Dhaka K., Kenmoe S., Füngerlings A., Pentcheva R., Tschulik K., Exner K. S.: Trends in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Limiting Steps for Different Active Sites on Co3O4(001). ChemCatChem, 2025, accepted.
Dittmer A., da Costa Gouveia T. L., Sivalingam K., DeBeer S., Neese F., Maganas D.: Revisiting the band gap problem in bulk Co3O4 and its isostructural Zn and Al derivatives through the lens of theoretical spectroscopy. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 17225-17244. DOI: 10.1039/D5CP01735A.
Omranpour A., Behler J.: A High-Dimensional Neural Network Potential for Co3O4. J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 2025, 37, 095701. DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad9f09.
Omranpour A., Elsner J., Lausch K. N., Behler J.: Machine Learning Potentials for Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 1616-1634. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c06717.
Omranpour A., Behler J.: Insights into the Structure and Dynamics of Water at Co3O4 (001) Using a High-Dimensional Neural Network Potential. arXiv (Chemical physics) (This content is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed yet), 2025. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.00322.
Tayyebi E., Exner K. S.: Understanding Free-Energy Landscapes in Electrocatalysis: A Case Study on Nitrate Reduction over Au(111). ACS Electrochem., 2025, 1, 910-920. DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.4c00210.
Usama M., Razzaq S., Hättig C., Steinmann S. N., Exner K. S.: Oxygen evolution reaction on IrO2(110) is governed by Walden-type mechanisms. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 6137. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61367-z.
Vuijk M., Ducci G., Sandoval L., Pietsch M., Reuter K., Lunkenbein T., Scheurer C.: Physics-Based Synthetic Data Model for Automated Segmentation in Catalysis Microscopy. Microsc. Microanal., 2025, 31, ozae130. DOI: 10.1093/mam/ozae130.
Xiang W., Hernandez S., Hosseini P., Bai F., Hagemann U., Heidelmann M., Li T.: Unveiling Surface Species Formed on Ni‐Fe Spinel Oxides During the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the Atomic Scale. Adv. Science, 2025, 12, 2501967. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202501967.
da Costa Gouveia T. L., Maganas D., Neese F.: Restricted Open-Shell Hartree–Fock Method for a General Configuration State Function Featuring Arbitrarily Complex Spin-Couplings. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2024, 128, 5041-5053. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00688.
Gerschel P., Angel S., Hammad M., Olean-Oliveira A., Toplak B., Chanda V., Martínez-Hincapié R., Sanden S., Khan A. R., Xing D., Amin A. S., Wiggers H., Hoster H., Čolić V., Andronescu C., Schulz C., Apfel U.-P., Segets D.: Determining materials for energy conversion across scales – The alkaline oxygen evolution reaction. Carbon Energ. 2024, 6, e608. DOI: 10.1002/cey2.608.
Tüysüz H.: Alkaline water electrolysis for green hydrogen production. Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 558-567. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00709.
Angel S., Braun M., Alkan B., Landers J., Salamon S., Wende H., Andronescu C., Schulz C., Wiggers H.: Spray-Flame Synthesis of LaFexCo1–xO3 (x = 0.2, 0.3) Perovskite Nanoparticles for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Water Splitting: Effect of Precursor Chemistry (Acetates and Nitrates). J. Phys. Chem. A, 2023, 127, 2564-2576. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06601.
Antony R. P., Cechanaviciute I. A., Quast T., Zerdoumi R., Saddeler S., Junqueira J. R. C., Schuhmann W.: Deep reconstruction of Mo-based OER pre-catalysts in water electrolysis at high current densities. ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202301023. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202301023.
Banko L, Tetteh E. B., Kostka A., Piotrowiak T. H., Krysiak O. A., Hagemann U., Andronescu C., Schuhmann W., Ludwig A.: Microscale Combinatorial Libraries for the Discovery of High-Entropy Materials. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2207635. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207635.
Bera A., Bullert D., Linke M., Franzka S., Hagemann U., Hartmann N., Hasselbrink E.: Interaction of 2-propanol with predominantly SrO- and TiO2-terminated SrTiO3(100) surfaces studied by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2023,13, 4988-4995 DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00310H.
