Christine Caputo

faculty

Christine Caputo

Associate Professor
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Contact
Christine.Caputo@unh.edu
Parsons Hall, Room W231, Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862-1788

Courses Taught

  • CHEM 400: Freshman Seminar
  • CHEM 545: Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 576: Experimental Inorganic Chem
  • CHEM 774: Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 774/874: Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 801: Chem Research Skills
  • CHEM 874: Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 999: Doctoral Research
  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
  • M.S., Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
  • B.S., Chemistry, Carleton University

Research Interests

  • Catalysis/Kinetics
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Materials
  • Organometallic Chemistry, Main Group
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar, Photochemical Conversion

Selected Publications

  • Wilson, C. E., Zhao, P., & Caputo, C. A. (2025). Solvent and Guest Redox State Dependence on the Host-Guest Equilibrium between Pillar[5]arene Hosts and Viologen Guests. ACS Electrochemistry, 1(9), 1785-1793. doi:10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00161

  • Huang, P., Huang, J., Li, J., Zhang, L., He, J., Caputo, C. A., . . . Li, G. (2021). Effect of Carbon Doping on CO2-Reduction Activity of Single Cobalt Sites in Graphitic Carbon Nitride. CHEMNANOMAT, 7(9), 1051-1056. doi:10.1002/cnma.202100164

  • Pollak, N., Huang, P., Bell, H., Li, G., & Caputo, C. A. (2021). Tunable Photocatalytic Production of Syngas Using Co@C3N4 and Black Phosphorus. CHEMPHOTOCHEM, 5(7), 674-679. doi:10.1002/cptc.202100054

  • Queen, J. D., Phung, A. C., Caputo, C. A., Fettinger, J. C., & Power, P. P. (2020). Metathetical Exchange between Metal-Metal Triple Bonds. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 142(5), 2233-2237. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13604

  • Wakerley, D., Lamaison, S., & Caputo, C. A. (2019). Highlights from Faraday Discussion: Artificial Photosynthesis, Cambridge, UK, March 2019. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 55(58), 8351-8358. doi:10.1039/c9cc90252j

  • Huang, P., Huang, J., Pantovich, S. A., Carl, A. D., Fenton, T. G., Caputo, C. A., . . . Li, G. (2018). Selective CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Single Cobalt Sites on Carbon Nitride under Visible-Light Irradiation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(47), 16042-16047. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b10380

  • Martindale, B. C. M., Hutton, G. A. M., Caputo, C. A., Prantl, S., Godin, R., Durrant, J. R., & Reisner, E. (2017). Enhancing Light Absorption and Charge Transfer Efficiency in Carbon Dots through Graphitization and Core Nitrogen Doping. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 56(23), 6459-6463. doi:10.1002/anie.201700949

  • Kasap, H., Caputo, C. A., Martindale, B. C. M., Godin, R., Lau, V. W. -H., Lotsch, B. V., . . . Reisner, E. (2016). Solar-Driven Reduction of Aqueous Protons Coupled to Selective Alcohol Oxidation with a Carbon Nitride-Molecular Ni Catalyst System. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 138(29), 9183-9192. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b04325

  • Martindale, B. C. M., Hutton, G. A. M., Caputo, C. A., & Reisner, E. (2015). Solar Hydrogen Production Using Carbon Quantum Dots and a Molecular Nickel Catalyst. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 137(18), 6018-6025. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b01650

  • Caputo, C. A., Gross, M. A., Lau, V. W., Cavazza, C., Lotsch, B. V., & Reisner, E. (2014). Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production using Polymeric Carbon Nitride with a Hydrogenase and a Bioinspired Synthetic Ni Catalyst. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 53(43), 11538-11542. doi:10.1002/anie.201406811