Publications 2022 of the
Interface Science Department

Akay, Ö., J. Poon, C. Robertson, F.F. Abdi, B. Roldan Cuenya, M. Giersig and K. Brinkert: Releasing the Bubbles: Nanotopographical Electrocatalyst Design for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production in Microgravity Environment. Advanced Science 9 (8), 2105380 (2022).

Chee, S.W. and B. Roldan Cuenya: 2022 Roadmap on Low Temperature Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction: Mechanistic insight into the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ via operando spectroscopy and microscopy methods. Journal of Physics: Energy 4 (4), 042003 (2022).

Daems, N., D. Choukroun, P. Merino, C. Rettenmaier, L. Pacquets, A. Bergmann, G. Santoro, L. Vázquez, L. Martínez, B. Roldan Cuenya, J.A. Martín Gago and T. Breugelmans: Steering Hydrocarbon Selectivity in CO₂ Electroreduction over Soft-Landed CuO_x Nanoparticle-Functionalized Gas Diffusion Electrodes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14 (2), 2691–2702 (2022).

Haase, F., A. Bergmann, T. Jones, J. Timoshenko, A. Herzog, H. Jeon, C. Rettenmaier and B. Roldan Cuenya: Size effects and active state formation of cobalt oxide nanoparticles during the oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Energy 7 (8), 765–773 (2022).

Haase, F., A. Rabe, F. Schmidt, A. Herzog, H. Jeon, W. Frandsen, P.V. Narangoda, I. Spanos, K.F. Ortega, J. Timoshenko, T. Lunkenbein, M. Behrens, A. Bergmann, R. Schlögl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Role of Nanoscale Inhomogeneities in Co₂FeO₄ Catalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (27), 12007–12019 (2022).

Hejral, U., J. Timoshenko, D. Kordus, M. Lopez-Luna, N.J. Divins, S. Widrinna, I. Zegkinoglou, L. Pielsticker, H. Mistry, J.A. Boscoboinik, S. Kühl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Tracking the phase changes in micelle-based NiGa nanocatalysts for methanol synthesis under activation and working conditions. Journal of Catalysis 405, 183–198 (2022).

Li, C., W. Ju, S. Vijay, J. Timoshenko, K. Mou, D.A. Cullen, J. Yang, X. Wang, P. Pachfule, S. Brückner, H. Jeon, F. Haase, S.-C. Tsang, C. Rettenmaier, K. Chan, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Thomas and P. Strasser: Covalent Organic Framework (COF) derived Ni-N-C Catalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction: Unraveling Fundamental Kinetic and Structural Parameters of the Active Sites. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (15), e202114707 (2022).

Liu, H., X. Lang, C. Zhu, J. Timoshenko, M. Rüscher, L. Bai, N. Guijarro, H. Yin, Y. Peng, J. Li, Z. Liu, W. Wang, B. Roldan Cuenya and J. Luo: Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia with Copper supported Rhodium Cluster and Single-Atom Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (23), e202202556 (2022).

Liu, Y., Z. Han, S. Gewinner, W. Schöllkopf, S.V. Levchenko, H. Kuhlenbeck and B. Roldan Cuenya: Adatom Bonding Sites in a Nickel-Fe₃O₄(001) Single-Atom Model Catalyst and O₂ Reactivity Unveiled by Surface Action Spectroscopy with Infrared Free-Electron Laser Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (28), e202202561 (2022).

Michalak, N., T. Ossowski, Z. Miłosz, M. Prieto, Y. Wang, M. Werwiński, V. Babacic, F. Genuzio, L. Vattuone, A. Kiejna, T. Schmidt and M. Lewandowski: Ostwald Ripening in an Oxide-on-Metal System. Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 (17), 2200222 (2022).

Napier, R., B. Roldan Cuenya and M.T.M. Koper: The 2022 solar fuels roadmap: CO₂RR Catalysis: Surface Reactivity and Products Selectivity. Journal of Physics D 55 (32), 42–43 (2022).

