2025 Publications of the
Interface Science Department

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Journal Article (33)

2025
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Caliebe, W.A., 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).
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Campos-Jara, S., 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).
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Cheng, D., 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).
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Dembélé, K., 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).
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Dwivedi, J., 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).
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García, M.L., 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).
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Gisbert Gonzalez, J.M., 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).
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Hursán, D., 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.
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John, A.S., 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).
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Kampermann, L., 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).
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Kordus, D., 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).
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Landwehr, F., 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).
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Li, R.-J., 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).
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Lizée, M., A.R. Silva Olaya, J. Druce, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Disentangling multistep kinetics by combining electrochemical Arrhenius analysis with micro-kinetic modelling. Faraday Discussions, in press.
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Lu, G., 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).
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Martínez-Hincapié, R., 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.
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Mathiesen, J., 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).
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Nguyen, V.C., 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).
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Pożarowska, E., 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).
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Rabe, A., 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 64 (48), e202504171 (2025).
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Rüscher, M., 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).
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Sandoval-Diaz, L., 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).
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Schlögl, R.: Dynamic catalysts and the digital age: Synthetic consequences. The Journal of Chemical Physics 163 (19), 194710 (2025).
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Schroeder Rossi, T., 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).
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Silva Olaya, A.R., J. Druce, J.M. Gisbert Gonzalez, E. Ortega, B. Roldan Cuenya and S. Oener: Pressure and bias dependence of the rate-limiting steps of the oxygen reduction reaction. Nature Communications 16, 11170 (2025).
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Tanase, L.C., 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).
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Timoshenko, J., 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).
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Tschammer, R., 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).
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Wei, J., Z. Zhang, W. Gee, Y. Wei, Y. Zhou, M. Herran, P. Sautet, A. Alexandrova, B. Roldan Cuenya and C. Kley: The role of surface hydroxyls in atomic-scale copper restructuring during CO electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (49), 45178–45188 (2025).
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Yang, J., 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).
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Yoon, A., 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).
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Zhou, Y., E. Ibáñez-Alé, N. López, B. Roldan Cuenya and C. Kley: Carbonate anions and radicals induce interfacial water ordering in CO2 electroreduction on gold. Nature Chemistry, in press.
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Zhu, J., 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).

Thesis - PhD (3)

2025
Thesis - PhD
Haase, F.: Surface reactivity of 3d transition metal-based model catalysts for the oxidation of small molecules. Technische Universität Berlin
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Nguyen, K.-L.C.: Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on UHV-Prepared Cu Single Crystals. Technische Universität Berlin
Thesis - PhD
Yang, F.: Operando Insights into the Impact of Electrolyte Impurity Ions on the Structure of Ni/Co-based Electrocatalysts under Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction Conditions. Freie Universität Berlin
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