Bondue C. J., Koper M. T. M., Tschulik K.: A Versatile and Easy Method to Calibrate a Two-Compartment Flow Cell for Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry Measurements. ACS Meas. Sci. Au. 2023, 3, 277-286. DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.3c00009.
Bondue C. J., Spallek M., Sobota L., Tschulik K.: Electrochemical Aldehyde Oxidation at Gold Electrodes: gem-Diol, non-Hydrated Aldehyde, and Diolate as Electroactive Species. ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202300685. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300685.
Budiyanto E., Ochoa-Hernández C., Tüysüz H.: Impact of alkaline treatment on mesostructured cobalt oxide for the oxygen evolution reaction. Adv. Sustain. Syst. 2023, 7, 2200499. DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202200499.
Douma D. H., Nchimi Nono K., Omranpoor A. H., Lamperti A., Debernardi A., Kenmoe S.: Probing the Local Environment of Active Sites during 2-Propanol Oxidation to Acetone on the Co3O4 (001) Surface: Insights from First-Principles O K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 5351-5357. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08959.
Exner K. S.: Importance of the Walden Inversion for the Activity Volcano Plot of Oxygen Evolution. Adv. Sci. 2023, 2305505. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305505.
Exner K. S.: How data-driven approaches advance the search for materials relevant to energy conversion and storage. Mater. Today Energy, 2023, 36, 101364. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2023.101364.
Exner K. S.: Standard-state entropies and their impact on the potential-dependent apparent activation energy in electrocatalysis. J. Energy Chem. 2023, 83, 247-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2023.04.020.
Exner K. S.: Importance of the volcano slope to comprehend activity and selectivity trends in electrocatalysis. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2023, 39, 101284. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101284.
Exner K. S.: On the mechanistic complexity of oxygen evolution: potential-dependent switching of the mechanism at the volcano apex. Mater. Horiz. 2023, 10, 2086. DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00047h.
Exner K. S.: Toward data- and mechanistic-driven volcano plots in electrocatalysis. ELSA, 2023, e2200014. DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202200014.
Exner K. S.: On the concept of metal–hydrogen peroxide batteries: improvement over metal–air batteries? Energy Adv. 2023, 2, 522. DOI: 10.1039/d3ya00002h.
Exner K. S.: Steering Selectivity in the Four-Electron and Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reactions: On the Importance of the Volcano Slope. ACS Phys. Chem. Au. 2023, 3, 190-198. DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.2c00054.
Füngerlings A., Wohlgemuth M., Antipin D., van der Minne E., Kiens E. M., Villalobos J., Risch M., Gunkel F., Pentcheva R., Baeumer C.: Crystal-facet-dependent surface transformation dictates the oxygen evolution reaction activity in lanthanum nickelate. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 8284. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43901-z.
Geiss J., Büker J., Schulte J., Peng B., Muhler M., Winterer M.: LaCo1–xFexO3 Nanoparticles in Cyclohexene Oxidation. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 5029-5038. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08644.
Gunnarson A., Quast T., Dieckhöfer S., Pfänder N., Schüth F., Schuhmann W.: Stability of a Pt@HGS catalyst as a model material for fuel cell applications: The role of the local pH value. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311780. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311780.
Hammad M., Angel S., Al-Kamal A. K., Asghar A., Said Amin A., Kräenbring M.-A., Wiedemann H. T., Vinayakumar V., Yusuf Ali M., Fortugno P., Kim C., Schmidt T. C., Kay C. W., Schulz C., Segets D., Wiggers H.: Synthesis of novel LaCoO3/graphene catalysts as highly efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for the degradation of organic pollutants. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 454, 139900. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.139900.
Khairani I. Y., Lin Q., Landers J., Salamon S., Doñate-Buendía C., Karapetrova E., Wende H., Zangari G., Gökce B.: Solvent Influence on the Magnetization and Phase of Fe-Ni Alloy Nanoparticles Generated by Laser Ablation in Liquids. J. Nanomater. 2023, 13, 227. DOI: 10.3390/nano13020227.
Klein J., Kampermann L., Mockenhaupt B., Behrens M., Strunk J., Bacher G.: Limitations of the Tauc Plot Method. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2304523. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202304523.
