Publications

Publications

Interface Science Department since 2017

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Journal Articles & Book Chapters

2025
L. Kampermann, J. Klein, T. Wagner, A. Kotova, C. Placke-Yan, A. Yasar, L. Jacobse, S. Lasagna, C. Leppin, S. Schulz, J. Linnemann, A. Bergmann, B. Roldan Cuenya and G. Bacher: Operando Analysis of the Pre-OER Activation of Metal-Doped Co3O4 Nanoparticle Catalysts. ACS Catalysis 15 (21), 18391–18403 (2025).
V.C. Nguyen, E. Ortega, D. Cruz, J. Zhu, W. Frandsen, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Structure and Reactivity of Cu2O Nanocubes in Ethanol Dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 15 (21), 18333–18347 (2025).
J. Yang, E. Ortega, J.B. Jang, A. Martini, J. Zhu, J. Timoshenko, J.D. Bellis, F. Schüth, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Plasma Pretreatment of Pt Single-Atom Precursors Supported on Mechanically Activated Al2O3: Enhanced Performance in Propane Dehydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (44), 40481–40495 (2025).
A. Rabe, F. Schmidt, S. Rafiezadeh, S. Salamon, J. Landers, M. Eckhardt, C. Pratsch, B. Beckmann, F. Haase, D. Kordus, M. Lopez-Luna, C. Rettenmaier, T. Götsch, A. Knop-Gericke, A. Bergmann, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, O. Gutfleisch, M. Zobel, R. Pentcheva, H. Wende, T. Lunkenbein and M. Behrens: Metastable Crystalline Cobalt Iron Oxide Nano-Flakes with Antiferromagnetic/Ferrimagnetic Composition Mosaicity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, in press.
D. Kordus, J. Timoshenko, N.J. Divins, S.W. Chee, E. Ortega, M. Lopez-Luna, U. Hejral, A. Etxebarria and B. Roldan Cuenya: Cu-Ga Interactions and Support Effects in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol Catalyzed by Size-Controlled CuGa Nanoparticles Deposited on SiO2 and ZnO. ACS Catalysis 15 (20), 17241–17254 (2025).
M. Rüscher, J.B. Jang, A. Martini, P. Bischoff, W. Frandsen, J. Timoshenko and B. Roldan Cuenya: Laboratory-Based Time-Resolved In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Tracking Transformations of Working Electrocatalysts. Chemistry Methods 5 (10), e202500016 (2025).
S. Campos-Jara, T. Roorda, L.P.M. de Jong, V. Virchenko, A. Jiao, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, M.A. Mawass, J.-W. Hsueh, V. Calvi, J. van Os, N. Félez-Guerrero, R. Monsma, R. van Rijn, T. Schmidt, G. Schneider and I.M.N. Groot: Novel Precursor for h-BN Synthesis on Ni(111) Substrates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129 (35), 15693–15701 (2025).
R. Martínez-Hincapié, J. Timoshenko, T. Wagner, E. Ortega, J. Druce, M.C.O. Monteiro, M. Rüscher, J.B. Jang, E.Ö. Alagöz, S. Lasagna, L. Jacobse, A. Bergmann, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Interfacial solvation pre-organizes the transition state of the oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Chemistry, in press.
K. Dembélé, J. Wang, M. Boniface, J. Folke, L. Sandoval Diaz, F. Girgsdies, A. Hammud, D. Kordus, G. Koch, Z. Gheisari, R. Blume, W. Jiang, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Eckert, S. Reitmeier, A. Reitzmann, R. Schlögl, B. Roldan Cuenya, J. Timoshenko, H. Ruland and T. Lunkenbein: The Haber Bosch Catalyst from Solid state Chemistry to Mesotechnology. Advanced Energy Materials 15 (33), 2500159 (2025).
L.C. Tanase, M. Prieto, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, F. Scholten, P. Grosse, A. Martini, J. Timoshenko, T. Schmidt and B. Roldan Cuenya: Morphological and chemical state effects in pulsed CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) unveiled by correlated spectro-microscopy. Nature Catalysis 8, 881–890 (2025).
