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Frank Girgsdies is affiliated with the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry and catalysis.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Recent notable publications by Frank Girgsdies include:

  • Highly loaded bimetallic iron-cobalt catalysts for hydrogen release from ammonia, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Fluctuating Storage of the Active Phase in a Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 Catalyst for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Insights into Chemical Dynamics and Their Impact on the Reactivity of Pt Nanoparticles during CO Oxidation by Operando TEM, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Towards Experimental Handbooks in Catalysis, 2020, Topics in Catalysis
  • Cu−Zn Alloy Formation as Unfavored State for Efficient Methanol Catalysts, 2020, ChemCatChem

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Robert Schlögl
  • Thomas Lunkenbein
  • Annette Trunschke
  • Axel Knop-Gericke
  • Andrey Tarasov

Publication venues where Frank Girgsdies has frequently contributed are:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Industrial Catalysts

    Malte Behrens;Felix Studt;Igor Kasatkin;Stefanie Kühl

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ni Single Atom Catalysts for CO2 Activation.

    Marie-Mathilde Millet;Gerardo Algara-Siller;Sabine Wrabetz;Aliaksei Mazheika

  • Al13Fe4 as a low-cost alternative for palladium in heterogeneous hydrogenation

    Marc Armbrüster;Kirill Kovnir;Matthias Friedrich;Detre Teschner

  • Analysis of the structure and chemical properties of some commercial carbon nanostructures

    Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Dirk Rosenthal;Thomas Willum Hansen;Christian Hess

  • Palladium–gallium intermetallic compounds for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene: Part I: Preparation and structural investigation under reaction conditions

    Jürgen Osswald;Rainer Giedigkeit;Rolf E. Jentoft;Marc Armbrüster

  • Pore structure and surface area of silica SBA-15: influence of washing and scale-up.

    Jörg P Thielemann;Frank Girgsdies;Robert Schlögl;Christian Hess

  • Stability of bimetallic Pd–Zn catalysts for the steam reforming of methanol

    Travis Conant;Ayman M. Karim;Vanessa Mc Lebarbier;Vanessa Mc Lebarbier;Yong Wang

  • Surface chemistry of phase-pure M1 MoVTeNb oxide during operation in selective oxidation of propane to acrylic acid

    Michael Hävecker;Sabine Wrabetz;Jutta Kröhnert;Lenard-Istvan Csepei

  • Bridging the Time Gap: A Copper/Zinc Oxide/Aluminum Oxide Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis Studied under Industrially Relevant Conditions and Time Scales

    Thomas Lunkenbein;Frank Girgsdies;Timur Kandemir;Nygil Thomas

  • Minerals as model compounds for Cu/ZnO catalyst precursors: Structural and thermal properties and IR spectra of mineral and synthetic (zincian) malachite, rosasite and aurichalcite and a catalyst precursor mixture

    Malte Behrens;Frank Girgsdies;Annette Trunschke;Robert Schlögl

  • Nanosizing Intermetallic Compounds Onto Carbon Nanotubes: Active and Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts

    Lidong Shao;Wei Zhang;Marc Armbrüster;Detre Teschner

  • Rational design of nanostructured copper-zinc oxide catalysts for the steam reforming of methanol.

    Benjamin-Louis Kniep;Thorsten Ressler;Annegrit Rabis;Frank Girgsdies

  • Microstructural characterization of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts for methanol steam reforming—A comparative study

    Patrick Kurr;Igor Kasatkin;Frank Girgsdies;Annette Trunschke

  • Effect of Precipitate Ageing on the Microstructural Characteristics of Cu/ZnO Catalysts for Methanol Steam Reforming

    Benjamin-Louis Kniep;Frank Girgsdies;Thorsten Ressler

  • Dissolved Carbon Controls the Initial Stages of Nanocarbon Growth

    Ali Rinaldi;Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Manfred Erwin Schuster;Raoul Blume

  • Understanding the complexity of a catalyst synthesis: Co-precipitation of mixed Cu,Zn,Al hydroxycarbonate precursors for Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts investigated by titration experiments

    Malte Behrens;Daniel Brennecke;Frank Girgsdies;Stefan Kißner

  • Activity and Selectivity of a Nanostructured CuO/ZrO2 Catalyst in the Steam Reforming of Methanol

    Herry Purnama;Frank Girgsdies;Thorsten Ressler;Jan Hendrik Schattka

  • In situ study of the formation and stability of supported Pd2Ga methanol steam reforming catalysts

    Andreas Haghöfer;Karin Föttinger;Frank Girgsdies;Detre Teschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Herbert Schumann
Herbert Schumann Technical University of Berlin
Thorsten Ressler
Thorsten Ressler Technical University of Berlin
Annette Trunschke
Annette Trunschke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Malte Behrens
Malte Behrens University of Duisburg-Essen
Dang Sheng Su
Dang Sheng Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas Lunkenbein
Thomas Lunkenbein Max Planck Society
Michael Hävecker
Michael Hävecker Max Planck Society
Marc Armbrüster
Marc Armbrüster Chemnitz University of Technology
Marc Georg Willinger
Marc Georg Willinger Technical University of Munich

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