Selected Publications:
12. Vertically Aligned MoS2 on Ti3C2 (MXene) as an Improved HER Catalyst. Nuwan H.Attanayake, Sasitha C. Abeyweera, Akila C. Thenuwara, Babak Anasori, Yury Gogotsi, Yugang Sun, and Daniel R. Strongin. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2018).
11. Antimicrobial Mode-of-Action of 2D MnO2 and MoS2 Nanomaterials,Farbod Alimohammadi, Mohammad Sharifian Gh., Nuwan H. Attanayake, Akila C. Thenuwara, Babak Anasori, Yury Gogotsi, and Daniel R. Strongin, Langmuir (2018)
10. Systematic doping of cobalt into layered manganese oxide sheets substantially enhances water oxidation catalysis, Ian G. McKendry, Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlas, Parameswara Rao Chinnam, Haowei Peng, Yaroslav V. Aulin, Eric Borguet, Daniel R. Strongin and Michael J. Zdilla. Inorg. Chem. (2018)
2017
9. Effect of Intercalated Metals on the Electrocatalytic Activity of 1T-MoS2 for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Akila C. Thenuwara, Abhirup Patra, Yaroslav V. Aulin, Thi Tran, Himanshu Chakraborty, Eric Borguet, Michael L. Klein, John P Perdew, and Daniel R. Strongin. ACS Energ. Lett. (2017)
8. Cobalt Intercalated Layered NiFe Double Hydroxides for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Akila C. Thenuwara, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Jie Yu, John P Perdew, Evert J. Elzinga, Qimin Yan and Daniel R. Strongin. J. Phys. Chem. B(2017)
7. Redox properties of birnessite from a defect perspective, H. Peng, I. G. McKendry, R. Ding, A. C. Thenuwara, Q. Kang, S. Shumlas, D. R. Strongin, M. J. Zdilla, and J. P. Perdew. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2017).
6. Effect of Interlayer Spacing on the Activity of Layered Manganese Oxide Bilayer Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Qing Kang, Loranne Vernisse, Richard C. Remsing, Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlas, Ian G. McKendry, Michael L. Klein, Eric Borguet, Michael J. Zdilla, and Daniel R. Strongin. Journal of American Chemical Society (2017)
2016
5. Intercalation of Cobalt into the Interlayer of Birnessite Improves Oxygen Evolution Catalysis. Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlas, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Yaroslav V. Aulin, Ian G McKendry, Qiao Qiao, Yimei Zhu, Eric Borguet, Michael J. Zdilla, and Daniel R. Strongin. ACS Catalysis (2016)
4. Water Oxidation Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxide Supported on the Mattagamite Phase of CoTe2. Ian G McKendry, Akila C. Thenuwara, Jianwei Sun, Haowei Peng, John P. Perdew, Daniel R. Strongin, and Michael J. Zdilla. ACS Catalysis (2016)
3. Nickel Confined in the Interlayer Region of Birnessite: an Active Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation. Akila C. Thenuwara, Elizabeth B. Cerkez, Samantha L. Shumlas, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Ian G. McKendry, Laszlo Frazer, Eric Borguet, Qing Kang, Richard C. Remsing, Michael L. Klein, Michael J. Zdilla and Daniel R. Strongin. Angewandte Chemie(2016)
2015
2. Copper-Intercalated Birnessite as a Water Oxidation Catalyst. Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlas, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Elizabeth B. Cerkez, Ian G. McKendry, Laszlo Frazer, Eric Borguet, Qing Kang, Michael J. Zdilla, Jianwei Sun, and Daniel R. Strongin. Langmuir, (2015), 31 (46), pp 12807–12813
1. Decoration of the layered manganese oxide birnessite with Mn(II/III) gives a new water oxidation catalyst with fifty-fold turnover number enhancement. Ian G. McKendry, Sandeep K. Kondaveeti, Samantha L. Shumlas, Daniel R. Strongin and Michael J. Zdilla. Dalton Trans., (2015),44, 12981-12984