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Matthias Arenz is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, energy, and materials science, with significant contributions in the subfields of renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics covered in Matthias Arenz's work include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies research, electrochemical analysis and applications, catalytic processes in materials science, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, and high entropy alloys studies.

Arenz has published extensively, with recent papers that include:

  • "Self-supported Pt-CoO networks combining high specific activity with high surface area for oxygen reduction" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Benchmarking Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts Using Gas Diffusion Electrodes: Inter-lab Comparison and Best Practices" (2022, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "The Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt: Why Particle Size and Interparticle Distance Matter" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Environment Matters: CO2RR Electrocatalyst Performance Testing in a Gas-Fed Zero-Gap Electrolyzer" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "The Gas Diffusion Electrode Setup as Straightforward Testing Device for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer Catalysts" (2021, JACS Au)

Frequent collaborators of Matthias Arenz include Jonathan Quinson, Gustav K. H. Wiberg, Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, Rebecca K. Pittkowski, and Johanna Schröder. This suggests a research network that spans several experts in related domains, supporting multidisciplinary projects.

The scientist's publications are prominently featured in venues such as ACS Catalysis, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Power Sources, ChemElectroChem, and Journal of The Electrochemical Society. Among these, ACS Catalysis stands out as the most frequent place of publication.

Best Publications

  • Trends in electrocatalysis on extended and nanoscale Pt-bimetallic alloy surfaces

    Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Bongjin Simon Mun;Bongjin Simon Mun;Matthias Arenz;Karl J. J. Mayrhofer

  • Measurement of oxygen reduction activities via the rotating disc electrode method : from Pt model surfaces to carbon-supported high surface area catalysts.

    K.J.J. Mayrhofer;D. Strmcnik;B.B. Blizanac;V. Stamenkovic

  • The impact of geometric and surface electronic properties of pt-catalysts on the particle size effect in electrocatalysis.

    K. J. J. Mayrhofer;B. B. Blizanac;M. Arenz;V. R. Stamenkovic

  • The effect of the particle size on the kinetics of CO electrooxidation on high surface area Pt catalysts

    Matthias Arenz;Matthias Arenz;Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer;Vojislav R. Stamenković;Berislav B. Blizanac

  • Improved Upper Limit on the Neutrino Mass from a Direct Kinematic Method by KATRIN

    M. Aker;K. Altenmüller;M. Arenz;M. Babutzka

  • The particle size effect on the oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt catalysts: influence of electrolyte and relation to single crystal models

    Markus Nesselberger;Sean Ashton;Josef C Meier;Ioannis Katsounaros

  • The effect of particle proximity on the oxygen reduction rate of size-selected platinum clusters

    Markus Nesselberger;Melanie Roefzaad;Fayçal Riad Hamou;P. Ulrich Biedermann

  • Fuel cell catalyst degradation on the nanoscale

    Karl J.J. Mayrhofer;Josef C. Meier;Sean J. Ashton;Gustav K.H. Wiberg

  • Adsorbate-induced surface segregation for core-shell nanocatalysts.

    Karl J. J. Mayrhofer;Viktorija Juhart;Katrin Hartl;Marianne Hanzlik

  • Oxygen electrocatalysis in alkaline electrolyte: Pt(hkl), Au(hkl) and the effect of Pd-modification

    T.J. Schmidt;V. Stamenkovic;M. Arenz;N.M. Markovic

  • The electro-oxidation of formic acid on Pt–Pd single crystal bimetallic surfaces

    Matthias Arenz;Vojislav Stamenkovic;Thomas J. Schmidt;Klaus Wandelt

  • Factors in gold nanocatalysis: oxidation of CO in the non-scalable size regime

    Uzi Landman;Bokwon Yoon;Chun Zhang;Ueli Heiz

  • Comparative degradation study of carbon supported proton exchange membrane fuel cell electrocatalysts – The influence of the platinum to carbon ratio on the degradation rate

    Jozsef Speder;Alessandro Zana;Ioannis Spanos;Jacob J.K. Kirkensgaard

  • Benchmarking high surface area electrocatalysts in a gas diffusion electrode: measurement of oxygen reduction activities under realistic conditions

    Masanori Inaba;Masanori Inaba;Anders Westergaard Jensen;Gustav Wilhelm Sievers;María Escudero-Escribano

  • Degradation of Carbon-Supported Pt Bimetallic Nanoparticles by Surface Segregation

    Karl J. J. Mayrhofer;Katrin Hartl;Viktorija Juhart;Matthias Arenz

  • CO surface electrochemistry on Pt-nanoparticles: A selective review

    K.J.J. Mayrhofer;M. Arenz;B.B. Blizanac;V. Stamenkovic

  • Non-destructive transmission electron microscopy study of catalyst degradation under electrochemical treatment

    Karl J.J. Mayrhofer;Sean J. Ashton;Josef C. Meier;Gustav K.H. Wiberg

  • Carbon-supported Pt–Sn electrocatalysts for the anodic oxidation of H2, CO, and H2/CO mixtures.: Part II: The structure–activity relationship

    M. Arenz;V. Stamenkovic;B.B. Blizanac;K.J. Mayrhofer

  • Anion Adsorption, CO Oxidation, and Oxygen Reduction Reaction on a Au(100) Surface: The pH Effect

    Berislav B. Blizanac;Chris A. Lucas;Mark E. Gallagher;Matthias Arenz

  • Self-supported Pt-CoO networks combining high specific activity with high surface area for oxygen reduction.

    Gustav W. Sievers;Gustav W. Sievers;Anders W. Jensen;Jonathan Quinson;Alessandro Zana;Alessandro Zana

  • IL-TEM investigations on the degradation mechanism of Pt/C electrocatalysts with different carbon supports

    Katrin Hartl;Katrin Hartl;Marianne Hanzlik;Matthias Arenz

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Nenad M. Markovic
Nenad M. Markovic Argonne National Laboratory
Vojislav R. Stamenkovic
Vojislav R. Stamenkovic University of California, Irvine
Igor Tkachev
Igor Tkachev Russian Academy of Sciences
Philip N. Ross
Philip N. Ross Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Klaus Blaum
Klaus Blaum Max Planck Society
Tom Vosch
Tom Vosch University of Copenhagen
Ueli Heiz
Ueli Heiz Technical University of Munich
Ch. Weinheimer
Ch. Weinheimer University of Münster

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