Researcher Portfolio

 
   

Prof. Dr. Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz

Chemical Engineering Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, Chemical Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society, Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, Physics Department, University of Central Florida  

 

Researcher Profile

 
Position: Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society
Position: Chemical Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum
Position: Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Position: Chemical Engineering Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Position: Physics Department, University of Central Florida
Position: Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons22020

Publications

 
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 : Poon, J., Chee, S. W., Timoshenko, J., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2026). Operando Studies of Electrocatalysts for Energy Technology Reactions. In B. M. Weckhuysen, & A.-E. Nieuwelink (Eds.), Operando Methods in Catalysis and Materials Science (pp. 11-111). Willey-VCH. [PubMan] : Li, R.-J., Lewis, R. J., López-Martín, Á., Morgan, D. J., Davies, T. E., Kordus, D., Dugulan, A. I., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Hutchings, G. J. (2025). Promoting H2O2 direct synthesis through Fe incorporation into AuPd catalysts. Green Chemistry, 27(7), 2065-2077. doi:10.1039/D5GC00134J. [PubMan] : Gisbert Gonzalez, J. M., Rodellar, C. G., Druce, J., Ortega, E., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Oener, S. (2025). Bias Dependence of the Transition State of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(6), 5472-5485. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c18638. [PubMan] : Zhu, J., Shaikhutdinov, S. K., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2025). Structure-reactivity relationships in CO2 hydrogenation to C2+ chemicals on Fe-based catalysts. Chemical Science, 16(3), 1071-1092. doi:10.1039/D4SC06376G. [PubMan] : Yoon, A., Bai, L., Yang, F., Franco, F., Zhan, C., Rüscher, M., Timoshenko, J., Pratsch, C., Werner, S., Jeon, H., Monteiro, M. C. O., Chee, S. W., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2025). Revealing catalyst restructuring and composition during nitrate electroreduction through correlated operando microscopy and spectroscopy. Nature Materials. doi:10.1038/s41563-024-02084-8. [PubMan] : Zhan, C., Dattila, F., Rettenmaier, C., Herzog, A., Herran, M., Wagner, T., Scholten, F., Bergmann, A., Lopez, N., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Key intermediates and Cu active sites for CO2 electroreduction to ethylene and ethanol. Nature Energy, 9(12), 1485-1496. doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01633-4. [PubMan] : Li, Z., Öztuna, E., Skorupska, K., Vinogradova, O., Jamshaid, A., Steigert, A., Rohner, C., Dimitrakopoulou, M., Prieto, M., Kunkel, C., Stredansky, M., Kube, P., Götte, M., Dudzinski, A., Girgsdies, F., Wrabetz, S., Frandsen, W., Blume, R., Zeller, P., Muske, M., Delgado Muñoz, D., Jiang, S., Schmidt, F., Köchler, T., Arztmann, M., Efimenko, A., Frisch, J., Kokumai, T., Garcia-Diez, R., Bär, M., Hammud, A., Kröhnert, J., Trunschke, A., Scheurer, C., Schmidt, T., Lunkenbein, T., Amkreutz, D., Kuhlenbeck, H., Bukas, V. J., Knop-Gericke, A., Schlatmann, R., Reuter, K., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Schlögl, R. (2024). Rationally Designed Laterally-Condensed-Catalysts Deliver Robust Activity and Selectivity for Ethylene Production in Acetylene Hydrogenation. Nature Communications, 15: 10660. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54784-z. [PubMan] : Martini, A., Timoshenko, J., Grosse, P., Rettenmaier, C., Hursán, D., Deplano, G., Jeon, H., Bergmann, A., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Adsorbate Configurations in Ni Single-Atom Catalysts during CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction Unveiled by Operando XAS, XES, and Machine Learning. Physical Review Letters, 133(22): 228001. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.228001. [PubMan] : Tran, H. P., Nong, H. N., Zlatar, M., Yoon, A., Hejral, U., Rüscher, M., Timoshenko, J., Selve, S., Berger, D., Kroschel, M., Klingenhof, M., Paul, B., Möhle, S., Nasralla, K. N. N., Escalera Lopez, D., Bergmann, A., Cherevko, S., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Strasser, P. (2024). Reactivity and Stability of Reduced Ir-Weight TiO2-Supported Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolyzer Anodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(46), 31444-31455. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c07002. [PubMan] : Lu, G., Wang, X., Timoshenko, J., Roldan Cuenya, B., Zhao, G., Huang, X., Schuhmann, W., & Muhler, M. (2024). A 3D Macroporous Carbon NiCu Single-Atom Catalyst for High Current Density CO2 Electroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials, 2419075. doi:10.1002/adfm.202419075. [PubMan] : Landwehr, F., Das, M., Tosoni, S., Navarro, J. J., Das, A., Koy, M., Heyde, M., Pacchioni, G., Glorius, F., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). N-Heterocyclic Olefins on a Metallic Surface – Adsorption, Orientation and Electronic Influence. