Tai-Chu Lau (0000-0002-0867-9746)

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Prof T C Lau received his BSc and PhD from the University of Hong Kong. He previously took up postdoctoral research work at Stanford University and the University of Houston, USA. His current research interests and specialism include inorganic synthesis, kinetics and mechanisms of inorganic redox reactions, metal catalysed oxygenation and nitrogenation of hydrocarbons, photocatalytic water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction.

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City University of Hong Kong: Kowloon, HK

2006 to present | Chair Professor (Department of Biology and Chemistry)

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Tai-Chu Lau

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City University of Hong Kong: Kowloon, HK

University of Houston: Houston, TX, US

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

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University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

Works (50 of 270)

Oxidation of phenols by the excited state of an osmium(vi) nitrido complex

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Ammonia by Ferrate(VI) in Aqueous Solutions

Structure and reactivity of a seven-coordinate ruthenium acylperoxo complex

A Cobalt Biphenanthroline Complex/Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid as Robust and Efficient Electrocatalyst for Nitrite Reduction to Ammonia

Design of Highly Electrophilic and Stable Metal Nitrido Complexes

Dual Pathways in Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation by a Ruthenium Complex Bearing a Tetradentate Bipyridine–Bipyrazole Ligand: Isolation of a Diruthenium Intermediate with a μ-Hexazene Derivative

Correction to “Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with Homobimetallic Complexes. Cooperativity between Metals and Activation of Different Pathways”

Chalcogen atom abstraction from NCE− (E = O, S, Se) and i-Pr2S by the excited state of a luminescent tricyano osmium(vi) nitride

Synthesis, structure and photoluminescence of Cu(i) complexes containing new functionalized 1,2,3-triazole ligands

Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with Homobimetallic Complexes. Cooperativity between Metals and Activation of Different Pathways

(Salen)osmium(VI) nitrides catalyzed glutathione depletion in chemotherapy

Structure and Reactivity of a Seven-Coordinate Ruthenium Iodosylbenzene Complex

Light-Driven Reduction of CO2 to CO in Water with a Cobalt Molecular Catalyst and an Organic Sensitizer

Ring Nitrogenation of Aromatic Amines by the Excited State of an Osmium(VI) Nitrido Complex

Facile C–N bond cleavage of primary aliphatic amines by (salen)ruthenium(vi) nitrido complexes

Minutely dispersed ruthenium in tremella-like N-doped carbon for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production by CdS quantum dots

Synergistic effects of CH3CO2H and Ca2+ on C–H bond activation by MnO4−

Oxidation of Hypophosphorous Acid by a Ruthenium(VI) Nitrido Complex in Aqueous Acidic Solution. Evidence for a Proton-Coupled N-Atom Transfer Mechanism

Structure and Reactivity of One- and Two-Electron Oxidized Manganese(V) Nitrido Complexes Bearing a Bulky Corrole Ligand

Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO by In Situ Formation of a Hybrid Catalytic System Based on Molecular Iron Quaterpyridine Covalently Linked to Carbon Nitride

Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO by In Situ Formation of a Hybrid Catalytic System Based on Molecular Iron Quaterpyridine Covalently Linked to Carbon Nitride

Catalytic water oxidation by an in situ generated ruthenium nitrosyl complex bearing a bipyridine-bis(alkoxide) ligand

Cooperative activating effects of metal ion and Brønsted acid on a metal oxo species

Hydrogen atom transfer in the oxidation of alkylbenzenesulfonates by ferrate(vi) in aqueous solutions

Ru single atoms and nanoclusters on highly porous N-doped carbon as a hydrogen evolution catalyst in alkaline solutions with ultrahigh mass activity and turnover frequency

Slow magnetic relaxation in high-coordinate Co(ii) and Fe(ii) compounds bearing neutral tetradentate ligands

Slow magnetic relaxation in structurally similar mononuclear 8-coordinate Fe(ii) and Fe(iii) compounds

Organic Photosensitizers for Catalytic Solar Fuel Generation

Roles of Co Dopants in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by N-Rich Carbon Nanotubes Grafted on Carbon Layers

Cr(V)–Cr(III) in-situ transition promotes ROS generation to achieve efficient cancer therapy

Structure and Reactivity of a Manganese(VI) Nitrido Complex Bearing a Tetraamido Macrocyclic Ligand

Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by Earth‐Abundant Bimetallic Molecular Catalysts

Room Temperature Aerobic Peroxidation of Organic Substrates Catalyzed by Cobalt(III) Alkylperoxo Complexes

Hybridization of Molecular and Graphene Materials for CO2 Photocatalytic Reduction with Selectivity Control

A highly active and robust iron quinquepyridine complex for photocatalytic CO2 reduction in aqueous acetonitrile solution

Field-induced slow magnetic relaxation in low-spin S = 1/2 mononuclear osmium(v) complexes

Molecular quaterpyridine-based metal complexes for small molecule activation: water splitting and CO2 reduction

pH universal Ru@N-doped carbon catalyst for efficient and fast hydrogen evolution

A Photocaged, Water-Oxidizing, and Nucleolus-Targeted Pt(IV) Complex with a Distinct Anticancer Mechanism

Tunable Luminescent Properties of Tricyanoosmium Nitrido Complexes Bearing a Chelating O^N Ligand

Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction by a Cobalt Molecular Catalyst Covalently Linked to Mesoporous Carbon Nitride

A molecular noble metal-free system for efficient visible light-driven reduction of CO2 to CO

Synthesis and reactivity of an osmium(iii) aminoguanidine complex

An Iron Quaterpyridine Complex as Precursor for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Methane

Generation and Reactivity of a One‐Electron‐Oxidized Manganese(V) Imido Complex with a Tetraamido Macrocyclic Ligand

Photochemical nitrogenation of alkanes and arenes by a strongly luminescent osmium(VI) nitrido complex

Molecular Electrochemical Catalysis of the CO2-to-CO Conversion with a Co Complex: A Cyclic Voltammetry Mechanistic Investigation

Activation of Metal Oxo and Nitrido Complexes by Lewis Acids

A hydrogen-atom transfer mechanism in the oxidation of alcohols by [FeO4]2− in aqueous solution

Efficient adsorption, removal and recovery of phosphate and nitrate from water by a novel lanthanum(iii)-Dowex M4195 polymeric ligand exchanger

Peer review (137 reviews for 24 publications/grants)