Nanoanalysis of Electrochemical Processes

About

Understanding the mechanisms that alter nanostructures during electrochemical processes is crucial to develop electrolyzer and fuel cell technology. With this knowledge it is possible to enhance efficiency, resilience, and durability of the devices. Scaling those up allows to efficiently use hydrogen technology to store renewable energy.

To do so, we employ scale-bridging, correlative analysis methods covering degradation studies, modeling, and operando liquid phase electron microscopy.

Research Topics

To investigate the processes related to formation and alteration of the nanostructures involved, we combine a toolbox of methods that include

synthesis of new catalytic materials
development of accelerated stress test protocols
nanostructural analysis methods via operando electron microscopy
electro-structural and kinetic electrochemical simulations
electron beam-induced effects in liquid phase electron microscopy
quantitative liquid phase electron microscopy

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hutzler

IET-2

Building HIERN-Cauerstr / Room 4009

+49 9131-12538174

E-Mail

Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab

H2Giga - StacIE | Stack Scale-Up: Industrialization PEM Electrolysis

The project StacIE aims to scale up the stack production on the level of cell components by development of industrial processes, improvement of profitability of cell design by reducing complexity and optimizing manufacturing technique of the porous transport layer (PTL) and bipolar plate (BPP). For PTL and BPP alternative materials and substrate coating methods are identified and developed further.

Electronic devices based on the 2D material black phosphorus - layer-dependent properties

Publications

2026

M. Milosevic, A. P. Dam, M. Rogler, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, V. Briega-Martos, G. Papakonstantinou, M. Suermann, S. Thiele K. Sundmacher, S. Cherevko, Experimental-modelling Framework to Unveil Iridium Degradation Pathways during Intermittent Operation in PEMWE, Joule 10 (3), 2026, Art. No. 102309, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.102309

M. Bierling, D. McLaughlin, A. Hutzler, M. Wu, D. Hoffmeister, D. Chalupczok, E. Spieker, T. Böhm, S. Thiele, Laying the foundation for digital material design of porous transport electrodes for PEM water electrolysis with multiscale tomography, Small, 2026, Art. No e13029, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202513029

A. Körner, A. L. Morales (equal contribution), B. Fritsch, L. Fiedler, J. T. Mulvey, C. Göllner, D. Alloyeau, J. P. Patterson, P. Malgaretti, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, A. Hutzler, Live imaging of silver nanostructures electrochemically dissolving at open circuit potential, Small 22 (17), 2025, Art. No. e13338, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202513338

C. Fritsch, A. Serwe, S. Jovanovic, H. Ranganathan, M. Hans, A. Hutzler, J. Dornseiffer, N. Kornienko, CO₂- and CO-Conversion to Methanol over promoted CuO/ZnO-based infiltration composite catalyst spheres - Characterization, experimentals and comparative reaction kinetics, Applied Catalysis A: General 713, 2026, Art. No. 120675, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120675

M. Rogler, M. Bierling, S. Finger, B. Fritsch, C. Igel, M. Milosevic, R. Wagner, A. Hutzler, S. Cherevko, S. Thiele, M. Suermann, Joint forces: Time-resolved Analysis of Electrochemical Performance, Nanostructure, and Iridium Dissolution of PEM Water Electrolysis Cells with Low Iridium Loadings under Harsh on/off Cycling Conditions, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 178 (1), 2025, Art. No. 014504, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae32b8

2025

M. Goßler, H. Wang, J. Przybysz, F. Aldabain, A. L. Morales, A. Körner, A. Göpfert, A. Hutzler, S. Cherevko, M. Ledendecker, Accelerated Catalyst Development via Kinetically Controlled Solid-State Laser Synthesis and Automated Electrochemical Screening, Small 20 (10), 2025, Art. No. e11035, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511035

J. Schwarz, J. Bauer, R. Ghazal, A. M. Schrotz, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, Probing crystal axis orientation of birefringent materials via polarized microspectroscopy and anisotropic optical modeling, Journal of Physics: Photonics 8 (1), 2025, Art. No. 015029, 10.1088/2515-7647/ae2e68

