Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hutzler

• Since 2021: Team Leader: Nanoanalysis of Electrochemical Processes, Principal Investigator (PI): H₂Giga - StacIE and head of TEM lab at Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11)
• Since 2021: PI: DFG-project 454726051 at Electron Devices (LEB), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
• 2020: Starting grant of the Cluster of Excellence EAM
• 2018 - 2021: Postdoctoral fellow at Electron Devices (LEB), FAU
• 2018: Scholarships of the Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI, FAU) and the Research Training Group 1896 (GRK 1896/2)
• 2018: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) with distinction; Title of dissertation: Development of advanced liquid cell architectures for high performance in situ transmission electron microscopy in materials sciences
• 2014 - 2017: Scholarship of the Research Training Group 1896 (GRK 1896/1)
• 2014 - 2021: Staff scientist at Electron Devices (LEB), FAU
• 2014: Graduation: Master of Science (M.Sc.); Title of master's thesis: Entwicklung eines Herstellungsprozesses für plasmonische Filterstrukturen mittels der UV-Nanoimprintlithographie
• 2011 - 2014: Scientific assistant at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB
• 2011: Graduation: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.); Title of bachelor's thesis: Kathodenzerstäubung von Gallium-Indium-Zinkoxid variabler Stöchiometrie für den Einsatz in Dünnfilmtransistoren
• 2008 - 2014: Study of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EEI) at FAU; Area of specialization: microelectronics, photonics, and medical engineering

2024

• M. M. Kovács, B. Fritsch, L. Lahn, S. Hoffmann, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, D. Dworschak, Iridium Oxide Based Electrospun Nanofiber Catalyst Materials for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Water Electrolysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07831

• S. Auffarth, M. Maier, P. Martschin, M. Wagner, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, PFAS-free nanostructured proton-exchange membranes from self-cross-linking block-co-polymers, Materials Today Advances 23, 2024, Art. No. 100521, DOI: 10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100521

• J. Sun, B. Fritsch (equal contribution), A. Körner, M. Taherkhani, C. Park, M. Wang, A. Hutzler, T. J. Woehl, Discovery of molecular intermediates and non-classical nanoparticle formation mechanisms by liquid phase electron microscopy and reaction throughput analysis, Small Structures, 2024, Art. No. 2400146, DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202400146

• A. Pedersen, K. Kumar, Y.-P. Ku, V. Martin, L. Dubau, K. Teixeira Santos, J. Barrio, V. A. Saveleva, P. Glatzel, V. K. Paidi, X. Li, A. Hutzler, M.-M. Titirici, A. Bonnefont, S. Cherevko, I. E. L. Stephens, F. Maillard, Operando Fe Dissolution in Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts during Acidic Oxygen Reduction and Impact of Local pH Change, Energy & Environmental Science 17 (17), 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4EE01995D

• Y. Mahayni, L. Maurer, F. Auer, A. Hutzler, P. Wasserscheid, M. Wolf, Structure sensitivity of the low temperature dehydrogenation of perhydro (di)benzyltoluene on supported platinum nanoparticles, Catalysis Science & Technology 14 (18), 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00032C

• M. Minichová, T. Priamushko, A. Hutzler, I. Khalakhan, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, Electrochemical dissolution of PtRu/C: Effect of potential, fuels, and temperature, Electrochimica Acta 502, 2024, Art. No. 144764, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144764

• Moritz Geuß, L. Löttert, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, Quantification of Iridium Dissolution at Water Electrolysis Relevant Conditions Using a Gas Diffusion Electrode Half-Cell Setup, ACS Catalysis 14 (15), 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c02159

• A. Ellert, F. Herold, M. Rønning, A. Hutzler, L. Piccirilli, T. V. W. Janssens, P. N. R. Vennestrøm, P. Wasserscheid, P. Schühle, Phosphorus-modification of Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts improves dispersion and cycloalkane dehydrogenation activity, Journal of Catalysis 436, 2024, Art. No. 115607, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115607

• D. Hoffmeister, S. Finger (equal contribution), L. Fiedler, T. C. Ma, A. Körner, M. Zlatar, B. Fritsch, K. Witte-Bodnar, S. Carl, A. Götz, B. Apeleo-Zubiri, E. Spiecker, S. Cherevko, A. Freiberg, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, A. Hutzler, C. Van Pham, Photodeposition-based Synthesis of IrO_x@TiO₂ Core-Shell Catalyst for Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis with Low Iridium Loading, Advanced Science 11 (30), 2024, Art. No. 2402991, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402991

