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.
T. Manitz, F. Heck, S. Rezeki, K. Gjorgjevikj, S. Tokuda, S. Bette, S. Canossa, D. Leistenschneider and S. Krause Small 2025, e06833.
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.
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 ChemRxiv. 2025
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.
