Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl
Research interests
chemistry of anorganic oxidation reactions, heterogeneous catalysis, carbon chemistry, surface chemistry of solids, molecular beam massspectrometry, in situ studies of model and real catalysts, synthesis and functional testing
Research Fields in UniCat
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The Cluster of Excellence UniCat will award Dr. Tracy Lohr, Northwestern University, USA, the Clara Immerwahr Award on February 9, 2018 at the Technische Universität Berlin. The chemist will be honored for her outstanding contributions to the field of tan
Einstein Centre for Catalysis: Election of a temporary Executive Board
The temporary Board of the Einstein Centre for Catalysis was constituted during a meeting of the extended UniCat Executive Board on April 26, 2016.[more]
Innovation Award for Robert Schlögl
UniCat Professor Robert Schlögl has received the Innovation Award of North Rhine-Westphalia as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion. [more]
Award-winning Lecture at Conference in Salt Lake City
Gregor Wehinger, research associate of the UniCat group of Prof. Matthias Kraume, has been honored with an award for his lecture on dry reforming of methane in fixed-bed reactors at the annual conference of the “American Institute of Chemical Engineers” (A[more]
Bridge-builder between model catalysis and industrial application
Professor Robert Schlögl was awarded the Alwin Mittasch Prize 2015 in March at the Annual Meeting of German Catalysis Scientists in Weimar.[more]
Methane Activation on Magnesium Oxide Surfaces
Communication in Angewandte Chemie provides evidence that Lunsford mechanism for the oxidative coupling of methane needs revision[more]
Methane coupling over magnesium oxide: how doping can work
New Paper in Angewandte Chemie, dedicated to Professor Helmut Schwarz on the occasion of his 70th birthday[more]