J. Dwivedi, L.J. Bachmann, A. Jeromin, S. Kulkarni, H. Noei, L.C. Tanase, A. Tiwari, L.de S. Caldas, T. Schmidt, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Stierle and T.F. Keller: Spectro-Microscopy of Individual Pt-Rh Core-Shell Nanoparticles during Competing Oxidation and Alloying. ACS Nano 19 (31), 28516–28529 (2025).
E. Pożarowska, L. Pleines, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, T. Schmidt, J. Fälta, C. Morales and J.I. Flege: The relationship between Sm alloying and structure sensitivity of ceria(111)- and (100)-oriented nanoislands on Cu(111). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (29), 15691–15703 (2025).
T. Schroeder Rossi, A.A. Papaderakis, M. Jaugstetter, Z. Jlailati, M. Knoke, P. Hosseini, P. Cignoni, F. Yang, M. Gerwin, O. Trost, M. Spallek, E. Ortega, B. Roldan Cuenya, D.C. Crans, N.E. Levinger and K. Tschulik: Bimetallic Ag-Au nanoparticles from nanoconfinement: adjusting properties by electrochemical synthesis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (29), 24014–24027 (2025).
F. Landwehr, A. Das, S. Tosoni, J.J. Navarro, M. Das, F. Glorius, M. Heyde and B. Roldan Cuenya: Writing with Molecules: Tip-Induced Local Chemisorption of N-Heterocyclic Olefins on Cu(111). Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (31), 27676–27684 (2025).
D. Hursán, J. Timoshenko, A. Martini, H.S. Jeon, E. Ortega, M. Rüscher, A. Bergmann, A. Yoon, U. Hejral, A. Herzog, C. Rettenmaier, F. Haase, P. Grosse and B. Roldan Cuenya: CO2 Reduction on Copper-Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Catalysts Tuned by Pulsed Potential Electrolysis: Effect of Pulse Potential. Advanced Functional Materials, in press.
L. Sandoval-Diaz, R. Blume, K. Dembélé, J. Folke, M. Boniface, F. Girgsdies, A. Hammud, Z. Gheisari, D. Ivanov, R. Eckert, S. Reitmeier, A. Reitzmann, R. Schlögl, B. Roldan Cuenya, H. Ruland, A. Knop-Gericke and T. Lunkenbein: Decoding technical multi-promoted ammonia synthesis catalysts. Nature Communications 16, 7820 (2025).
S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Revealing the Structure and Chemistry of Electrocatalysts during Reaction with Correlated Electrochemical Liquid Cell Electron and X-ray Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (Suppl. 1), 1430–1430 (2025).
E. Ortega, S.W. Chee, N.D. Browning and B. Roldan Cuenya: Application of Inpainting Methods for the Improvement of STEM-Based Time-Resolved Elemental Mapping Free. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (Suppl. 1), 1731–1732 (2025).
J. Timoshenko, D. Kordus, J. Mathiesen, U. Hejral, P. Zeller, G. Behrendt, E. Öztuna, J. Wang, Z. Gheisari, R. Eckert, S. Reitmeier, A. Reitzmann, H. Ruland, J. Folke, T. Lunkenbein and B. Roldan Cuenya: X-ray absorption by a microgranular sample. Physical Review B 112 (2), 024105 (2025).
W.A. Caliebe, A. Kalinko, M. Viehweger, S. Pfeffer, J. Horbach, M. Görlitz, S. Peredkov, A. Bergmann and J. Timoshenko: The New OperandoCat Beamline P63 at PETRA III. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 3010, 012168 (2025).
J. Mathiesen, J. Zhu, W. Wan, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Metal-Support Interaction in In2O3-Based Catalysts of CO2 Hydrogenation Studied Using “Inverse” In2O3(111)/Ru(0001) Model Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129 (18), 8582–8590 (2025).
