CRC/TRR 247
At the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Ruhr-University Bochum.
With Participation of: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Principal Investigator Martin Muhler
Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler
Phone: +49 234 32-28754
E-Mail
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ruhr-University Bochum
Project Area AA1: Thermal Catalysis: Activity and Selectivity Patterns of Transition Metal Oxides in Different Oxidation Reactions
Project A1 focusses on thermal catalysis in the liquid phase under mild conditions using the mixed iron-cobalt spinel and perovskite catalysts synthesized in Area C with well-defined real structure.
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Project Area AA3: Structure–Activity Correlations in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis
Project A3 uses the mixed iron-cobalt spinel and perovskite nanoparticles received from Area C as cocatalysts, which will be deposited on ZnGa2O4 and SrTiO3 as d0/d10 photoabsorbers. Relevant photocatalytic oxidation reactions are the selective oxidation of short-chain alcohols such as isopropanol and the evolution of oxygen (OER).
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional career
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Since 1996 |
Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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1991-1996 |
Head of the group Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin |
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1989-1991 |
Postdoctoral researcher at Haldor Topsøe A/S in Denmark, Department of Fundamental Research in Heterogeneous Catalysis |
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1986-1989 |
Scientific co-worker in course of doctoral studies at the Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin |
Scientific education and dregrees
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1996 |
Habilitation in Industrial Chemistry at Technische Universität Berlin |
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1989 |
Doctoral degree from the Freie Universität Berlin (Prof. G. Ertl) |
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1986-1989 |
Doctorate studies at Fritz Haber Institute Berlin (Prof. G. Ertl) |
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1986 |
Diploma degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (Prof. G. Ertl) |
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1980-1986 |
Studies of chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich |
Awards and Scholarships
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2015 |
Max Planck Fellowship at the MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion |
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2010 |
Price of the inventors competition. For a method of producing an electrocatalyst |
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2007 |
2nd price in the 5th patent competition of the research ministry Northrhine-Westfalia |
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1999 |
DECHEMA Prize of the Max Buchner Research Foundation |
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1996 |
Karl Winnacker fellowship |
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1986 |
"Chemiefonds" scholarship for PhD students |
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1983 |
Admission to the German National Academic Foundation |
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1980 |
Scholarship of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts |
Positions and functions
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Since 2014 |
Chairman of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) |
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Since 2014 |
International advisory board of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis in Dalian, China |
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Since 2013 |
Executive board of the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS) |
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Since 2013 |
Advisory board of the Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
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2012 - 2014 |
Head of the local chapter of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) in Bochum |
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2011 - 2015 |
Topics Committee of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (Themenkommission der DBG) |
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Since 2009 |
Academic Advisory Board of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie (VCI) |
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Since 2009 |
International Advisory Board of ChemCatChem (Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, and Biocatalysis) |
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Since 2008 |
International Advisory Board of ChemSusChem (Chemistry & Sustainability, Energy & Materials) |
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2009 ‑ 2012 |
Spokesperson of the collaborative research center (SFB) 558 "Metal-substrate interactions in heterogeneous catalysis" funded by DFG |
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Since 2009 |
German representative in the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) |
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2004 ‑ 2007 |
International Advisory Board of Applied Catalysis A: General |
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2004 ‑ 2012 |
Elected referee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Industrial Chemistry (Technische Chemie) |
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2004 - 2015 |
Steering board of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials (SurMat) |
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Since 2002 |
President of the alumni association VFCh of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Since 2000 |
German representative in the International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS) |
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2000 ‑ 2009 |
Vice spokesperson of the collaborative research center (SFB) 558 "Metal-substrate interactions in heterogeneous catalysis" funded by DFG |
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2000 ‑ 2006 |
Executive director of the Center of Advanced Training of the Ruhr-University Bochum |
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2000 ‑ 2002 |
Head of the Competence Network Catalysis (ConNeCat) |
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1999 ‑ 2002 |
Vice dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum |
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1997 ‑ 1999 |
Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum |
Selected Publications
- R. Chetty, S. Kundu, W. Xia, M. Bron, W. Schuhmann, C. Chirila, W. Brandl, R. Reinecke, M. Muhler, PtRu Nanoparticles Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Catalyst for Methanol Electrooxidation, Electrochim. Acta 54 4208-4215 (2009).
- W. Xia, C. Jin, S. Kundu, M. Muhler, A Highly Efficient Gas-Phase Route for the Oxygen Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Based on Nitric Acid Vapor, Carbon 47 919-92 (2009).
- S. Kundu, W. Xia, W. Busser, M. Becker, D.A. Schmidt, M. Havenith, M. Muhler, The Formation of Nitrogen-Containing Functional Groups on Carbon Nanotubes Surfaces: A quantitative XPS and TPD Study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 4351-4359 (2010).
- G. Shi, T. Franzke, M.D. Sánchez, W. Xia, F. Weis, M. Seipenbusch, G. Kasper, M. Muhler, Thin-film β-MoO3 Supported on α-Fe2O3 as a Shell-Core Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde, ChemCatChem 4 760-765 (2012).
- H.J. Schulte, B. Graf, W. Xia, M. Muhler, Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Used as Support in Iron Catalyzed High-Temperature Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, ChemCatChem 4 350-355 (2012).
- K. Kähler, M.C. Holz, M. Rohe, A.C. van Veen, M. Muhler, Methanol oxidation as probe reaction for active sites in Au/ZnO and Au/TiO2 catalysts, J. Catal. 299 162-170 (2013).
- Anqi Zhao, Justus Masa, Wei Xia, Artjom Maljusch, Marc-Georg Willinger, Guylhaine Clavel, Kunpeng Xie, Robert Schlögl, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler, Spinel Mn‑Co oxide in N-Doped carbon nanotubes as a bifunctional electrocatalyst synthesized by oxidative cutting, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 7551-7554 (2014).
- W. Dong, S. Reichenberger, S. Chu, P. Weide, H. Ruland, S. Barcikowski, P. Wagener, M. Muhler, The effect of the Au loading on the liquid-phase aerobic oxidation of ethanol over Au/TiO2 catalysts prepared by pulsed laser ablation, J. Catal. 330 497-506 (2015).
- G. W. Busser, B. Mei, P. Weide, P. C. K. Vesborg, K. Stuehrenberg, M. Bauer, X. Huang, M.-G. Willinger, I. Chorkendorff, R. Schlögl, M. Muhler, Cocatalyst Designing: A Regenerable Molybdenum-Containing Ternary Cocatalyst System for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting, ACS Catal. 5 5530-5539 (2015).
- A. Aijaz, J. Masa, C. Rösler, W. Xia, P. Weide, A. Botz, R. Fischer, W. Schuhmann, M. Muhler, Co@Co3O4 Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotube-Grafted Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Polyhedra as an Advanced Bifunctional Oxygen Electrode, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 4087-4091 (2016).