P. Pfeifer, S. Sanyal, M. Malinovic, A. Göpfert, A. Hutzler, H. Wang, M. Ledendecker, Size-controlled high-temperature synthesis of crystalline niobium and tantalum oxide nanoparticles: exploring structural variations at nanoscale, Inorganic Chemistry 64 (47), 2025, pp. 23319 - 23328, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04574

V. Benavente Llorente, K. J. Jenewein, A. Hofer, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, A. Kormányos, J. Bachmann, S. Cherevko, In Situ Photocorrosion Assessment of Protected Hematite Photoanodes During Accelerated Stress Tests, Solar RRL 9 (23), 2025, Art. No. e202500570, DOI: 10.1002/solr.202500570

D. Weber, A. Asadli, A. Seitz, A. Hutzler, P. Schühle, T. Franken, A Design of Experiment-Driven Optimization of NiMnAl Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts for CO₂ Methanation, ChemCatChem 17 (23), 2025, Art. No. e01334, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202501334

S. Finger, B. Fritsch, M. Wu, L. Lahn, D. Hoffmeister, J. Will, O. Kasian, E. Spiecker, S. Thiele, A. T. S. Freiberg, A. Hutzler, Degradation Phenomena in PEMWE Revealed by Correlative Electrochemical and Nanostructure Analysis, Energy & Environmental Science 18 (22), 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03712C

J. S. Du, S. Banik, H. Chan, B. Fritsch, Y. Xia, A. S. Karakoti, A. Hutzler, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, J. J. De Yoreo, Molecular-Resolution Imaging of Ice Crystallized from Liquid Water, Nature Communications 16, 2025, Art. No. 8342, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62451-0

L. Fiedler, D. Hoffmeister, T. C. Ma, J. Schwarz, T. Przybilla, E. Spiecker, S. Thiele, D. Dworschak, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Fluoride induced corrosion of stainless steel: A case study for its application as PEMWE bipolar plate material, ChemSusChem 18 (21), 2025, Art. No. e202501561, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202501561

D. Weber, T. Engl, M. Raabe, A. Hutzler, M. Rubin, R. Dittmeyer, T. Franken, Unraveling the activation and reaction behavior of supported NiMn-based mixed metal oxides during CO₂ methanation utilizing operando methods, Applied Catalysis A: General 708, 2025, Art. No. 120582, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120582

A. L. Morales, A. Körner, B. Fritsch, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, A. Hutzler, A snapshot review on utilizing radiolysis in electrochemical liquid phase electron microscopy for accelerated degradation analyses, MRS Advances, 2025, Art. No. 1393, DOI: 10.1557/s43580-025-01393-7

N. Vorlaufer, J. Josten, A. Hutzler, C. Macauley, N. Martic, M. Weiser, G. Schmid, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, P. Felfer, Understanding the degradation of Ag₂Cu₂O₃ electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction, Nanoscale Advances 7, 2025, pp. 6005 - 6016, DOI: 10.1039/D5NA00328H

J. Schwarz, J. Dick, S. Beuer, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, Modeling the partially detected backside reflectance of transparent substrates in reflectance microspectroscopy, Micron 198, 2025, Art. No. 103878, DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2025.103878

L. Fiedler, T. C. Ma, B. Fritsch, M. Dierner, D. Hoffmeister, C. Rubach, J. Will, T. Przybilla, E. Spiecker, D. Dworschak, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Stainless Steel 316L as Bipolar Plate Material in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers: The Influence of Potential and Temperature on the Dissolution Stability, Materials Today Sustainability 31, 2025, Art. No. 101155, DOI: 10.1016/j.mtsust.2025.101155

H. Wang, P. Pfeifer, W. Lai, A. Göpfert, S. Lim, W. Zhao, A. L. Morales, M. Goßler, M. Malinovic, P. Bhuyan, W. A. Parada, P. Nikolaienko, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, G. Fortunato, A. Hutzler, M. Ledendecker, Laser-Induced Nanoscale Engineering of Iridium-Based Nanoparticles for High-Performance Oxygen Evolution, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, Art. No. e202508589, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202508589