Lau K., Niemann F., Abdiaziz K., Heidelmann M., Yang Y., Tong Y., Fechtelkord M., Schmidt T. C., Schnegg A., Campen R. K., Peng B., Muhler M., Reichenberger S., Barcikowski S.: Differentiating between Acidic and Basic Surface Hydroxyls on Metal Oxides by Fluoride Substitution: A Case Study on Blue TiO2 from Laser Defect Engineering. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202213968. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213968.
Luan C. , Angona J., Krishnan A.B., Corva M., Hosseini P., Heidelmann M., Hagemann U., Tetteh E.B., Schuhmann W., Tschulik K., Li T.: Linking Composition, Structure and Thickness of CoOOH layers to Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity by Correlative Microscopy. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305982. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305982.
Luan C., Corva M., Hagemann U., Wang H., Heidelmann M., Tschulik K., Li T.: Atomic-Scale Insights into Morphological, Structural, and Compositional Evolution of CoOOH during Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 1400-1411. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03903.
Mackert V., Winter T., Jackson S., Kalia R., Levish A., Lukic S., Geiss J., Winterer M.: Very Small Nanocrystalline Tin Dioxide Particles: Local-, Crystal-, and Micro-Structure. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 17389-17405. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02110.
Omranpoor A. H., Bera A., Buller D., Linke M., Salamon S. Webers S., Wende H., Hasselbrink E., Spohr E., Kenmoe S.: 2-Propanol interacting with Co3O4(001): A combined vSFS and AIMD study. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 158, 164703. DOI: 10.1063/5.0142707.
Pacheco I., Bouvier M., Magnussen O. M., Allongue P., Maroun F.: Growth of ultrathin well-defined and crystalline films of Co3O4 and CoOOH by electrodeposition. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2023, 170, 012501. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/acafaa.
Piotrowiak T. H., Zehl R., Suhr E., Banko L., Kohnen B., Rogalla D., Ludwig A.: Unusual Phase Formation in Reactively Sputter-Deposited La—Co—O Thin-Film Libraries. Adv. Eng. Mater. 2023, 25 2201050. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202201050.
Piotrowiak T. H., Zehl R., Suhr E., Kohnen B., Banko L., Ludwig A.: Combinatorial Sputter Synthesis of Single-Phase La(XYZ)O3 ± σ Perovskite Thin-Film Libraries: A New Platform for Materials Discovery. Adv. Eng. Mater. 2023, 25, 2300437. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300437.
Rabe A., Jaugstetter M., Hiege F., Cosanne N., Ortega K. F., Linnemann J., Tschulik K., Behrens M.: Tailoring Pore Size and Catalytic Activity in Cobalt Iron Layered Double Hydroxides and Spinels by Microemulsion-Assisted pH-Controlled Co-Precipitation. ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202202015. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202202015.
Razzaq S., Exner K. S.: Materials Screening by the Descriptor Gmax(η): The Free-Energy Span Model in Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 1740-1758. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03997.
Santana Santos C., Nsolebna Jaato B., Sanjuán I., Schuhmann W., Andronescu C.: Operando scanning electrochemical probe microscopy during electrocatalysis. Chem. Rev., 2023, 123, 4972-5019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00766.
Spellauge M., Tack M., Streubel R., Miertz M., Exner K. S., Reichenberger S., Barcikowski S., Huber H. P., Ziefuss A. R.: Photomechanical Laser Fragmentation of IrO2 Microparticles for the Synthesis of Active and Redox-Sensitive Colloidal Nanoclusters. Small, 2023, 19, 2206485. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206485.
Tahir S., Landers J., Salamon S., Koch D., Doñate-Buendía C., Ziefuß A. R., Wende H., Gökce B.: Development of Magnetocaloric Microstructures from Equiatomic Iron–Rhodium Nanoparticles through Laser Sintering. Adv. Eng. Mater. 2023, 25, 2300245. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300245.
Tang D., Shen Z., Lechler S., Lu G., Yao L., Hu Y., Huang X., Muhler M., Zhao G., Peng B.: Aerobic oxidative lactonization of diols at room temperature over defective titanium-based oxides in water. J. Catal. 2023, 418, 237-246. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.01.025.
Timoshenko J., Haase F. T., Saddeler S., Rüscher M., Jeon H. S., Herzog A., Hejral U., Bergmann A., Schulz S., Roldan Cuenya B.: Deciphering the Structural and Chemical Transformations of Oxide Catalysts during Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using Quick X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Machine Learning. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4065-4080. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11824.
