Vega-Paredes, M.; Scheu, C.; Aymerich Armengol, R.: Expanding the Potential of Identical Location Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy for Gas Evolving Reactions: Stability of Rhenium Molybdenum Disulfide Nanocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 15 (40), pp. 46895 - 46901 (2023)
Aymerich Armengol, R.: Techniques for the assessment of the stability of (sea) water splitting nanocatalysts. Korean Institute for Energy Research, Jeju, South Korea (2023)
Vega-Paredes, M.; Aymerich Armengol, R.; Scheu, C.: Determining the degradation mechanisms and active species of electrocatalysts by identical location electron microscopy. NRF-DFG meeting “Electrodes for direct sea-water splitting and microstructure based stability analyses”, Korean Institute for Energy Research, Jeju, South Korea (2023)
Aymerich Armengol, R.: Determination of the structural and electrochemical stability of nanocatalysts for electrolyzer applications. Chemistry Department, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, South Korea (2023)
Aymerich Armengol, R.: Understanding the stability of nanomaterials through electron microscopy techniques. Physics Department, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (2023)
Aymerich Armengol, R.: Stability of 2D oxide and chalcogenide nanomaterials under synthesis and application conditions. MRSEC Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA (2023)
Aymerich Armengol, R.; Cignoni, P.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Linnemann, J.; Rabe, M.; Tschulik, K.; Scheu, C.; Lim, J.: Electron microscopy insights on the mechanism of morphology/phase transformations in manganese oxides. Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Bellaterra, Spain (2022)
Aymerich Armengol, R.; Cignoni, P.; Ebbinghaus, P.; Rabe, M.; Tschulik, K.; Scheu, C.; Lim, J.: Mechanism of coupled phase/morphology transformation of 2D manganese oxides through Fe galvanic exchange reaction. Chemistry Department Seminar, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea (2022)
Aymerich Armengol, R.; Lim, J.; Ledendecker, M.; Scheu, C.: The devil is in the details: correlating SMSI catalyst encapsulation layers with electrochemical properties. ElecNano9 2020, online, Paris, France (2020)
Lim, J.; Hengge, K. A.; Aymerich Armengol, R.; Gänsler, T.; Scheu, C.: Structural Investigation of 2D Nanosheets and their Assembly to 3D Porous Morphologies. 5th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2018), Jeju, Korea (2018)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.
About 90% of all mechanical service failures are caused by fatigue. Avoiding fatigue failure requires addressing the wide knowledge gap regarding the micromechanical processes governing damage under cyclic loading, which may be fundamentally different from that under static loading. This is particularly true for deformation-induced martensitic…
In this project we study - together with the department of Prof. Neugebauer and Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen - the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for the improved room-temperature ductility in Mg–Y alloys compared to pure Mg.
Efficient harvesting of sunlight and (photo-)electrochemical conversion into solar fuels is an emerging energy technology with enormous promise. Such emerging technologies depend critically on materials systems, in which the integration of dissimilar components and the internal interfaces that arise between them determine the functionality.
Oxides find broad applications as catalysts or in electronic components, however are generally brittle materials where dislocations are difficult to activate in the covalent rigid lattice. Here, the link between plasticity and fracture is critical for wide-scale application of functional oxide materials.
The project Hydrogen Embrittlement Protection Coating (HEPCO) addresses the critical aspects of hydrogen permeation and embrittlement by developing novel strategies for coating and characterizing hydrogen permeation barrier layers for valves and pumps used for hydrogen storage and transport applications.