A. Yoon, L. Bai, F. Yang, F. Franco, C. Zhan, M. Rüscher, J. Timoshenko, C. Pratsch, S. Werner, H. Jeon, M.C.O. Monteiro, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Revealing catalyst restructuring and composition during nitrate electroreduction through correlated operando microscopy and spectroscopy. Nature Materials 24 (5), 762–769 (2025).
D. Cheng, K.-L.C. Nguyen, V. Sumaria, Z. Wei, Z. Zhang, W. Gee, Y. Li, C.G. Morales-Guio, M. Heyde, B. Roldan Cuenya, A.N. Alexandrova and P. Sautet: Structure Sensitivity and Catalyst Restructuring for CO2 Electro-reduction on Copper. Nature Communications 16, 4064 (2025).
A.S. John, S. Xiang, H. Flayhart, E. Ortega, Q. Qian, N.A. Deskins, B. Roldan Cuenya, J. Rochford, A.I. Frenkel and G. Li: Enhanced Solar CO2 Reduction Using Single Cobalt Sites on Carbon Nitride Modified with a Dianhydride. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129 (15), 7327–7334 (2025).
G. Lu, X. Wang, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, G. Zhao, X. Huang, W. Schuhmann and M. Muhler: A 3D Macroporous Carbon NiCu Single-Atom Catalyst for High Current Density CO2 Electroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials 35 (14), 2419075 (2025).
M.L. García, M. González-Ingelmo, O. Usoltsev, F.E. Oropeza, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Santamaría, C. Blanco and V.G. Rocha: NiFe and NiCo core-shell nanoparticles supported on graphene as efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 130, 313–323 (2025).
R.-J. Li, R.J. Lewis, Á. López-Martín, D.J. Morgan, T.E. Davies, D. Kordus, A.I. Dugulan, B. Roldan Cuenya and G.J. Hutchings: Promoting H2O2 direct synthesis through Fe incorporation into AuPd catalysts. Green Chemistry 27 (7), 2065–2077 (2025).
R. Tschammer, L. Buß, E. Pożarowska, C. Morales, S.D. Senanayake, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, T. Schmidt, M.A. Niño, M. Foerster, J. Falta and J.I. Flege: High-Temperature Growth of CeOx on Au(111) and Behavior under Reducing and Oxidizing Conditions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129 (7), 3583–3594 (2025).
J.M. Gisbert Gonzalez, C.G. Rodellar, J. Druce, E. Ortega, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Bias Dependence of the Transition State of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (6), 5472–5485 (2025).
J. Zhu, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Structure-reactivity relationships in CO2 hydrogenation to C2+ chemicals on Fe-based catalysts. Chemical Science 16 (3), 1071–1092 (2025).
2024
Z. Li, E. Öztuna, K. Skorupska, O. Vinogradova, A. Jamshaid, A. Steigert, C. Rohner, M. Dimitrakopoulou, M. Prieto, C. Kunkel, M. Stredansky, P. Kube, M. Götte, A. Dudzinski, F. Girgsdies, S. Wrabetz, W. Frandsen, R. Blume, P. Zeller, M. Muske, D. Delgado Muñoz, S. Jiang, F. Schmidt, T. Köchler, M. Arztmann, A. Efimenko, J. Frisch, T. Kokumai, R. Garcia-Diez, M. Bär, A. Hammud, J. Kröhnert, A. Trunschke, C. Scheurer, T. Schmidt, T. Lunkenbein, D. Amkreutz, H. Kuhlenbeck, V.J. Bukas, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Schlatmann, K. Reuter, B. Roldan Cuenya and R. Schlögl: Rationally Designed Laterally-Condensed-Catalysts Deliver Robust Activity and Selectivity for Ethylene Production in Acetylene Hydrogenation. Nature Communications 15, 10660 (2024).
C. Zhan, F. Dattila, C. Rettenmaier, A. Herzog, M. Herran, T. Wagner, F. Scholten, A. Bergmann, N. Lopez and B. Roldan Cuenya: Key intermediates and Cu active sites for CO2 electroreduction to ethylene and ethanol. Nature Energy 9 (12), 1485–1496 (2024).