• Y.-P. Ku, K. Kumar, A. Hutzler, C. Götz, M. Vorochta, M. T. Sougrati, V. Lloret, K. Ehelebe, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, I. Khalakhan, T. Böhm, F. Jaouen, S. Cherevko, Impact of Carbon Corrosion and Denitrogenation on the Deactivation of Fe-N-C Catalysts in Alkaline Media, ACS Catalysis 14 (11), 2024, pp. 8576 - 8591, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01219

• L. A. Maurer, C. Van Pham, B. Fritsch, H. S. Jeppesen, M. Etter, A. Hutzler, R. Neder, M. Wolf, F. Auer, S. Thiele, P. Wasserscheid, Improving hydrogen release from oxygen-functionalized LOHC molecules by Ru addition to Pt/C catalysts, ChemCatChem 16 (17), 2024, Art. No. e202400375, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202400375

• L. Popp, P. Kampe, B. Fritsch, A. Hutzler, M. Poller, J. Albert, P. Schühle, Ruthenium phosphide as a promising catalyst for selective sugar hydrogenation, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 27 (22), 2024, Art. No. e202400117, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202400117

• T.-C. Ma, A. Hutzler, B. Bensmann, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach, S. Thiele, Influence of the Complex Interface between Transport and Catalyst Layer on Water Electrolysis Performance, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171 (4), 2024, Art. No. 044504, DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad3497

• S. Mavrikis, M. Nieuwoudt, M. Göltz, S. Ehles, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, E. Fossy, A. Zervas, O. Brai, M. Wegener, F. Doerrfuss, P. Bouwman, S. Rosiwal, L. Wang, C. Ponce de León, Continuous production of ethylene and hydrogen peroxide from paired electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and water oxidation, Advanced Energy Materials 14 (18), 2024, Art. No. 2304247, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202304247

• N. E. Traoré, T. Schikarski, A. Körner, P. Cardenas Lopez, L. Hartmann, B. Fritsch, J. Walter, A. Hutzler, L. Pflug, W. Peukert, Mechanistic insights into silver-gold nanoalloy formation by two-dimensional population balance modeling, Chemical Engineering Journal 483, 2024, Art. No. 149429, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149429

• D. Strauch, P. Weiner, B. B. Sarma, A. Körner, P. Wolf, A. Zimina, A. Hutzler, D. Doronkin, J.-D. Grunwaldt, P. Wasserscheid, M. Wolf, Bimetallic platinum rhenium catalyst for efficient low temperature dehydrogenation of perhydro benzyltoluene, Catalysis Science & Technology 14 (7), 2024, pp. 1775 - 1790, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01336G

• A. Kormányos, P. Büttner, M. Bosch, M. Minichová, A. Körner, K. J. Jenewein, A. Hutzler, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, J. Bachmann, S. Cherevko, Stability of Bimetallic Pt_xRu_y - from Model Surfaces to Nanoparticulate Electrocatalysts, ACS Materials Au 4 (3), 2024, pp. 286 - 299, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00092

2023

• B. Fritsch, P. Malgaretti, J. Harting, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Sparsening Radiation Chemistry Reaction Networks: Playing Jenga with Kinetic Models for Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy, ACS Precision Chemistry 1 (10), 2023, DOI: 10.1021/prechem.3c00078

• M. Zlatar, D. Escalera-López, M. Gamón Rodríguez, T. Hrbek, C. Götz, R. M. Joy, A. Savan, H. P. Tran, H. N. Nong, P. Pobedinskas, V. Briega-Martos, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, K. Haenen, A. Ludwig, I. Khalakhan, P. Strasser, S. Cherevko, Standardizing OER Electrocatalyst Benchmarking in Aqueous Electrolytes: Comprehensive Guidelines for Accelerated Stress Tests and Backing Electrodes, ACS Catalysis 13 (23), 2023, pp. 15375 - 15392, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c03880

• J. M. Linge, V. Briega-Martos, A. Hutzler, B. Fritsch, H. Erikson, K. Tammeveski*, S. Cherevko*, Stability of Carbon Supported Silver Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions, ACS Applied Energy Materials 6 (22), 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01717

