Consultation:
on appointment

Maik Eichelbaum

Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

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Curriculum vitae

since 2022	Academic Co-Director Institute for Applied Hydrogen Research, Electrochemical and Thermochemical Energy Systems H₂Ohm
since 2018	Professor for Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Chemistry, Nuremberg Tech - Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
2015-2018	Policy Officer, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
2013-2015	Research Group Leader, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and Project Leader "In situ Analytics of Catalysts" at BasCat Unicat-BASF JointLab, Technical University Berlin
2009-2013	Scientist, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
2008-2009	Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, USA
2005-2008	Scientific Coworker, Institute of Chemistry, Humboldt University Berlin

Awards

2023	Award of the N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft for the project "Investigation of corrosion and aging processes in precious metal-free anion exchange membrane water electrolysers for the economic production of green hydrogen".
2016-2017	Mercator Science-Policy Fellow of the Rhein Main Universities
2008-2009	Postdoc Fellowship of the BASF/Columbia University Cooperation programme "Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmentally Benign Technologies"
2006-2008	Doctoral Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
2006	18th Meeting of Noble Prize Winners in Chemistry at Lindau Participation Award
2004	Medal of Honor in Bronze from the Saxony-Anhalt Football Association

Memberships

Member German Chemical Society (GDCh), Division Chemistry & Energy

Member BayWISS Joint Academic Partnership “Ressource Efficiency and Materials”

Lecturer "Basic Seminar Hydrogen" of Ohm Professional School

Reserve Officer (Lieutenant Colonel) at the Institute of Pharmocology and Toxicology of the German Bundeswehr

Teaching areas

Analytical Chemistry

Research

Electrochemical Analytics

Element Analytics

Analytics of Electrochemical Energy Systems: Fuel Cells, Electrolyser, Batteries

Photoelectrochemistry

Electrochemical CO2 Activation

Machine Learning in Chemistry

Works

Supervised internal theses and theses carried out at Future Driveline Campus:

P. Anderle. Beschleunigte Alterung von Polymerelektrolytmembran Brennstoffzellen für Anwendungen im Nutzfahrzeugbereich. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (Future Driveline Campus), 2023

Syaleen Fairuzza Binti Sharuddin. Analysis of aging processes in lithium-ion battery electrolytes for commercial vehicle applications. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2023

L. Birkner. Entwicklung und Interpretation beschleunigter Alterungstests für Wasserstoff-PEM-Brennstoffzellen. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (Future Driveline Campus), 2023

L. Machard. Aufbau und Test eines Elektrolyseurs zu Reduktion von CO2 zu Ameisensäure. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2023

K. Bail. Nanozerkleinerung von Titandioxid zur Herstellung von Schichten für photoelektrochemische Anwendungen. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2023

T. Benning. Vergleichende Untersuchung der Alterung verschiedener Membran-Elektroden-Einheiten in Wasserstoff-PEM-Brennstoffzellen. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (Future Driveline Campus), 2022

M. Greiner. Präparation und photo(elektro)chemische Analytik von dotierten TiO2-Schichten. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2022

V. Seiß. Entwicklung von Testprogrammen und Prüfzyklen zur Charakterisierung und Alterung von Membran-Elektroden-Einheiten in Wasserstoff-PEM-Brennstoffzellen. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (Future Driveline Campus), 2022

L. Birkner. Elektrochemische Edelmetallbestimmung im Kondensat von Wasserstoff-Polymerelektrolyt-Brennstoffzellen. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2021

R. Schönweiß. Spurenanalytik von Schwermetallen in Wein. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2021

S. Thiel. Charakterisierung und Alterung von Wasserstoff-Polymerelektrolytmembran-Brennstoffzellen in einem Prüfstand zur Durchführung von Zeitreihenanalysen. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2021

M. Lindner. Elektrochemische und elementanalytische Untersuchung der Alterung von Wasserstoff-Polymerelektrolyt-Brennstoffzellen. Master Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2021

M. Biendl. Spurenanalytik von Schwermetallen in konventionellem und Bio-Honig. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2021

A. Wagner. Elektrochemische Charakterisierung photokatalytisch aktiver TiO₂-Beschichtungen. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2020

A. Levchenko. Elektrochemische Charakterisierung von Polymerelektrolyt-Brennstoffzellen. Bachelor Thesis, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, 2020

Dissertations supervised as group leader at Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society:

A. M. Wernbacher. Charge transport in Vanadia Oxidation Catalysts. Dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin, 2019

M. Heenemann. Charge transfer in catalysis by in-situ microwave cavity perturbation techniques. Dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin, 2017

C. Heine. The electronic structure of vanadium oxides as catalysts in the selective oxidation of small alkanes, Dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin, 2014

Own Theses:

M. Eichelbaum. Synchroton- und laseraktiviertes Wachstum von Edelmetallpartikeln in Gläsern: Partikelgrößenabhängige lineare und nichtlineare Photolumineszenz, Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2008

M. Eichelbaum. Über das aktivierte Wachstum von Edelmetallclustern mit Synchrotronstrahlung, Diploma Thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2005

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals:

L. Birkner, M. Foreta, A. Rinaldi, A. Orekhov, M.-G. Willinger, M. Eichelbaum.* Dynamic accelerated stress test and coupled on-line analysis program to elucidate aging processes in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Sci. Rep. 2024, 14, 3999. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54258-8.

