Dr. Tanja Retzer – In-Situ and Operando Characterization

1992		born in Bogen, Germany
2011-2015		Studies of Chemistry at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2014		Scholarship of the Ilse and Dr. Alexander Mayer Foundation (“Deutschlandstipendium”)
2015		Master Thesis at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in the group of Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda
2015-2019		PhD student at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in the Group of Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda
2016-2018		Scholarship of the Association of the Chemical Industry (“Chemiefondsstipendium des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie”)
2019		PhD at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda
Since 2019		Workgroup leader “In-Situ and Operando Characterization” at the Department Chemistry and Pharmacy, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Chair of Interface Research and Catalysis, head: Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda)
Since 2021		Member of CLINT Executive Board – Young Researcher Representative
2022		Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Markus Valtiner and Prof. Ulrike Diebold (Technical University Vienna, Austria)

Bezkrovnyi, O.; Bruix, A.; Blaumeiser, D.; Piliaia, L.; Schötz, S.; Bauer, T.; Khalakhan, I.; Skala, T.; Matvija, P.; Krasczkiewicz, P.; Pawlyta, M.; Vorokhta, M.; Matolinova, I.; Libuda, J., Neyman, K.; Lepinski, L. Metal-support interaction and charge distribution in ceria-supported Au particles exposed to CO. Chem. Mater. 2022, accepted.

Wolf, P.; Wick, C. R.; Mehler, J.; Blaumeiser, D.; Schötz, S.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J.; Smith, D.; Smith, A.-S.; Haumann, M. Improving the Performance of Supported Ionic Liquid Phase Catalysts for the Ultra-Low-Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction Using Organic Salt Additives. ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (9), 5661–5672. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c05979

Schuschke, C.; Schötz, S.; Trzeciak, S.; Stumm, C.; Eschenbacher, R.; Hohner, C.; Grau, S.; Blaumeiser, D.; Träg, J.; Zahn, D.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J. Interfacial Dynamics and CO Permeability of  [C₄C₁Pyr][NTf₂]-based Pd Model SCILLs: From UHV to Ambient Pressure, 2021, in preparation.

Reichstein, J.; Schötz, S.; Macht, M.; Maisel, S.; Stockinger, N.; Cuadrado Collados, C.; Schubert, K.; Blaumeiser, D.; Wintzheimer, S.; Görling, A.; Thommes, M.; Zahn, D.; Libuda, J.; Bauer, T.; Mandel, K. S. Supraparticles for Bare-Eye H2 Indication and Monitoring: Design, Working Principle, and Molecular Mobility. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202112379

Eschenbacher, R.; Schuschke, C.; Bühlmeyer, H.; Taccardi, N.; Wasserscheid, P.; Bauer, T.; Xu, T.; Libuda, J. Interaction between Ionic Liquids and a Pt(111) Surface Probed by Coadsorbed CO as a Test Molecule. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (41), 10079–10085. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02983

Blaumeiser, D.; Schuschke, C.; Fromm, L.; Taccardi, N.; Schötz, S.; Eschenbacher, R.; Bühlmeyer, H.; Xu, T.; Bauer, T.; Wasserscheid, P.; et al. CO Permeability and Wetting Behavior of Ionic Liquids on Pt(111): An IRAS and PM-IRAS Study from Ultrahigh Vacuum to Ambient Pressure. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125 (28), 15301–15315. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04043

Kosider, A.; Blaumeiser, D.; Schötz, S.; Preuster, P.; Bösmann, A.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J.; Bauer, T. Enhancing the Feasibility of Pd/C-Catalyzed Formic Acid Decomposition for Hydrogen Generation – Catalyst Pretreatment, Deactivation, and Regeneration. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2021, 11 (12), 4259–4271. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY00300C

Schuschke, C.; Fromm, L.; Träg, J.; Stumm, C.; Hohner, C.; Eschenbacher, R.; Grau, S.; Zahn, D.; Görling, A.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J. A Molecular View of the Ionic Liquid Catalyst Interface of SCILLs: Coverage-Dependent Adsorption Motifs of [C₄C₁Pyr][NTf₂] on Pd Single Crystals and Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125 (24), 13264–13272. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02131.

Chen, X.; Gierlich, C. H.; Schötz, S.; Blaumeiser, D.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J.; Palkovits, R. Hydrogen Production Based on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers through Sulfur Doped Platinum Catalysts Supported on TiO 2. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2021, 9 (19), 6561–6573. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c09048

Schuster, R.; Wähler, T.; Kettner, M.; Agel, F.; Bauer, T.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Model Studies on the Ozone-Mediated Synthesis of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles from Dicobalt Octacarbonyl in Ionic Liquids. ChemistryOpen 2020, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202000187

Bezkrovnyi, O. S.; Blaumeiser, D.; Vorokhta, M.; Kraszkiewicz, P.; Pawlyta, M.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J.; Kepinski, L. NAP-XPS and In Situ DRIFTS of the Interaction of CO with Au Nanoparticles Supported by Ce_{1– x}Eu_xO₂ Nanocubes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (10), 5647–5656. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10142

Blaumeiser, D.; Stepić, R.; Wolf, P.; Wick, C. R.; Haumann, M.; Wasserscheid, P.; Smith, D. M.; Smith, A. S.; Bauer, T.; Libuda, J. Cu Carbonyls Enhance the Performance of Ru-Based SILP Water-Gas Shift Catalysts: A Combined: In Situ DRIFTS and DFT Study. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10 (1), 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy01852b

