Inorganic Chemistry

The enhancement of the surface-to-volume ratio and the shortening of the diffusion path length of ionic and electronic charge carriers play a key role for the development of ceramic materials for energy conversion applications. For this reason, the preparation of nanostructured ceramics is targeted.
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Supported metal nanoparticles are important catalysts materials.
However, during high-temperature and prolonged operation, these systems suffer from deactivation by sintering and surface poisoning.
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Electric-field-assisted treatments of ceramics (e.g. flash sintering) were recently introduced to accelerate the densification and modify the grain boundary structure of ceramic materials.
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Small-angle scattering methods of x-rays and neutrons (SAXS/SANS) are employed for the structural investigation of nanocomposite materials and the behavior of fluids in nanopores.
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