A. Martini, J. Timoshenko, P. Grosse, C. Rettenmaier, D. Hursán, G. Deplano, H. Jeon, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Adsorbate Configurations in Ni Single-Atom Catalysts during CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction Unveiled by Operando XAS, XES, and Machine Learning. Physical Review Letters 133 (22), 228001 (2024).
R. Schlögl: Ammonia Iron: An Epistemic Challenge with Practical Consequences. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128 (46), 19601–19620 (2024).
H.P. Tran, H.N. Nong, M. Zlatar, A. Yoon, U. Hejral, M. Rüscher, J. Timoshenko, S. Selve, D. Berger, M. Kroschel, M. Klingenhof, B. Paul, S. Möhle, K.N.N. Nasralla, D. Escalera Lopez, A. Bergmann, S. Cherevko, B. Roldan Cuenya and P. Strasser: Reactivity and Stability of Reduced Ir-Weight TiO2-Supported Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolyzer Anodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (46), 31444–31455 (2024).
F. Landwehr, M. Das, S. Tosoni, J.J. Navarro, A. Das, M. Koy, M. Heyde, G. Pacchioni, F. Glorius and B. Roldan Cuenya: N-Heterocyclic Olefins on a Metallic Surface - Adsorption, Orientation and Electronic Influence. Advanced Materials Interfaces 11 (31), 2400378 (2024).
H. Liu, L. Bai, A. Bergmann, B. Roldan Cuenya and J. Luo: Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide species to ammonia. Chem 10 (10), 2963–2986 (2024).
M. Parlinska-Wojtan, T.R. Tarnawski, J. Depciuch, M.L. De Marco, K. Sobczak, K. Matlak, M. Pawlyta, R.E. Schaeublin and S.W. Chee: Understanding the Growth of Electrodeposited PtNi Nanoparticle Films Using Correlated In Situ Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron Radiation. Nano Letters 24 (40), 12361–12367 (2024).
A. Herzog, M. Rüscher, H. Jeon, J. Timoshenko, C. Rettenmaier, U. Hejral, E. Davis, F. Haase, D. Kordus, S. Kühl, W. Frandsen, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Time-resolved operando insights into the tunable selectivity of Cu-Zn nanocubes during pulsed CO2 electroreduction. Energy & Environmental Science 17 (19), 7081–7096 (2024).
A. Etxebarria, M. Lopez-Luna, A. Martini, U. Hejral, M. Rüscher, C. Zhan, A. Herzog, A. Jamshaid, D. Kordus, A. Bergmann, H. Kuhlenbeck and B. Roldan Cuenya: Effect of Iron Doping in Ordered Nickel Oxide Thin Film Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis 14 (18), 14219–14232 (2024).
F.J. Sarabia, C.G. Rodellar, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Exploring dynamic solvation kinetics at electrocatalyst surfaces. Nature Communications 15, 8204 (2024).
J. Velasco Vélez, A. Knop-Gericke, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Schlögl and T. Jones: Pseudocapacitance Facilitates the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. Advanced Energy Materials 14 (31), 2400054 (2024).
G. Melle, F. Scholten, J.M. Feliu, E. Herrero, B. Roldan Cuenya and R.M. Arán-Ais: Elucidating interfacial parameters of platinum-palladium bulk alloy single crystals. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12 (25), 15321–15333 (2024).
F. Ebert, P. Ingale, S. Vogl, S. Praetz, C. Schlesiger, N. Pfister, R. Naumann d'Alnoncourt, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Thomas, E. Gioria and F. Rosowski: Cobalt(II) Nanoclusters Incorporated in Ordered Mesoporous Al2O3 for Stable and Coke-Resistant Propane Dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis 14 (13), 9993–10008 (2024).
E. Murphy, B. Sun, M. Rüscher, Y. Liu, W. Zang, S. Guo, Y.-H. Chen, U. Hejral, Y. Huang, A. Ly, I.V. Zenyuk, X. Pan, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, E.D. Spoerke and P. Atanassov: Synergizing Fe2O3 nanoparticles on single atom Fe-N-C for nitrate reduction to ammonia at industrial current densities. Advanced Materials 36 (27), 2401133 (2024).
