Research Directions

(current FWF funded projects: COE MECS, opens an external URL in a new window, SFB TACO, Single Atom Catalysis, Spatial-temporal phenomena on surface structure libraries)

Surface Spectroscopy

Model catalysts such as single crystals, thin films, polycrystalline foil and supported nanoparticles are prepared in UHV and characterized by XPS, (PM-)IRAS, SFG, STM, LEED, AES, LEIS, TPD, etc. After transfer into UHV-compatible high pressure cells (“Rupprechter design”), operando studies of the catalytically active surfaces are performed by polarization-modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRAS) and sum frequency generation (SFG) laser spectroscopy. Near atmospheric pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS) and X-ray absorption (XAS) are performed at various synchrotron sources.

Surface Microscopy

To image ("see") ongoing surface reactions (reaction fronts and oscillatory behavior) by in situ spatially-resolved surface microscopy, photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) is applied to polycrystalline foil, thin films and oxide supported (micrometre) particles, with averaging (global) catalytic data recorded by MS. Scanning Photoelectron Microscopy (SPEM) allows local surface analysis on a sub-μm-scale. Field emission/ion microscopy (FEM/FIM) is utilized to image reactions on curved crystals and nanotips, modeling individual nanoparticles of a catalyst, enabling single particle catalysis.    

Instrumentation

PM-IRAS: UHV chamber (LEED, AES, TPD, XPS) with high pressure cell (PM-IRAS, MS)
SFG: UHV chamber (LEED, AES, TPD) with high pressure cell (SFG, MS)
STM: UHV chamber (LEED, XPS, LEIS, TPD) with VT-STM
Microreactor: UHV chamber (sample preparation) with flow-microreactor (GC, MS)
PEEM: UHV chamber (LEED, XPS, MIES, MS) with PEEM
FEM/FIM: UHV chamber (MS) with FEM/FIM

Group members

Nicola Grassi, Ph.D. Student
Susanne Gross, Ph.D. Student
Dr. Thomas Haunold, Postdoc
Dr. Xia Li, Postdoc, ESPRIT Fellow
Maximilian Raab, Ph.D. Student
Thomas Wicht, Ph.D. Student
Dr. Philipp Winkler, Postdoc
Yusuf Yuda, OEAD Ernst Mach Ph.D. Fellow
Dr. Johannes Zeininger, Postdoc

Former group members

Dr. Kresimir Anic (Ph.D.)
Dr. Athula Bandara (Postdoc)
Dr. Abhijit Bera (Postdoc)
Dr. Ivan Bespalov (Ph.D.)
Dr. Andrey Bukhtiyarov (Postdoc)
Dr. Martin Datler (Ph.D.)
Dr. Wolfgang Drachsel (guest scientist)
Dr. Harald Helmuth Holzapfel (Ph.D.)
Dr. Hao Li (Ph.D. Student)
Dr. Verena Pramhaas (Postdoc)
Assoc. Prof. Christoph Rameshan (Habilitation)
Dr. Matteo Roiaz (Ph.D.)
Dr. Christian Spiel (Ph.D.)
Assoc. Prof. Yuri Suchorski
Dr. Diana Vogel (Ph.D.)
Dr. Christian Weilach (Postdoc)

Collaboration Partners

Dr. Luca Gregoratti, opens an external URL in a new window (Elettra-Sincrotrone, Trieste, Italy): SPEM-ESCA Microscopy of surface processes and catalytic reactions

Prof. Robert Schlögl, opens an external URL in a new window, Dr. Axel Knop-Gericke, opens an external URL in a new window (Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany): In situ synchrotron NAP-XPS (BESSY II) at mbar pressure for monitoring UHV-grown and powder catalysts under reaction conditions

Prof. Jörg Libuda, opens an external URL in a new window (University Erlangen-Nuremberg): IRAS, XPS and molecular beam studies on complex planar model catalysts

Prof. Erik Vesselli, opens an external URL in a new window (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste / IOM-CNR Laboratorio TASC): SFG studies on model catalysts and 2D crystals

Prof. Andreas Stierle, opens an external URL in a new window (DESY Nanolab and University of Hamburg, Germany): Surface X-ray diffraction

Assoz. Prof. Bernhard Klötzer, opens an external URL in a new window (Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Innsbruck, Austria): NAP-XPS studies on model and technological catalysts

