In the first funding period, Area B contributed Mössbauer spectrometry and magnetometry, PL spectroscopy, DFT calculations, Raman and X-ray spectroscopy, (HR-)TEM and (NAP-)XPS, and new wavefunction methods for solids with unpaired electrons. The successful application of this variety of methods to the CRC’s materials basis is a prerequisite for the comprehensive characterization needed for the establishment of structure, composition and reactivity and enabled targeting the goals of the first funding period. Further important achievements of Area B, e.g., in the field of in situ and operando experimentation and modeling set the stage for the second funding period, which is summarized in the single project descriptions of Area B.
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Project B02 | Prof. Dr. Heiko Wende
Element-Specific Electronic, Magnetic, and Local Geometric Structure Characterization of Mixed Oxide Catalysts
Project B03 | Prof. Dr. R. Kramer Campen
Characterizing Electrooxidation Using Operando, Interface-Specific, Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy under (non-)Steady State Conditions
Project B04 | Prof. Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva
Theoretical Understanding and Trends in Reactivity of Transition Metal Oxides: Role of Structural Patterns and Control of Electronic States
Project B06 | Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer • Dr. Alexander Schnegg
Correlative and Multi-Modal Operando Spectroscopies to Understand the Active States of Spinel- and Perovskite-Type Catalysts
Project B08 | Prof. Dr. Frank Neese
Multiscale Methods for Theoretical Spectroscopy of Oxide Surfaces under Catalytic Oxidation Conditions
Project B09 | Prof. Dr. Tong Li • Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik
Effects of Surface Transformation on Selectivity and Activity of Co-Based Spinel Toward Alcohol Oxidation
Project B10 | Prof. Dr. Olaf Magnussen
Probing the Oxide Interface Structure under Reaction Conditions by Operando Surface X-Ray Diffraction
Project B11 | Prof. Dr. Christian Liebscher
Quantitative Atomic Resolution Imaging of Defect Evolution in Doped Oxide Catalysts by Momentum Resolved and In Situ Electron Microscopy