Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis
in Confined Geometries
Electrocatalysis under confinement: Carbon dioxide reduction with COF catalysts
This project aims to understand, model and control confinement effects on the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in the atomically precise pores of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). We will integrate COF design, advanced electrochemistry and theoretical modelling in a tight feedback loop to arrive at a fundamental understanding of CO2RR reactivity under confinement. Confinement effects to be studied include (i) CO2 capture and oversolubility in mesopores, (ii) increase of CO2RR vs. hydrogen evolution reaction selectivity via control of the local pH, mass transport and electrochemical double layer, and (iii) selectivity enhancement for multicarbon (C2+) products by tandem catalysis.
Research focus in the first funding period (2018-2022):
Covalent organic frameworks as tailored substrates with molecularly defined pores for molecular heterogeneous catalysis.
W. Barakat, F. Heck, M. Paetsch, H. Shatla, M. Dyballa, S. Krause, B.V. Lotsch and D. P. Estes
ChemRxiv. 2025
M. Samanta, Y. Weidemann, L. Yao, P. Hosseini,V. Duppel, K. Küster, K. Tschulik, B. Lotsch
ChemRxiv. 2025
T. Manitz, F. Heck, S. Rezeki, K. Gjorgjevikj, S. Tokuda, S. Bette, S. Canossa, D. Leistenschneider and S. Krause
Small 2025, e06833.
A. Rodríguez-Camargo, E. Yildiz, D. Juela, F. R. Fischer, D. Graf, B. B. Rath, Ch. Ochsenfeld, M. Bauer, M. Sitti, L. Yao and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 37, 33472–33481.
J. E. Knapp, B. Ortín-Rubio, F. Heck, K. Gjorgjevikj, A. Sleptsova, S. Krause, S. Bette and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. Sci., 2025,16, 13646-13654.
Z. Dilruba, A. Dadgar Yeganeh, S. Kolin, S. Noor, H. Shatla, C. Wieland ,B.-H. Yu ,K. Gugeler , A. Zens, J. Kästner, D. Estes, K. Pluhackova ,S. Krause and S. Laschat
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, Advance Article
D. W. Kim, P. Wrede, A. Rodríguez-Camargo, Y. Chen, N. O. Dogan, Ch. Glück, B. V. Lotsch, D. Razansky and M. Sitti
Adv. Mater. 2025, 2418425.
L. Cusin, P. Cieciórski, S. Van Gele, F. Heck, S. Krause, P. W. Majewski, B. V. Lotsch, W. Danowski and P. Samorì
Nat. Synth 2025, 4, 632–641.
A. Rodríguez-Camargo, M. W. Terban, M. Paetsch, E. A. Rico, D. Graf, R. Hirpara, V. Duppel, I. Moudrakovski, M. Etter, N. Guijarro, Ch. Ochsenfeld, R. E. Dinnebier, L. Yao and B. V. Lotsch
Nat. Synth 2025.
F. Heck, L. Grunenberg, N. Schnabel, A. Heilmaier, T. Sottmann, L. Yao and B. V. Lotsch
Adv. Mater. 2025, 2415882.
P. Hosseini, A. Rodríguez-Camargo, Y. Jiang, S. Zhang, Ch. Scheu, L. Yao, B. V. Lotsch and K. Tschulik
Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, 2413555.
K. Endo, S. Canossa, F. Heck, D. M. Proserpio, M. S. Istek, F. Stemmler, J. van Slageren, S. Hartmann, A. Hartschuh and B. V. Lotsch
Nat. Synth 2025.
S. Van Gele, S. Bette and B. V. Lotsch
JACS Au 2025, 5, 1, 388–398.
– PERSPECTIVE – K. Hemmer, H. L. B. Boström, S. Krause, B. V. Lotsch and R. A. Fischer
Commun Mater 2024, 5, 264.
– MINIREVIEW – A. Rodríguez-Camargo, K. Endo and B. V. Lotsch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202413096.
L. Grunenberg, Ch. Keßler, T. Wei Teh, R. Schuldt, F. Heck, J. Kästner, J. Groß, N. Hansen and B. V. Lotsch
ACS Nano 2024, 18, 25, 16091–16100.
M. Marshall, Z. Dilruba, A.-K. Beurer, K. Bieck, S. Emmerling, F. Markus, Ch. Vogler, F. Ziegler, M. Fuhrer, S. S. Y. Liu, S. R.Kousik, W. Frey, Y. Traa, J. R. Bruckner, B. Plietker, M. R. Buchmeiser, S. Ludwigs, S. Naumann, P. Atanasova, B. V. Lotsch, A. Zens and S. Laschat
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 27, e202400283.
– PERSPECTIVE – L. Yao, A. M. Pütz, H. Vignolo-González and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 14, 9479–9492.