S.W. Chee, A. Yoon, S.-Y. Fu and B. Roldan Cuenya: Tracking Morphology and Chemical State of Electrocatalysts during Reaction through Correlated Electron Microscopy, X-ray Microscopy and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Experiments. In: Microscopy and Microanalysis. Cambridge Univ. Pr., New York, NY, ozae044.228 (2024).
C. Kley: In situ nanoscale mapping of electrical and catalytic properties. National Science Review 11, nwae202 (2024).
A. Martini, J. Timoshenko, M. Rüscher, D. Hursán, M.C.O. Monteiro, E. Liberra and B. Roldan Cuenya: Revealing the structure of the active sites for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to Co over Co single atom catalysts using operando XANES and machine learning. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31 (4), 741–750 (2024).
C. Parkin, S.W. Chee and D.H. Alsem: Operando Liquid-cell Transmission Electron Microscope Sample Holder with Bulk Reference and Counter Electrodes for Electrocatalysis Applications. Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (Suppl 1), 1213–1214 (2024).
J. Timoshenko, C. Rettenmaier, D. Hursán, M. Rüscher, E. Ortega, A. Herzog, T. Wagner, A. Bergmann, U. Hejral, A. Yoon, A. Martini, E. Liberra, M.C.O. Monteiro and B. Roldan Cuenya: Reversible metal cluster formation on Nitrogen-doped carbon controlling electrocatalyst particle size with subnanometer accuracy. Nature Communications 15, 6111 (2024).
T. Hannappel, S. Shekarabi, W. Jaegermann, E. Runge, J.P. Hofmann, R. van de Krol, M.M. May, A. Bergmann, A. Bund, C. Cierpka, C. Dreßler, F. Dionigi, D. Friedrich, M. Favaro, F. Hess, S. Krischok, M. Kurniawan, K. Lüdge, Y. Lei, A. Paszuk, B. Roldan Cuenya, P. Schaaf, R. Schmidt-Grund, W.G. Schmidt, P. Strasser, E. Unger, M.F. Vasquez Montoya, D. Wang and H. Zhang: Integration of Multijunction Absorbers and Catalysts for Efficient Solar-Driven Artificial Leaf Structures: A Physical and Materials Science Perspective. Solar RRL 8 (11), 2301047 (2024).
L.de S. Caldas, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, A. Tiwari, T. Schmidt and B. Roldan Cuenya: Correlative In Situ Spectro-Microscopy of Supported Single CuO Nanoparticles: Unveiling the Relationships between Morphology and Chemical State during Thermal Reduction. ACS Nano 18 (21), 13714–13725 (2024).
E. Davis, A. Bergmann, H. Kuhlenbeck and B. Roldan Cuenya: Facet Dependence of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Co3O4, CoFe2O4, and Fe3O4 epitaxial film electrocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (20), 13770–13782 (2024).
J. Velasco Vélez, D. Bernsmeier, R. Mom, P. Zeller, Y. Shao-Horn, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Schlögl and T. Jones: Iridium Oxide Coordinatively Unsaturated Active Sites Govern the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Water. Advanced Energy Materials 14 (19), 2303407 (2024).
A. Herzog, M. Lopez-Luna, H. Jeon, C. Rettenmaier, P. Grosse, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Raman spectroscopy uncovers hydroxide and CO species enhance ethanol selectivity during pulsed CO2 electroreduction. Nature Communications 15, 3986 (2024).
C.G. Rodellar, J.M. Gisbert Gonzalez, F.J. Sarabia, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Ion solvation kinetics in bipolar membranes and at electrolyte-metal interfaces. Nature Energy 9 (5), 548–558 (2024).
L. Bai, F. Franco, J. Timoshenko, C. Rettenmaier, F. Scholten, H. Jeon, A. Yoon, M. Rüscher, A. Herzog, F. Haase, S. Kühl, S.W. Chee, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Electrocatalytic Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction toward Ammonia using Cu2O Nanocubes: Active Species and Reaction Mechanisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (14), 9665–9678 (2024).