S. Thiel, V. Seiß and M. Eichelbaum.* Scanning electrochemical microscopy for the characterization of fuel cell components, 2022 International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy (IWIS) 2022, 14-19, doi: 10.1109/IWIS57888.2022.9975128.

L. Birkner, M. Eichelbaum.* Validation of Voltammetric Methods for Online Analysis of Platinum Dissolution in a Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell Stack, Electrochem 2022, 3, 728-745.

V. Seiß, S. Thiel, M. Eichelbaum.* Preparation and Real World Applications of Titania Composite Materials for Photocatalytic Surface, Air, and Water Purification: State of the Art, Inorganics 2022, 10, 139.

V. Seiß, U. Helbig, R. Lösel, M. Eichelbaum.* Investigating and Correlating Photoelectrochemical, Photocatalytic, and Antimicrobial Properties of TiO₂ Nanolayers, Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 22200.

M. Heenemann, M. M. Millet, F. Girgsdies, M. Eichelbaum, T. Risse, R. Schlögl, T. Jones,* E. Frei.* The Mechanism of Interfacial CO₂ Activation on Al Doped Cu/ZnO. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5672-5680.

A. M. Wernbacher, M. Eichelbaum, T. Risse, S. Cap, A. Trunschke,* R. Schlögl. Operando Electrical Conductivity and Complex Permittivity Study on Vanadia Oxidation Catalysts. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 8005-8017.

P. Schwach, M. Eichelbaum, R. Schlögl, T. Risse, K.-P. Dinse.* Evidence of Exchange Coupled Electrons and Holes in MgO after Oxidative Activation of CH4: A Multi-Frequency Transient Nutation EPR Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 3781-3790.

M. Eichelbaum,* M. Hävecker, C. Heine, A. Wernbacher, F. Rosowski, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. Der elektronische Faktor in der Alkanoxidationskatalyse. Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 2965-2969; The electronic factor in alkane oxidation catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2922-2926.

P. Schwach, N. G. Hamilton, M. Eichelbaum, L. Thum, T. Lunkenbein, R. Schlögl, A. Trunschke.* Structure sensitivity of the oxidative activation of methane over MgO model catalysts: II. Nature of active sites and reaction mechanism. J. Catal. 2015, 329, 574-587.

J. Schumann, M. Eichelbaum,* T. Lunkenbein, N. Thomas, M. C. Alvarez Galvan, R. Schlögl, M. Behrens.* Promoting Strong Metal Support Interaction: Doping ZnO for Enhanced Activity of Cu/ZnO:M (M = Al, Ga, Mg) Catalysts. ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 3260-3270.

T. Lunkenbein, F. Girgsdies, A. Wernbacher, J. Noack, G. Auffermann, A. Yasuhara, A. Klein-Hoffmann, W. Ueda, M. Eichelbaum, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, M. G. Willinger.* Direct Imaging of Octahedral Distortion in a Complex Molybdenum Vanadium Mixed Oxide. Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 6932-6935; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6828-6831.

C. Heine, M. Hävecker, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, M. Eichelbaum.* The Impact of Steam on the Electronic Structure of the Selective Propane Oxidation Catalyst MoVTeNb Oxide (Orthorhombic M1 Phase). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 8983-8993.

C. Heine, M. Hävecker, E. Stotz, F. Rosowski, A. Knop-Gericke, A. Trunschke, M. Eichelbaum,* R. Schlögl. Ambient-pressure soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a catalyst surface in action: Closing the pressure gap in the selective n-butane oxidation over vanadyl pyrophosphate. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 20405-20412.

C. Heine, M. Hävecker, M. Sanchez-Sanchez, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, M. Eichelbaum.* Work function, band bending, and microwave conductivity studies on the selective alkane oxidation catalyst MoVTeNb oxide (orthorhombic M1 phase) under operation conditions. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 26988-26997.

