Sascha Ott group

Catalysts for hydrogen production or carbon dioxide reduction in artificial photosynthesis, as well as how phosphorus affects organic systems in molecular electronics.
Our research
We conduct research in molecular synthetic chemistry.
Our research has two different orientations. On the one hand, we study catalysts for hydrogen production or carbon dioxide reduction that can be used in artificial photosynthesis. On the other hand, we are also interested in how phosphorus affects organic pi-conjugated systems for the use in molecular electronics.
The research focuses on:
- Molecular bioinorganic chemistry
- Catalysis for artificial photosynthesis
- Molecular maingroup chemistry
Our research projects
The Ott group is currently working on the following projects:
Molecular and supramolecular systems in the context of Artificial Phostosynthesis
- Molecular Catalysis Performed by MOFs Relevant for Energy Conversion
- Redox-Conductive MOFs
- MOFs on Semiconductors
Phosphorous Chemistry
More information to come.
Financing
Our work is supported and funded by the European Research Council, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), the Carl Trygger Foundation (Carl Tryggers Stiftelse), and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Knut och Alice Wallenberg Stiftelse).
Gruppmedlemmar
Publications
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Part of Organic Letters, p. 1380-1385, 2026
- DOI for Electron Donor-Acceptor Chromophore Assembly as an Enabling Process for the Overall Light-Driven Reduction of Phosphine Oxides
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 5214-5222, 2025
- DOI for Beyond diffusion: ion and electron migration contribute to charge transport in redox-conducting metal-organic frameworks
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 21996-22002, 2025
- DOI for Switching between Limiting Charge Extraction Regimes in an Illuminated Semiconductor–Metal–Organic Framework Junction
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Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025
- DOI for The Effect of Aldehyde and Carboxylic Acid Substitution on the Isomerization of Hemithioindigo Photoswitches
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Part of Energy & Fuels, p. 11346-11352, 2025
- DOI for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production by a Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Framework Thin Film on p-Type Silicon
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Part of Polyhedron, 2025
- DOI for Pseudomorphic replication as enabling technology for porphyrinic metal–organic framework thin film growth
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Pseudomorphic replication for surface patterning with porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 3732-3735, 2025
- DOI for Pseudomorphic replication for surface patterning with porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 14779-14785, 2024
- DOI for Optimizing post-synthetic metal incorporation in mixed-linker MOFs: insights from metalation studies on bipyridine-containing UiO-67 single crystals
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 12000-12010, 2024
- DOI for Diffusional Electron Transport Coupled to Thermodynamically Driven Electron Transfers in Redox-Conductive Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks
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The Molecular Nature of Redox-Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks
Part of Accounts of Chemical Research, p. 2836-2846, 2024
- DOI for The Molecular Nature of Redox-Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Part of Analytical Chemistry, p. 15285-15294, 2024
- DOI for Evaluating Nondestructive Quantification of Composition Gradients in Metal–Organic Frameworks by MeV Ion Microbeam Analysis
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
- DOI for Non‐Ionic Peterson‐type Olefination Reactivity and its Use in a Silicon‐promoted Carbonyl‐Carbonyl Cross Coupling Reaction
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Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023
- DOI for Alternating Metal-Ligand Coordination Improves Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by a Mononuclear Ru Catalyst
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Vapor-phase synthesis of low-valent metal-organic frameworks from metal carbonyl synthons
Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 11460-11465, 2023
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Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 18391-18398, 2023
- DOI for Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Explorations of the Photoredox-Catalyzed Activation of Halophosphines
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Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for Highly Conjugated Bis(benzo[b]phosphole)-P-oxides: Synthesis and Electrochemical, Optical, and Computational Studies
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Precursors for the Development of π-Conjugated Low-Coordinate Phosphorus Compounds
Part of ChemPlusChem, 2023
- DOI for Precursors for the Development of π-Conjugated Low-Coordinate Phosphorus Compounds
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The Influence of Water in the Vapor-Assisted Conversion Synthesis of UiO-67 MOF Thin Films
Part of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for The Influence of Water in the Vapor-Assisted Conversion Synthesis of UiO-67 MOF Thin Films
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Part of ACS Nano, p. 21595-21603, 2023
- DOI for Electrochromism in Isoreticular Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films with Record High Coloration Efficiency
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Part of Nature Communications, 2023
- DOI for Experimental manifestation of redox-conductivity in metal-organic frameworks and its implication for semiconductor/insulator switching
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Visible-light photoredox catalysis with organic polymers
Part of CHEMICAL PHYSICS REVIEWS, 2023
- DOI for Visible-light photoredox catalysis with organic polymers