• L. Hager, M. Hegelheimer J. Stonawski A. T. S. Freiberg, T .Böhm, A. Hutzler, C. Jaramillo-Hernández, G. Abellan, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Novel Side Chain Functionalized Polystyrene/O-PBI Blends with High Alkaline Stability for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (AEMWE), Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 (41), 2023, pp. 22347 - 22359, DOI: 10.1039/d3ta02978f

• V. Benavente Llorente, K. J. Jenewein, M. Bierling, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele, A. Kormányos, S. Cherevko, Photocorrosion of Hematite Photoanodes in Neutral and Alkaline Electrolytes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (39), 2023, pp. 19687 - 19697, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02969

• L. Fiedler, T.-C. Ma, B. Fritsch, J. H. Risse, M. Merklein, D. Dworschak, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Hutzler, Stability of Bipolar Plate Materials for Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers: Dissolution of Titanium and Stainless Steel in DI Water and Highly Diluted Acid, ChemElectroChem 10 (20), 2023, Art. No. e202300373, DOI: 10.1002/celc.202300373

• A. Kormányos, Q. Dong, B. Xiao, T. Li, A. Savan, K. Jenewein, T. Priamushko, A. Körner, T. Böhm, A. Hutzler, L. Hu, A. Ludwig, S. Cherevko, Stability of high entropy alloys under electrocatalytic conditions, iScience 26 (10), 2023, Art. No. 107775, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107775

• T. Couasnon, B. Fritsch, M. P. M. Jank, R. Blukis, A. Shreiber, A. Hutzler, L. G. Benning, Goethite Mineral Dissolution to Probe Radiolytic Water Chemistry in Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy, Advanced Science 10 (25), 2023, Art. No. 2301904, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301904

• J. Schwarz, M. Niebauer (equal contribution), M. Kolesnik-Gray, M. Szabo, P. Chava, L. Baier, J. Schulze, A. Erbe, V. Krstic, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, Correlating 4x4 Transfer Matrix Modeling with Optical Microspectroscopy for Layer Counting of Anisotropic 2D Materials, Small Methods 7 (10), 2023, Art. No. 2300618, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300618

• S. Auffarth, M. Wagner, B. Fritsch, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, L. Hager, S. Thiele, J. Kerres, Nanophase-Separated Block-co-Polymers Based on Phosphonated Pentafluorostyrene and Octylstyrene for Proton-Exchange Membranes, ACS Materials Letters 5 (8), 2023, pp. 2039 - 2046, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c00569

• M. Milosevic, T. Böhm, A, Körner, M. Bierling, L. Winkelmann, K. Ehelebe, A. Hutzler, M. Suermann, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, In Search of Lost Iridium: Quantification of Anode Catalyst Layer Dissolution in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers, ACS Energy Letters 8 (6), 2023, pp. 2682 - 2688, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00193

• B. Fritsch, A. Körner (equal contribution), T. Couasnon, R. Blukis, M. Taherkhani, M. P. M. Jank, L. G. Benning, E. Spiecker, A. Hutzler, Tailoring the Acidity of Liquid Media with Ionizing Radiation: Rethinking the Acid-Base Correlation Beyond pH, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14 (20), 2023, pp. 4644 - 4651, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00593

• M. Koleśnik-Gray, L. Meingast, M. Siebert, T. Unbehaun, T. Huf, G. Ellrott, G. Abellan-Saez, S.Wild, V. Lloret, U. Mundloch, J. Schwarz, M. Niebauer, M. Szabo, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, F. Hauke, A. Hirsch, V. Krstić, Unconventional conductivity increase in multilayer black phosphorus, npj 2D Materials and Applications 7, 2023, Art. No. 21, DOI: 10.1038/s41699-023-00384-2

• M. Minichová, C. Van Pham, B. Xiao, A. Savan, A. Hutzler, A. Körner, I. Khalakhan, M. Gamón Rodríguez, I. Mangoufis-Giasin, V. Briega-Martos, A. Kormányos, I. Katsounaros, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, A. Ludwig, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko, Isopropanol Electro-oxidation on Pt-Ru-Ir: A Journey from Model Thin Film Libraries towards Real Electrocatalysts, Electrochimica Acta 444, 2023, Art. No. 142032, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142032