D. Kordus, S. Widrinna, J. Timoshenko, M. Lopez-Luna, C. Rettenmaier, S.W. Chee, E. Ortega, O. Karslıoğlu, S. Kühl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Enhanced Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Hydrogenation Achieved by Tuning the Cu-ZnO Interaction in ZnO/Cu2O Nanocube Catalysts Supported on ZrO2 and SiO2. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (12), 8677–8687 (2024).
F. Haase, E. Ortega, S. Saddeler, F. Schmidt, D. Cruz, F. Scholten, M. Rüscher, A. Martini, H. Jeon, A. Herzog, U. Hejral, E. Davis, J. Timoshenko, A. Knop-Gericke, T. Lunkenbein, S. Schulz, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Role of Fe Decoration on the Oxygen Evolving State of Co3O4 Nanocatalysts. Energy & Environmental Science 17 (5), 2046–2058 (2024).
B. Avila-Bolivar, M. Lopez Luna, F. Yang, A. Yoon, V. Montiel, J. Solla-Gullón, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Revealing the Intrinsic Restructuring of Bi2O3 Nanoparticles into Bi Nanosheets during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 (9), 11552–11560 (2024).
P.M. Schneider, K.L. Kollmannsberger, C. Cesari, R. Khare, M. Boniface, B. Roldan Cuenya, T. Lunkenbein, M. Elsner, S. Zacchini, A.S. Bandarenka, J. Warnan and R.A. Fischer: Engineering ORR Electrocatalysts from Co8Pt4 Carbonyl Clusters via ZIF-8 Templating. ChemElectroChem 11 (5), e202300476 (2024).
K.-L.C. Nguyen, J.P. Bruce, A. Yoon, J.J. Navarro, F. Scholten, F. Landwehr, C. Rettenmaier, M. Heyde and B. Roldan Cuenya: The Influence of Mesoscopic Surface Structure on the Electrocatalytic Selectivity of CO2 Reduction with UHV-Prepared Cu(111) Single Crystals. ACS Energy Letters 9 (2), 644–652 (2024).
H. Wu, L. Huang, J. Timoshenko, K. Qi, W. Wang, J. Liu, Y. Zhang, S. Yang, E. Petit, V. Flaud, J. Li, C. Salameh, P. Miele, L. Lajaunie, B. Roldan Cuenya, D. Rao and D. Voiry: Selective and energy-efficient electrosynthesis of ethylene from CO2 by tuning the valence of Cu catalysts through aryl diazonium functionalization. Nature Energy 9, 422–433 (2024).
Y. Peng, C. Zhan, H. Jeon, W. Frandsen, B. Roldan Cuenya and C. Kley: Organic Thin Films Enable Retaining the Oxidation State of Copper Catalysts during CO2 Electroreduction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 (5), 6562–6568 (2024).
D. Hursán, J. Timoshenko, E. Ortega, H. Jeon, M. Rüscher, A. Herzog, C. Rettenmaier, S.W. Chee, A. Martini, D. Koshy and B. Roldan Cuenya: Reversible Structural Evolution of Metal-Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Catalysts During CO2 Electroreduction: An Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. Advanced Materials 36 (4), 2307809 (2024).
M. Munz, B. Roldan Cuenya and C. Kley: In Situ Investigation of Catalytic Interfaces by Scanning Probe Microscopy under Electrochemical Conditions. In: Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces. 1. Ed. (Eds.): K. Wandelt and G. Bussetti. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 656–680 (2024).
E. Ortega and S.W. Chee: Electron microscopy of liquid-solid interfaces. In: Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces. 1. Ed. (Eds.): K. Wandelt and G. Bussetti. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 368–379 (2024).
M. Prieto, L.de S. Caldas, L.C. Tanase, T. Schmidt and O.R. de la Fuente: Spectromicroscopic study of the transformation with low energy ions of a hematite thin film into a magnetite/hematite epitaxial bilayer. Ultramicroscopy 255, 113855 (2024).
