Publications

S.W. Chee, T. Lunkenbein, R. Schögl and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Electron Microscopy of Catalysts: The Missing Cornerstone in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research? Chemical Reviews, in press.

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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).

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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, in press.

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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).

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S. Oener, A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Designing active oxides for a durable oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Synthesis 2, 817–827 (2023).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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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2022

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).

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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).

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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).

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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. Journal of Physics: Energy 4 (4), 042003 (2022).

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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).

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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).

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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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J.J. Navarro, 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).

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A. Yoon, 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).

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F. Haase, 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).

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Y. Liu, 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).

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H. Liu, 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).

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S. Ott, 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).

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S. Ott, 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).

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W. Wan, 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).

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M. Rüscher, 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).

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J. Timoshenko, 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).

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C. Li, 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).

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Ö. Akay, 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).

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N. Daems, 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).

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U. Hejral, 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).

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2021

X. Feng, 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).

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S. Saddeler, 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).

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P. Grosse, 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).

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S. Kunze, 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).

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F. Scholten, 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).

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Y. Liu, 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).

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C. Zhan, 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).

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J.P. Bruce, 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).

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H. Jeon, 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).

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M. Lopez-Luna, 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).

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S.W. Chee, 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).

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A. Herzog, 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).

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L. Pielsticker, 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).

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N.J. Divins, 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).

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O. Lupan, 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).

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V. Ulrich, 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).

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G.H. Simon, 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).

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A. Yoon, 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).

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

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J.Q. Zhong, 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).

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R. Rizo, 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).

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2020

C. Rettenmaier, 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).

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P. Grosse, 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).

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S. Kunze, 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).

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J. Halldin Stenlid, 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).

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D. Hein, 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).

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H.N. Nong, 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).

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K.J. Puring, 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).

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F. Franco, 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).

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T. Möller, 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).

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J. Velasco Vélez, 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).

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J.J. Navarro, 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).

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R. Aran Ais, 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).

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J. Velasco Velez, 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).

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F. Dionigi, 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 and P. Strasser: In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution. Nature Communications 11, 2522 (2020).

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J. Timoshenko, 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).

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B. Eggert, 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).

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R.M. Aran-Ais, 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).

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S. Anke, 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).

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2019

H. Jeon, J. Timoshenko, F. Scholten, I. Sinev, A. Herzog, F. Haase and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Insight into the Correlation between the Structure and Composition of CuZn Nanoparticles and their Selectivity for the Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (50), 19879–19887 (2019).

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A. Bagger, R. Aran Ais, J.H. Stenlid, E.C.dos Santos, L. Arnarson, K.D. Jensen, M. Escudero-Escribano, B. Roldan Cuenya and J. Rossmeisl: Ab Initio Cyclic Voltammetry on Cu(111), Cu(100) and Cu(110) in Acidic, Neutral and Alkaline Solutions. ChemPhysChem 20 (22), 3096–3105 (2019).

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D. Gao, I. Sinev, F. Scholten, R. Aran Ais, N.J. Divins, K. Kvashnina, J. Timoshenko and B. Roldan Cuenya: Selective CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethylene and Multicarbon Alcohols via Electrolyte-Driven Nanostructuring. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (47), 17047–17053 (2019).

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A. Bergmann and B. Roldan Cuenya: Operando Insights into Nanoparticle Transformations during Catalysis. ACS Catalysis 9 (11), 10020–10043 (2019).

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J. Timoshenko, M. Ahmadi and B. Roldan Cuenya: Is There a Negative Thermal Expansion in Supported Metal Nanoparticles? An in Situ X-ray Absorption Study Coupled with Neural Network Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (33), 20594–20604 (2019).

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F. Novelli, M.B. Lopez, G. Schwaab, B. Roldan Cuenya and M. Havenith: Water Solvation of Charged and Neutral Gold Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123 (30), 6521–6528 (2019).

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M.V. Evers, M. Bernal, B. Roldan Cuenya and K. Tschulik: Piece by Piece-Electrochemical Synthesis of Individual Nanoparticles and their Performance in ORR Electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (24), 8221–8225 (2019).

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S. Anke, G. Bendt, I. Sinev, H.R. Hajiyani, H. Antoni, I. Zegkinoglou, H. Jeon, R. Pentcheva, B. Roldan Cuenya, S. Schulz and M. Muhler: Selective 2-Propanol Oxidation over Unsupported Co₃O₄ Spinel Nanoparticles: Mechanistic Insights into Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols. ACS Catalysis 9 (7), 5974–5985 (2019).