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 11(31): 2400378. doi:10.1002/admi.202400378. [PubMan] : Liu, H., Bai, L., Bergmann, A., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Luo, J. (2024). Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide species to ammonia. Chem, 10(10), 2963-2986. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2024.07.006. [PubMan] : Herzog, A., Rüscher, M., Jeon, H., Timoshenko, J., Rettenmaier, C., Hejral, U., Davis, E., Haase, F., Kordus, D., Kühl, S., Frandsen, W., Bergmann, A., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Time-resolved operando insights into the tunable selectivity of Cu–Zn nanocubes during pulsed CO2 electroreduction. Energy & Environmental Science, 17(19), 7081-7096. doi:10.1039/D4EE02308K. [PubMan] : Etxebarria, A., Lopez-Luna, M., Martini, A., Hejral, U., Rüscher, M., Zhan, C., Herzog, A., Jamshaid, A., Kordus, D., Bergmann, A., Kuhlenbeck, H., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Effect of Iron Doping in Ordered Nickel Oxide Thin Film Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis, 14(18), 14219-14232. doi:10.1021/acscatal.4c02572. [PubMan] : Sarabia, F. J., Rodellar, C. G., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Oener, S. (2024). Exploring dynamic solvation kinetics at electrocatalyst surfaces. Nature Communications, 15: 8204. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52499-9. [PubMan] : Velasco Vélez, J., Knop-Gericke, A., Roldan Cuenya, B., Schlögl, R., & Jones, T. (2024). Pseudocapacitance Facilitates the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. Advanced Energy Materials, 14(31): 2400054. doi:10.1002/aenm.202400054. [PubMan] : Higashi, S., Maegawa, Y., Goto, Y., Miwa, K., Yokoi, M., Takahashi, N., Kosaka, S., Urushihara, D., Asaka, T., Teschner, D., Velasco Vélez, J., Cruz, D., Blume, R., Schlögl, R., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Knop-Gericke, A. (in preparation). Increased Catalytic Activity of the Sabatier Reaction for Space Applications. [PubMan] : Melle, G., Scholten, F., Feliu, J. M., Herrero, E., Roldan Cuenya, B., & Arán-Ais, R. M. (2024). Elucidating interfacial parameters of platinum–palladium bulk alloy single crystals. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(25), 15321-15333. doi:10.1039/D4TA01771D. [PubMan] : Ebert, F., Ingale, P., Vogl, S., Praetz, S., Schlesiger, C., Pfister, N., Naumann d'Alnoncourt, R., Roldan Cuenya, B., Thomas, A., Gioria, E., & Rosowski, F. (2024). Cobalt(II) Nanoclusters Incorporated in Ordered Mesoporous Al2O3 for Stable and Coke-Resistant Propane Dehydrogenation. ACS Catalysis, 14(13), 9993-10008. doi:10.1021/acscatal.4c02067. [PubMan] : Murphy, E., Sun, B., Rüscher, M., Liu, Y., Zang, W., Guo, S., Chen, Y.-H., Hejral, U., Huang, Y., Ly, A., Zenyuk, I. V., Pan, X., Timoshenko, J., Roldan Cuenya, B., Spoerke, E. D., & Atanassov, P. (2024). Synergizing Fe2O3 nanoparticles on single atom Fe-N-C for nitrate reduction to ammonia at industrial current densities. Advanced Materials, 36(27): 2401133. doi:10.1002/adma.202401133. [PubMan] : Chee, S. W., Yoon, A., Fu, S.-Y., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Tracking Morphology and Chemical State of Electrocatalysts during Reaction through Correlated Electron Microscopy, X-ray Microscopy and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Experiments. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30(Suppl. 1): ozae044.228. doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.228. [PubMan] : Martini, A., Timoshenko, J., Rüscher, M., Hursán, D., Monteiro, M. C. O., Liberra, E., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Revealing the structure of the active sites for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to Co over Co single atom catalysts using operando XANES and machine learning. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 31(4), 741-750. doi:10.1107/S1600577524004739. [PubMan] : Timoshenko, J., Rettenmaier, C., Hursán, D., Rüscher, M., Ortega, E., Herzog, A., Wagner, T., Bergmann, A., Hejral, U., Yoon, A., Martini, A., Liberra, E., Monteiro, M. C. O., & Roldan Cuenya, B. (2024). Reversible metal cluster formation on Nitrogen-doped carbon controlling electrocatalyst particle size with subnanometer accuracy. Nature Communications, 15: 6111. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50379-w. [PubMan] : Roldan Cuenya, B., & Banares, M. (2024). Introduction: Operando and In Situ Studies in Catalysis and Electrocatalysis. Chemical Reviews, 124(13), 8011-8013. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00184. [PubMan] : Hannappel, T., Shekarabi, S., Jaegermann, W., Runge, E., Hofmann, J. P., van de Krol, R., May, M. M., Bergmann, A., Bund, A., Cierpka, C., Dreßler, C., Dionigi, F., Friedrich, D., Favaro, M., Hess, F., Krischok, S., Kurniawan, M., Lüdge, K., Lei, Y., Paszuk, A., Roldan Cuenya, B., Schaaf, P., Schmidt-Grund, R., Schmidt, W. G., Strasser, P., Unger, E., Vasquez Montoya, M. F., Wang, D., & Zhang, H. (2024). Integration of Multijunction Absorbers and Catalysts for Efficient Solar-Driven Artificial Leaf Structures: A Physical and Materials Science Perspective. Solar RRL, 8(11): 2301047. doi:10.1002/solr.202301047. [PubMan]