Varhade S., Meloni G., Tetteh E. B., Kim M., Schumacher S., Quast T., Andronescu C., Unwin P., Schuhmann W.: Elucidation of alkaline electrolyte-surface interaction in SECCM using a pH-independent redox probe. Electrochim. Acta, 2023, 460, 142548. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142548
Varhade S., Tetteh E. B., Saddeler S., Schumacher S., Aiyappa H. B., Bendt G., Schulz S., Andronescu C., Schuhmann W.: Crystal plane-related oxygen evolution activity of single hexagonal Co3O4 spinel particles. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203474. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203474.
Yang F., Lopez Luna M., Haase F. T., Escalera-López D., Yoon A., Rüscher M., Rettenmaier C., Jeon H. S., Ortega E., Timoshenko J., Bergmann A., Chee S. W., Roldan Cuenya B.: Spatially and Chemically Resolved Visualization of Fe Incorporation into NiO Octahedra during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21465-21474. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07158.
Zahn D., Landers J., Diegel M., Salamon S., Stihl A., Schacher F. H., Wende H., Dellith J., Dutz S.: Optimization of Magnetic Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Magnetic Heating Applications in Biomedical Technology. Nanomater. 2023, 13, 1673. DOI: 10.3390/nano13101673.
Zerdoumi R., Savan A., Amalraj M., Tetteh E. B., Lourens F., Krysiak O. A., Junqueira J. R. C., Ludwig A., Schuhmann W.: Combinatorial screening of electronic and geometric effects in compositionally complex solid solutions towards a rational design of electrocatalysts. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2302177. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202302177.
Budiyanto E., Tüysüz H.: Cobalt oxide nanowires with controllable diameter and crystal structures for the oxygen evolution reaction. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 18, e202200065. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200065.
Corva M., Blanc N., Bondue C. J., Tschulik K.: Differential Tafel Analysis: A Quick and Robust Tool to Inspect and Benchmark Charge Transfer in Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 13805-13812. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03581.
Dreyer M., Hagemann U., Heidelmann M., Budiyanto E., Cosanne N., Ortega K. F., Najafishirtari S., Hartmann N., Tüysüz H., Behrens M.: Beneficial Effects of Low Iron Contents on Cobalt‐Containing Spinel Catalysts in the Gas Phase 2‐Propanol Oxidation. ChemCatChem, 2022, 14, e202200472. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200472.
Kox T., Omranpoor A. H., Kenmoe S.: Structure and Reactivity of CoFe2O4(001) Surfaces in Contact with a Thin Water Film. Physchem, 2022, 2, 321-333. DOI: 10.3390/physchem2040023.
Li T., Devaraj A., Kruse N.: Atomic-scale characterization of (electro-)catalysts and battery materials by atom probe tomography. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2022, 3, 101188. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.101188.
Liu Z., Amin H. M. A., Peng Y., Corva M., Pentcheva R., Tschulik K.: Facet-Dependent Intrinsic Activity of Single Co3O4 Nanoparticles for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2210945. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202210945.
Liu Y., Han Z., Gewinner S., Schöllkopf W., Levchenko S. V., Kuhlenbeck H., Roldan Cuenya B.: 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. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202202561. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202561.
Möllers P. V., Wei J., Salamon S., Bartsch M., Wende H., Waldeck D. H., Zacharias H.: Spin-Polarized Photoemission from Chiral CuO Catalyst Thin Films. ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 12145-12155. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c02709.
Omranpoor A. H., Kox T., E. Spohr, Kenmoe S.: Influence of temperature, surface composition and electrochemical environment on 2-propanol decomposition at the Co3O4(001)/H2O interface. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2022, 12, 100319. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsadv.2022.100319.
Yu M., Budiyanto E., Tüysüz H.: Principle of water electrolysis and recent progress of nickel, cobalt and iron-based oxides for oxygen evolution reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202103824. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103824.
Yu M., Weidenthaler C., Wang Y., Budiyanto E., Şahin E. O., Chen M., DeBeer S., Ruediger O., Tüysüz H.: Surface boron modulation on cobalt oxide nanocrystals for electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202211543. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211543.