Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis
in Confined Geometries
Electrocatalysis under confinement: CO2-reduction with molecular catalysts immobilized on ordered mesoporous carbons
– New project since July 2022 –
Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) films with distinct pore sizes in the range of 3-18 nm and an adjusted wall polarity will be synthesized to design thin film electrodes (TFE) and gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for an optimized electrocatalytic reduction of CO2. The catalysts are selectively immobilized inside the mesopores via a silylation strategy. Confinement effects and the activity/selectivity of the electrocatalysts will be electrochemically characterized, and full cell measurements will be conducted to evaluate the stability and the scalability of the confinement effects. Relevant microscopic processes will be elucidated via simulations in order to set up an adequate continuum-based reaction-diffusion model for the full electrocatalytic cycle.
F. Hauf, S. Van Daele, M. K. Birhanu, S. Haufe, T. Breugelmans, E. Klemm
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F. Hauf, R. Kollmuß, S. Haufe and E. Klemm
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F. Hauf, R. Kollmuß, S. Haufe and E. Klemm
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S. Kolin, M. Marquardt, G. Fläschner, S. Naumann, K. Pluhackova
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– REVIEW – M. Huber, P. Sonnenberg and S. Naumann
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P. Vogel, D. Beyer, Ch. Holm and T. Palberg
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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
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O. Bunjaku, J. Florenski, J. Wischnat, E. Klemm, O. V. Safonova, J. van Slageren, and D. P. Estes
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 16, 7512–7519.
I. Haug, J. Reitz, C. Ziane, M. R. Buchmeiser, M. M. Hansmann and S. Naumann
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A. S. Hazari ,S. Chandra ,P. Becker ,H. Liu ,E. Klemm ,J. Kästner and B. Sarkar
ChemRxiv. 2024, Working Paper.
I. Tischler, A. Schlaich and Ch. Holm
ACS Omega2024, 9, 1, 598–606.
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.
M. Kirchhof, K. Gugeler, A.-K. Beurer, F. R. Fischer, D. Batman, S. M. Bauch, S. Kolin, E. Nicholas, R. Schoch, Ch. Vogler, S. R. Kousik, A. Zens, B. Plietker, P. Atanasova, S. Naumann, M. Bauer, J. R. Bruckner, Y. Traa, J. Kästner and Sabine Laschat
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E. Kersten, O. Linker, J. Blankenburg, M. Wagner, P. Walther, S. Naumann and H. Frey
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S. Chandra, A. S. Hazari, Q. Song, D. Hunger, N. I. Neuman, J. van Slageren, E. Klemm and B. Sarkar
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M. R. Buchmeiser, D. Imbrich, D. Wang and S. Naumann
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F. Stein, M. Nößler, A. S. Hazari, L. Böser, R. Walter, H. Liu, E. Klemm and B. Sarkar
Chem.Eur.J. 2023, 29, e2023004.
Ch. Vogler, S. Naumann and J. R. Bruckner
Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2022, 7, 1318-1326.
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