Anna Klinkova

Assistant Professor

Professor Anna Klinkova Anna Klinkova’s research is focused on developing efficient synthetic approaches to advanced nanomaterials for applications in alternative energy and catalysis. Her goal is to gain a systematic understanding of the effects of nanoparticle shape and surface chemistry on their physicochemical properties relevant to carbon dioxide conversion into fuels and chemical feedstocks, catalytic hydrogen production, enantioselective catalysis, and light harvesting in solar cells.

Contact information

Office: ESC 331
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 36863
Email: aklinkova@uwaterloo.ca
Website: klinkovalab.com

Expertise

Nanomaterials synthesis
Surface chemistry
Nanocatalysis
CO₂ electroreduction
Plasmonics
Self-assembly

Research

Anna Klinkova’s research interests encompass the following areas:

Development of synthetic routes for nanoparticles with well-defined facets, defects, dopants, and surface chemistry;
Fundamental understanding of the structure – catalytic performance relationship in nanocatalysis;
Utilization of plasmonic properties of metal nanoparticles in catalysis and for enhanced light harvesting in plasmonic solar cells.

Highlighted Publications

R. M. Choueiri, A. Klinkova, S. Pearce, I. Manners, E. Kumacheva Self-assembly and Surface Patterning of Polyferrocenylsilane-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2018, 1700554.
A. Klinkova, P. De Luna, E. H. Sargent, E. Kumacheva, P. V. Cherepanov Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance of Palladium Nanoparticles with High Energy Surfaces in Formic Acid Oxidation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 11582-11585.
A. Klinkova, P. De Luna, C. T. Dinh, O. Voznyy, E. M. Larin, E. Kumacheva, E. H. Sargent, Rational Design of Efficient Palladium Catalysts for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate, ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 8115.
R. M. Choueiri, E. Galati, H. Thérien-Aubin, A. Klinkova, E. M. Larin, A. Querejeta-Fernandez, L. Han, H. L. Xin, O. Gang, E. Zhulina, M. Rubinstein, E. Kumacheva, Surface Patterning of Nanoparticles with Polymer Patches, Nature, 2016, 537, 79.
M. Liu, Y. Pang, B. Zhang, P. De Luna, O. Voznyy, J. Xu, X. Zheng, C. T. Dinh, F. Fan, C. Cao, F. P. G. de Arquer, T. S. Safaei, A. Mepham, A. Klinkova, E. Kumacheva, T. Filleter, D. Sinton, S. O. Kelley, E. H. Sargent, Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction via Field-Induced Reagent Concentration, Nature, 2016, 537, 382.
A. Klinkova, E. M. Larin, E. Prince, E. H. Sargent, E. Kumacheva, Large-Scale Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals in Aqueous Growth Suspensions, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 3196.
A. Klinkova, H.Thérien-Aubin, A. Ahmed, D. Nykypanchuk, R. M. Choueiri, B. Gagnon, A. Muntyanu, O. Gang, G. C. Walker, E. Kumacheva, Structural and Optical Properties of Self-Assembled Chains of Plasmonic Nanocubes, Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 6314.

Please see Anna Klinkova's Google Scholar profile for a current list of his peer-reviewed articles.

Awards and Distinctions

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017 - 2019 (declined)
Connaught Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2015 - 2017
Canada Research Chair Graduate Prize in Nanochemistry, University of Toronto, 2014 - 2015
Ontario Trillium Scholarship, Government of Canada, 2011 - 2015