Publications 2021 of the
Interface Science Department

Bruce, J.P., K.-L.C. Nguyen, F. Scholten, R. Aran Ais, J.J. Navarro, J. Hartmann, M. Heyde and B. Roldan Cuenya: Development of a single crystal sample holder for interfacing ultrahigh vacuum and electrochemical experimentation. Review of Scientific Instruments 92 (7), 074104 (2021).

Chee, S.W., T. Lunkenbein, R. Schlögl and B. Roldan Cuenya: In situ and operando electron microscopy in heterogeneous catalysis - insights into multi-scale chemical dynamics. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 (15), 153001 (2021).

Chee, S.W., A. Yoon, F. Yang, P. Grosse, J. Poon and B. Roldan Cuenya: Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts through Correlated Electron Microscopies. Microscopy and Microanalysis 27 (S1), 52–53 (2021).

Divins, N.J., D. Kordus, J. Timoshenko, I. Sinev, I. Zegkinoglou, A. Bergmann, S.W. Chee, S. Widrinna, O. Karslıoğlu, H. Mistry, M. Lopez Luna, J.Q. Zhong, A.S. Hoffmann, A. Boubnov, J.A. Boscoboinik, M. Heggen, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, S.R. Bare and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando high-pressure investigation of size-controlled CuZn catalysts for the methanol synthesis reaction. Nature Communications 12, 1435 (2021).

Feng, X., H. Jena, C. Krishnaraj, D. Arenas-Esteban, K. Leus, G. Wang, J. Sun, M. Rüscher, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, S. Bals and P. Van Der Voort: Creation of Exclusive Artificial Cluster Defects by Selective Metal Removal in the (Zn, Zr) Mixed-metal UiO-66. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (51), 21511–21518 (2021).

Grosse, P., A. Yoon, C. Rettenmaier, A. Herzog, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Dynamic transformation of cubic copper catalysts during CO₂ electroreduction and its impact on catalytic selectivity. Nature Communications 12, 6736 (2021).

Herzog, A., A. Bergmann, H. Jeon, J. Timoshenko, S. Kühl, C. Rettenmaier, M. Lopez-Luna, F. Haase and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Investigation of Ag‐Decorated Cu₂O Nanocube Catalysts with Enhanced CO₂ Electroreduction toward Liquid Products. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (13), 7426–7435 (2021).

Homann, M., B. von Boehn, M. Prieto, D.M. Gottlob, L.C. Tanase, T. Schmidt, F. Genuzio, T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli and R. Imbihl: Coupling of morphological instability and kinetic instability: Chemical waves in hydrogen oxidation on a bimetallic Ni/Rh(111) surface. Physical Review Materials 5 (4), 045002 (2021).

Jeon, H., J. Timoshenko, C. Rettenmaier, A. Herzog, A. Yoon, S.W. Chee, S. Oener, U. Hejral, F. Haase and B. Roldan Cuenya: Selectivity control of Cu nanocrystals in a gas-fed flow cell through CO₂ pulsed electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (19), 7578–7587 (2021).

Kunze, S., L.C. Tanase, M. Prieto, P. Grosse, F. Scholten, L.de S. Caldas, D. van Vörden, T. Schmidt and B. Roldan Cuenya: Plasma-assisted Oxidation of Cu(100) and Cu(111). Chemical Science 12 (42), 14241–14253 (2021).

Liu, Y., Y. Peng, M. Naschitzki, S. Gewinner, W. Schöllkopf, H. Kuhlenbeck, R. Pentcheva and B. Roldan Cuenya: Surface oxygen Vacancies on Reduced Co₃O₄(100): Superoxide Formation and Ultra-Low-Temperature CO Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (30), 16514–16520 (2021).

Lopez-Luna, M., J. Timoshenko, D. Kordus, C. Rettenmaier, S.W. Chee, A.S. Hoffman, S.R. Bare, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Role of the Oxide Support on the Structural and Chemical Evolution of Fe Catalysts during the Hydrogenation of CO₂. ACS Catalysis 11 (10), 6175–6185 (2021).

Lupan, O., N. Magariu, R. Khaledialidusti, A. Mishra, S. Hansen, H. Krüger, V. Postica, H. Heinrich, B. Viana, L. Ono, B. Roldan Cuenya, L. Chow, R. Adelung and T. Pauporte: Comparison of Thermal Annealing versus Hydrothermal Treatment Effects on the Detection Performances of ZnO Nanowires. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (8), 10537–10552 (2021).

