Publications LEP 2016

Peer Reviewed Papers

  • Iridium oxide for the oxygen evolution reaction: Correlation between particle size, morphology, and the surface hydroxo layer from operando XAS D.F. Abbott, D. Lebedev, K. Waltar, M. Povia, M. Nachtegaal, E. Fabbri, C. Copéret, T.J. Schmidt

    Chem. Mater. 28, 6591-6604 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02625 

  • In Situ High Temperature Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study on the Influence of Zeolites on the Radical Formation during Lignin Pyrolysis C. Bährle, V. Custodis, G. Jeschke, J.A. van Bokhoven, F. Vogel 

    ChemSusChem 9, 2397-2403 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600582 

  • Understanding the anomalous behavior of the Vegard’s law in Ce1−xMxO2(M = Sn and Ti; 0 < x ≤ 0.5) solid solutions T. Baidya, P. Bera, O. Kröcher, O. V. Safonova, P. Abdala, B. Gerke, R. Poettgen, K. R. Priolkar, T. K. Mandal

    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 13974-13983 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/C6CP01525E 

  • Assessment of CexZryHfzO2 based oxides as potential solar thermochemical CO2 splitting materials R.R. Bhosale, A. Kumar, F. Almomani, U. Gosh, S. Al-Muhtaseb, R. Gupta, I. Alxneit

    Ceram. Int. 42, 9354-9362 (2016).

    DOI: 1016/j.ceramint.2016.02.100 

  • Propylene oxide assisted sol-gel synthesis of zinc ferrite nanoparticles for solar fuel production R.R. Bhosale, A. Kumar, F. Alomani, I. Alxnei

    Ceram. Int. 42, 2431-2438 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.10.053 

  • Electrochemical flow-cell setup for in situ X-ray investigations: I. Cell for SAXS and XAS at synchrotron facilities T. Binninger, E. Fabbri, A. Patru, M. Garganourakis, J. Han, D.F. Abbott, O. Sereda, R. Kötz, A. Menzel, M. Nachtegaal, T.J. Schmidt 

    J. Electrochem. Soc. 163, 163 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1149/2.0201610jes 

  • Methane to methanol over copper mordenite: Yield improvement through multiple cycles and different synthesis techniques S.E. Bozbag, E.M.C. Alayon, J. Pechacek, M. Nachtegaal, M. Ranocchiari, J.A. van Bokhoven 

    Catal. Sci. Technol. 6, 5011-5022 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/c6cy00041j 

  • Vacuum powder feeding and dispersion analysis for a solar thermochemical drop-tube reactor M. Brkic, E. Koepf, I. Alxneit, A. Meier

    Chem. Eng. Sci. 152, 280-292 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.06.024 

  • Smart material concept: reversible microstructural self-regeneration for catalytic applications D. Burnat, R. Kontic, L. Holzer, P. Steiger, D. Ferri, A. Heel

    J. Mater. Chem. A 4,, 11939-11948 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/c6ta03417a 

  • Selectivity Control in Palladium Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation Through Selective Blocking of Active Sites S. Campisi, D. Ferri, A. Villa, W. Wang, D. Wang, O. Kröcher, L. Prati

    J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 14027-14033 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01549 

  • Continuous synthesis of gold nanoparticles using the segmented flow tubular reactor (SFTR) A Carino, A Walter, A Testino, H Hofmann

    CHIMIA 70, 457-457 (2016).

    DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2016.457 

  • Oxygen evolution reaction on La1-xSrxCoO3 perovskites: A combined experimental and theoretical study of their structural, electronic, and electrochemical properties X. Cheng, E. Fabbri, M. Nachtegaal, I.E. Castelli, M. El Kazzi, R. Haumont, N. Marzari, T.J. Schmidt

    Chem. Mater. 27, 7662-7672 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03138 

  • Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of noble metal ternary chalcogenide systems of Ag-Au-Se in the forms of alloyed nanoparticles and colloidal nanoheterostructures M. Dalmases, M. Ibáñez, P. Torruella, V. Fernàndez-Altable, L. Lopez-Conesa, D. Cadavid, L. Piveteau, M. Nachtegaal, J. Llorca, M.L. Ruiz-Gonzalez, S. Estradé, F. Peiro, M.V. Kovalenko, A. Cabot, A. Figuerola 

    Chem. Mater. 28, 7017-7028 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02845 

  • On-line liquid quench sampling and UV–Vis spectroscopy for tar measurements in wood gasification process gases P. Edinger, J. Schneebeli, RPWJ Struis, SMA Biollaz, C. Ludwig

    Fuel 184, 59-68 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.06.127 

  • Online Detection of Selenium and Its Retention in Reducing Gasification Atmosphere P Edinger, M Tarik, A Hess, A Testino, C Ludwig

    Energy Fuels 30, 1237–1247 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02608 

  • Finite difference method accelerated with sparse solvers for structural analysis of the metal-organic complexes A.A. Guda, S.A Guda, M.A Soldatov, K.A Lomachenko, A.L Bugaev, C Lamberti, W Gawelda, C. Bressler, G Smolentsev, A.V Soldatov, Y Joly 

    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 712, 012004 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012004 

  • Pt-Ni aerogels as unsupported electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction S. Henning, L. Kühn, J. Herranz, J. Durst, T. Binninger, M. Nachtegaal, M Werheid1, W. Liu, M. Adam, S. Kaskel, A. Eychmüller, T.J. Schmidt 

    J. Electrochem. Soc. 163, F998-F1003 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1149/2.0251609jes 

  • Online Size and Element Analysis of Aerosol Particles Released from Thermal Treatment of Wood Samples Impregnated with Different Salts A. Hess, M. Tarik, D. Foppiano, P. Edinger, C. Ludwig 

    Energy Fuels 30, 4072–4084 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b00174 

  • Measuring air borne nanoparticles for characterizing hyphenated RDD-SMPS-ICPMS instrumentation A Hess, M Tarik, S Losert, G Ilari, C Ludwig 

    J. Aerosol Sci. 92, 130-141 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2015.10.007 

  • Hydrothermal oxidation of fecal sludge: experimental investigations and kinetic modeling T. Hübner, M. Roth, F. Vogel

    Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 55, 11910-11922 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b03084 

  • High-performance thermoelectric nanocomposites from nanocrystal building blocks M. Ibáñez, Z. Luo, A. Genç, L. Piveteau, S. Ortega, D. Cadavid, O. Dobrozhan, Y. Liu, M. Nachtegaal, M. Zebarjadi, J. Arbiol, M.V. Kovalenko, A. Cabot

    Nat. Commun. 7, 10766 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10766 

  • Alloying behavior of self-assembled noble metal nanoparticles L. Kühn, A.-K. Herrmann, B. Rutkowski, M. Oezaslan, M. Nachtegaal, M. Klose, L. Giebeler, N. Gaponik, J. Eckert, T.J. Schmidt, A. Czyrska-Filemonowicz, A. Eychmüller 

    Chem. Europ. J. 22, 13446-13450 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602487 

  • Zn-modified ceria as a redox material for thermochemical H2O and CO2 splitting: Effect of a secondary ZnO phase on ist thermochemical activity F. Lin, V.A. Samson, A.O. Wismer, D. Grolimund, I. Alxneit, A. Wokaun

    Cryst. Eng. 18, 2559-2569 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/c6ce00430j 

  • First demonstration of direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and carbon dioxide by solar-driven thermochemical cycles using rhodium-ceria F. Lin, M. Rothensteiner, I. Alxneit, J.A. Van Bokhoven, A. Wokaun

    Energy Environ. Sci. 9, 2400-2409 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/c6ee00862c 

  • Sintering and coking resistant core-shell microporous silica - nickel nanoparticles for CO methanation: towards advanced catalysts production M.A. Lucchini, A. Testino, A. Kambolis, C. Proff, C. Ludwig

