ENERGY

Selected Papers

  • The Phosphate-Bridged Pentapalladium(II)-Containing 18-Tungsto-4-Phosphate [Pd5O2(HPO4)2(PW9O34)2]16-: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties
    Khidtta, L.; Rajan, A.; Elcheikh Mahmoud, M.; Siby, V.; Bassil, B. S.; Schmidt, D.; Kuhnert, N.; Bauduin, P.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 15514-15524. [Read Online]
  • The Palladium(IV)-Centered Hexatungstate Ion [PdIVW6O24]8-
    Kulashri, P.; Ma, X.; Elcheikh Mahmoud, M.; Bassil, B. S.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Dawoud, S.; Ruhlmann, L.; Kortz, U. Chem. Eur. J. 2026, e71182. [Read Online]
  • Organorhodium and Iridium-Containing Derivatives of the 48-Tungsto-8-Phosphate Wheel: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity
    Mougharbel, A. S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Sarkar, A.; Bons, A.-J.; D’hondt, T.; Jaensch, H.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 6682-6693. [Read Online]
  • Direct Determination of Hydration Shell Thickness of Molecular Clusters
    Xu, X.; Li, R.; Xiao, K.; Afsai, B.; Zhou, Y.; Szymanowski, J. E. S.; Sundar, A.; Burns, P. C.; Kortz, U.; Liu, T. Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 101-108. [Read Online]
  • From coordination to protection: 1,10-phenanthroline-based Cu(II) complexes against metal corrosion
    Hammud, H. H.; Ali, B. F.; Aljamhi, W. A.; Bhattacharya, S.; Kortz, U. Polyhedron 2026, 284, 117869. [Read Online]
  • Platinum-Containing Isopolytungstates: [Pt3W11O41]6.4– with Linear {Pt3O12} Triad, [PtII2W5O18((CH3)2AsO2)2]4– and [PtIII2W5O18((CH3)2AsO2)4]4– with Direct Pt–Pt Bonding
    Zhang, J.; Bhattacharya, S.; Elcheikh Mahmoud, M.; Nisar, T.; Merimi, K.; López, X.; Poblet, J. M.; Wagner, V.; Kortz, U. Polyoxometalates 2025, 4, 9140107. [Read Online]
  • Highly Shielded Peroxo-Cerium(IV)-Containing Polyoxometalate: Synthesis, Structure, and Oxidative Studies
    Sundar, A.; Bajuk-Bogdanović, D.; Ćirić-Marjanović, G.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Materny, A.; Jameson, G. B.; Bassil, B. S.; Kortz, U. Chemistry Europe 2025, 3, e202500082. [Read Online]
  • Crystal Structures and Corrosion Inhibitions of Three Cobalt Complexes of Terephthalate Anion and Bis‐Nitrogen Donor Ligands
    Hammud, H. H.; Alotaibi, N.; Otaibi, N. A.; Bhattacharya, S.; Kortz, U.; Ali, B. F.; Sarfaraz, S.; Ayub, K. Appl. Organomet. Chem. 2025, 39, e70025. [Read Online]
  • Sustainable biodiesel production via castor oil transesterification using organotin(IV) compounds as catalysts
    Zubair, M.; Sirajuddin, M.; Badshah, A.; Haider, A.; Tahir, M. N.; Bhattacharya, S.; Kortz, U.; Ali, S.; AlObaid, A.; Bari, A. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 1318, 139182. [Read Online]
  • Peroxo‐Zr/Hf‐Containing Wells‐Dawson Polyoxometalates for H2O2‐based Homogeneous, Heterogeneous, and Biphasic Oxidation Catalysis
    Sundar, A.; Maksimchuk, N. V.; Ivanchikova, I. D.; Zalomaeva, O. V.; Bajuk‐Bogdanović, D.; Kholdeeva, O. A.; Ćirić‐Marjanović, G.; Bassil, B. S.; Kortz, U. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 2, e202300066. [Read Online]
  • Tetra-MnIII-containing 30-Tungsto-4-phosphate [MnIII4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2]12-: Entrapped PEDOT films, surface analysis and electrochemical study
    Ali, B.; Sakthinathan, I.; Barreca, D.; Maccato, C.; Goura, J.; Kortz, U.; McCormac, T. Thin Solid Films. 2023, 76, 139610. [Read Online]
  • Host–Guest Chemistry in Discrete Polyoxo-12-Palladate(II) Cubes [MO8Pd12L8]n– (M = ScIII, CoII, CuII, L = AsO43–; M = CdII, HgII; L = PhAsO32–): Structure, Magnetism, and Catalytic Hydrogenation
    Yang, P.; Elcheikh Mahmoud, M.; Xiang, Y.; Lin, Z.; Ma, X.; Christian, J. H.; Bindra, J. K.; Kinyon, J. S.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, C.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 18524–18535. [Read Online]
  • Discovery of Polythioplatinate(II) [Pt3S2(SO3)6]10- and Study of Its Solution and Catalytic Properties
    Rajan, A.; Elcheikh Mahmoud, M.; Wang, F.; Bhattacharya, S.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Ma, X.; Müller, A. B.; Nisar, T.; Taffa, D. H.; Poblet, J. M.; Kuhnert, N.; Wagner, V.; Wark, M.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 11529−11538. [Read Online]