K. Endo, A. Raza, L. Yao, S. Van Gele, A. Rodríguez-Camargo, H. A. Vignolo-González, L. Grunenberg, and B. V. Lotsch
Adv. Mater.2024, 2313197.
I. Tischler, A. Schlaich and Ch. Holm
ACS Omega2024, 9, 1, 598–606.
– REVIEW – B.B. Rath, S. Krause and B. V. Lotsch
Adv. Funct. Mater.2023, 2309060.
J. Yang, S. Kondrat, Ch. Lian, H. Liu, A. Schlaich and Ch. Holm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2023, 131, 118201.
H. Jäger, A. Schlaich, J. Yang, Ch. Lian, S. Kondrat and Ch. Holm
Faraday Discuss., 2023, 246, 520-539.
L. Grunenberg, G. Savasci, S.T. Emmerling, F. Heck, S. Bette, A. Cima Bergesch, C. Ochsenfeld and B.V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24, 13241–13248.
S. T. Emmerling, J. Maschita, and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 14, 7800–7809.
Ch. Koschnick, M. W. Terban, S. Canossa, M. Etter, R. E. Dinnebier and B. V. Lotsch
Adv. Mater. 2023, 36, 2210613.
S. R. Kousik, F. Ziegler, D. Sipp, A. Rodríguez-Camargo, H. Solodenko, W. Gassner, G. Schmitz, B. V. Lotsch, M. R. Buchmeiser, K. Koynov and P. Atanasova
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 10, 14733–14745.
– PERSPECTIVE – L. Grunenberg, B. V. Lotsch
Matter 2022, 5, 8, 2482-2484.
L. Yao, A. Rodríguez-Camargo, M. Xia, D. Mücke, R. Guntermann, Y. Liu, L. Grunenberg, A. Jiménez-Solano, S. T. Emmerling, V. Duppel, K. Sivula, T. Bein, H. Qi, U. Kaiser, M. Grätzel and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23, 10291–10300.
C. Stähler, L. Grunenberg, M. W. Terban, W. R. Browne, D. Doellerer, M. Kathan, M. Etter, B. V. Lotsch, B. L. Feringa and S. Krause
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 8253-8264.
C. Kessler, R. Schuldt, S. Emmerling, B. Lotsch, J. Kästner, J. Groß and N. Hansen
Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2022, 336, 111796.
J. Maschita, T. Banerjee and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 5, 2249–2258.
S. T. Emmerling, F. Ziegler, F. R. Fischer, R. Schoch, M. Bauer, B. Plietker, M. R. Buchmeiser and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104108.
S. Trenker, L. Grunenberg, T. Banerjee, G. Savasci, L.M. Poller, K.I.M. Muggli, F. Haase, Ch. Ochsenfeld and B.V. Lotsch
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15143–15150.
S. T. Emmerling, R. Schuldt, S. Bette, L. Yao, R. E. Dinnebier, J. Kästner, and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15711–15722.
V. Stavila, S. Li, C. Dun, M.A.T. Marple, H.E. Mason, J.L. Snider, J.E. Reynolds III, F. El Gabaly, J.D. Sugar, C.D. Spataru, X. Zhou, B. Dizdar, E.H. Majzoub, R. Chatterjee, J. Yano, H. Schlomberg, B.V. Lotsch, J.J. Urban, B.C. Wood and M.D. Allendorf
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25815–25824.
S. T. Emmerling, L. S. Germann, P. A. Julien, I. Moudrakovski, M. Etter, T. Friščić, R. E. Dinnebier and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. 2021, 7, 6, 1639-1652.
L. Grunenberg, G. Savasci, M. W. Terban, V. Duppel, I. Moudrakovski, M. Etter, R. E. Dinnebier, Ch. Ochsenfeld and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3430-3438.
– REVIEW – F. Haase and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 8469-8500.
– REVIEW – T. Banerjee, F. Podjaski, J. Kröger, B. P. Biswal and Bettina V. Lotsch
Nat. Rev. Mater. 2021, 6, 168–190.
A. M. Pütz, M. W. Terban, S. Bette, F. Haase, R. E. Dinnebier and B. V. Lotsch
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 12647–12654
J. Maschita, T. Banerjee, G. Savasci, F. Haase, Ch. Ochsenfeld and B. V. Lotsch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15750-15758.
K. Gottschling, G. Savasci, H. A. Vignolo-González, S. Schmidt, P. Mauker, T. Banerjee, P. Rovó, Ch. Ochsenfeld and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12146–12156.
![Sustained Solar H₂ Evolution from a Thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-Bridged Covalent Organic Framework and Nickel-Thiolate Cluster in Water](https://www.crc1333.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Publikation_Lotsch_1.jpeg)
B. P. Biswal, H. A. Vignolo-González, T. Banerjee, L. Grunenberg, G. Savasci, K. Gottschling, J. Nuss, Ch. Ochsenfeld and B. V. Lotsch
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11082–11092.
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