General defect-chemical investigations
Selected papers:
M. Joos, X. Kang, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Water uptake of solids and its impact on ion transport
Nature Materials 24, 821–834 (2025).
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02143-8
M. Joos, M. Conrad, A. Rad, P. Kaghazchi, S. Bette, R. Merkle, R. E. Dinnebier, T. Schleid, and J. Maier
Ion Transport Mechanism in Anhydrous Lithium Thiocyanate LiSCN Part I: Ionic Conductivity and Defect Chemistry
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24, 20189–10197 (2022).
DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01836e
M. Schaube, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Interdependence of point defects and reaction kinetics: CO and CH4 oxidation on ceria and zirconia
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 18544–18556 (2020).
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03256?ref=pdf
M. Schaube, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Oxygen Exchange Kinetics on Systematically Doped Ceria: A Pulsed Isotope Exchange Study
Journal of Materials Chemistry 7, 21854–21866 (2019).
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta05908c
G. Gregori, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Ion conduction and redistribution at grain boundaries in oxide systems
Progress in Materials Science 89, 252–305 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2017.04.009
O. Gerbig, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Electron and Ion Transport in Li2O2
Advanced Materials 25(22), 3129–3133 (2013).
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300264
K. K. Adepalli, M. Kelsch, R. Merkle, and J. Maier
Influence of Line Defects on the Electrical Properties of Single Crystal TiO2
Advanced Functional Materials 23(14), 1798–1806 (2013).
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202256