P. Lauf, A. L. Morales, K. Ehelebe, A. Hutzler, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, V. Lloret, S. Cherevko, Benchmarking Performance and Degradation of Pt Supported on Different Carbons for PEMFC Applications Using Gas Diffusion Electrode Half-Cell, ACS Applied Energy Materials 8 (12), 2025, pp. 7939 - 7947, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00184

D. Hoffmeister, S. Finger, R. Pokhrel, B. Fritsch, S. Thiele, A. Hutzler, C. van Pham, Shell-Thickness Optimization of TiO₂@IrO₂ Core-Shell Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Chemical Engineering Journal 517, 2025, Art. No. 164281, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.164281

T. C. Ma, A. Hutzler, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach, S. Thiele, Anode catalyst layer optimization in polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis: modeling catalyst layer properties and interface effects, Electrochemistry Communications 178, 2025, Art. No. 107965, DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2025.107965

M. Geuß, L. Löttert, A. Hutzler, J. Schwarz, J. Nováková, I. Khalakhan, M. Gaberšek, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, Platinum interlayers reduce charge transport barriers between amorphous Ir-oxide OER electrocatalysts and the porous transport layer, Chemical Engineering Journal 514, 2025, Art. No. 162887, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.162887

G. De Salvo, S. Merkens, A. Körner, B. Fritsch, P. Malgaretti, A. Hutzler, A. Chuvilin, A workflow for modeling radiolysis in chemically, physically, and geometrically complex scenarios, iScience 28 (5), 2025, Art. No. 112374, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112374

T. Stigler, S. Auffarth, M. Wagner, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, and J. Kerres, Towards High-Temperature Fuel Cells using Sulfonated-Phosphonated Poly(pentafluorostyrene), Chemical Communications 61 (27), 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4CC06418F

A. Ellert, F. Ding, A. Hutzler, F. Herold, L. Piccirilli, M. Rønning, T. V. W. Janssens, D. Wisser, P. Schühle, Solvent-free phosphorus modification of Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts to improve dispersion and dehydrogenation activity, Applied Catalysis A: General 696, 2025, Art. No. 120199, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120199

J. S. Choi, G. V. Fortunato, M. Malinovic, E. S. Koh, R. Aymerich-Armengol, C. Scheu, H. Wang, A. Hutzler, M. R. V. Lanza, M. Ledendecker, Decoding Systematic Effects and Mass Transport in H₂O₂ Production via Au_x/C ORR Electrocatalysis, Nano Energy 137, 2025, Art. No. 110811, DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110811

B. Fritsch, S. Lee, A. Körner, N. M. Schneider, F. M. Ross, A. Hutzler, The Influence of Ionizing Radiation on Quantification for in situ and operando Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy, Advanced Materials 37 (13), 2025, Art. No. 2415728, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202415728

L. Hager, T. Maron, T. N. Thanh, J. Stonawski, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, P. Strasser, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Polynorbornene Copolymers Combining Flexible Ether Side Chains and Rigid Hydrophobic Segments for AEMWE, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (11), 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d4ta07753a

S. Ruck, A. Hutzler, L. Lahn, O. Kasian, S. Thiele, C. van Pham, A. T. S. Freiberg, Investigating H₂ gas promoted Ir deposition on Pt black nanoparticles for synthesizing a bifunctional catalyst for OER and ORR in acidic media, ACS Catalysis 15 (4), 2025, pp. 3487 - 3498, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c07208

P. Martschin, T. Prölß, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Preparation of a new class of phosphonated hydrocarbon polymers based on polysulfone, Polymer Chemistry 7 (16), 2025, pp. 879 - 890, DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01289E

K. Bobzin, S. Finger, L. Zhao, H. Heinemann, E. Olesch, K. Radermacher, S. Pechmann, D. Possart, S. H. Christiansen, D. Hoffmeister, B. Fritsch, S. Thiele, A. Hutzler, Porosity-Zoned Porous Transport Layer for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis by High Velocity Flame Spraying, Advanced Engineering Materials 27 (5), 2025, Art. No. 2402462, DOI: 10.1002/adem.202402462