    Appl. Catal. B 182, 94-101 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.09.012 

  • Solid oxide fuel cell anode degradation by the effect of hydrogen chloride in stack and single cell environments H. Madi, A. Lanzini, D. Papurello, S. Diethelm, C. Ludwig, M. Santarelli

    J. Power Sources 326, 349-356 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.07.003 

  • Organic-sulfur poisoning of solid oxide fuel cell operated on bio-syngas H. Madi, S. Diethelm, C. Ludwig, J. Van Herle

    Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 41 , 12231-12241 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.014 

  • The significance of Lewis acid sites for the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide on vanadium-based catalysts A. Marberger, D. Ferri, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 11989-11994 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605397 

  • Operando XAS study of the influence of CO and NO on methane oxidation by Pd/Al2O3. V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal, A. Petrov, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri

    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 712, 012051. (2016).

    DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012051 

  • An operando emission spectroscopy study of Pt/Al2O3 and Pt/CeO2/Al2O3 V. Marchionni, J. Szlachetko, M. Nachtegaal, A. Kambolis, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri

    PCCP 18, 29268-29277 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/C6CP05992A 

  • Operando synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and modulated-excitation infrared spectroscopy elucidate the CO2 promotion on a commercial methanol synthesis catalyst O. Martin, C. Mondelli, A. Cervellino, D. Ferri, C. Douilly, D. Curulla-Ferré, J. Pérez-Ramirez

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 11031-11036 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603204 

  • Low Temperature Activation of Supported Metathesis Catalysts by Organosilicon Reducing Agents V. Mougel, K.-W. Chan, G. Siddiqi, K. Kawakita, H. Nagae, H. Tsurugi, K. Mashima, O. Safonova, C. Copéret 

    ACS Cent. Sci. 2, 569–576 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00176 

  • Quick-EXAFS setup at the SuperXAS beamline for in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy with 10ms time resolution O. Müller, M. Nachtegaal, J. Just, D. Lützenkirchen-Hecht, R. Frahm

    J. Synchrotron Radiat. 23, 260-266 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1107/S1600577515018007 

  • Kinetic studies of the Pt carbonate-mediated, room-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 using combined, time-resolved XAFS, DRIFTS, and mass spectrometry xname

    J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 138, 13930-13940 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06819 

  • Homogeneity and elemental distribution in self-assembled bimetallic Pd-Pt aerogels prepared by a spontaneous one-step gelation process M. Oezaslan, W. Liu, M. Nachtegaal, A.I. Frenkel, B. Rutkowski, M. Werheid, A.-K. Herrmann, C. Laugier-Bonnaud, H.-C. Yilmaz, N. Gaponik, A. Czyrska-Filemonowicz, A. Eychmüller, T.J. Schmidt 

    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, , 20640-20650 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03527b 

  • Ruthenium Dispersion: A Key Parameter for the Stability of Supported Ruthenium Catalysts during Catalytic Supercritical Water Gasification G Peng, C Ludwig, F Vogel

    ChemCatChem 8 , 139-141 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500995 

  • Weakly Conjugated Hybrid Zinc Porphyrin Sensitizers for Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Peng Qin, Paek Sanghyun, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Kasparas Rakstys, Hany ElBatal, Shaheen A Al‐Muhtaseb, Christian Ludwig, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin 

    Adv. Funct.Mater. 26, 5550-5559 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201601120 

  • Catalytic Supercritical Water Gasification: Interaction of sulfur with ZnO and the Ruthenium catalyst G. Peng, C. Ludwig, F. Vogel

    Appl. Catal. B 202, 262–268 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.09.011 

  • Deactivation Aspects of Methane Oxidation Catalysts Based on Palladium and ZSM-5 A. Petrov, D. Ferri, M. Tarik, O. Kröcher, J. van Bokhoven

    Top. Catal. xno, xpage (2016).