Prof. Jürgen Fleig, opens an external URL in a new window (Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Electrochemistry Devision, Technische Universität Wien, Austria): NAP-XPS studies of model solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells (perovskite thin films): water splitting and CO2 electrolysis

Prof. Michael Stöger-Pollach, opens an external URL in a new window, Prof. Johannes Bernardi (USTEM, TU Wien, Austria), HRTEM, SEM, EBSD, EDX of model and powder catalysts

Dr. Thomas Lunkenbein, opens an external URL in a new window, Prof. Robert Schlögl, opens an external URL in a new window (Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany): Operando TEM and ESEM

Publications

A milder reaction to feed the world: Surface science defies the complexity of ammonia synthesis
G. Rupprechter
Perspective: Science, 383 (2024) 1295
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado4095, opens an external URL in a new window
free-access, reprint link: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-1768/full, opens an external URL in a new window

Lanthanum modulated reaction pacemakers on a single catalytic nanoparticle
Maximilian Raab, Johannes Zeininger, Yuri Suchorski, Alexander Genest, Carla Weigl, Günther Rupprechter
Nature Communications, 14 (2023) 7186  (9 pages)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43026-3, opens an external URL in a new window     (Gold OA)
TU Vienna press release : https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/zwei-dirigenten-fuer-eine-chemische-reaktion, opens an external URL in a new window

Imaging interface and particle size effects by in situ correlative microscopy of a catalytic reaction
Philipp Winkler, Maximilian Raab, Johannes Zeininger, Lea M. Rois, Yuri Suchorski, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Matteo Amati, Rahul Parmar, Luca Gregoratti, Günther Rupprechter
ACS Catalysis, 13 (2023) 7650−7660
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.3c00060, opens an external URL in a new window      (Hybrid OA)
TUW Press Release: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/komplizierter-als-gedacht-katalyse-unter-dem-mikroskop, opens an external URL in a new window

Effizienter Wasserstoff: Tanz der Atome (in German)
Johannes Zeininger, Günther Rupprechter
Bulletin (Alumni-Magazine of TU Wien), 54 (2023), 11-23
https:/issuu.com/tuwienalumniclub/docs/230301_bulletin54_web, opens an external URL in a new window

Polarization-dependent sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy for in situ tracking of nanoparticle morphology
Verena Pramhaas, Holger Unterhalt, Hans-Joachim Freund, Günther Rupprechter
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202300230 (2023) (5 pages)
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202300230, opens an external URL in a new window

Emergence of chaos in a compartmentalized catalytic reaction nanosystem
Maximilian Raab, Johannes Zeininger, Yuri Suchorski, Keita Tokuda, Günther Rupprechter
Nature Communications, 13 (2023) 282
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27775-7, opens an external URL in a new window  (Gold OA)
TUW Press Release: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/chaos-auf-nanometer-skala, opens an external URL in a new window

Reaction modes on a single catalytic particle: nanoscale imaging and micro-kinetic modeling
Johannes Zeininger, Maximilian Raab, Yuri Suchorski, Sebastian Buhr, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Johannes Bernardi, Günther Rupprechter
ACS Catalysis, 12 (2022) 12774–12785
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02901, opens an external URL in a new window     (Hybrid OA)

Pattern formation in catalytic H2 oxidation on Rh: Zooming in by correlative microscopy
Johannes Zeininger, Philipp Winkler, Maximilian Raab, Yuri Suchorski, Mauricio J. Prieto, Liviu C. Tănase, Lucas de Souza Caldas, Aarti Tiwari, Thomas Schmidt, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Andreas Steiger-Thirsfeld, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Günther Rupprechter
ACS Catalysis, 12 (2022) 11974–11983
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03692      , opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)
TUW Press Release: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news/drei-augen-sehen-mehr-als-zwei, opens an external URL in a new window

CO Adsorption and Disproportionation on Smooth and Defect-Rich Ir(111)
Xia Li, Thomas Haunold, Stefan Werkovits, Laurence D. Marks, Peter Blaha, and Günther Rupprechter
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (2022) 6578–6589
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01141, opens an external URL in a new window      