J. Schwarz, M. Niebauer (equal contribution), L. Römling, A. Pham, M. Kolesnik-Gray, P. Evanschitzky, N. Vogel, V. Krstic, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, Spectro-Spatial Demixing in Optical Microspectroscopy for Thickness Determination of Layered Materials, Advanced Optical Materials 13 (5), 2025, Art. No. 2402502, DOI: 10.1002/adom.202402502

A. Körner, B. Fritsch, A. L. Morales, P. Malgaretti, A. Hutzler, Panta Rhei - Tuning Silver Nanostructure Evolution with Flow in Liquid Phase STEM, Nano Today 61, 2025, Art. No. 102575, DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102575

L. Hager, M. Schrodt, M. Hegelheimer, J. Stonawski, P. Leuaa, C. Chatzichristodoulou, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Cationic Groups in Quaternized Side-Chain Functionalized Polystyrene/O-PBI Blends influence Performance and Hydrogen Crossover in AEMWE, Chemical Communications 61 (1), 2025, pp. 149 - 152, DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05067C

2024

S. Ruck, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, C. van Pham, Highly active NiRu/C cathode catalyst synthesized by displacement reaction for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis, Small Methods, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401179

M. Ayoub, A. T. S. Freiberg, T. Böhm, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, M. Brodt, Continuous ionomer graded catalyst layers for PEM fuel cells with improved humidity range tolerance, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171, 2024, Art. No. 114503, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad8d81

J. Stonawski, M. Schroeder, J. Gördes, L. Hager, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, High-Performance Polybenzimidazole Blend Membranes based on a Commercially Available Anion-Exchange Polymer and F6PBI for Vanadium-Redox-Flow Batteries, Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences, 2024, Art. No. e56367, DOI: 10.1002/app.56367

M. Komma, A. Marth, M. Maier, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, S. Thiele, Applicability of a Graphene Oxide Interlayer in PEMs for Reducing Crossover in Electrochemical Acetone Hydrogenation Reactors, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171 (10), 2024, Art. No. 104502, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad7e54

M. M. Kovács, B. Fritsch, L. Lahn, S. Hoffmann, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, D. Dworschak, Iridium Oxide Based Electrospun Nanofiber Catalyst Materials for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Water Electrolysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 (39), 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07831

S. Auffarth, M. Maier, P. Martschin, M. Wagner, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, PFAS-free nanostructured proton-exchange membranes from self-cross-linking block-co-polymers, Materials Today Advances 23, 2024, Art. No. 100521, DOI: 10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100521

J. Sun, B. Fritsch (equal contribution), A. Körner, M. Taherkhani, C. Park, M. Wang, A. Hutzler, T. J. Woehl, Discovery of molecular intermediates and non-classical nanoparticle formation mechanisms by liquid phase electron microscopy and reaction throughput analysis, Small Structures, 2024, Art. No. 2400146, DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202400146

A. Pedersen, K. Kumar, Y.-P. Ku, V. Martin, L. Dubau, K. Teixeira Santos, J. Barrio, V. A. Saveleva, P. Glatzel, V. K. Paidi, X. Li, A. Hutzler, M.-M. Titirici, A. Bonnefont, S. Cherevko, I. E. L. Stephens, F. Maillard, Operando Fe Dissolution in Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts during Acidic Oxygen Reduction and Impact of Local pH Change, Energy & Environmental Science 17 (17), 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01995D

Y. Mahayni, L. Maurer, F. Auer, A. Hutzler, P. Wasserscheid, M. Wolf, Structure sensitivity of the low temperature dehydrogenation of perhydro (di)benzyltoluene on supported platinum nanoparticles, Catalysis Science & Technology 14 (18), 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00032C

M. Minichová, T. Priamushko, A. Hutzler, I. Khalakhan, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, Electrochemical dissolution of PtRu/C: Effect of potential, fuels, and temperature, Electrochimica Acta 502, 2024, Art. No. 144764, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144764