C. Rettenmaier, A. Herzog, D. Casari, M. Rüscher, H. Jeon, D. Kordus, M. Lopez-Luna, S. Kühl, U. Hejral, E. Davis, S.W. Chee, J. Timoshenko, D.T.L. Alexander, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando insights into correlating CO coverage and Cu-Au alloying with the selectivity of Au NP-decorated Cu2O nanocubes during the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. EES Catalysis 2 (1), 311–323 (2024).
2023
K. Pellumbi, D. Krisch, C. Rettenmaier, H. Awada, H. Sun, L. Song, S.A. Sanden, L. Hoof, L. Messing, K.junge Puring, D. Siegmund, B. Roldan Cuenya, W. Schöfberger and U.-P. Apfel: Pushing the Ag-loading of CO2 electrolyzers to the minimum via molecularly tuned environments. Cell Reports Physical Science 4 (12), 101746 (2023).
S.W. Chee, T. Lunkenbein, R. Schlögl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Electron Microscopy of Catalysts: The Missing Cornerstone in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research? Chemical Reviews 123 (23), 13374–13418 (2023).
N. Müller, R. Banu, A. Loxha, F. Schrenk, L. Lindenthal, C. Rameshan, E. Pittenauer, J. Llorca, J. Timoshenko, C. Marini and N. Barrabés: Dynamic behaviour of platinum and copper dopants in gold nanoclusters supported on ceria catalysts. Communications Chemistry 6 (1), 277 (2023).
S.W. Lee, A. Subramanian, F.B. Zamudio, J.Q. Zhong, S.M. Kozlov, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Interaction of Gallium with a Copper Surface: Surface Alloying and Formation of Ordered Structures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (42), 20700–20709 (2023).
F. Yang, M. Lopez-Luna, F. Haase, D. Escalera Lopez, A. Yoon, M. Rüscher, C. Rettenmaier, H. Jeon, E. Ortega, J. Timoshenko, A. Bergmann, S.W. Chee and B. Roldan Cuenya: Spatially and Chemically Resolved Visualization of Fe Incorporation into NiO Octahedra during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (39), 21465–21474 (2023).
S. Oener, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Designing active oxides for a durable oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Synthesis 2, 817–827 (2023).
L.E. Abramiuc, L.C. Tanase, M. Prieto, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, N.G. Apostol, M.A. Huşanu, C.F. Chirilă, L. Trupină, T. Schmidt, L. Pintilie and C.M. Teodorescu: Surface charge dynamics on air-exposed ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3(001) thin films. Nanoscale 15 (31), 13062–13075 (2023).
R. Amirbeigiarab, J. Tian , A. Herzog, C. Qiu, A. Bergmann, B. Roldan Cuenya and O.M. Magnussen: Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions. Nature Catalysis 6 (9), 837–846 (2023).
A. Martini, D. Hursán, J. Timoshenko, M. Rüscher, F. Haase, C. Rettenmaier, E. Ortega, A. Etxebarria and B. Roldan Cuenya: Tracking the Evolution of Single-Atom Catalysts for the CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction Using Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Machine Learning. Journal of the American Chemical Society 154 (31), 17351–17366 (2023).
E. Davis, A. Bergmann, C. Zhan, H. Kuhlenbeck and B. Roldan Cuenya: Comparative study of Co3O4(111), CoFe2O4(111), and Fe3O4(111) thin film electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Communications 14, 4791 (2023).
S.W. Lee, M. Lopez-Luna, N. Berdunov, W. Wan, S. Kunze, S.K. Shaikhutdinov and B. Roldan Cuenya: Unraveling surface structures of gallium promoted transition metal catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation. Nature Communications 14, 4649 (2023).
E. Pożarowska, L. Pleines, M. Ewert, M. Prieto, L.C. Tanase, L.de S. Caldas, A. Tiwari, T. Schmidt, J. Falta, E. Krasovskii, C. Morales and J.I. Flege: Preparation and stability of the hexagonal phase of samarium oxide on Ru(0001). Ultramicroscopy 250, 113755 (2023).
