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Axel Knop-Gericke

Axel Knop-Gericke

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Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
26825
World Ranking
1823
National Ranking
133

Overview

Axel Knop-Gericke is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and energy. Their work focuses primarily on materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, electrical and electronic engineering, and electrochemistry.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, electrochemical analysis and applications, electronic and structural properties of oxides, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

The following recent papers highlight Axel Knop-Gericke's publication record:

  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, 2020, Nature
  • Revealing the Active Phase of Copper during the Electroreduction of CO2 in Aqueous Electrolyte by Correlating In Situ X-ray Spectroscopy and In Situ Electron Microscopy, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • On the origin of multihole oxygen evolution in haematite photoanodes, 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • Surface Electron-Hole Rich Species Active in the Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Operando Structure-Activity-Stability Relationship of Iridium Oxides during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2022, ACS Catalysis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Axel Knop-Gericke include:

  • Robert Schlögl
  • Travis E. Jones
  • Juan-Jesús Velasco-Vélez
  • Thomas Lunkenbein
  • Rik V. Mom

The scientist has published most frequently in the following venues:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Nature Catalysis

Axel Knop-Gericke's research integrates advanced characterization techniques with catalytic and electrochemical processes to address challenges in energy conversion and environmental sustainability. This profile reflects a substantial contribution to multiple interdisciplinary areas within materials science and energy research.

Best Publications

  • The roles of subsurface carbon and hydrogen in palladium-catalyzed alkyne hydrogenation.

    Detre Teschner;János Borsodi;Attila Wootsch;Zsolt Révay

  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.

    Hong Nhan Nong;Hong Nhan Nong;Lorenz J. Falling;Arno Bergmann;Malte Klingenhof

  • Tuning the acid/base properties of nanocarbons by functionalization via amination

    Rosa Arrigo;Michael Hävecker;Sabine Wrabetz;Raoul Blume

  • Free-atom-like d states in single-atom alloy catalysts

    Mark T. Greiner;Mark T. Greiner;Travis Jones;Sebastian Beeg;Sebastian Beeg;Leon Zwiener

  • Preferential CO oxidation in hydrogen (PROX) on ceria-supported catalysts, part I: Oxidation state and surface species on Pt/CeO2 under reaction conditions

    Olga Pozdnyakova;Detre Teschner;Attila Wootsch;Jutta Kröhnert

  • The electronic structure of iridium and its oxides

    Verena Pfeifer;Verena Pfeifer;Travis E. Jones;Juan J. Velasco Vélez;Juan J. Velasco Vélez;Cyriac Massué;Cyriac Massué

  • Density functional theory calculations of XPS binding energy shift for nitrogen-containing graphene-like structures

    K. Artyushkova;B. Kiefer;B. Halevi;Axel Knop-Gericke

  • The electronic structure of iridium oxide electrodes active in water splitting.

    V. Pfeifer;V. Pfeifer;T. E. Jones;J. J. Velasco Vélez;J. J. Velasco Vélez;C. Massué;C. Massué

  • Nature of the N-Pd interaction in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalysts

    Rosa Arrigo;Manfred Erwin Schuster;Zailai Xie;Youngmi Yi

  • Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle/Alkanedithiol Films: Preparation, Electron Microscopy, XPS-Analysis, Charge Transport and Vapor-Sensing Properties

    Yvonne Joseph;Isabelle Besnard;Miriam Rosenberger;Berit Guse

  • Investigation of solid/vapor interfaces using ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    D. E. Starr;Z. Liu;Michael Hävecker;Michael Hävecker;Axel Knop-Gericke

  • In situ observation of reactive oxygen species forming on oxygen-evolving iridium surfaces

    Verena Pfeifer;Verena Pfeifer;Travis E. Jones;Juan J. Velasco Vélez;Juan J. Velasco Vélez;Rosa Arrigo

  • Alkyne hydrogenation over Pd catalysts: A new paradigm

    Detre Teschner;Elaine Vass;Michael Hävecker;Spiros Zafeiratos

  • In-situ X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Catalyst−Support Interactions and Growth of Carbon Nanotube Forests

    Cecilia Mattevi;Christoph Tobias Wirth;Stephan Hofmann;Raoul Blume

  • Reactivity of Carbon in Lithium-Oxygen Battery Positive Electrodes

    Daniil M Itkis;Dmitry A Semenenko;Elmar Yu Kataev;Alina I Belova

  • X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for investigation of Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes

    Axel Knop-Gericke;Evgueni V. Kleimenov;Michael Hävecker;Raoul Blume

  • Methanol Oxidation on a Copper Catalyst Investigated Using in Situ X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy†

    Hendrik Bluhm;Michael Hävecker;Axel Knop-Gericke;Evgueni Kleimenov

  • Preferential CO oxidation in hydrogen (PROX) on ceria-supported catalysts, part II: Oxidation states and surface species on Pd/CeO2 under reaction conditions, suggested reaction mechanism

    Olga Pozdnyakova;Detre Teschner;Attila Wootsch;Jutta Kröhnert

  • Characterizing Graphitic Carbon with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Step-by-Step Approach

    Raoul Blume;Dirk Rosenthal;Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Henan Li

  • How to Control the Selectivity of Palladium‐based Catalysts in Hydrogenation Reactions: The Role of Subsurface Chemistry

    Marc Armbrüster;Malte Behrens;Fabrizio Cinquini;Karin Föttinger

  • Understanding Palladium Hydrogenation Catalysts: When the Nature of the Reactive Molecule Controls the Nature of the Catalyst Active Phase

    Detre Teschner;Zsolt Revay;Janos Borsodi;Michael Hävecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hävecker
Michael Hävecker Max Planck Society
Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Hendrik Bluhm
Hendrik Bluhm Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Raoul Blume
Raoul Blume Max Planck Society
Valerii I. Bukhtiyarov
Valerii I. Bukhtiyarov Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
Simon Penner
Simon Penner University of Innsbruck
Peter Claus
Peter Claus Technical University of Darmstadt
Dmitry Zemlyanov
Dmitry Zemlyanov Purdue University West Lafayette
Stephan Hofmann
Stephan Hofmann University of Cambridge

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