Moritz Geuß, L. Löttert, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, Quantification of Iridium Dissolution at Water Electrolysis Relevant Conditions Using a Gas Diffusion Electrode Half-Cell Setup, ACS Catalysis 14 (15), 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c02159

A. Ellert, F. Herold, M. Rønning, A. Hutzler, L. Piccirilli, T. V. W. Janssens, P. N. R. Vennestrøm, P. Wasserscheid, P. Schühle, Phosphorus-modification of Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts improves dispersion and cycloalkane dehydrogention activity, Journal of Catalysis 436, 2024, Art. No. 115607, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115607

D. Hoffmeister, S. Finger (equal contribution), L. Fiedler, T. C. Ma, A. Körner, M. Zlatar, B. Fritsch, K. Witte-Bodnar, S. Carl, A. Götz, B. Apeleo-Zubiri, E. Spiecker, S. Cherevko, A. Freiberg, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, A. Hutzler, C. Van Pham, Photodeposition-based Synthesis of IrO_x@TiO₂ Core-Shell Catalyst for Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis with Low Iridium Loading, Advanced Science 11 (30), 2024, Art. No. 2402991, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402991

Y.-P. Ku, K. Kumar, A. Hutzler, C. Götz, M. Vorochta, M. T. Sougrati, V. Lloret, K. Ehelebe, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, I. Khalakhan, T. Böhm, F. Jaouen, S. Cherevko, Impact of Carbon Corrosion and Denitrogenation on the Deactivation of Fe-N-C Catalysts in Alkaline Media, ACS Catalysis 14 (11), 2024, pp. 8576 - 8591, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01219

L. A. Maurer, C. Van Pham, B. Fritsch, H. S. Jeppesen, M. Etter, A. Hutzler, R. Neder, M. Wolf, F. Auer, S. Thiele, P. Wasserscheid, Improving hydrogen release from oxygen-functionalized LOHC molecules by Ru addition to Pt/C catalysts, ChemCatChem 16 (17), 2024, Art. No. e202400375, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202400375

L. Popp, P. Kampe, B. Fritsch, A. Hutzler, M. Poller, J. Albert, P. Schühle, Ruthenium phosphide as a promising catalyst for selective sugar hydrogenation, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 27 (22), 2024, Art. No. e202400117, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202400117

T. C. Ma, A. Hutzler, B. Bensmann, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach, S. Thiele, Influence of the Complex Interface between Transport and Catalyst Layer on Water Electrolysis Performance, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171 (4), 2024, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad3497

S. Mavrikis, M. Nieuwoudt, M. Göltz, S. Ehles, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, E. Fossy, A. Zervas, O. Brai, M. Wegener, F. Doerrfuss, P. Bouwman, S. Rosiwal, L. Wang, C. Ponce de León, Continuous production of ethylene and hydrogen peroxide from paired electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and water oxidation, Advanced Energy Materials 14 (18), 2024, Art. No. 2304247, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202304247

N. E. Traoré, T. Schikarski, A. Körner, P. Cardenas Lopez, L. Hartmann, B. Fritsch, J. Walter, A. Hutzler, L. Pflug, W. Peukert, Mechanistic insights into silver-gold nanoalloy formation by two-dimensional population balance modeling, Chemical Engineering Journal 438, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149429

D. Strauch, P. Weiner, B. B. Sarma, A. Körner, P. Wolf, A. Zimina, A. Hutzler, D. Doronkin, J.-D. Grunwaldt, P. Wasserscheid, M. Wolf, Bimetallic platinum rhenium catalyst for efficient low temperature dehydrogenation of perhydro benzyltoluene, Catalysis Science & Technology 14 (7), 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01336G

N. Röttcher, G. D. Akkoc, S. Finger, B. Fritsch, J. Möller, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, D. Dworschak, Accelerating materials research with a comprehensive data management tool: a case study on an electrochemical laboratory, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06247C