R. Farra, M. Garcia-Melchor, M. Eichelbaum, M. Hashagen, W. Frandsen, J. Allan, F. Girgsdies, L. Szentmiklosi, N. Lopez, D. Teschner.* Promoted ceria: A structural, catalytic, and computational study. ACS Catalysis 2013, 3, 2256-2268.

M. Eichelbaum,* R. Glaum, M. Hävecker, K. Wittich, C. Heine, H. Schwarz, C.-K. Dobner, C. Welker-Nieuwoudt, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. Towards physical descriptors for active and selective catalysts for the oxidation of n-butane to maleic anhydride. ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 2318-2329.

C. Heine, F. Girgsdies, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl, M. Eichelbaum.* The model oxidation catalyst alpha-V2O5: insights from contactless in situ microwave permittivity and conductivity measurements. Appl. Phys. A 2013, 112, 289-296.

R. Farra, M. Eichelbaum, R. Schlögl, L. Szentmiklosi, T. Schmidt, A. P. Amrute, C. Mondelli, J. Perez-Ramirez, D. Teschner.* Do observations on surface coverage-reactivity correlations always describe the true catalytic process? A case study on ceria. J. Catal. 2013, 297, 119-127.

R. Glaum,* C. Welker-Nieuwoudt, C.-K. Dobner, M. Eichelbaum, F. Gruchow, C. Heine, A. Karpov, R. Kniep, F. Rosowski, R. Schlögl, S. A. Schunk, S. Titlbach, A. Trunschke. Resource-efficient alkane selective oxidation on new crystalline solids: Searching for novel catalyst materials. Chem. Ing. Tech. 2012, 84, 1766-1779.

M. Eichelbaum,* M. Hävecker, C. Heine, A. Karpov, C.-K. Dobner, F. Rosowski, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. Über den Zusammenhang zwischen elektronischer Volumenleitfähigkeit und Selektivität in der katalytischen Oxidation von n-Butan. Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 6350-6354; The intimate relationship between bulk electronic conductivity and selectivity in the catalytic oxidation of n-butane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6246-6250.

M. Eichelbaum,* R. Stößer, A. Karpov, C.-K. Dobner, F. Rosowski, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. The microwave cavity perturbation technique for contact-free and in-situ electrical conductivity measurements in catalysis and materials science. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 1302-1312.

D. Tatchev,* A. Hoell, M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann. X-ray assisted formation of gold nanoparticles in soda lime silicate glass: Suppressed Ostwald ripening. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 106, 085702.

M. Eichelbaum,* Robert J. Farrauto, Marco J. Castaldi. The Impact of Urea on the Performance of Metal Exchanged Zeolites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx - Part I. Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Urea over Zeolite Catalysts. Appl. Catal. B 2010, 97, 90-97.

M. Eichelbaum,* Ansgar B. Siemer, Robert J. Farrauto, Marco J. Castaldi. The Impact of Urea on the Performance of Metal Exchanged Zeolites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx - Part II. Catalytic, FTIR, and NMR Studies. Appl. Catal. B 2010, 97, 98-107.

M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann.* Plasmonic enhancement or energy transfer? On the luminescence of gold-, silver- and lanthanide-doped silicate glasses and its potential for light-emitting devices. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2045-2052.

M. Eichelbaum, J. Kneipp, B. E. Schmidt, U. Panne, K. Rademann.* SERS and Multiphoton-Induced Luminescence of Gold Micro- and Nanostructures Fabricated by NIR Femtosecond-Laser Irradiation. ChemPhysChem 2008, 9, 2163-2167.

M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann,* A. Hoell, D. M. Tatchev, W. Weigel, R. Stößer, G. Pacchioni. Photoluminescence of atomic gold and silver particles in soda-lime silicate glasses. Nanotechnology 2008, 19, 135701.

M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann,* W. Weigel, B. Löchel, M. Radtke, R. Müller. Gold-Ruby Glass in a New Light: On the Microstructuring of Optical Glasses With Synchrotron Radiation. Gold Bulletin 2007, 40, 278-282.

M. Eichelbaum, B. E. Schmidt, H. Ibrahim, K. Rademann.* Three-photon-induced luminescence of gold nanoparticles embedded in and located on the surface of glassy nanolayers. Nanotechnology 2007, 18, 355702.

W. Görner,* R. Matschat, M. Radtke, U. Reinholz, H. Riesemeier, M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann. Non-destructive investigation of composition, chemical properties and structure of materials by synchrotron radiation. Insight 2006, 48 (9), 540-544.

M. Eichelbaum, K. Rademann,* R. Müller, M. Radtke, H. Riesemeier, W. Görner. Zur Chemie des Goldes in Silicatgläsern: Untersuchungen zum nicht-thermisch aktivierten Wachstum von Goldclustern. Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 8118-8122; On the Chemistry of Gold in Silicate Glasses: Studies on a Nonthermally Activated Growth of Gold Nanoparticles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7905-7909.

