ZMB Member Kai S. Exner
ZMB Member
Kai S. Exner
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Prof. Dr. Kai S. Exner
Faculty of Chemistry
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstr. 2
45141 Essen
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Selected Publications
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CCooperative Active Sites on Ag2Pt3TiS6 for Enhanced Low-Temperature Ammonia Fuel Cell ElectrocatalysisIn: Angewandte Chemie International Edition , Vol. 64 2025, Nr. 6, e202418691 , in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Conventional versus Unconventional Oxygen Reduction Reaction Intermediates on Single Atom CatalystsIn: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , Vol. 17 2025, Nr. 4, pp. 6450 – 6459
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Design Criteria for Active and Selective Catalysts in the Nitrogen Oxidation ReactionIn: ACS Physical Chemistry Au , Vol. 5 2025, Nr. 1, pp. 38 – 46DOI (Open Access)
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Intermetallic Platinum-Calcium Alloy Breaks the Activity-Stability Trade-Off in Fuel Cell for Enhanced PerformanceIn: Small 2025 , in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Selectivity Control in the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction over Mo₂C MXene by a Nitrogen-Rich EnvironmentIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 15 2025, pp. 5589 – 5600DOI (Open Access)
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Unveiling selectivity trends for CO₂ reduction reaction over Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene : the key role of less-stable intermediate states and coadsorbatesIn: Materials Horizons 2025 , in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Four Generations of Volcano Plots for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction : Beyond Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Steps?In: Accounts of Chemical Research , Vol. 57 2024, Nr. 9, pp. 1336 – 1345DOI (Open Access)
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Why efficient bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysis requires a change in the reaction mechanismIn: iScience , Vol. 27 2024, Nr. 2, 108848DOI (Open Access)
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Importance of broken geometric symmetry of single-atom Pt sites for efficient electrocatalysisIn: Nature Communications , Vol. 14 2023, Nr. 1, 3233DOI (Open Access)
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Importance of the Walden Inversion for the Activity Volcano Plot of Oxygen EvolutionIn: Advanced Science , Vol. 10 2023, Nr. 36, 2305505DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
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Materials Screening by the Descriptor Gmₐₓ(η) : The Free-Energy Span Model in ElectrocatalysisIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 13 2023, Nr. 3, pp. 1740 – 1758DOI (Open Access)
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On the mechanistic complexity of oxygen evolution : potential-dependent switching of the mechanism at the volcano apexIn: Materials Horizons , Vol. 10 2023, Nr. 6, 2086DOI (Open Access)
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Photomechanical Laser Fragmentation of IrO₂ Microparticles for the Synthesis of Active and Redox-Sensitive Colloidal NanoclustersIn: Small , Vol. 19 2023, Nr. 10, 2206485DOI (Open Access)
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Steering Selectivity in the Four-Electron and Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reactions : On the Importance of the Volcano SlopeIn: ACS Physical Chemistry Au , Vol. 3 2023, Nr. 2, pp. 190 – 198DOI (Open Access)
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General Efficacy of Atomically Dispersed Pt Catalysts for the Chlorine Evolution Reaction : Potential-Dependent Switching of the Kinetics and MechanismIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 11 2021, Nr. 19, pp. 12232 – 12246
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A Universal Descriptor for the Screening of Electrode Materials for Multiple-Electron Processes : Beyond the Thermodynamic OverpotentialIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 10 2020, Nr. 21, pp. 12607 – 12617DOI (Open Access)
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Does a Thermoneutral Electrocatalyst Correspond to the Apex of a Volcano Plot for a Simple Two-Electron Process?In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition , Vol. 59 2020, Nr. 26, pp. 10236 – 10240DOI (Open Access)
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Recent Progress in the Development of Screening Methods to Identify Electrode Materials for the Oxygen Evolution ReactionIn: Advanced Functional Materials , Vol. 30 2020, Nr. 42, 2005060
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Beyond the Rate-Determining Step in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction over a Single-Crystalline IrO₂(110) Model Electrode : Kinetic Scaling RelationsIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 9 2019, Nr. 8, pp. 6755 – 6765
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Is Thermodynamics a Good Descriptor for the Activity? : Re-Investigation of Sabatier's Principle by the Free Energy Diagram in ElectrocatalysisIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 9 2019, Nr. 6, pp. 5320 – 5329
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Recent Advancements Towards Closing the Gap between Electrocatalysis and Battery Science Communities : The Computational Lithium Electrode and Activity–Stability Volcano PlotsIn: ChemSusChem , Vol. 12 2019, Nr. 11, pp. 2330 – 2344
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A Universal Approach to Determine the Free Energy Diagram of an Electrocatalytic ReactionIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 8 2018, Nr. 3, pp. 1864 – 1879
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Kinetics of Electrocatalytic Reactions from First-Principles : A Critical Comparison with the Ab Initio Thermodynamics ApproachIn: Accounts of Chemical Research , Vol. 50 2017, Nr. 5, pp. 1240 – 1247
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Temperature-Dependent Kinetic Studies of the Chlorine Evolution Reaction over RuO₂(110) Model ElectrodesIn: ACS Catalysis , Vol. 7 2017, Nr. 4, pp. 2403 – 2411
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Full Kinetics from First Principles of the Chlorine Evolution Reaction over a RuO₂(110) Model ElectrodeIn: Angewandte Chemie International Edition , Vol. 55 2016, Nr. 26, pp. 7501 – 7504
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Controlling selectivity in the chlorine evolution reaction over RuO₂-based catalystsIn: Angewandte Chemie International Edition , Vol. 53 2014, Nr. 41, pp. 11032 – 11035