Publications

2024

Paper 1
CO2 Conversion to Butene via a Tandem Photovoltaic-Electrochemical/Photothermal Process: A Co-Design Approach to Coupled Microenvironments
Yap* K., Aitbekova* A., Salazar* M., Kistler T., Pabón, M.R., Su M.P., Watkins N.B., Lee S.-W., Agbo P., Weber A.Z., Peters J.C., Agapie T., Nielander A., Atwater H.A., Jaramillo T.F., Bell A.T. ACS Energy Letters 2024, 9, 9, 4369–4377 *Equal contributions
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Paper 2
Photothermocatalytic Reactor and Selective Solar Absorber for Sustainable Fuel Synthesis. Device, 3, 100604 (2025).
Su M.P., Aitbekova A., Salazar M., Williams F.J., Li X., Xiong S., Espinosa M., Peters J.C., Agapie T., Atwater H.A.
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Paper 3
Oxidizing Role of Cu Cocatalysts in Unassisted Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using p-GaN/Al2O3/Au/Cu Heterostructures
Zoric M.R., Basera P., Palmer L. D., Aitbekova A., Powers-Riggs N., Lim H., Hu W., Garcia-Esparza A. T., Sarker H., Abild-Pedersen F., Atwater H. A., Cushing S. K., Bajdich M., Cordones A. A. ACS Nano, 18, 19538-19548 2024
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Paper 4
Steam-Assisted Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Ethanol over Ru-In Catalysts
Zhou C., Aitbekova A., Liccardo G., Oh J., Stone M., McShane E. J., Werghi B., Nathan S., Song C., Ciston J., Bustillo K., Hoffman A.S., Hong J., Perez-Aguilar J., Bare S. R., Cargnello M. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202406761 2024
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Paper 5
Molecular Additives Improve Selectivity of CO2 Photoelectrochemical Reduction over Gold Nanoparticles on Gallium Nitride
Aitbekova A., Watkins N.B., Richter M.H., Jahelka P.R., Peters J.C., Agapie T., Atwater H.A. Nano Letters, 24/4, 1090-1095 2024
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2023

Paper 6
Ceria Incorporation in Sinter-Resistant Platinum-Based Catalysts
Stone M.L., Cendejas M.C., Persson A., Liccardo G., Smith J., Kumar A., Zhou C., Gardner E., Aitbekova A., Bustillo K.C., Chi M., Bare S.R., Cargnello M. ACS Catalysis, 13/22: 14853-14863 2023
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2022

Paper 7
Templated Encapsulation of Platinum-Based Catalysts Promotes High-Temperature Stability to 1,100 °C
Aitbekova A., Zhou C., Stone M.L., Lezama-Pacheco J.S., Yang A.-C., Hoffman A.S., Goodman E.D., Huber P., Stebbins J.F., Bustillo K.C., Ercius P., Ciston J., Bare S.R., Plessow P.N., Cargnello M. Nature Materials, 21: 1290-1297 2022
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Paper 8
Recycling of Solvent Allows for Multiple Rounds of Reproducible Nanoparticle Synthesis
Wrasman C.J., Zhou C., Aitbekova A., Goodman E.D., Cargnello M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144/26: 11646-11655 2022
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Paper 9
Colloidal Platinum–Copper Nanocrystal Alloy Catalysts Surpass Platinum in Low-Temperature Propene Combustion
Tahsini N., Yang A.-C., Streibel V., Werghi B., Goodman E.D., Aitbekova A., Bare S.R., Li Y., Abild-Pedersen F., Cargnello M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144/4: 1612-1621 2022
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2021

Paper 10
Size-Controlled Nanocrystals Reveal Spatial Dependence and Severity of Nanoparticle Coalescence and Ostwald Ripening in Sintering Phenomena
Goodman E.D., Carlson E.Z., Dietze E.M., Tahsini N., Johnson A., Aitbekova A., Taylor T.N., Plessow P.N., Cargnello M. Nanoscale, 13: 930-938 2021
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2020

Paper 11
Determining Number of Sites on Ceria Stabilizing Single Atoms via Metal Nanoparticle Redispersion
Aitbekova* A., Wrasman* C.J., Riscoe A.R., Kunz L.Y., Cargnello M. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 41/6: 998-1005 2020. Invited. *Equal contributions
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Paper 12
Nanoscale Spatial Distribution of Supported Nanoparticles Controls Activity and Stability in Powder Catalysts
Holm A., Goodman E.D., Stenlid J., Aitbekova A., Zelaya R., Diroll B.T., Johnston-Peck A.C., Kao K.-C., Frank C.W., Pettersson L.G.M., Cargnello M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142/34: 14481-14494 2020
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2019

Paper 13
Engineering of Ruthenium-Iron Oxide Colloidal Heterostructures: Improved Yields in CO2 Hydrogenation to Hydrocarbons
Aitbekova A., Goodman E.D., Wu L., Boubnov A., Hoffman A.S., Genc A., Cheng H., Casalena L., Bare S.R., Cargnello M. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58: 17451-17457 2019
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Paper 14
Palladium Oxidation Leads to Methane Combustion Activity: Effects of Particle Size and Alloying with Platinum
Goodman E. D., Ye, A., Aitbekova A., Müller O. Riscoe A. R., Taylor T.N., Hoffman A. S., Boubnov A., Bustillo K. C., Nachtegaal M., Bare S. R., Cargnello M. Journal of Chemical Physics, 151: 154703 2019
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2018

Paper 15
Low-Temperature Restructuring of CeO2-Supported Ru Nanoparticles Determines Selectivity in CO2 Catalytic Reduction
Aitbekova* A., Wu* L., Wrasman C.J., Boubnov A., Hoffman A.S., Goodman E. D., Bare S. R., Cargnello M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140/42: 13736-13745 2018. *Equal contributions
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Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Chemical Engineering
Aisulu (PI): aitbekova@cmu.edu