A. Kormányos, P. Büttner, M. Bosch, M. Minichová, A. Körner, K. J. Jenewein, A. Hutzler, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, J. Bachmann, S. Cherevko, Stability of Bimetallic Pt_xRu_y - from Model Surfaces to Nanoparticulate Electrocatalysts, ACS Materials Au 4 (2), 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00092

2023

B. Fritsch, P. Malgaretti, J. Harting, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Sparsening Radiation Chemistry Reaction Networks: Playing Jenga with Kinetic Models for Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy, ACS Precision Chemistry 1 (10), 2023, DOI: 10.1021/prechem.3c00078

M. Zlatar, D. Escalera-López, M. Gamón Rodríguez, T. Hrbek, C. Götz, R. M. Joy, A. Savan, H. P. Tran, H. N. Nong, P. Pobedinskas, V. Briega-Martos, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, K. Haenen, A. Ludwig, I. Khalakhan, P. Strasser, S. Cherevko, Standardizing OER Electrocatalyst Benchmarking in Aqueous Electrolytes: Comprehensive Guidelines for Accelerated Stress Tests and Backing Electrodes, ACS Catalysis 13 (23), 2023, pp. 15375 - 15392, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c03880

J. M. Linge, V. Briega-Martos, A. Hutzler, B. Fritsch, H. Erikson, K. Tammeveski, S. Cherevko, Stability of Carbon Supported Silver Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions, ACS Applied Energy Materials 6 (22), 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01717

L. Hager, M. Hegelheimer J. Stonawski A. T. S. Freiberg, T .Böhm, A. Hutzler, C. Jaramillo-Hernández, G. Abellan, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Novel Side Chain Functionalized Polystyrene/O-PBI Blends with High Alkaline Stability for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (AEMWE), Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 (41), 2023, pp. 22347 - 22359, DOI: 10.1039/d3ta02978f

V. Benavente Llorente, K. J. Jenewein, M. Bierling, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, A. Kormányos, S. Cherevko, Photocorrosion of Hematite Photoanodes in Neutral and Alkaline Electrolytes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (39), 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02969

L. Fiedler, T.-C. Ma, B. Fritsch, J. H. Risse, M. Merklein, D. Dworschak, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Stability of Bipolar Plate Materials for Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers: Dissolution of Titanium and Stainless Steel in DI Water and Highly Diluted Acid, ChemElectroChem 10 (20), 2023, Art. No. e202300373, DOI: 10.1002/celc.202300373

A. Kormányos, Q. Dong, B. Xiao, T. Li, A. Savan, K. Jenewein, T. Priamushko, A. Körner, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, L. Hu, A. Ludwig, S. Cherevko, Stability of high entropy alloys under electrocatalytic conditions, iScience 26 (10), 2023, Art. No. 107775, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107775

T. Couasnon, B. Fritsch, M. P. M. Jank, R. Blukis, A. Shreiber, A. Hutzler, L. G. Benning, Goethite Mineral Dissolution to Probe Radiolytic Water Chemistry in Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy, Advanced Science 10 (25), 2023, Art. No. 2301904, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301904

J. Schwarz, M. Niebauer (equal contribution), M. Kolesnik-Gray, M. Szabo, P. Chava, L. Baier, J. Schulze, A. Erbe, V. Krstic, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, Correlating 4x4 Transfer Matrix Modeling with Optical Microspectroscopy for Layer Counting of Anisotropic 2D Materials, Small Methods 7 (10), 2023, Art. No. 2300618, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300618

S. Auffarth, M. Wagner, B. Fritsch, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, L. Hager, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Nanophase-Separated Block-co-Polymers Based on Phosphonated Pentafluorostyrene and Octylstyrene for Proton-Exchange Membranes, ACS Materials Letters 5 (8), 2023, pp. 2039 - 2046, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c00569

M. Milosevic, T. Böhm, A, Körner, M. Bierling, L. Winkelmann, K. Ehelebe, A. Hutzler, M. Suermann, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, In Search of Lost Iridium: Quantification of Anode Catalyst Layer Dissolution in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers, ACS Energy Letters 8 (6), 2023, pp. 2682 - 2688, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00193