Model catalysis with HOPG-supported Pd nanoparticles and Pd foil: XPS, STM and C2H4 hydrogenation
Md. Abdul Motin, Andreas Thirsfeld, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Günther Rupprechter
Catalysis Letters, (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03868-2, opens an external URL in a new window

Coexisting multi-states in catalytic hydrogen oxidation on rhodium
P. Winkler, J. Zeininger, M. Raab, Y. Suchorski, A. Steiger-Thirsfeld, M.Stöger-Pollach, M. Amati, L. gregoratti, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
Nature Communication, 12(2021), 6517 (8 pages)
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26855-y, opens an external URL in a new window

The origin of the particle-size-dependent selectivity in 1-butene isomerization and hydrogenation on Pd/Al2O3 catalysts
A. Genest, J. Silvestre-Albero, W.-Q. Li, N. Rösch, G. Rupprechter
Nature Communications, 12 (2021) 6098  (8 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26411-8, opens an external URL in a new window

LiOx-modification of Ni and Co3O4 surfaces: An XPS, LEIS and LEED study
T. Haunold, G. Rupprechter
Surface Science, 713 (2021) 121915
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2021.121915, opens an external URL in a new window

Single particle catalysis: revealing intraparticle pacemakers in catalytic H2 oxidation on Rh
J. Zeininger, Y. Suchorski, M. Raab, S. Buhr, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 10020–10027.
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c02384, opens an external URL in a new window;

Resolving multifrequential oscillations and nanoscale interfacet communication in single particle catalysis
Y. Suchorski, J. Zeininger, S. Buhr, M. Raab, M. Stöger-Pollach, J. Bernardi, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
Science, 372 (2021) 1314-1318; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf8107, opens an external URL in a new window
featured in : Imaging reactions across facets, by Phil Szuromi, Science 372 (2021)1300, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.372.6548.1300-c
featured in Nano Today, 39 (2021) 101230 (C. Sealy, Catalytic nanofacets sing together with their own tone, ISSN 1748-0132, doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2021.101230, opens an external URL in a new window)

Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy in Heterogeneous Model Catalysis: A Minireview of CO-related Processes
X. Lia and G. Rupprechter
Catalysis Science & Technology, 11 (2021) 12-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cy01736a, opens an external URL in a new window

How the anisotropy of surface oxide formation influences the transient activity of a surface reaction
P. Winkler, J. Zeininger, Y. Suchorski, M. Stöger-Pollach, P. Zeller, M. Amati, L. Gregoratti, G. Rupprechter
Nature Communications, 12 (2021) 69 (8 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20377-9, opens an external URL in a new window    (Gold OA)
featured on Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights  webpage : https://www.nature.com/ncomms/editorshighlights, opens an external URL in a new window
TU Press Release, opens an external URL in a new window
Elettra Top Story, opens an external URL in a new window

Interplay between CO disproportionation and oxidation: on the origin of the CO reaction onset on Atomic Layer Deposition-grown Pt/ZrO2 model catalysts
V. Pramhaas, M. Roiaz, N. Bosio, C. Rameshan, M. Corva, E. Vesselli, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 208–214
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03974, opens an external URL in a new window  

An ultrahigh vacuum-compatible reaction cell for model catalysis under atmospheric pressure flow conditions
Thomas Haunold, Christoph Rameshan, Andrey V. Bukhtiyarov, Günther Rupprechter
Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 (2020) 125101-1 - 125101-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026171, opens an external URL in a new window

Coverage-induced orientation change: CO on Ir(111) monitored by polarization-dependent sum frequency generation spectroscopy and density functional theory
X. Li, V. Pramhaas, C. Rameshan, P. Blaha and G. Rupprechter*
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124 (2020) 18102−18111
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04986, opens an external URL in a new window

Catalysis by imaging: from meso- to nano-scale
Y. Suchorski, G. Rupprechter
Topics in Catalysis, 63 (2020) 1532-1544
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01302-2, opens an external URL in a new window;

A novel wireless sample temperature control system for field ion, field electron and atom probe techniques
P. Winkler, J. Zeininger, M. Raab, G. Rupprechter, Y. Suchorski
Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 (2020) 013705-1 - 013705-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5126185, opens an external URL in a new window  

CO oxidation on stepped Rh surfaces: μm-scale versus nanoscale
Y. Suchorski, I. Bespalov, J. Zeininger, M. Raab, M. Datler, P. Winkler, G. Rupprechter
Catalysis Letters, 150 (2020) 605-612
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02950-0, opens an external URL in a new window

