Bocarslys publications include around 200 refereed journal papers, multiple patents, and the edited book Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage' (2011).
Bocarsly has published on catalysts for the reduction of carbon dioxide to organic products.
With Emily Barton Cole, he has worked on the selective conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol. 
This interest in artificial photosynthesis led to the founding of the company Liquid Light in 2009.