Pielsticker, L., I. Zegkinoglou, Z.-K. Han, J.J. Navarro, S. Kunze, O. Karslıoğlu, S.V. Levchenko and B. Roldan Cuenya: Crystallographic Orientation Dependence of Surface Segregation and Alloying on PdCu Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 (10), 2570–2575 (2021).

Rizo, R., A. Bergmann, J. Timoshenko, F. Scholten, C. Rettenmaier, H. Jeon, Y.-T. Chen, A. Yoon, A. Bagger, J. Rossmeisl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Pt-Sn-Co nanocubes as highly active catalysts for ethanol electro-oxidation. Journal of Catalysis 393, 247–258 (2021).

Roldan Cuenya, B., A. Bergmann, C. Kley, P. Grosse and S. Oener: Klimaneutralität mittels Katalyse. Jahrbuch / Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 2020, 11659628 (2021).

Roldan Cuenya, B., A. Bergmann, C. Kley, P. Grosse and S. Oener: Maßgeschneiderte Katalysatoren für die grüne Energiewirtschaft. Highlights aus dem Jahrbuch der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 2020, 8–10 (2021).

Roldan Cuenya, B., A. Bergmann, C. Kley, P. Grosse and S. Oener: Tailor-made catalysts for the green energy industry. Highlights from the yearbook of the Max Planck Society 2020, 8–10 (2021).

Røst, H.I., R.K. Chellappan, F.S. Strand, Grubišić-Čabo Antonija, B.P. Reed, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, T. Wongpinij, C. Euaruksakul, T. Schmidt, A. Tadich, B.C.C. Cowie, Z. Li, S.P. Cooil and J.W. Wells: Low-Temperature Growth of Graphene on a Semiconductor. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125 (7), 4243–4252 (2021).

Røst, H.I., B.P. Reed, F.S. Strand, J.A. Durk, A. Evans, A. Grubišić-Čabo, G. Wan, M. Cattelan, M. Prieto, D.M. Gottlob, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, T. Schmidt, A. Tadich, B.C.C. Cowie, R.K. Chellappan, J.W. Wells and S.P. Cooil: A Simplified Method for Patterning Graphene on Dielectric Layers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (31), 37510–37516 (2021).

Saddeler, S., G. Bendt, S. Salamon, F. Haase, J. Landers , J. Timoshenko, C. Rettenmaier, H. Jeon, A. Bergmann, H. Wende, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Schulz: Influence of the cobalt content in cobalt iron oxides on the electrocatalytic OER activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9 (45), 25381–25390 (2021).

Scholten, F., K.-L.C. Nguyen, J.P. Bruce, M. Heyde and B. Roldan Cuenya: Identifying structure-selectivity correlations in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂: a comparison of well-ordered atomically-clean and chemically-etched Cu single crystal surfaces. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (35), 19169–19175 (2021).

Simon, G.H., C. Kley and B. Roldan Cuenya: Potential‐Dependent Morphology of Copper Catalysts During CO₂ Electroreduction Revealed by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (5), 2561–2568 (2021).

Timoshenko, J. and B. Roldan Cuenya: In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Chemical Reviews 121 (2), 882–961 (2021).

Ulrich, V., B. Moroz, P. Pyrjaev, I. Sinev, A. Bukhtiyarov, E. Gerasimov, V. Bukhtiyarov, B. Roldan Cuenya and W. Grünert: Three-way catalysis with bimetallic supported Pd-Au catalysts: Gold as a poison and as a promotor. Applied Catalysis B 282, 119614 (2021).

Yoon, A., A. Herzog, P. Grosse, D.H. Alsem, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Dynamic Imaging of Nanostructures in an Electrolyte with a Scanning Electron Microscope. Microscopy and Microanalysis 27 (1), 121–128 (2021).

Zhan, C., F. Dattila, C. Rettenmaier, A. Bergmann, S. Kühl, R. García-Muelas, N. Lopez and B. Roldan Cuenya: Revealing the CO Coverage Driven C-C Coupling Mechanism for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Cu₂O Nanocubes via Operando Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Catalysis 11 (13), 7694–7701 (2021).

Zhong, J.Q., S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Structural Evolution of Ga-Cu Model Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation Reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125 (2), 1361–1367 (2021).

Grosse, P.: Investigating Dynamic Changes in Morphology and Chemical State of Copper Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂. Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Kunze, S.: Structure and composition dynamics of single-crystal copper interfaces and Fe-Ag and Fe-Cu nanoparticles. Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Scholten, F.: Role of oxides and nano structure of Cu catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO₂. Ruhr-Universität Bochum