2022

• S. Ruck, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, M. Bierling, J. Gonzalez, W. Qu, C. Bock, S. Thiele, R. Peach, C. Van Pham, Carbon supported NiRu alloy nanoparticles as an effective cathodic catalyst in anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers, Journal of Physics: Energy 4 (4), 2022, Art. No. 044007, DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ac95cd

• R. Stöber, F. Mai, O. Sebastian, A. Körner, A. Hutzler, P. Schühle, A highly stable bimetallic transition metal phosphide catalyst for selective dehydrogenation of n-heptane, ChemCatChem 14 (18), 2022, Art. No. e202200371, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200371

• B. Fritsch, T. S. Zech, M. P. Bruns, S. Khadivianazar, N. Zargar Talebi, A. Körner, M. Wu, S. Virtanen, T. Unruh, M. P. M. Jank, E. Spiecker, A. Hutzler, Radiolysis-Driven Evolution of Gold Nanostructures - Model Verification by Scale Bridging In Situ Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction, Advanced Science 9 (25), 2022, Art. No. 2202803, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202803

• Y.-P. Ku, K. Ehelebe, A. Hutzler, M. Bierling, T. Böhm, A. Zitolo, M. Vorokhta, N. Bibent, F. D. Speck, D. Seeberger, I. Khalakhan, K. J. J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, F. Jaouen, S. Cherevko, Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media Causes Iron Leaching from Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts, Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (22), 2022, pp. 9753 - 9763, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02088

• B. Fritsch, M. Wu, A. Hutzler, D. Zhou, R. Spruit, L. Vogl, J. Will, R. H. H. Pérez Garza, M. März, M. P. M. Jank, E. Spiecker, Sub-Kelvin thermometry for evaluating the local temperature stability within in situ TEM gas cells, Ultramicroscopy 235, 2022, Art. No. 113494, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113494

2021

• B. Fritsch, A. Hutzler (equal contribution), M. Wu, S. Khadivianazar, L. Vogl, M. P. M. Jank, M. März, E. Spiecker, Accessing local electron-beam-induced temperature changes during in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy, Nanoscale Advances 3 (9), 2021, pp. 2466 - 2474, DOI: 10.1039/D0NA01027H

2020

• A. Hutzler, B. Fritsch, C. M. Matthus, M. P. M. Jank, M. Rommel, Highly Accurate Determination of Heterogeneously Stacked Van-der-Waals Materials by Optical Microspectroscopy, Scientific Reports 10, 2020, Art. No. 13676, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70580-3

2019

• A. Hutzler, B. Fritsch, M. P. M. Jank, R. Branscheid, R. C. Martens, E. Spiecker, M. März, In Situ Liquid Cell TEM Studies on Etching and Growth Mechanisms of Gold Nanoparticles at a Solid-Liquid-Gas Interface, Advanced Materials Interfaces 6 (20), 2019, Art. No. 1901027, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201901027

• A. Hutzler, B. Fritsch (equal contribution), M. P. M. Jank, R. Branscheid, E. Spiecker, M. März, Preparation of Graphene-Supported Microwell Liquid Cells for In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, Journal of Visualized Experiments (149), 2019, Art. No. e59751, DOI: 10.3791/59751

• A. Hutzler, C. D. Matthus, C. Dolle, M. Rommel, M. P. M. Jank, E. Spiecker, L. Frey, Large-Area Layer Counting of Two-Dimensional Materials Evaluating the Wavelength Shift in Visible-Reflectance Spectroscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (14), 2019, pp. 9192 - 9201, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00957

2018

• A. Hutzler, T. Schmutzler, M. P. M. Jank, R. Branscheid, T. Unruh, E. Spiecker, L. Frey, Unravelling the Mechanisms of Gold-Silver Core-Shell Nanostructure Formation by In Situ TEM Using an Advanced Liquid Cell Design, Nano Letters 18 (11), 2018, pp. 7222 - 7229, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03388

2017

• A. Hutzler, C. D. Matthus (equal contribution), M. Rommel, L. Frey, Generalized approach to design multi-layer stacks for enhanced optical detectability of ultrathin layers, Applied Physics Letters 110 (2), 2017, Art. No. 021909, DOI: 10.1063/1.4973968

2015

• A. Paskaleva, M. Rommel, A. Hutzler, D. Spassov, A. J. Bauer, Tailoring the Electrical Properties of HfO₂ MOS-Devices by Aluminum Doping, Applied Materials & Interfaces 7 (31), 2015, pp. 17032 - 17043, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03071