F. Yang, M. Lopez-Luna, F. Haase, D. Escalera Lopez, A. Yoon, A. Kosari, M. Porcu, A. Bergmann, B. Roldan Cuenya and S.W. Chee: Tracking the Incorporation of Fe into NiO Electrocatalysts during Reaction with Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy and Time-Resolved Elemental Mapping. Microscopy and Microanalysis 29 (Suppl 1), 1302–1303 (2023).
E. Murphy, Y. Liu, I. Matanovic, M. Rüscher, Y. Huang, A. Ly, S. Guo, W. Zang, X. Yan, A. Martini, J. Timoshenko, B. Roldan Cuenya, I.V. Zenyuk, X. Pan, E.D. Spoerke and P. Atanassov: Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites. Nature Communications 14, 4554 (2023).
R. Mom, L. Sandoval Diaz, D. Gao, C.-H. Chuang, E. Carbonio, T. Jones, R. Arrigo, D. Ivanov, M. Hävecker, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Schlögl, T. Lunkenbein, A. Knop-Gericke and J. Velasco Vélez: Assessment of the Degradation Mechanisms of Cu Electrodes during the CO2 Reduction Reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 15 (25), 30052–30059 (2023).
H. Windeck, F. Berger and J. Sauer: Spectroscopic Signatures of Internal Hydrogen Bonds of Brønsted-Acid Sites in the Zeolite H-MFI. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (25), e202303204 (2023).
J. Velasco Vélez, J. Poon, D. Gao, C.-H. Chuang, A. Bergmann, T. Jones, S.-C. Haw, J.-M. Chen, E. Carbonio, R. Mom, D. Ivanov, R. Arrigo, B. Roldan Cuenya, A. Knop-Gericke and R. Schlögl: Cationic Copper Species Stabilized by Zinc during the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Revealed by In Situ X-Ray Spectroscopy. Advanced Sustainable Systems 7 (5), 2200453 (2023).
G. Wartner, D. Hein, A. Bergmann, R. Wendt, B. Roldan Cuenya and R. Seidel: Insights into the electronic structure of Fe-Ni thin-film catalysts during oxygen evolution reaction using operando resonant Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 (15), 8066–8080 (2023).
M. Munz, J. Poon, W. Frandsen, B. Roldan Cuenya and C. Kley: Nanoscale Electron Transfer Variations at Electrocatalyst-Electrolyte Interfaces Resolved by in Situ Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (9), 5242–5251 (2023).
C. Zhan, J. Yi, S. Hu, X.-G. Zhang, D.-Y. Wu and Z.-Q. Tian: Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions. Nature Reviews Methods primers 3 (1), 12 (2023).
J. Timoshenko, F. Haase, S. Saddeler, M. Rüscher, H. Jeon, A. Herzog, U. Hejral, A. Bergmann, S. Schulz and B. Roldan Cuenya: Deciphering the Structural and Chemical Transformations of Oxide Catalysts during Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using Quick X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Machine Learning. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (7), 4065–4080 (2023).
D. Kordus, J. Jelic, M. Lopez-Luna, Divins Núria J., J. Timoshenko, S.W. Chee, C. Rettenmaier, J. Kröhnert, S. Kühl, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, F. Studt and B. Roldan Cuenya: Shape-Dependent CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Cu2O Nanocubes Supported on ZnO. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (5), 3016–3030 (2023).
H. Liu, J. Timoshenko, L. Bai, Q. Li, M. Rüscher, C. Sun, B. Roldan Cuenya and J. Luo: Low-Coordination Rhodium Catalysts for an Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. ACS Catalysis 13 (2), 1513–1521 (2023).
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M. Prieto, 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).
J.J. Navarro, 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).
J. Zeininger, 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).
S.W. Chee 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. JPhys Energy 4 (4), 042003 (2022).
J.J. Navarro, 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).
R. Napier, 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).
F. Haase, 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).
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