A modeling analysis of molecular orientation at interfaces by polarization-dependent sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy
X. Li, G. Rupprechter
Chinese Journal of Catalysis (2019)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(19)63357-7, opens an external URL in a new window

Roughening of Copper (100) at elevated CO pressure: Cu adatom and cluster formation enable CO dissociation
M. Roiaz, L. Falivene, C. Rameshan, L. Cavallo, S.M. Kozlov, G. Rupprechter
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 8112-8121 (Hybrid OA)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07668, opens an external URL in a new window

Surface structure libraries: Multifrequential oscillations in catalytic hydrogen oxidation on rhodium
Y. Suchorski, M. Datler, I. Bespalov, J. Zeininger, M. Stöger-Pollach, J. Bernardi, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (2019) 4217-4227 (OA)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11421, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Surface science of functional oxides (Preface)
U. Diebold, G. Rupprechter
Surface Science Science 681 (2019) A1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.11.017, opens an external URL in a new window

Transmitting metal-oxide interaction by solitary chemical waves: H2 oxidation on ZrO2 supported Rh
Y. Suchorski, M. Datler, I. Bespalov, C. Freytag, J. Zeininger, G. Rupprechter
Surface Science 679 (2019) 163-168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.08.027, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

CO2 activation on ultrathin ZrO2 film by H2O co-adsorption: In situ NAP-XPS and IRAS studies
H. Li, C. Rameshan, A.V. Bukhtiyarov, I.P. Prosvirin, V.I. Bukhtiyarov, G. Rupprechter
Surface Science 679 (2019) 139-146
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.08.028, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

The chemical evolution of the La0.6Sr0.4CoO3- surface under SOFC operating conditions and its implications for electrochemical oxygen exchange activity
A.K. Opitz, C. Rameshan, M. Kubicek, G.M. Rupp, A. Nenning, T. Götsch, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, B. Klötzer, J. Fleig
Topics in Catalysis 61 (2018) 2129-2124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-1068-1, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Vibrational fingerprint of localized excitons in a two-dimensional metal-organic crystal
M. Corva, A. Ferrari, M. Rinaldi, Z. Feng, M. Roiaz, C. Rameshan, G. Rupprechter, R. Constantini, M. Dell´Angela, G. Pastore, G. Comelli, N. Seriani, E. Vesselli
Nature Communications 9 (2018) 4703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07190-1, opens an external URL in a new window (OA)

Polykristalline Oberflächen als Strukturbibliothek
Y. Suchorski, G. Rupprechter
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 66 (2018) 851-856
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.20184075554, opens an external URL in a new window

Heterogeneous surfaces as structure and particle size libraries of model catalysts
Y. Suchorski, G. Rupprechter
Catalysis Letters 148 (2018) 2947-2956
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2506-1, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

In situ NAP-XPS spectroscopy during methane dry reforming on ZrO2/Pt(111) inverse model catalyst
C. Rameshan, H. Li, K. Annic, M. Roiaz, V. Pramhaas, R. Rameshan, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, R.J. Knudsen, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30 (2018) 264007 (12pp)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aac6ff, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Catalytic transformations of 1-Butene over palladium. A combined experimental and theoretical study
V. Markova, J. Philbin, W. Zhao, A. Genest, J. Silvestre-Albero, G. Rupprechter, N. Rösch
ACS Catalysis 8 (2018) 5675-5685
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01013, opens an external URL in a new window

The role of metal/oxide interfaces for long-range metal particle activation during CO oxidation
Y. Suchorski, S.M. Kozlov, I. Bespalov, M. Datler, D. Vogel, Z. Budinska, K.M. Neyman, G. Rupprechter
Nature Materials 17 (2018) 519-522
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0080-y, opens an external URL in a new window

