Gänsler, T.; Hengge, K. A.; Beetz, M.; Pizzutilo, E.; Scheu, C.: Tracking the Degradation of Fuel Cell Catalyst Particles: 3D Reconstruction of Nanoscale Transmission Electron Micrographs. CINEMAX IV, "Best poster Award at the Summer School", Toreby, Denmark (2018)
Pizzutilo, E.: Towards On-Site Production of Hydrogen Peroxide with Gold-Palladium catalysts in Electrocatalysis and Heterogeneous Catalysis. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2017)
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.
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.