Catalysis with Oxides

Groupleader: Annette Trunschke

About Our Research

We employ advanced synthetic methods—including continuous-flow and supercritical techniques—to prepare metastable, nanostructured materials in a scalable and reproducible manner. Using exsolution-based approaches, we generate highly active and stable metal nanoparticles that operate effectively at gas–solid and liquid–solid interfaces.

Our catalytic studies focus on key reactions such as ammonia decomposition and CO₂ hydrogenation, which are central to a hydrogen-based and circular economy.

We also work in the field of digital catalysis. Here, we focus on standardizing catalysis data, laboratory automation, and generating machine-readable experimental data. We are also involved in the development of research data management systems.

From “Single Sites” to Stable Nanoparticles Derived from Spray-Flame Synthesized Solid Solutions of Cobalt in MgO for Ammonia Decomposition
 

Barış Alkan, Liseth Duarte-Correa, Frank Girgdies Gregor Koch, Jutta Kröhnert, Mervan Ertegi, Shan Jiang, Thomas Lunkenbein, Annette Trunschke


ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 5781; DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c00187

Low-Temperature Exsolution of Rh from ZnFeRh metal Oxides towards Stable and Selective Catalysts in Liquid-Phase Hydroformylation 

Daniel Delgado, Gregor Koch, Shan Jiang, Jinhu Dong, Jutta Kröhnert, Franz-Philipp Schmidt, Thomas Lunkenbein, Carmen Galdeano Ruano, José Gaona-Miguélez, Diego Troya, Pascual Oña-Burgos, Annette Trunschke

JACS, 2025, 147, 5887; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14839

Advancing Catalysis Research through FAIR Data Principles Implemented in a Local Data Infrastructure - A Case Study of an Automated Test Reactor

Abdulrhman Moshantaf, Michael Wesemann, Simeon Beinlich, Heinz Junkes, Julia Schumann, Barış Alkan, Pierre Kube,
Clara Patricia Marshall, Nils Pfister, and
Annette Trunschke


Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 6186; DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00693C

Data-Centric Heterogeneous Catalysis: Iidentifying Rules and Materials Genes of Alkane Selective Oxidation

Lucas Foppa, Frederik Rüther, Michael Geske, Gregor Koch, Frank Girgsdies, Pierre Kube, Spencer Carey, Michael Hävecker, Olaf Timpe, Andrey Tarasov, Matthias Scheffler, Frank Rosowski, Robert Schlögl, Annette Trunschke


JACS, 2023, 145, 3427; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11117

Green Synthesis of Propylene Oxide Directly from Propane 

Pierre Kube, Jinhu Dong, Nuria Sánchez Bastardo, Holger Ruland, Robert Schlögl,
Johannes T. Margraf, Karsten Reuter, Annette Trunschke


Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 7504; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34967-2

Prospects and Challenges for Autonomous Catalyst Discovery Viewed from an Experimental Perspective

Annette Trunschke


Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12, 3650; DOI: 10.1039/D2CY00275B.