Recent research highlights:
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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52 (2013) 1977-1981.
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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52 (2013) 5780-5784.
Selected Articles:
· M. Farnesi Camellone, J. Zhao, L. Jin, Y. Wang,
M. Muhler, and D. Marx, "Molecular
understanding of reactivity and selectivity for methanol oxidation at the
Au/TiO2 interface", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 5780-5784 (2013).
· H. Noei, A. Birkner, K.
Merz, M. Muhler, and Y. Wang, "Probing
the mechanism of low-temperature CO oxidation on Au/ZnO catalysts by
vibrational spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. C 116,
11181 (2012).
· M. Xu, H. Noei, K. Fink, M. Muhler, Y. Wang, and Ch.Wöll, "The surface science approach for understanding reactions on oxide powders: the importance of IR spectroscopy", Angew. Chemie, Int. Ed. 51, 4731-4735 (2012).
· H. Noei, S. Amirjalayer, M. Müller, X. Zhang, R. Schmid, M. Muhler, R. Fischer, and Y. Wang, "Low-temperature CO oxidation over Cu-based metal-organic frameworks monitored by FTIR spectroscopy", ChemCatChem. 4, 755-759 (2012).
· H. Qiu, F. Gallino, C. Di Valentin, and Y. Wang, "Shallow donor states
induced by in-diffused Cu in ZnO: A combined HREELS and hybrid DFT study", Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 066401
(2011).
· M. Xu, Y. Gao, E.M. Moreno, M. Kunst, M.
Muhler, Y. Wang, H. Idriss, and Ch.Wöll, "Photocatalytic activity of
bulk TiO2 anatase and rutile single crystals using infrared
absorption spectroscopy", Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 138302
(2011).
· Y. Wang, A. Glenz,
M. Muhler, and Ch. Wöll, "A new dual-purpose
ultrahigh vacuum infrared spectroscopy apparatus optimized for grazing-incidence
reflection as well as for transmission geometries", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 113108 (2009).
· H. Qiu, B. Meyer, Y. Wang, and Ch. Wöll, "Ionization
energies of shallow donor states in ZnO created by reversible formation and depletion
of H interstitials", Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 236401
(2008).
· Y. Wang, R. Kováčik, B. Meyer, K.
Kotsis, D. Stodt, V. Staemmler, H. Qiu, F. Traeger, D. Langenberg, M. Muhler,
and Ch. Wöll, "CO2 activation by ZnO via formation of
an unusual tridentate surface carbonate", Angew. Chemie, Int.
Ed. 46, 5624-5627 (2007).
· Y. Wang, B. Meyer, X. Yin, M. Kunat, D. Langenberg, F.
Traeger, A. Birkner, and Ch. Wöll, "Hydrogen induced metallicity on the ZnO(10-10) surface", Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 266104 (2005).
· Y. Wang, K. Jacobi, W. D. Schöne, and G. Ertl, "Catalytic oxidation of
Ammonia on RuO2(110)
surfaces:Mechanism and selectivity", J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 7883-7893 (2005).