., Verlage, E., Cheng, W. H., Fountaine, K. T., Jahelka, P. R., Kempler, P. A., … & Atwater, H. A.* (2019). High Broadband Light Transmission for Solar Fuels Production Using Dielectric Optical Waveguides in TiO2 Nanocone Arrays. Nano Letters, 20(1), 502-508.
4	Kempler, P. A., Fu, H. J., Ifkovits, Z. P., Papadantonakis, K. M., & Lewis, N. S.* (2019). Spontaneous Formation of> 90% Optically Transmissive, Electrochemically Active CoP Films for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(1), 14-20.
3	Kempler, P. A.,^† Yalamanchili, S.,^† Papadantonakis, K. M., Atwater, H. A., & Lewis, N. S.* (2019). Integration of electrocatalysts with silicon microcone arrays for minimization of optical and overpotential losses during sunlight-driven hydrogen evolution. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3(9), 2227-2236.
2	Kempler, P. A., Gonzalez, M. A., Papadantonakis, K. M., & Lewis, N. S. (2018). Hydrogen evolution with minimal parasitic light absorption by dense Co–P catalyst films on structured p-Si photocathodes. ACS Energy Letters, 3(3), 612-617.
	Vanderbilt University
1	Njoroge, I., Kempler, P. A., Deng, X., Arnold, S. T., & Jennings, G. K. (2017). Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene from the Vapor Phase. Langmuir, 33(49), 13903-13912.