Publications

Franz-Philipp Schmidt, Thomas Götsch, Sharif Najafishirtari, Malte Behrens, Christoph Pratsch, Stephane Kenmoe, Dick Hartmann Douma, Frank Girgsdies, Jasmin Allan, Axel Knop-Gericke, Thomas Lunkenbein. "Subnanometer Tracking of the Oxidation State on Co3O4 Nanoparticles by Identical Location Imaging and Spectroscopy." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17.6. DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c20690.

K. Lau, S. Zerebecki, L. Pielsticker, W. Hetaba, K. Dhaka, K. S. Exner, S. Reichenberger, S. Barcikowski, “Fluoride Substitution: Quantifying Surface Hydroxyls of Metal Oxides with Fluoride Ions,” Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 11, 2400237. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400237.

Leiva-Leroy, Catalina, Adarsh Koul, Falonne Nkou, Jean Pascal Fandre, Akhil Hareendran, Wilma Busser, Harun Tüysüz, Stephane Kenmoe, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler . "From Heat to Electrons: Bridging Heterogeneous Liquid-Phase Thermal and Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol over Co3O4." Angewandte Chemie, 2025, DOI:10.1002/ange.202519188

Abraham Atour Zigla, Tim Kox, Daniel Mevoa, Hypolite Todou Assaouka, Issah Njiawouo Nsangou, Daniel Manhouli Daawe, Stephane Kenmoe, Patrick Mountapmbeme Kouotou. "Magnesium-modified Co3O4 catalyst with remarkable performance for toluene low temperature deep oxidation." Catalysts, 2022, 12.4, 411. DOI: 10.3390/catal12040411

Amir Hossein Omranpoor, Stephane Kenmoe. "2-Propanol activation on the low index Co3O4 surfaces: a comparative study using molecular dynamics simulations." Catalysts, 2023, 14.1. DOI:10.3390/catal14010025

K. Dhaka, S. Kenmoe, A. Füngerlings, R. Pentcheva, K. Tschulik, K. S. Exner, “Trends in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Limiting Steps for Tetrahedral, Pseudo-Octahedral, and Octahedral Sites on Co₃O₄,” ChemCatChem , 2025 , 17, e202500992. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500992. ChemCatChem - 2025 - Dhaka - Trends in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Limiting Steps for Different Active Sites on.pdf

D. Schellenburg, T. Bihnam, C. Placke-Yan, G. Bendt, O. Prymak, T. Sato, D. Jennings, C. Leiva-Leroy, D. Zhang, M. Nachev, K. Dhaka, F. Nkou, U. Hagemann, M. Heidelmann, S. Kenmoe, K. S. Exner, B. Sures, M. Muhler, C. H. Liebscher, A. Schnegg, S. Schulz, S. Barcikowski, S. Reichenberger, “Mechanistic Understanding of Laser-Induced Defect Engineering of Anisotropic Cobalt Oxide Spinel Platelets in Water,” ChemCatChem, 2025, 17, e202501054. DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202501054. ChemCatChem - 2025 - Schellenburg - Mechanistic Understanding of Laser‐Induced Defect Engineering of Anisotropic Cobalt.pdf

Nkou, Falonne Bertholde Sharone, and Stephane Kenmoe. "Ethylene Glycol Partial Aqueous Oxidation on Co3O4 (001) Surfaces: Pathways to Two‐and Four‐Electron Products in Neutral and Oxidative Conditions." ChemCatChem, 2025, 17.7. DOI:e202401885

Anupam Bera, Soma Salamon, Heiko Wende, Steffen Franzka, Eckart Hasselbrink, Stéphane Kenmoe "Probing Facet Specific Interaction of 2‐Propanol and CoFe2O4 at Near‐Ambient Conditions." ChemPhysChem, 2025, 26.17. DOI:e202500095.

K. Dhaka, H. M. A. Amin, D. Beschi, D. Schellenburg, B. Mockenhaupt, S. Barcikowski, S. Schulz, K. S. Exner, “Unifying Scaling Relations and Multiple Reaction Mechanisms for Screening 3d Transition-Metal-Doped Co₃O₄ for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction,” ChemRxiv , 2025, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-vnm2f. unifying-scaling-relations-and-multiple-reaction-mechanisms-for-screening-transition-metal-doped-co3o4-for-oxygen-evolution-reaction.pdf

D. Schellenburg, T. Bihnam, C. Placke-Yan, D. Jennings, T. Sato, D. Zhang, O. Prymak, M. Nachev, B. Sures, K. Dhaka, U. Hagemann, M. Heidelmann, C. Liebscher, A. Schnegg, K. Exner, S. Schulz, M. Muhler, S. Barcikowski, S. Reichenberger, “Vanadium Doping of Anisotropic Cobalt Oxide Platelets: Effect of Increasing Laser Energy on Depth Penetration and Resulting Catalytic Activity,” ChemRxiv , 2025, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-nfjkc.

Kox, Tim, and Stephane Kenmoe. "Co 3 O 4 (111) surfaces in contact with water: molecular dynamics study of the surface chemistry and structure at room temperature." Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53.31. DOI:10.1039/D4DT01335B.

K. Dhaka, K. S. Exner , “Degree of Span Control to Determine the Impact of Different Mechanisms and Limiting Steps: Oxygen Evolution Reaction over Co₃O₄ (001) as a Case Study,” J. Catal., 2025, 443, 115970. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2025.115970. 2025_OER_001-Co3O4_JournalofCatalysis.pdf

Nkou, Falonne Bertholde Sharone, and Stephane Kenmoe. "Ethylene glycol partial oxidation on Co3O4 (001) surface: Interplay between solute’s surface coverage and aqueous solvation." Molecular Catalysis, 2025, 578. DOI: 114980.

Stephane Kenmoe, Dick Hartmann Douma, Abdulrafiu Tunde Raji, Bernard M’Passi-Mabiala, Thomas Götsch, Frank Girgsdies, Axel Knop-Gericke, Robert Schlögl, Eckhard Spohr. "X-ray absorption near-edge structure (xanes) at the ok-edge of bulk co3o4: Experimental and theoretical studies." Nanomaterials,2022, 12.6: 921. DOI:10.3390/nano12060921

Amir H. Omranpoor, Anupam Bera, Denise Bullert, Matthias Linke, Soma Salamon, Samira Webers, Heiko Wende, Eckart Hasselbrink, Eckhard Spohr, Stéphane Kenmoe. "2-Propanol interacting with Co3O4 (001): A combined vSFS and AIMD study." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 158.16. DOI:10.1063/5.0142707

D. H. Douma, K. Nchimi Nono, A. H. Omranpoor, A. Lamperti, A. Debernardi, S. Kenmoe. "Probing the local environment of active sites during 2-propanol oxidation to acetone on the Co3O4 (001) surface: Insights from first-principles O K-edge XANES spectroscopy." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127.11. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08959.

Douma, Dick H., and Stephane Kenmoe. "Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Co3O4 and Co3–x Ni x O4 from DFT-Based Simulations of XANES Spectra at the Co K-Edge." The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024, 129.1 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c06338