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R. Rizo Parraga and B. Roldan Cuenya: Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles as Anodic Catalysts in Low Temperature Fuel Cells. ACS Energy Letters 4 (6), 1484–1495 (2019).

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F. Scholten, I. Sinev, M. Bernal and B. Roldan Cuenya: Plasma-Modified Dendritic Cu Catalyst for CO₂ Electroreduction. ACS Catalysis 9 (6), 5496–5502 (2019).

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M. Ahmadi, J. Timoshenko, F. Behafarid and B. Roldan Cuenya: Tuning the Structure of Pt Nanoparticles through Support Interactions: An In Situ Polarized X-ray Absorption Study Coupled with Atomistic Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (16), 10666–10676 (2019).

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I. Zegkinoglou, L. Pielsticker, Z.-K. Han, N.J. Divins, D. Kordus, Y.-T. Chen, C. Escudero, V. Pérez-Dieste, B. Zhu, Y. Gao and B. Roldan Cuenya: Surface Segregation in CuNi Nanoparticle Catalysts During CO₂ Hydrogenation: The Role of CO in the Reactant Mixture. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (13), 8421–8428 (2019).

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Y.-W. Choi, F. Scholten, I. Sinev and B. Roldan Cuenya: Enhanced Stability and CO/Formate Selectivity of Plasma-Treated SnO_x/AgO_x Catalysts during CO₂ Electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (13), 5261–5266 (2019).

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C. Alvarez-Galvan, M. Melian, L. Ruiz-Matas, J.L. Eslava, R.M. Navarro, M. Ahmadi, B. Roldan Cuenya and J.L.G. Fierro: Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas Over Nickel-Based Catalysts: Influence of Support Type, Addition of Rhodium, and Preparation Method. Frontiers in Chemistry 7, 104 (2019).

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D. Gao, R. Aran Ais, H. Jeon and B. Roldan Cuenya: Rational catalyst and electrolyte design for CO₂ electroreduction towards multicarbon products. Nature Catalysis 2 (3), 198–210 (2019).

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S. Piontek, K.junge Puring, D. Siegmund, M. Smialkowski, I. Sinev, D. Tetzlaff, B. Roldan Cuenya and U.-P. Apfel: Bio-inspired design: bulk iron–nickel sulfide allows for efficient solvent-dependent CO₂ reduction. Chemical Science 10 (4), 1075–1081 (2019).

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supplementary-material

J. Velasco Vélez, T. Jones, D. Gao, E. Carbonio, R. Arrigo, C.-J. Hsu, Y.-C. Huang, C.L. Dong, J.-M. Chen, J.-F. Lee, P. Strasser, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Schlögl, A. Knop-Gericke and C.-H. Chuang: The Role of the Copper Oxidation State in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ into Valuable Hydrocarbons. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (1), 1485–1492 (2019).

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supplementary-material

J. Masa, C. Andronescu, H. Antoni, I. Sinev, S. Seisel, K. Elumeeva, S. Barwe, S. Marti-Sanchez, J. Arbiol, B. Roldan Cuenya, M. Muhler and W. Schuhmann: Role of Boron and Phosphorus in Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution by Nickel Borides and Nickel Phosphides. ChemElectroChem 6 (1), 235–240 (2019).

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2018

E. Özer, I. Sinev, A.M. Mingers, J. Araujo, T. Kropp, M. Mavrikakis, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, B. Roldan Cuenya and P. Strasser: Ir–Ni Bimetallic OER Catalysts Prepared by Controlled Ni Electrodeposition on Ir_poly and Ir(111). Surfaces 1 (1), 165–186 (2018).

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V. Ulrich, C. Froese, B. Moroz, P. Pyrjaev, E. Gerasimov, I. Sinev, B. Roldan Cuenya, M. Muhler, V. Bukhtiyarov and W. Grünert: Three-way catalysis with supported gold catalysts: Poisoning effects of hydrocarbons. Applied Catalysis B 237, 1021–1032 (2018).

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Y. Dong, O. Korup, J. Gerdts, B. Roldan Cuenya and R. Horn: Microtomography-based CFD modeling of a fixed-bed reactor with an open-cell foam monolith and experimental verification by reactor profile measurements. Chemical Engineering Journal 353, 176–188 (2018).

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R. Aran Ais, D. Gao and B. Roldan Cuenya: Structure- and Electrolyte-Sensitivity in CO₂ Electroreduction. Accounts of Chemical Research 51 (11), 2906–2917 (2018).

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