Patents:

M. Eichelbaum, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. System zur kontaktlosen Leitfähigkeitsmessung von heterogenen Katalysatoren unter Reaktionsbedingungen. DE102011076347, WO2012160089, 29. November 2012.

A. Karpov, C.-K. Dobner, F. Rosowksi, M. Eichelbaum, A. Trunschke, R. Schlögl. Gas phase oxidation catalyst with low charge transport activation energy (Gasphasenoxidationskatalysator mit einer niedrigen Aktivierungsenergie für den Ladungstransport). DE112013001034, JP2015521094, CN104540586, WO2013124771, 29. August 2013, US8785344, 22. August 2013.

Further publications and conference contributions since 2021:

S. Thiel, L. Birkner, M. Eichelbaum.* Monitoring, Understanding and Predicting Degradation Processes in Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cells for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Oral Presentation, 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, 19.09.2023, Berlin.

S. Thiel, M. Eichelbaum.* Investigation of Degradation Processes in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes in Fuel Cells for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. Oral Presentation, Bunsen-Tagung, 07.06.2023, Berlin.

V. Seiss, M. Eichelbaum.*Charge carrier dynamics in undoped and N-doped titania nanolayers under UV and visible light irradiation. Poster Presentation, Bunsen-Tagung, 06.06.2023, Berlin.

L. Birkner, S. Thiel, M. Eichelbaum.* Monitoring, Understanding and Predicting Degradation Processes in Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cells for Heavy-Duty Transportation Applications. Oral Presentation, 3rd Conference of the GDCh division of Chemistry and Energy, 24.05.2023, Pfinztal.

S. Thiel, V. Seiß, M. Eichelbaum.* Scanning electrochemical microscopy for the characterization of fuel cell components. Oral Presentation, International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy, September 29th 2022, Chemnitz, Germany.

S. Thiel, M. Eichelbaum.* Scanning electrochemical microscopy for the characterization of fuel cell components. Poster Presentation, Analytica Conference, June 21st-23rd 2022, Munich, Germany.

M. Eichelbaum,* V. Seiß. Analysis of photoactive titanium dioxide layers: Common features and differences between photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry, Wiley Analytical Science Magazine 2022, 03/2022.

M. Eichelbaum,* V. Seiß. Analytik photoaktiver Titandioxidschichten: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Photokatalyse und Photoelektrochemie, GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift 2022, 03/2022, 41-43.
S. Thiel, S. Schamber, K. Riedhammer, M. Hornfeck, M. Eichelbaum.* PEM fuel cell performance modelling with machine learning algorithms and intelligent sensor designs. Oral Presentation, 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, September 21st 2021 (online event).
V. Seiß, L. Breun, M. Eichelbaum.*Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical characterization of TiO2 thin films for environmental and energy applications. Poster Contribution and Poster Flash Talk, 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, September 20th-23rd 2021 (online event).

Projects

Current projects:

Bioelectrochemichal Electrolysis of CO2 to green Methanol: BECO2Me (supported by Energie Campus Nuernberg and Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst); Period: 04/2023-03/2024)

Smart Monitoring of Aging and Regeneration of Truck H₂ Fuel Cells with Neuronal Networks and Impedance Tomography: SMART-H2 (supported by Federal Ministry of Education and Research and MAN Truck & Bus SE); Period: 10/2022-04/2027

BattElAnalytik – Analysis of Ageing Processes in Lithium Ion Battery Electrolytes für Heavy-Duty Vehicle Applications (supported by TH Nürnberg); Period: 01-12/2023

Completed projects since 2020:

Platform for hybrid chemo-enzymatic electrosynthesis of e-fuels: HypChEn (supported by Energie Campus Nuernberg and Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst); Period: 01-12/2022

KERWA interaktiv (supported by LEONARDO and Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Innovative Hochschule)); Period: 05/2022-09/2022

Intelligent Fuel Cell - Time-series analysis for intelligent fuel cell control (supported by LEONARDO and Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Innovative Hochschule)); Period: 04/2021-09/2022

Fuel Cell Sensors – Identification of operation state, diagnosis and prognosis parameters for the deactivation and aging of fuel cells (supported by TH Nürnberg); Period: 01-12/2020

Development of a new standard method for analyzing the photoactivity of semiconductors for environmental and energy applications – TiO2 Photoanalytics (supported by STAEDTLER Foundation); Period: 03/2020-09/2021

Financial grant for experimental equipment for laboratory courses within the new teaching module "Sensor Technology and Electroanalysis" 2020 (supported by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie)