Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher

Academic Research Focus
- Alkane activation by solid acids via multifunctional catalysis
- Oxidative routes for alkane functionalization
- Acid catalyzed C-C bond forming to synthesize intermediates and energy carriers
- Elementary steps of sorption and transport in porous materials
- Hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, and hydrodenitrogenation for clean energy carriers
- Deconstruction, hydrodefunctionalization, and hydrogenation of biomass for clean energy carriers
- State and atomic arrangements of catalyst constituents under reaction conditions
- Oxidative routes for alkane functionalization
- Acid catalyzed C-C bond forming to synthesize intermediates and energy carriers
- Elementary steps of sorption and transport in porous materials
- Hydrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, and hydrodenitrogenation for clean energy carriers
- Deconstruction, hydrodefunctionalization, and hydrogenation of biomass for clean energy carriers
- State and atomic arrangements of catalyst constituents under reaction conditions
Fields of Application
Publications
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Photocatalytic CO2-to-Syngas Evolution with Molecular Catalyst Metal-Organic Framework Nanozymes Journal Article
In: Advanced Materials, vol. 35, iss. 6, pp. 2207380, 2023, ISSN: 0935-9648.
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Electrochemically Tunable Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Pd-Catalyzed Benzaldehyde Hydrogenation Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1501-1505, 2019, ISSN: 1433-7851.