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Part of Chemical Reviews, p. 6545-6611, 2023
- DOI for Molecular Catalysis of Energy Relevance in Metal–Organic Frameworks: From Higher Coordination Sphere to System Effects
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 11472-11476, 2023
- DOI for Lateral Electron and Hole Hopping between Dyes on Mesoporous ZrO2: Unexpected Influence of Solvents with a Low Dielectric Constant
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Part of Catalysts, 2022
- DOI for Hydroxyl-Decorated Diiron Complex as a [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Model Complex: Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity and Heterogenization on Ethylene-Bridged Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 12239-12244, 2022
- DOI for [2+2] Cycloaddition of phosphaalkenes as a key step for the reductive coupling of diaryl ketones to tetraaryl olefins
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Microscopic Insights into Cation-Coupled Electron Hopping Transport in a Metal-Organic Framework
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 5910-5920, 2022
- DOI for Microscopic Insights into Cation-Coupled Electron Hopping Transport in a Metal-Organic Framework
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Part of Materials Advances, p. 4227-4234, 2022
- DOI for Electrocatalytic water oxidation from a mixed linker MOF based on NU-1000 with an integrated ruthenium-based metallo-linker
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Gold nanoparticle-based supramolecular approach for dye-sensitized H-2-evolving photocathodes
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 15716-15724, 2022
- DOI for Gold nanoparticle-based supramolecular approach for dye-sensitized H-2-evolving photocathodes
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Z-Selective Alkene Formation from Reductive Aldehyde Homo-Couplings
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022
- DOI for Z-Selective Alkene Formation from Reductive Aldehyde Homo-Couplings
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Two routes to hydrogen evolution for a Co-polypyridyl complex with two open sites
Part of Electronic Structure, 2022
- DOI for Two routes to hydrogen evolution for a Co-polypyridyl complex with two open sites
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Part of Coordination chemistry reviews, 2021
- DOI for Catalytic systems mimicking the [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site for visible-light-driven hydrogen production
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 7991-7999, 2021
- DOI for Mimicking the Electron Transport Chain and Active Site of [FeFe] Hydrogenases in One Metal-Organic Framework: Factors That Influence Charge Transport
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Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 14751-14764, 2021
- DOI for Ultrafast Dynamics in Cu-Deficient CuInS2 Quantum Dots: Sub-Bandgap Transitions and Self-Assembled Molecular Catalysts
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 10482-10492, 2021
- DOI for Immobilising molecular Ru complexes on a protective ultrathin oxide layer of p-Si electrodes towards photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 18626-18634, 2021
- DOI for Elemental Depth Profiling of Intact Metal-Organic Framework Single Crystals by Scanning Nuclear Microprobe
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Part of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 1263-1270, 2021
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Photoinduced Fano Resonances between Quantum Confined Nanocrystals and Adsorbed Molecular Catalysts
Part of Nano Letters, p. 5813-5818, 2021
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Part of Nature Communications, 2020
- DOI for Enhancing photovoltages at p-type semiconductors through a redox-active metal-organic framework surface coating
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Part of ChemPhotoChem, p. 287-290, 2020
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Part of Organic & Biomolecular chemistry, p. 6171-6179, 2020
- DOI for E,Z-Selectivity in the reductive cross-coupling of two benzaldehydes to stilbenes under substrate control
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 11941-11956, 2020
- DOI for Transport Phenomena: Challenges and Opportunities for Molecular Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 7468-7478, 2020
- DOI for Diagnosing surface versus bulk reactivity for molecular catalysis within metal-organic frameworks using a quantitative kinetic model
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Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 13753-13759, 2020
- DOI for Synthetic strategies to incorporate Ru-terpyridyl water oxidation catalysts into MOFs: direct synthesis vs. post-synthetic approach
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 31372-31381, 2020
- DOI for Understanding the Performance of NiO Photocathodes with Alkyl-Derivatized Cobalt Catalysts and a Push-Pull Dye
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Using Surface Amide Couplings to Assemble Photocathodes for Solar Fuel Production Applications
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 4501-4509, 2020
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Analysis of electrocatalytic metal-organic frameworks
Part of Coordination chemistry reviews, 2020
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Triarylalkenes from the site-selective reductive cross-coupling of benzophenones and aldehydes
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 6030-6033, 2019
- DOI for Triarylalkenes from the site-selective reductive cross-coupling of benzophenones and aldehydes
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Part of Inorganica Chimica Acta, p. 254-260, 2019
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Part of Sustainable Energy & Fuels, p. 2159-2175, 2019
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Triphenylphosphaalkenes in Chemical Equilibria
Part of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 1562-1566, 2019
Contact
- If you have any questions about our research, please contact our Programme Professor, Sascha Ott.
- Sascha Ott