    DOI: 10.1007/s11244-016-0724-6 

  • Size control of Pt clusters on CeO2 nanoparticles via an incorporation–segregation mechanism and study of segregation kinetics F. Pilger, A. Testino, A. Carino, C. Proff, A. Kambolis, A. Cervellino, C. Ludwig

    ACS Catal. 6, 3688-3699 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00934 

  • Arsenic mobilization from historically contaminated mining soils in a continuously operated bioreactor: Implications for risk assessment L. Rajpert, B.A. Kolvenbach, E.M. Ammann, K. Hockmann, M. Nachtegaal, E. Eiche, A. Schäffer, P.F.X. Corvini, A. Sklodowska, M. Lenz

    Env. Sci. Technol. 50, 9124-9123 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02037 

  • A Novel Salt Separator for the Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass J. Reimer, G. Peng, S. Viereck, E. De Boni, J. Breinl, F. Vogel

    J. Supercrit. Fluids 117, 113-121 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2016.06.009 

  • Influence of Anions and Cations on the Phase Behavior of Ternary Salt Solutions Studied by High Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry J. Reimer, F. Vogel

    J. Supercrit. Fluids 109, 141-147 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.10.018 

  • Water Accessibility in a Membrane-Inserting Peptide Comparing Overhauser DNP and Pulse EPR Methods T. Segawa, M. Doppelbauer, L. Garbuio, A. Doll, Y. Polyhach, G. Jeschke

    J. Chem. Phys. 144, 194201-194212 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1063/1.4948988 

  • Establishing nonlinearity thresholds with ultraintense X-ray pulse J. Szlachetko, J. Hoszowska, J.-C. Dousse, M. Nachtegaal, W. Bachucki, Y. Kayser, J. Sa, M. Messerschmidt, S. Boutet, G.J. Williams, C. David, G. Smolentsev, J.A. van Bokhoven, B.D. Patterson, T.J. Penfold, G. Knopp, M. Pajek, R. Abela, C.J. Milne 

    Sci. Rep. 6, 33292 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1038/srep33292

Book or Bookchapter

  • Aerosol spray synthesis of powder perovskite-type oxides D. Ferri, A. Heel, D. Burnat

    Perovskites and Related Mixed Oxides: Concepts and Applications; P. Granger V.I. Parvulescu, S. Kaliaguine, W. Prellier Eds. 1st Edition, Wiley, 69 (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/9783527686605.ch04 

  • Integrated desulfurization and methanation concepts for SNG production C.F. König, M. Nachtegaal, T.J. Schildhauer

    Synthetic Natural Gas from Coal and Dry Biomass, and Power-to-Gas Applications; T.J. Schildhauer, S.M. Biolaz ISBN: 1119191254, 9781119191254; Eds., Wiley , (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/9781119191339.ch12 

  • QEXAFS: Techniques and scientific applications for time-resolved XAS M. Nachtegaal, O. Müller, C. König, R. Frahm

    X-ray absorption and X-ray emission Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications; J.A. van Bokhoven, C. Lamberti Eds., Wiley , (2016).

    DOI: 10.1002/9781118844243.ch7 

Theses

  • Time-resolved size and element analysis of gas-borne nanoparticles A. Hess

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 6988 , EPF Lausanne (December 2016).

  • Ceria-based metal-oxides for solar-driven thermochemical CO2 conversion and H2O splitting: On the role of a secondary dopant phase and the concept of direct solar fuel generation F. Lin

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 23278, ETH Zürich (2016).

  • Investigations into the effects of biofuel contaminants on solid oxide fuel cells H. Madi 

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 7161, EPF Lausanne (2016) Thesis co-directors Jan Van Herle EPFL and Christian Ludwig .

  • Modulated excitation and phase sensitive detection for the investigation of elementary catalytic reactions V. Marchionni 

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 23944, ETH Zürich (2016).

  • Understanding and improving gold-catalyzed formic acid decomposition for application in the SCR process M. Sridhar 

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 23507, ETH Zürich (2016).