B. Fritsch, A. Körner (equal contribution), T. Couasnon, R. Blukis, M. Taherkhani, M. P. M. Jank, L. G. Benning, E. Spiecker, A. Hutzler, Tailoring the Acidity of Liquid Media with Ionizing Radiation: Rethinking the Acid-Base Correlation Beyond pH, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14 (20), 2023, pp. 4644 - 4651, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00593

M. Koleśnik-Gray, L. Meingast, M. Siebert, T. Unbehaun, T. Huf, G. Ellrott, G. Abellan-Saez, S.Wild, V. Lloret, U. Mundloch, J. Schwarz, M. Niebauer, M. Szabo, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, F. Hauke, A. Hirsch, V. Krstić, Unconventional conductivity increase in multilayer black phosphorus, npj 2D Materials and Applications 7, 2023, Art. No. 21, DOI: 10.1038/s41699-023-00384-2

M. Minichová, C. Van Pham, B. Xiao, A. Savan, A. Hutzler, A. Körner, I. Khalakhan, M. Gamón Rodríguez, I. Mangoufis-Giasin, V. Briega-Martos, A. Kormányos, I. Katsounaros, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Ludwig, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, Isopropanol Electro-oxidation on Pt-Ru-Ir: A Journey from Model Thin Film Libraries towards Real Electrocatalysts, Electrochimica Acta 444, 2023, Art. No. 142032, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142032

2022

S. Ruck, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, M. Bierling, J. Gonzalez, W. Qu, C. Bock, S. Thiele, R. Peach, C. Van Pham, Carbon supported NiRu alloy nanoparticles as an effective cathodic catalyst in anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers, Journal of Physics: Energy 4 (4), 2022, Art. No. 044007, DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ac95cd

B. Fritsch, T. S. Zech, M. P. Bruns, S. Khadivianazar, N. Zargar Talebi, A. Körner, M. Wu, S. Virtanen, T. Unruh, M. P. M. Jank, E. Spiecker, A. Hutzler, Radiolysis-Driven Evolution of Gold Nanostructures - Model Verification by Scale Bridging in situ Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction, Advanced Science 9 (25), 2022, Art. No. 2202803, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202803

R. Stöber, F. Mai, O. Sebastian, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, P. Schühle, A highly stable bimetallic transition metal phosphide catalyst for selective dehydrogenation of n-heptane, ChemCatChem 14, 2022, Art. No. e202200371, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200371

Y.-P. Ku, K. Ehelebe, A. Hutzler, M. Bierling, T. Böhm, A. Zitolo, M. Vorokhta, N. Bibent, F. D. Speck, D. Seeberger, I. Khalakhan, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, F. Jaouen, S. Cherevko, Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media Causes Iron Leaching from Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts, Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (22), 2022, pp. 9753 - 9763, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02088

B. Fritsch, M. Wu, A. Hutzler, D. Zhou, R. Spruit, L. Vogl, J. Will, R. H. H. Pérez Garza, M. März, M. P. M. Jank, E. Spiecker, Sub-Kelvin thermometry for evaluating the local temperature stability within in situ TEM gas cells, Ultramicroscopy 235, 2022, Art. No. 113494, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113494

2021

Projects in our team

DFG 2026: Research Training Group 3103 - CorMic: Correlative Materials Microscopy - From nanostructured functional films to hierarchicalfunctional materials
BMWE 2025: POREScale: Scale-up of pore-optimized catalysts and catalyst layers for PEM fuel cells
BMWE 2025: KernKat: Core-shell catalyst systems for low precious metal loading, high conversion efficiencies, and long service life in water electrolysis using an acidic polymer electrolyte membrane
BMFTR 2021: H₂Giga - StacIE: Stack Scale-Up: Industrialization PEM Electrolysis
DFG 2021: 454726051 - HU 2827/2-1: Electronic devices based on the 2D material black phosphorus - layer-dependent properties
DFG 2021: EAM starting grant 2021: Modeling Electron-Beam Induced Radiolysis in Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy

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