Publications 2020 of the
Interface Science Department

Anke, S., T. Falk, G. Bendt, I. Sinev, M. Hävecker, H. Antoni, I. Zegkinoglou, H. Jeon, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Schlögl, B. Roldan Cuenya, S. Schulz and M. Muhler: On the reversible deactivation of cobalt ferrite spinel nanoparticles applied in selective 2-propanol oxidation. Journal of Catalysis 382, 57–68 (2020).

Aran Ais, R., R. Rizo, P. Grosse, G. Algara-Siller, K. Dembélé, M. Plodinec, T. Lunkenbein, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Imaging electrochemically synthesized Cu₂O cubes and their morphological evolution under conditions relevant to CO₂ electroreduction. Nature Communications 11, 3489 (2020).

Aran-Ais, R.M., F. Scholten, S. Kunze, R. Rizo and B. Roldan Cuenya: The role of in situ generated morphological motifs and Cu(I) species in C₂₊ product selectivity during CO₂ pulsed electroreduction. Nature Energy 5 (4), 317–325 (2020).

Dionigi, F., Z. Zeng, I. Sinev, T. Merzdorf, S. Deshpande, M.B. Lopez, S. Kunze, I. Zegkinoglou, H. Sarodnik, D. Fan, A. Bergmann, J. Drnec, J.F.D. Araujo, M. Gilech, D. Teschner, J. Zhu, W. Li, J.P. Greeley, B. Roldan Cuenya, P. Strasser and P. Strasser: In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution. Nature Communications 11, 2522 (2020).

Eggert, B., M.E. Gruner, K. Ollefs, E. Schuster, N. Rothenbach, M.Y. Hu, J. Zhao, T.S. Toellner, W. Sturhahn, R. Pentcheva, B. Roldan Cuenya, E.E. Alp, H. Wende and W. Keune: Interface-related magnetic and vibrational properties in Fe/MgO heterostructures from nuclear resonant spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. Physical Review Materials 4 (4), 044402 (2020).

Franco, F., C. Rettenmaier, H. Jeon and B. Roldan Cuenya: Transition metal-based catalysts for the electrochemical CO₂ reduction: from atoms and molecules to nanostructured materials. Chemical Society Reviews 49 (19), 6884–6946 (2020).

Grosse, P., A. Yoon, C. Rettenmaier, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Growth Dynamics and Processes Governing the Stability of Electrodeposited Size-Controlled Cubic Cu Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (49), 26908–26915 (2020).

Halldin Stenlid, J., E. Campos dos Santos, R. Aran Ais, A. Bagger, A.J. Johansson, B. Roldan Cuenya, J. Rossmeisl and L.G.M. Pettersson: Uncovering the electrochemical interface of low-index copper surfaces in deep groundwater environments. Electrochimica Acta 362, 137111 (2020).

Hein, D., G. Wartner, A. Bergmann, M. Bernal, B. Roldan Cuenya and R. Seidel: Reversible Water-Induced Phase Changes of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Nano 14 (11), 15450–15457 (2020).

Kunze, S., P. Grosse, M.B. Lopez, I. Sinev, I. Zegkinoglou, H. Mistry, J. Timoshenko, M.Y. Hu, J. Zhao, E.E. Alp, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando NRIXS and XAFS Investigation of Segregation Phenomena in Fe‐Cu and Fe‐Ag Nanoparticle Catalysts during CO₂ Electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (50), 22667–22674 (2020).

Möller, T., F. Scholten, T.N. Thanh, I. Sinev, J. Timoshenko, X. Wang, Z. Jovanov, M. Gliech, B. Roldan Cuenya, A.S. Varela and P. Strasser: Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction on CuO_x Nanocubes: Tracking the Evolution of Chemical State, Geometric Structure, and Catalytic Selectivity using Operando Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (41), 17974–17983 (2020).

Navarro, J.J., S. Tosoni, J.P. Bruce, L. Chaves, M. Heyde, G. Pacchioni and B. Roldan Cuenya: The Structure of a Silica Thin Film on Oxidized Cu(111): Conservation of Honeycomb Lattice and Role of the Interlayer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (38), 20942–20949 (2020).

Nong, H.N., L. Falling, A. Bergmann, M. Klingenhof, H.P. Tran, C. Spöri, R. Mom, J. Timoshenko, G. Zichittella, A. Knop-Gericke, S. Piccinin, J. Pérez-Ramírez, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Schlögl, P. Strasser, D. Teschner and T. Jones: Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Nature 587 (7834), 408–413 (2020).

Puring, K.J., O. Evers, M. Prokein, D. Siegmund, F. Scholten, N. Mölders, M. Renner, B. Roldan Cuenya, M. Petermann, E. Weidner and U.-P. Apfel: Assessing the Influence of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on the Electrochemical Reduction to Formic Acid Using Carbon-Supported Copper Catalysts. ACS Catalysis 10 (21), 12783–12789 (2020).

Rettenmaier, C., R. Aran Ais, J. Timoshenko, R. Rizo, H. Jeon, S. Kühl, S.W. Chee, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Enhanced Formic Acid Oxidation over SnO₂-decorated Pd Nanocubes. ACS Catalysis 10 (24), 14540–14551 (2020).

Schweinar, K., S. Beeg, C. Hartwig, C.R. Rajamathi, O. Kasian, S. Piccinin, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, D.M. Gottlob, T. Schmidt, D. Raabe, R. Schlögl, B. Gault, T. Jones and M.T. Greiner: Formation of a 2D Meta-stable Oxide by Differential Oxidation of AgCu Alloys. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12 (20), 23595–23605 (2020).

Silvestri, F., M. Prieto, A. Babuji, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, O. Solomeshch, T. Schmidt, C. Ocal and E. Barrena: Impact of Nanomorphology on Surface Doping of Organic Semiconductors: The Pentacene-C₆₀F₄₈ Interface. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12 (22), 25444–25452 (2020).

Timoshenko, J., H. Jeon, I. Sinev, F. Haase, A. Herzog and B. Roldan Cuenya: Linking the evolution of catalytic properties and structural changes in copper-zinc nanocatalysts using operando EXAFS and neural-networks. Chemical Science 11 (14), 3727–3736 (2020).

Velasco Vélez, J., C.-H. Chuang, D. Gao, Q. Zhu, D. Ivanov, H.S. Jeon, R. Arrigo, R. Mom, E. Stotz, H.-L. Wu, T. Jones, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Knop-Gericke and R. Schlögl: On the Activity/Selectivity and Phase Stability of Thermally Grown Copper Oxides during the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂. ACS Catalysis 10 (19), 11510–11518 (2020).

Velasco Velez, J., R. Mom, L. Sandoval Diaz, L. Falling, C.-H. Chuang, D. Gao, T. Jones, Q. Zhu, R. Arrigo, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Knop-Gericke, T. Lunkenbein and R. Schlögl: Revealing the Active Phase of Copper during the Electroreduction of CO₂ in Aqueous Electrolyte by Correlating In Situ X-ray Spectroscopy and In Situ Electron Microscopy. ACS Energy Letters 5 (6), 2106–2111 (2020).

Johnson, A.N., G. Shen, S. Veseli, K. Shroff, T. Korhonen, H. Junkes, M.G. Konrad, R. Lange, S.M. Hartman, K.U. Kasemir, M.A. Davidsaver, M.R. Kraimer and K.H. Kim: EPICS 7 core status report. In: Proceedings of ICALEPS2019. JACoW, Geneva, 923–927 (2020).