Publications

Written Dissertation
Abstract Humans contribute more fixed nitrogen than can be reduced naturally. Understanding nitrogen chemistry is essential to balancing the global nitrogen cycle. An imbalanced nitrogen cycle raises levels of nitrate (NO3–) in water.
Samuel D. Young
Written Dissertation
Thermodynamic Stability and Anion Ordering of Perovskite Oxynitrides
The version of record is located here. Supporting information is available for free here.
Samuel D. Young, Jiadong Chen, Wenhao Sun, Bryan R. Goldsmith, Ghanshyam Pilania
Thermodynamic Stability and Anion Ordering of Perovskite Oxynitrides
Metal Oxynitrides for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia
Selected as an ACS Editors’ Choice article! Publicly available to read for free through the end of Jan 2023 at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02816.
Samuel D. Young, Bianca Ceballos, Amitava Banerjee, Rangachary Mukundan, Ghanshyam Pilania, Bryan R. Goldsmith
Metal Oxynitrides for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on rhodium sulfide compared to Pt and Rh in the presence of chloride
Danielle Richards, Samuel D. Young, Bryan R. Goldsmith, Nirala Singh
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on rhodium sulfide compared to Pt and Rh in the presence of chloride
Perovskite Oxynitrides as Tunable Materials for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia
Perovskite oxynitrides are a tunable class of materials with unique chemistry for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction.
Samuel D. Young, Amitava Banerjee, Ghanshyam Pilania, Bryan R. Goldsmith
Perovskite Oxynitrides as Tunable Materials for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia
Increasing Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Activity by Controlling Adsorption through PtRu Alloying
PtRu alloy catalysts have higher nitrate reduction activity than Pt or Ru alone.
Zixuan Wang, Samuel D. Young, Bryan Goldsmith, Nirala Singh
Increasing Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Activity by Controlling Adsorption through PtRu Alloying
Conductivity and Microstructure of Combinatorially Sputter-Deposited Ta–Ti–Al Nitride Thin Films
Ta-Ti-Al nitride thin films with only ~20 at.% Ti may enable PEM fuel cell catalyst supports that are both conductive and durable.
James R. O’Dea, Megan E. Holtz, Anna E. Legard, Samuel D. Young, Raymond G. Burns, Abigail R. Van Wassen, David A. Muller, Héctor D. Abruña, Francis J. DiSalvo, R. Bruce van Dover, John A. Marohn
Conductivity and Microstructure of Combinatorially Sputter-Deposited Ta–Ti–Al Nitride Thin Films