  • Discovery of a Neutral 40-PdII-Oxo Molecular Disk, [Pd40O24(OH)16{(CH3)2AsO2}16]: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic Studies
    Bhattacharya, S.; Ma, X.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Haouas, M.; Su, P.; Espenship, M. F.; Taffa, D. H.; Jaensch, H.; Bons, A. J.; Stuerzer, T.; Wark, M.; Laskin, J.; Cadot, E.; Kortz, U    . Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 17339-17347. [Read Online]

  • NiII36-Containing 54-Tungsto-6-Silicate: Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic and Electrochemical Studies
    Goura, J.; Bassil, B. S.; Ma, X.; Rajan, A.; Moreno-Pineda, E.; Schnack, J.; Ibrahim, M.; Powell, A. K.; Ruben, M.; Wang, J.; Ruhlmann, L.; Kortz, U. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 15081–15085. [Read Online]
  • Towards size-controlled deposition of Pd nanoparticles from polyoxometalate precursors: an Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy study
    Bock, N.; Clercq, A. D.; Seidl, L.; Kratky, T.; Ma, T.; Günther, S.; Kortz, U.; Heiz, U.; Esch, F. ChemElectroChem. 2021, 8, 1280-1288. [Read Online]
  • Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry and Magnetism of Cobalt-, Nickel- and Zinc-Containing [M4(OH)3(H2O)2(α-SiW10O36.5)2]13- (M = Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+)
    Haider, A.;Bassil, B. S.; Lin, Z.; Ma, X.; Haferl, P. J.; Bindra, J. K.; Kinyon, J.; Zhang, G.; Keita, B.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 3923-3930. [Read Online]
  • In Operando X‑ray Studies of High-Performance Lithium-Ion Storage in Keplerate-Type Polyoxometalate Anodes
    Lin, C.-C.; Hsu, C.-T.; Liu, W.; Huang, S.-C.; Lin, M.-H.; Kortz, U.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Chen, T.-Y.; Hu, C.-W.; Lee, J.-F.; Wang, C.-C.; Liao, Y.-F.; Li, L.-J.; Li, L.; Peng, S.; Stimming, U.; Chen, H.-Y.  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 40296–40309. [Online]
  • Palladium(II)-containing Tungstoarsenate(V), [PdII4(As2W15O56)2]16-, and its Catalytic Properties
    Rajan, A.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13042–13049. [Read Online]
  • FeIII48-Containing 96-Tungsto-16-Phosphate: Synthesis, Structure, Magnetism and Electrochemistry
    Goura, J.; Bassil, B. S.; Bindra, J. K.; Rutkowska, I. A.; Kulesza, P. J.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15821–15824 [Read Online, Open Access]
  • Tetra-MnIII-containing 30-Tungsto-4-phosphate, [MnIII4(H2O)2(P2W15O56)2]12-: Synthesis, Structure, XPS, Magnetism and Electrochemical Study
    Goura, J.; Choudhari, M.; Nisar, T.; Balster, T.; Bindra, J. K.; Kinyon, J.; Ali, B.; McCormac, T.; Dalal, N. S.; Wagner, V.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13034-13041. [Read Online].
  • Polyoxopalladate-loaded Metal-Organic Framework (POP@MOF): Synthesis and Heterogeneous Catalysis
    Bhattacharya, S.; Ayass, W. W.; Taffa, D. H.; Nisar, T.; Balster, T.; Hartwig, A.; Wagner, V.; Wark, M.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10512−10521. [Read Online].
  • 9-Cobalt(II)-Containing 27-Tungsto-3-Germanate(IV): Synthesis, Structure, Computational Modeling and Heterogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysis
    Haider, A.; Bassil, B. S.; Soriano-López, J.; Qasim, H. M.; de Pipaón, C. S.; Ibrahim, M.; Dutta, D.; Koo, Y.-S.; Carbó, J. J.; Poblet, J. M.; Galán-Mascarós, J. R.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11308-11316. [Read Online]
  • Discrete Polyoxopalladates as Molecular Precursors for Supported Palladium Metal Nanoparticles as Hydrogenation Catalysts
    Ayass, W. W.; Miñambres, J. F.; Yang, P.; Ma, T.; Lin, Z.; Meyer, R.; Jaensch, H.; Bons, A.-J.; Kortz, U. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 5576–5582. [Read Online]
  • 15-Copper(II)-Containing 36-Tungsto-4-silicates(IV) [Cu15O2(OH)10X(A-α-SiW9O34)4]25- (X = Cl, Br): Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic Properties, and Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
    Bassil, B. S.; Haider, A.; Ibrahim, M.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Christian, J. H.; Bindra, J. K.; Dalal, N. S.; Wang, M.; Zhang, G.; Keita, B.; Rutkowska, I. A.; Kulesza, P. J.; Kortz, U. Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 12439–12448. [Read Online]
  • Mechanism of Sodium Ion Storage in Na7[H2PV14O42] Anode for Sodium–Ion Batteries
    Lin, C.-C.; Lin, W.-H.; Huang, S.-C.; Hu, C.-W.; Chen, T.-Y.; Hsu, C.-T.; Yang, H.; Haider, A.; Lin, Z.; Kortz, U.; Stimming, U.; Chen, H.-Y. Adv. Mater. Interf. 2018, 5, 1800491. [Read Online]
  • Polyoxometalate-Graphene Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    Fernandes, D. M.; Araújo, M. P.; Haider, A.; Mougharbel, A. S.; Fernandes, A. J. S.; Kortz, U.; Freire, C. ChemElectroChem 2018, 5, 273–283.[Read Online]
  • In situ X-ray absorption near edge structure studies and charge transfer kinetics of Na6[V10O28] electrodes
    Chen, H.-Y.; Friedl, J.; Pan, C.-J.; Haider, A.; Al-Oweini, R.; Cheah, Y. L.; Lin, M.-H.; Kortz, U.; Hwang, B. J.; Srinivasan, M.; Stimming, U.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 3358–3365. [Read Online]
  • Enhanced proton and electron reservoir abilities of polyoxometalate grafted on graphene for high-performance hydrogen evolution
    Liu, R.; Zhang, G.; Cao, H.; Zhang, S.; Xie, Y.; Haider, A.; Kortz, U.; Chen, B.; Dalal, N. S.; Zhao, Y.; Zhi, L.; Wu, C.; Yan, L.; Su, Z.; Keita, B. Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9, 1012-1023.[Read Online]
  • Vanadium-based polyoxometalate as new material for sodium-ion battery anodes
    Hartung, S.; Bucher, N.; Chen, H.-Y.; Al-Oweini, R.; Sreejith, S.; Borah, P.; Zhao, Y.; Kortz, U.; Stimming, U.; Hoster, H. E.; Srinivasan, M.  J. Power Sources 2015, 288, 270-277. [Read Online]
  • A Novel SWCNT-Polyoxometalate Nanohybrid Material as Electrode for Electrochemical Supercapacitors
    Chen, H.-Y.; Al-Oweini, R.; Friedl, J.; Lee, C. Y.; Li, L.; Kortz, U.; Stimming, U.; Srinivasan, M.  Nanoscale 2015, 7, 7934-7941. [Read Online]
  • High nuclearity Ni/Co polyoxometalates and colloidal TiO2 assemblies as efficient multielectron photocatalysts under visible or sunlight irradiation
    Ngo Biboum, R.; Nanseu Njiki, C. P.; Zhang, G.; Kortz, U.; Mialane, P.; Dolbecq, A.; Mbomekalle, I. M.; Nadjo, L.; Keita, B. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 645-650. [Read Online]

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