Navarro, J.J., M. Das , S. Tosoni, F. Landwehr, M. Koy, M. Heyde, G. Pacchioni, F. Glorius and B. Roldan Cuenya: Growth of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Assemblies on Cu(100) and Cu(111): from Single Molecules to Magic-Number Islands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (30), e202202127 (2022).

Navarro, J.J., M. Das, S. Tosoni, F. Landwehr, J.P. Bruce, M. Heyde, G. Pacchioni, F. Glorius and B. Roldan Cuenya: Covalent Adsorption of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on a Copper Oxide Surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (36), 16267–16271 (2022).

Navarro, J.J., M. Das, S. Tosoni, F. Landwehr, M. Heyde, G. Pacchioni, F. Glorius and B. Roldan Cuenya: Promoted Thermal Reduction of Copper Oxide Surfaces by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (41), 17528–17535 (2022).

Ott, S., F. Du, M. Lopez-Luna, T.A. Dao, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Orfanidi and P. Strasser: Understanding the performance increase of catalysts supported on N-functionalized carbon in PEMFC catalyst layers. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 169 (5), 054520 (2022).

Ott, S., F. Du, M. Lopez-Luna, T.A. Dao, S. Selve, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Orfanidi and P. Strasser: Property-reactivity relations of N-doped PEM fuel cell cathode catalyst supports. Applied Catalysis B 306, 121118 (2022).

Palato, S., P. Schwendke, N. Große and J. Stähler: Pseudoheterodyne near-field imaging at kHz repetition rates via quadrature-assisted discrete demodulation. Applied Physics Letters 120 (13), 131601 (2022).

Prieto, M., T. Mullan, W. Wan, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, S.K. Shaikhutdinov, J. Sauer, D. Usvyat, T. Schmidt and B. Roldan Cuenya: Plasma Functionalization of Silica Bilayer Polymorphs. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14 (43), 48609–48618 (2022).

Rüscher, M., A. Herzog, J. Timoshenko, H. Jeon, W. Frandsen, S. Kühl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Tracking heterogeneous structural motifs and the redox behaviour of copper-zinc nanocatalysts for the electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction using operando time resolved spectroscopy and machine learning. Catalysis Science & Technology 12 (9), 3028–3043 (2022).

Timoshenko, J.: Spectroscopy predicts catalyst functionality. Nature Catalysis 5 (6), 469–470 (2022).

Timoshenko, J., A. Bergmann, C. Rettenmaier, A. Herzog, R. Aran Ais, H. Jeon, F. Haase, U. Hejral, P. Grosse, S. Kühl, E. Davis, J. Tian, O. Magnussen and B. Roldan Cuenya: Steering the structure and selectivity of CO₂ electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses. Nature Catalysis 5 (4), 259–267 (2022).

Wan, W., J. Geiger, N. Berdunov, M. Lopez-Luna, S.W. Chee, N. Daelman, N. López, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Highly Stable and Reactive Platinum Single Atoms on Oxygen Plasma-Functionalized CeO₂ Surfaces: Nanostructuring and Peroxo Effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (20), e202112640 (2022).

Yoon, A., J. Poon, P. Grosse, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Iodide-mediated Cu catalyst restructuring during CO₂ electroreduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10 (26), 14041–14050 (2022).

Zeininger, J., P. Winkler, M. Raab, Y. Suchorski, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, T. Schmidt, M. Stöger-Pollach, A. Steiger-Thirsfeld, B. Roldan Cuenya and G. Rupprechter: Pattern Formation in Catalytic H₂ Oxidation on Rh: Zooming in by Correlative Microscopy. ACS Catalysis 12 (19), 11974–11983 (2022).

Zschech, E., E. Topal, K. Kutukova, J. Gluch, M. Löffler, S. Werner, P. Guttmann, G. Schneider, Z. Liao and J. Timoshenko: Multi-scale microscopy study of 3D morphology and structure of MoNi₄/MoO₂@Ni electrocatalytic systems for fast water dissociation. Micron 158, 103262 (2022).