Polarization-dependent SFG spectroscopy of near ambient pressure CO adsorption on Pt(111) and Pd(111) revisited
X. Li, M. Roiaz, V. Pramhaas, C. Rameshan, G. Rupprechter
Topics in Catalysis 61 (2018) 751-762
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-0949-7, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Atmospheric pressure reaction cell for operando sum frequency generation spectroscopy of ultrahigh vacuum grown model catalysts
M. Roiaz, V. Pramhaas, X. Li, C. Rameshan, G. Rupprechter
Review of Scientific Instruments 89 (2018) 045104 (10pp)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5021641, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Visualizing catalyst heterogeneity by a multifrequential oscillating reaction
Y. Suchorski, M. Datler, I. Bespalov, J. Zeininger, M. Stöger-Pollach, J. Bernardi, H. Grönbeck, G. Rupprechter
Nature Communications 9 (2018) 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03007-3, opens an external URL in a new window (Gold OA)

Surface science approach to Pt/carbon model catalysts: XPS, STM and microreactor studies
A. Motin, T. Haunold, A.V. Bukhtiyarov, A. Bera, C. Rameshan, G. Rupprechter
Applied Surface Science 440 (2018) 680-687
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.01.148, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Surface science studies of the diffusion of adsorbed and intercalated lithium
Y. Suchorski, G. Rupprechter
Solid State Ionics 316 (2018) 143-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2017.12.011, opens an external URL in a new window

Surface chemistry of perovskite-type electrodes during high temperature CO2 electrolysis investigated by operando photoelectron spectroscopy
A.K. Opitz, A. Nenning, C. Rameshan, M. Kubicek, T. Götsch, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, B. Klötzer, J. Fleig
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017) 35847-35860
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b10673, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Supported liquid metal catalysts: Popping up to the surface
G. Rupprechter
Nature Chemistry 9 (2017) 833-834 (invited)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2849, opens an external URL in a new window

Hydrogen oxidation on stepped Rh surfaces: µm-scale versus nanoscale
M. Datler, I. Bespalov, S. Buhr, J. Zeininger, M. Stöger-Pollach, J. Bernardi, G. Rupprechter, Y. Suchorski
Catalysis Letters 146 (2016) 1867-1874
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-016-1824-4, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

CO Adsorption on reconstructed Ir (100) surfaces from UHV to mbar pressure: A LEED, TPD and PM-IRAS study
K. Anic, A.V. Bukhtiyarov, H. Li, C. Rameshan, G. Rupprechter
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (2016) 10838-10848
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12494, opens an external URL in a new window

Surface spectroscopy on UHV-grown and technological Ni-ZrO2 reforming catalysts: From UHV to operando conditions
K. Anic, A. Wolfbeisser, H. Li, C. Rameshan, K. Föttinger, J. Bernardi, G. Rupprechter
Topics in Catalysis 59 (2016) 1614-1627
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-016-0678-8, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Ambient Pressure XPS study of mixed conducting perovskite-type SOFC cathode and anode materials under well-defined electrochemical polarization
A. Nenning, A.K. Opitz, C. Rameshan, R. Rameshan, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, B. Klötzer, J. Fleig
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (2016) 1461-1471
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08596, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Water splitting on model-composite La0.6Sr0.4FeO3-δ (LSF) electrodes in H2/H2O atmosphere
A.K. Opitz, A. Nenning, S. Kogler, C. Rameshan, R. Rameshan, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, B. Klötzer, J. Fleig
ECS Transactions 68 (2015) 3333-3343
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/06801.3333ecst, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Local reaction kinetics by imaging
Y. Suchorski, G. Rupprechter
Surface Science 643 (2016) 52-58
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2015.05.021, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Spatially coupled catalytic ignition of CO oxidation on Pt: Mesoscopic versus nano-scale
C. Spiel, D. Vogel, R. Schlögl, G. Rupprechter, Y. Suchorski
Ultramicroscopy 159 (2015) 178-183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.012, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Initial stages of oxide formation on the Zr surface at low oxygen pressure: An in situ FIM and XPS study
I. Bespalov, M. Datler, S. Buhr, W. Drachsel, G. Rupprechter, Y. Suchorski
Ultramicroscopy 159 (2015) 147-151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.02.016, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Analysing the reaction kinetics for individual catalytically active components: CO oxidation on a Pd powder supported by Pt foil
M. Datler, I. Bespalov, G. Rupprechter, Y. Suchorski
Catalysis Letters 145 (2015) 1120-1125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1486-7, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Growth of an ultrathin zirconia film on Pt3Zr examined by high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption, scanning tunneling microscopoy and density functional theory
H. Li, J.J. Choi, W. Mayr-Schmölzer, C. Weilach, C. Rameshan, F. Mittendorfer, J. Redinger, M. Schmid, G. Rupprechter
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 2462-2470
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5100846, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Beschleunigung der elektrochemischen Wasserspaltungskinetik durch polarisations-getriebene Bildung von oberflächennahem Eisen(0): Eine in-situ XPS Studie an Perowskit-Elektroden
K. Opitz, A. Nenning, C. Rameshan, R. Rameshan, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, J. Fleig, B. Klötzer
Angewandte Chemie 127 (2015) 2666-2670
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201409527, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