Bauer, T.; Agel, F.; Blaumeiser, D.; Maisel, S.; Görling, A.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Low-Temperature Synthesis of Oxides in Ionic Liquids: Ozone-Mediated Formation of Co3O4 Nanoparticles Monitored by In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 6 (20), 1900890. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201900890

Raman, N.; Maisel, S.; Grabau, M.; Taccardi, N.; Debuschewitz, J.; Wolf, M.; Wittkämper, H.; Bauer, T.; Wu, M.; Haumann, M.; Papp, C.; Görling, A.; Spiecker, E.; Libuda, J.;Steinrück, H.-P.; Wasserscheid, P. Highly Effective Propane Dehydrogenation Using Ga-Rh Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (10), 9499–9507. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b02459

Wolf, P.; Aubermann, M.; Wolf, M.; Bauer, T.; Blaumeiser, D.; Stepic, R.; Wick, C. R.; Smith, D. M.; Smith, A.-S.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J.; Haumann, M. Improving the Performance of Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysts for the Ultra-Low-Temperature Water–Gas Shift Reaction Using Metal Salt Additives. Green Chem. 2019, 21 (18), 5008–5018. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc02153a

Auer, F.; Blaumeiser, D.; Bauer, T.; Bösmann, A.; Szesni, N.; Libuda, J.; Wasserscheid, P. Boosting the Activity of Hydrogen Release from Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Systems by Sulfur-Additives to Pt on Alumina Catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9 (13), 3537–3547. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy00817a

Bauer, T.; Maisel, S.; Blaumeiser, D.; Vecchietti, J.; Taccardi, N.; Wasserscheid, P.; Bonivardi, A.; Görling, A.; Libuda, J. Operando DRIFTS and DFT Study of Propane Dehydrogenation over Solid- and Liquid-Supported GaxPty Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (4), 2842–2853. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b04578

Bauer, T.; Stepic, R.; Wolf, P.; Kollhoff, F.; Karawacka, W.; Wick, C. R.; Haumann, M.; Wasserscheid, P.; Smith, D. M.; Smith, A. S.; Libuda, J. Dynamic Equilibria in Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysis:: In Situ IR Spectroscopy Identifies [Ru(CO)_xCl_y]_n Species in Water Gas Shift Catalysis. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8 (1), 344–357. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cy02199b

Bauer, T.; Hager, V.; Williams, M. B.; Laurin, M.; Döpper, T.; Görling, A.; Szesni, N.; Wasserscheid, P.; Haumann, M.; Libuda, J. Palladium-Mediated Ethylation of the Imidazolium Cation Monitored In Operando on a Solid Catalyst with Ionic Liquid Layer. ChemCatChem 2017, 9 (1), 109–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601222

Bauer, T.; Voggenreiter, M.; Xu, T.; Wähler, T.; Agel, F.; Pohako-Esko, K.; Schulz, P.; Döpper, T.; Görling, A.; Polarz, S.; Libuda, J. ZnO Nanoparticle Formation from the Molecular Precursor [MeZnO^tBu]₄ by Ozone Treatment in Ionic Liquids: In-Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy in an Ultrahigh Vacuum Environment. Zeitschrift fur Anorg. und Allg. Chemie 2017, 643 (1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201600345

Xu, T.; Waehler, T.; Vecchietti, J.; Bonivardi, A.; Bauer, T.; Schwegler, J.; Schulz, P. S.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Gluing Ionic Liquids to Oxide Surfaces: Chemical Anchoring of Functionalized Ionic Liquids by Vapor Deposition onto Cobalt(II) Oxide. Angew. Chemie – Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (31), 9072–9076. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704107

Xu, T.; Waehler, T.; Vecchietti, J.; Bonivardi, A.; Bauer, T.; Schwegler, J.; Schulz, P. S.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Interaction of Ester-Functionalized Ionic Liquids with Atomically-Defined Cobalt Oxides Surfaces: Adsorption, Reaction and Thermal Stability. ChemPhysChem 2017, 18 (23), 3443–3453. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201700843

Bauer, T.; Mehl, S.; Brummel, O.; Pohako-Esko, K.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Ligand Effects at Ionic Liquid-Modified Interfaces: Coadsorption of [C₂C₁Im][OTf] and CO on Pd(111). J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (8), 4453–4465. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00351

Mehl, S.; Bauer, T.; Brummel, O.; Pohako-Esko, K.; Schulz, P.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Ionic-Liquid-Modified Hybrid Materials Prepared by Physical Vapor Codeposition: Cobalt and Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles in [C₁C₂Im][OTf] Monitored by in Situ IR Spectroscopy. Langmuir 2016, 32 (34), 8613–8622. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02303

Brummel, O.; Faisal, F.; Bauer, T.; Pohako-Esko, K.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Ionic Liquid-Modified Electrocatalysts: The Interaction of [C₁C₂Im][OTf] with Pt(1 1 1) and Its Influence on Methanol Oxidation Studied by Electrochemical IR Spectroscopy. Electrochim. Acta 2016, 188, 825–836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.006

Mehl, S.; Toghan, A.; Bauer, T.; Brummel, O.; Taccardi, N.; Wasserscheid, P.; Libuda, J. Pd Nanoparticle Formation in Ionic Liquid Thin Films Monitored by in Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy. Langmuir 2015, 31 (44), 12126–12139. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03386