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Raoul Blume is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and specializes in materials science, energy, and engineering. Their research focuses primarily on materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's recent publication record includes a range of papers addressing catalytic processes, nanomaterials, and surface chemistry. Notable works include:

  • Structural and chemical properties of NiOx thin films: the role of oxygen vacancies in NiOOH formation in a H2O atmosphere, 2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Structural and Chemical Properties of NiOx Thin Films: Oxygen Vacancy Formation in O2 Atmosphere, 2023, ChemPhysChem
  • Oxygen-Doped Carbon Supports Modulate the Hydrogenation Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles through Electronic Metal-Support Interactions, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Dynamics at Polarized Carbon Dioxide-Iron Oxyhydroxide Interfaces Unveil the Origin of Multicarbon Product Formation, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • The Coalescence Behavior of Two-Dimensional Materials Revealed by Multiscale In Situ Imaging during Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth, 2020, ACS Nano

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Raoul Blume include:

  • Axel Knop-Gericke
  • Robert Schlögl
  • Frank Girgsdies
  • Adnan Hammud
  • Thomas Lunkenbein

The scientist has published regularly in prominent journals such as ACS Catalysis, ChemPhysChem, Nature Communications, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and ACS Nano.

Raoul Blume's main research topics encompass:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • ZnO Doping and Properties
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

These areas reflect a focus on catalytic functionalities and material properties critical to energy-related applications and sustainability. The combination of expertise in materials chemistry and catalytic systems supports research into nanostructured materials and their interactions under various atmospheric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Surface-Modified Carbon Nanotubes Catalyze Oxidative Dehydrogenation of n-Butane

    Jian Zhang;Xi Liu;Raoul Blume;Aihua Zhang

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

    Rosa Arrigo;Michael Hävecker;Sabine Wrabetz;Raoul Blume

  • Heteroatoms increase the selectivity in oxidative dehydrogenation reactions on nanocarbons.

    Benjamin Frank;Jian Zhang;Raoul Blume;Robert Schlögl

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

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

  • Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Reactivity of a Nanodiamond in the Steam-Free Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Dang Sheng Su;Dang Sheng Su;Raoul Blume;Robert Schlögl

  • In situ characterization of alloy catalysts for low-temperature graphene growth.

    Robert S. Weatherup;Bernhard C. Bayer;Raoul Blume;Caterina Ducati

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Observing Graphene Grow: Catalyst-Graphene Interactions during Scalable Graphene Growth on Polycrystalline Copper

    Piran R. Kidambi;Bernhard C. Bayer;Raoul Blume;Zhu-Jun Wang

  • Nanoscale Zirconia as a Nonmetallic Catalyst for Graphitization of Carbon and Growth of Single- and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

    Stephen A. Steiner;Theodore F. Baumann;Bernhard C. Bayer;Raoul Blume

  • In Situ Observations during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Polycrystalline Copper

    Piran R. Kidambi;Raoul Blume;Jens Kling;Jakob Birkedal Wagner

  • In situ observations of the atomistic mechanisms of Ni catalyzed low temperature graphene growth.

    Laerte L. Patera;Cristina Africh;Robert S. Weatherup;Raoul Blume

  • State of Transition Metal Catalysts During Carbon Nanotube Growth

    Stephan Hofmann;Raoul Blume;Christoph T. Wirth;Mirco Cantoro

  • Interfacial charge distributions in carbon-supported palladium catalysts

    Radhika G. Rao;Raoul Blume;Thomas W. Hansen;Erika Fuentes

  • Ambient Pressure XPS Study of Mixed Conducting Perovskite-Type SOFC Cathode and Anode Materials under Well-Defined Electrochemical Polarization

    Andreas Nenning;Alexander K. Opitz;Christoph Rameshan;Raffael Rameshan

  • Subsurface‐Controlled CO2 Selectivity of PdZn Near‐Surface Alloys in H2 Generation by Methanol Steam Reforming

    Christoph Rameshan;Werner Stadlmayr;Christian Weilach;Simon Penner

  • Reactivity of mesoporous carbon against water – An in-situ XPS study

    Sylvia Reiche;Raoul Blume;Xiao-Chen Zhao;Dang Sheng Su

  • Long-Term Passivation of Strongly Interacting Metals with Single-Layer Graphene

    Robert S. Weatherup;Lorenzo D’Arsié;Andrea Cabrero-Vilatela;Sabina Caneva

  • Graphene-Passivated Nickel as an Oxidation-Resistant Electrode for Spintronics

    Bruno Dlubak;Marie-Blandine Martin;Robert S. Weatherup;Heejun Yang

  • Surface Chemistry of Perovskite-Type Electrodes During High Temperature CO2 Electrolysis Investigated by Operando Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Alexander Karl Opitz;Andreas Nenning;Christoph Rameshan;Markus Kubicek

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Knop-Gericke
Axel Knop-Gericke Max Planck Society
Michael Hävecker
Michael Hävecker Max Planck Society
Robert Schlögl
Robert Schlögl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Dang Sheng Su
Dang Sheng Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Frank Girgsdies
Frank Girgsdies Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Stephan Hofmann
Stephan Hofmann University of Cambridge
Simon Penner
Simon Penner University of Innsbruck
John Robertson
John Robertson University of Cambridge
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier Iowa State University

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