Enhancing electrochemical water-splitting kinetics by polarization-driven formation of near-surface Iron(0): An in-situ XPS study on perovskite-type electrodes
A.K. Opitz, A. Nenning, C. Rameshan, R. Rameshan, R. Blume, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, G. Rupprechter, J. Fleig, B. Klötzer
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (2015) 2628-2632
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409527, opens an external URL in a new window (Hybrid OA)

PdZn surface alloys as models of methanol steam reforming catalysts: Molecular studies by LEED, XPS, TPD and PM-IRAS
H.H. Holzapfel, A. Wolfbeisser, C. Rameshan, C. Weilach, G. Rupprechter
Topics in Catalysis 57 (2014) 1218-1228
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0295-3, opens an external URL in a new window

Recently Studied Topics

  • Atmospheric pressure reaction kinetics of 1-butene hydrogenation/isomerization on Pd/Al2O3 model catalysts and Pd single crystals, combined with DFT calculations and microkinetic modeling: Nature Communications, 12 (2021) 6098; ACS Catalysis 8 (2018) 5675-5685
  • H2 oxidation and CO oxidation on polycrystalline Rh, Pd and Pt surfaces, as well as oxide supported Pd and Rh particles (PEEM, MS, XPS, AFM, EBSD, SPEM, FEM, FIM) Nature Communications 12(2021) 6517; Science 372 (2021) 1314-1318; ACS Catalysis 11 (2021) 10020–10027; Nature Communications 12 (2021) 69; Topics in Catalysis, 63 (2020) 1532-1544; Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 4217-4227; Surface Science 679 (2019) 163–168; Nature Materials 17 (2018) 519-522; Nature Communications 9 (2018) 600; Catalysis Letters 148 (2018) 2947-2956
  • CO oxidation on ALD-grown Pt/ZrO2 model catalysts and single crystals (SFG, NAP-XPS, MS, TEM) ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 208–214; Catalysis Science & Technology, 11 (2021) 12-26; Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (2020) 18102−18111; Chinese Journal of Catalysis 40 (2019) 1655–1667; Topics in Catalysis 61 (2018) 751-762
  • Li-modification of Ni, Pt, Rh and Co3O4 surfaces (XPS, LEIS, LEED, FIM) Surface Science 713 (2021) 121915; Solid State Ionics 316 (2018) 143-152
  • high pressure PM-IRAS: CO-induced roughening of Cu(100) enables CO dissociation (PM-IRAS, XPS, TPD, LEED, DFT) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 8112-8121; CO adsorption on single Fe atoms in 2D Pc crystals; Nature Communications 9 (2018) 4703
  • CO2 activation by H2O on ultrathin ZrO2 trilayer (O-Zr-O) film on Pt3Zr(0001) (NAP-XPS, PM-IRAS) Surface Science 679 (2019) 139–146; Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 2462-2470
  • methane dry reforming on ZrO2/Pt(111) inverse model catalysts (NAP-XPS, IRAS, TPD) Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30 (2018) 264007 (1-12)
  • XPS, STM and flow reactor kinetics on HOPG-supported Pt nanoparticles and foil: Applied Surface Science 440 (2018) 680-687; Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 (2020) 125101-1 - 125101-9
  • electrochemical water splitting and CO2 electrolysis on perovskite-type thin film (PLD) electrodes under potential control (NPA-XPS, impedance): Topics in Catalysis 61 (2018) 2129-2124 ; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017) 35847-35860 ; Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (2016) 1461-1471; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (2015) 2628-2632
  • new instruments: Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 (2020) 125101-1 - 125101-9; Review of Scientific Instruments, 91 (2020) 013705-1 - 013705-7; Review of Scientific Instruments 89 (2018) 045104