Publications LEP 2015

Peer Reviewed Papers

  • Bis(mu-oxo) versus mono(mu-oxo)dicopper cores in a zeolite for converting methane to methanol: an in situ XAS and DFT investigation Alayon Evalyn Mae C., Nachtegaal Maarten, Bodi Andras, Ranocchiari Marco, van Bokhoven Jeroen A. 

    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 7681-7693 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03226h 

  • Opportunities for Switzerland to Contribute to the Production of Algal Biofuels: the Hydrothermal Pathway to Bio-Methane M. Bagnoud-Velásquez, D. Refardt, F. Vuille, C. Ludwig 

    CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry 69, 614-621 (2015).

    DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.614

  • First developments towards closing the nutrient cycle in a biofuel production process M. Bagnoud-Velásquez, U. Schmid-Staiger, G. Peng, F. Vogel, C. Ludwig 

    Algal Research 8, 76-82 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9861

  • High Field EPR and DFT Study of Stable Free Radicals in Lignin: Influence of the Extraction Process, Botanical Origin and Protonation Reactions on the Radical g-Tensor C. Bährle, T.U. Nick, M. Bennati, G. Jeschke, F. Vogel 

    J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 6475-6482 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/

  • Manipulating the reaction path of the CO2 hydrogenation reaction in molecular sieves A. Borgschulte, E. Callini, N. Stadie, Y. Arroyo, M. Rossell, R. Erni, J.J.C. Geerlings, A. Züttel, D. Ferri 

    Catal. Sci. Technol. 5, 4613-4621 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/c5cy00528k

  • Watching the dynamics of electrons and atoms at work in solar energy conversion S.E. Canton, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, M. Pápai, A. Corani, A. Smeigh, G. Smolentsev, K. Attenkofer, G. Jennings, C.A. Kurtz, F. Li, T. Harlang, D. Vithanage, P. Chabera, A. Bordage, L. Sun, S. Ott, K. Wärnmark, V. Sundström

    Faraday Discuss. (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00084J

  • Modulated excitation extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy G.L. Chiarello, D. Ferri,

    PCCP, 17, 10579 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00609k

  • Phenols and Aromatics from Fast Pyrolysis of variously prepared Lignins from Hard- and Softwoods V.B.F. Custodis, C. Bährle, F. Vogel, J.A. van Bokhoven

    J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 115, 214-223 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2015.07.018

  • Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δCarbon Composite Electrodes: Insight into the Local Electronic Structure E. Fabbri, M. Nachtegaal, X. Cheng, T.J. Schmidt

    Adv. Energy Mater. 5, 1402033 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201402033

  • Optimized finite difference method for the full-potential XANES simulations: Application to molecular Adsorption geometries in MOFs and metal−ligand intersystem crossing transients S.A. Guda, A.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. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 4512-4521 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00327

  • Simultaneous generation of mild acidic functionalities and small supported Ir NPs from alumina-supported well-defined iridium siloxide Héroguel Florent, Siddiqi Georges, Detwiler Michael D., Zemlyanov Dmitry Y., Safonova Olga V., Coperet Christophe

    J. Catal. 321, 81-89 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.11.002

  • A hyphenated SMPS–ICPMS coupling setup: Size-resolved element specific analysis of airborne nanoparticles A. Hess, M. Tarik; C. Ludwig

    J. Aerosol Sci. 88, 109-118 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2015.05.016

  • Structural modification of Ni/γ-Al2O3 with Boron for enhanced carbon resistance during CO methanation, A. Kambolis, D. Ferri, Y. Lu, S.N. Yannopoulos, S. Pokrant, D. Rentsch, O. Kröcher

    ChemCatChem 7, 3261 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500567

  • CO Methanation for Synthetic Natural Gas Production A. Kampolis, T. Schildhauer, O. Kröcher

    Chimia 69, 608-613 (2015).

    DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.608

  • Effect of Support composition on the mechanical and catalytic properties of nickel catalysts for syngas methanation A. Kambolis, Y. Liu, D. Ferri, F. Clemens, T. Schildhauer, O. Kröcher

    Proc 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, , June 1-4 (2015).

    DOI: 10.507/23rdEUBCE2015

  • Catalytically active and pectator Ce3+ in ceria-supported metal catalysts R. Kopelent, J.A. van Bokhoven, J. Szlachetko, J. Edebeli, C. Paun, M. Nachtegaal, O.V. Safonova

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 8728-8731 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503022

  • Pd loading and structure of flame-made Pd/YFeO3±d, Y. Lu, S. Keav, A.E. Maegli, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri

    Top. Catal. 58, 910 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1007/s11244-015-0459-9

  • 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

    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 182, 94-101 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.09.012

  • Chemicals from lignin by catalytic fast pyrolysis, From product control to reaction mechanism Z. Ma, V. Custodis, P. Hemberger, C. Bährle, F. Vogel, G. Jeschke, J.A. van Bokhoven

    Chimia 69, 597–602 (2015).

    DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.597

  • The Impact of Toluene on the Performance of Anode-Supported Ni-YSZ SOFC Operated on Hydrogen and Biosyngas H. Madi, S. Diethelm, C. Ludwig, J. Van Herle

    ECS Transactions 68, 2811-2818 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1149/06801.2811ecst

  • Generation of NH3-SCR active catalysts from decomposition of supported FeVO4 A. Marberger, M. Elsener, D. Ferri, A. Sagar, K. Schermanz, O. Kröcher

    ACS Catal. 5, ACS Catal. (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00738

  • VOx Surface Coverage Optimization of V2O5/WO3-TiO2 SCR Catalysts by Variation of the V Loading and by Aging A. Marberger, M. Elsener, D. Ferri, O. Kröcher

    Catalysts, 5, 1704-1720 (2015).

    DOI: 10.3390/catal5041704

  • Flame-made WO3/CeOx-TiO2 catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 K.A. Michalow-Mauke, Y. Lu, K. Kowalski, T. Graule, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri

    ACS Catal. 5, 5657-5672 (2015).

    DOI: doi:10.1021/acscatal.5b01580

  • WO3/CeO2/TiO2 Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH3: Effect of the Synthesis Method K.A. Michalow-Mauke, Y. Lu, D. Ferri, T. Graule, K. Kowalski, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher

    Chimia 69, 220-224 (2015).

    DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.220

  • Room-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation by oxygen over Pt/AI2O3 mediated by reactive platinum carbonates M.A. Newton, D. Ferri, G. Smolentsev, V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal

    Nat. Commun. 6, (2015).

    DOI: doi:10.1038/ncomms9675

  • Electronic structures of cyclometalated palladium complexes in the higher oxidation states B.N. Nguyen, L.A. Adrio, T. Albrecht, A.J.P. White, M.A. Newton,M. Nachtegaal, S.J.A. Figueroa, Hii King Kuok (Mimi)

    Dalton Trans. 44, 16586-16591 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02104a

  • Effect of carbon surface functional groups on the synthesis of Ru/C catalysts for supercritical water gasification G. Peng, F. Gramm, C. Ludwig, F. Vogel

    Catal. Sci. Technol. 5, 3658-3666 (2015).

    DOI: doi:10.1039/C5CY00352K

  • Palladium versus platinum: The metal in the catalytic center of a molecular photocatalyst determines the mechanism of the hydrogen production with visible light M.G. Pfeffer, B. Schäfer, G. Smolentsev, J. Uhlig, E. Nazarenko, J. Guthmuller, C. Kuhnt, M. Wächtler, B. Dietzek, V. Sundström, S. Rau 

    Angew Chem Int. Ed. 54, 5044-5048 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409438

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

    ChemCatChem , (2015).

    DOI: (accepted)

  • One-Pot Polyol Synthesis of Pt/CeO2 and Au/CeO2 Nanopowders as Catalysts for CO Oxidation F. Pilger, A. Testino, M. A. Lucchini, A. Kambolis, M. Tarik, M. El Kazzi, Y. Arroyo, M.D. Rossell, C. Ludwig 

    J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 15, 3530-3539 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9861

  • Atomistic description of thiostannate-capped CdSe nanocrystals: retention of four-coordinate SnS4 motif and preservation of Cd-Rich stoichiometry L. Protesescu, M. Nachtegaal, O. Voznyy, O. Borovinskaya, A.J. Rossini, L. Emsley, C. Coperet, D. Guenther, E.H. Sargent, M.V. Kovalenko

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 1862-1874 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/ja510862c

  • Ion association in Hydrothermal Sodium Sulfate Solutions studied by Modulated FT-IR-Raman Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics J. Reimer, M. Steele-MacInnis, J.M. Wambach, F. Vogel

    J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 9847-9857 (2015).

    DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03192

  • Speciation and Structural Properties of Hydrothermal Na‐K‐SO4 Solutions Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations J. Reimer, F. Vogel, M. Steele-MacInnis

    PNAS , (2015).

    DOI: submitted

  • 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. Supercritical Fluids , (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.10.018

  • Phase transitions of BaTi0.9Rh0.1O3 +/-delta perovskite-type oxides under reducing environments Rodriguez G. C. Mondragon, Goenuellue Y., Ferri Davide, Eyssler Arnim, Otal Eugenio, Saruhan B.

