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Recent Publications
2026
- | Strategies to Stabilize Inductively Heating Fe Nanoparticles for Catalyzing the CO₂ Conversion to Syngas via Reverse Water Gas Shift at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSpyroglou, S., Rottensteiner, A., Timoshenko, J., Schröder, C., Müller, N., Loxha, A., Mößlacher, S., Marini, C., Reissner, M., Roldan Cuenya, B., Barrabés, N., & Sanchez Sanchez, M. (2026). Strategies to Stabilize Inductively Heating Fe Nanoparticles for Catalyzing the CO₂ Conversion to Syngas via Reverse Water Gas Shift. ACS Catalysis, 16(1), 344–355. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c06038
2025
- | Isolated Ni²⁺ Cations as the Active Centers for 1‑Butene Dimerization in Zeolites at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowLöbbert, L., Ellert, A., Zhou, M., Bermejo-Deval, R., Barrabés, N., Khare, R., Sanchez Sanchez, M., & Lercher, J. A. (2025). Isolated Ni2+ Cations as the Active Centers for 1‑Butene Dimerization in Zeolites. JACS Au, 5(7), 3350–3365. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.5c00461
2024
- | Direct methane utilization through benzene dehydroalkylation catalyzed by Co²⁺ sites in ZSM-5 intersections at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowAigner, M., Van Daele, S., Minoux, D., Nesterenko, N., Zhao, R., Baumgärtl, M., Khare, R., Jentys, A., Schroeder, C., Sanchez Sanchez, M. C., & Lercher, J. A. (2024). Direct methane utilization through benzene dehydroalkylation catalyzed by Co2+ sites in ZSM-5 intersections. Journal of Catalysis, 438, Article 115686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115686
- | Unlocking the potential for pseudo-molecular catalysts via understanding the activity of transition metal ionic species in zeolites at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSchröder, C., & Sanchez Sanchez, M. C. (2024). Unlocking the potential for pseudo-molecular catalysts via understanding the activity of transition metal ionic species in zeolites. Chem Catalysis, 4, Article 101130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2024.101130
2023
- | Speciation and Reactivity Control of Cu-Oxo Clusters via Extraframework Al in Mordenite for Methane Oxidation at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowTao, L., Khramenkova, E., Lee, I., Ikuno, T., Khare, R., Jentys, A., Fulton, J. L., Kolganov, A. A., Pidko, E. A., Sanchez Sanchez, M. C., & Lercher, J. A. (2023). Speciation and Reactivity Control of Cu-Oxo Clusters via Extraframework Al in Mordenite for Methane Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(32), 17710–17719. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04328
2022
- | Speciation of Cu-Oxo Clusters in Ferrierite for Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowTao, L., Lee, I., Khare, R., Jentys, A., Fulton, J. L., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., & Lercher, J. A. (2022). Speciation of Cu-Oxo Clusters in Ferrierite for Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. Chemistry of Materials, 34(10), 4355–4363. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04249
Selected Publications
Maricruz Sánchez-Sánchez' complete publication lists can be found here: ORCID, opens an external URL in a new window SCOPUS, opens an external URL in a new window
10. Mechanistic differences between methanol and dimethyl ether in zeolite-catalyzed hydrocarbon synthesis
Kirchberger, F.M., Liu, Y., Plessow, P.N., Tonigold, M., Studt, F., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022, 119, art. no. e2103840119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2103840119, opens an external URL in a new window
9. Activity of Cu–Al–Oxo Extra-Framework Clusters for Selective Methane Oxidation on Cu-Exchanged Zeolites
Lee, I., Lee, M.-S., Tao, L., Ikuno, T., Khare, R., Jentys, A., Hutwelker, T., Borca, C.N., Kalinko, A., Gutiérrez, O.Y., Govind, N., Fulton, J.L., Hu, J.Z., Glezakou, V.-A., Rousseau, R., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., JACS Au 2021, 1, 1412-1421. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00196, opens an external URL in a new window
8. Cu oxo nanoclusters for direct oxidation of methane to methanol: Formation, structure and catalytic performance
Tao, L., Lee, I., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Catalysis Science and Technology 2020, 10, 7124-7141. DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01325k, opens an external URL in a new window
7. Design and synthesis of highly active MoVTeNb-oxides for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation
Melzer, D., Mestl, G., Wanninger, K., Zhu, Y., Browning, N.D., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Nature Communications 2019, 10, art. no. 4012. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11940-0, opens an external URL in a new window
6. Critical role of formaldehyde during methanol conversion to hydrocarbons
Liu, Y., Kirchberger, F.M., Müller, S., Eder, M., Tonigold, M., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Nature Communications 2019, 10, art. no. 1462. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09449-7, opens an external URL in a new window
5. Role of Spatial Constraints of Brønsted Acid Sites for Adsorption and Surface Reactions of Linear Pentenes
Schallmoser, S., Haller, G.L., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 8646-8652. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03690, opens an external URL in a new window
4. Formation of Oxygen Radical Sites on MoVNbTeOx by Cooperative Electron Redistribution
Zhu, Y., Sushko, P.V., Melzer, D., Jensen, E., Kovarik, L., Ophus, C., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Browning, N.D., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 12342-12345. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05240, opens an external URL in a new window
3. Atomic-Scale Determination of Active Facets on the MoVTeNb Oxide M1 Phase and Their Intrinsic Catalytic Activity for Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation
Melzer, D., Xu, P., Hartmann, D., Zhu, Y., Browning, N.D., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2016, 55, 8873-8877. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600463, opens an external URL in a new window
2. Hydrogen Transfer Pathways during Zeolite Catalyzed Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons
Müller, S., Liu, Y., Kirchberger, F.M., Tonigold, M., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 15994-16003. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09605, opens an external URL in a new window
1. Single-site trinuclear copper oxygen clusters in mordenite for selective conversion of methane to methanol
Grundner, S., Markovits, M.A.C., Li, G., Tromp, M., Pidko, E.A., Hensen, E.J.M., Jentys, A., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Lercher, J.A., Nature Communications 2015, 6, art. no. 7546.DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8546, opens an external URL in a new window