    Mater. Res. Bull. 61, 130-135 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.10.007

  • The use of Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (RXES) for the electronic analysis of metal complexes and their interactions with biomolecules J. Sá, J. Czapla-Masztafiak, E. Lipiec, Y. Kayser, W. Kwiatek, B. Wood, G.B. Deacon, G.Berger, F. Dufrasne, D.L. Fernandes, J. Szlachetko

    The use of Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (RXES) for the electronic analysis of metal complexes and their interactions with biomolecules 16, 1 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2015.07.001

  • Chemical state of phosphorus in amorphous Ni-Fe-P electroplates V.A.Safonov, O.V. Safonova, L.A. Fishgoit, K. Kvashnina, P. Glatzel 

    Surf. Coat. Technol. 275, 239-244 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.05.013

  • Measurement of Vanadium Emissions from SCR Catalysts by ICP-OES: Method Development and First Results T.J. Schildhauer, M. Elsener, J. Moser, I. Begsteiger, D. Chatterjee, K. Rusch, O. Kröcher

    Emiss. Control Sci. Technol. 1, 292-297 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1007/s40825-015-0023-x

  • Microsecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy identification of CoI intermediates in cobaloxime catalyzed hydrogen evolution G. Smolentsev, B. Cecconi1, A. Guda, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou1, J. A. van Bokhoven, M. Nachtegaal, V. Artero1

    Chem. Eur. J. 21, 15158-15162 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502900

  • Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy for the study of molecular systems relevant for artificial photosynthesis G. Smolentsev, V. Sundström

    Coord. Chem. Rev. 304-305, 117-132 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.001

  • Comparative analysis on the performance of pressure and air-assisted urea injection for selective catalytic reduction of NOx, A. Spiteri, P. Dimopoulos-Eggenschwiler, Y. Liao, G. Wigley, K.A. Michalow-Mauke, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, K. Boulouchos

    Fuel 161, 269–277 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.08.061

  • Promotion of ammonium formate and formic acid decomposition over Au/TiO2 by support basicity under SCR-relevant conditions M. Sridhar, D. Ferri, M. Elsener, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher

    ACS Catal. 5, 4772-4782 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01057

  • Tracking the Temporal Dynamics of Intracellular Lead Speciation in a Green Alga T.J. Stewart, J. Szlachetko, L. Sigg, R. Behra, M. Nachtegaal

    Environ. Sci. Technol. 49, 11176-11181 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02603

  • Phase-resolved particle size distribution: New insight into material characterization A. Testino, M. A. Lucchini, A. Cervellino, C. Ludwig

    Materials Letters 158, 333-338 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.06.051

  • Continuous Polyol Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Using a Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor (SFTR) A. Testino, F. Pilger, M. Lucchini, J. Quinsaat, C. Stähli, P. Bowen

    Molecules 20, 10566-10581 (2015).

    DOI: 10.3390/molecules200610566

  • A stable single-site palladium catalyst for hydrogenations G. Vilé, D. Albani, M. Nachtegaal, Z. Chen, D. Dontsova, M. Antonietti, N. Lopez, J. Pérez-Ramirez

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 11265-11269 (2015).

    DOI: 0.1002/anie.201505073

  • Operando attenuated total reflectance FTIR spectroscopy: Studies on the different selectivity observed in benzyl alcohol oxidation A. Villa, D. Ferri, S. Campisi, C.E. Chan-Thaw, Y. Lu, O. Kröcher, L. Prati

    ChemCatChem 7, , 2534-2541 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500432

  • DRIFTS study of a commercial Ni/gamma-Al2O3 CO methanation catalyst J. Zarfl, D. Ferri, T.J. Schildhauer, J. Wambach, A. Wokaun

    Appl. Catal. A 495, 104 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.005

  • Pd2Au36(SR)24 cluster: structure studies B. Zhang, S. Kaziz, H. Li, D. Wodka, S. Malola, O.V. Safonova, M. Nachtegaal, C. Mazet, I. Dolamic, J. Llorca, E. Kalenius, L.M.L. Daku, H. Hakkinen, T. Bürgi, N. Barrabés

    Nanoscale 7, 17012–17019 (2015).

    DOI: 10.1039/C5NR04324G

Book or Bookchapter

  • Natural Resources - Sustainable Targets, Technologies, Lifestyles and Governance C. Ludwig, C. Matasci, X. Edelmann (Eds.).

    World Resources Forum, printed by Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI 978-3-9521409-6-3, (2015).

    DOI: 

  • Aerosol Spray Synthesis of Powder Perovskite-Type Oxides Perovskites and Related Mixed Oxides: Concepts and Applications D. Ferri, A. Heel, D. Burnat

    First Edition, edited by P. Granger, V.I. Parvulescu, S. Kaliaguine, W. Prellier Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69-90 (November 12, 2015).

    DOI: 10.1002/9783527686605.ch04

Theses

  • Biomass-related salt solutions at hydrothermal conditions J. Reimer

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 23104, ETH Zürich (December 2015).

  • Methanation of biomass-derived synthesis gas – in situ DRIFTS studies over an aluminia supported nickel catalyst J. Zarfl

    Ph.D. Thesis No. 22183, ETH Zürich (2015).