Key publications

A. S. Gungor, J.-M. von Mentlen, J. G. A. Ruthes, F. J. García-Soriano, S. Drvarič Talian, V. Presser, L. Porcar, A. Vizintin, V. Wood*, C. Prehal*, Understanding Rate and Capacity Limitations in Li–S Batteries Based on Solid-State Sulfur Conversion in Confinement, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2024, 16, 67651

C. Prehal*, J.M. von Mentlen, S. D. Talian, A. Vizintin, R. Dominko, H. Amenitsch, L. Porcar, S. A. Freunberger*, V. Wood*,
On the nanoscale structural evolution of solid discharge products in Lithium-Sulfur batteries using operando scattering, Nature Communications 2022, 13, 6326

C. Prehal*, S. Mondal, L. Lovicar, S. A. Freunberger*,
Exclusive solution discharge in Li-O2 batteries? ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7, 9, 3112

C. Prehal*, A. Samojlov, M. Nachtnebel, L. Lovicar, M. Kriechbaum, H. Amenitsch, S. A. Freunberger*,
In situ small angle X-ray scattering reveals solution phase discharge of Li-O2 batteries with weakly solvating electrolytes, PNAS 2021, 118(14), e2021893118

C. Prehal*, H. Fitzek, G. Kothleitner, V. Presser, B. Gollas, S. A. Freunberger*, Q. Abbas*,
Persistent and Reversible Iodine Electrodeposition in Nanoporous Carbons, Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4838

C. Prehal*, S. Grätz, B. Krüner, M. Thommes, L. Borchardt, V. Presser, O. Paris*,
Comparing pore structure models in nanoporous carbons obtained from small angle X-ray scattering and gas adsorption, Carbon 2019, 152, 416

C. Prehal*, C. Koczwara, H. Amenitsch, V. Presser, O. Paris*,
Salt concentration and charging velocity determine ion charge storage mechanism in nanoporous supercapacitors, Nature Communications 2018, 9(1) 4145

C. Prehal, C. Koczwara, N. Jäckel, H. Amenitsch, V. Presser* and O. Paris*,
A carbon nanopore model to quantify structure and kinetics of ion electrosorption with in situ small-angle X-ray scattering, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19, 15549

C. Prehal, C. Koczwara, N. Jäckel, A. Schreiber, M. Burian, H. Amenitsch, M. A. Hartmann, V. Presser*, O. Paris*,
Quantification of ion confinement and desolvation in nanoporous carbon supercapacitors with modelling and in situ X-ray scattering, Nature Energy, 2017, 2, 16215.

C. Prehal, D. Weingarth, E. Perre, R.T. Lechner, H. Amenitsch, O. Paris* and V. Presser*,
Tracking the structural arrangement of ions in carbon supercapacitor nanopores using in situ small-angle X-ray scattering, Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8, 1725

* corresponding author

Other publications in peer-reviewed journals

M. Seyffertitz, S. Stock, M. V. Rauscher, C. Prehal, S. Haas, L. Porcar, O. Paris*,
Are SAXS and SANS suitable to extract information on the role of water for electric-double-layer formation at the carbon–aqueous-electrolyte interface?, Faraday Discussions 2023

K. Aliyah, C. Prehal, J. S. Diercks, N. Diklić, L. Xu, S. Ünsal, C. Appel, B. R. Pauw, G. J. Smales, M. Guizar-Sicairos, J. Herranz, L. Gubler, F. N. Büchi, J. Eller*,
Quantification of PEFC Catalyst Layer Saturation via In Silico, Ex Situ, and In Situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023

Y. Zhang, C. Prehal, H. Jiang, Y. Liu, G. Feng*, V. Presser*,
Ionophobicity of carbon sub-nanometer pores enables efficient desalination at high salinity, Cell Reports – Physical Science 2022, 3(1), 100689

Y. Petit, E. Mourad, C. Prehal, C. Leypold, A. Windischbacher, D. Mijailovic, C. Slugovc, S. Borisov, E. Zojer, S. Brutti, O. Fontaine, S. A. Freunberger*,
Mechanism of mediated alkali peroxide oxidation reveals strategies to suppress singlet oxygen formation, Nature Chemistry 2021, 13, 465

J. Schoiber, C. Koczwara, S. Rumswinkel, L. Whitmore, C. Prehal, F. Putz, M. S. Elsaesser, O. Paris, N. Hüsing,
A Facile One‐Pot Synthesis of Hierarchically Organized Carbon/TiO2 Monoliths with Ordered Mesopores, ChemPlusChem 2021, 86 (2), 275

A. Varzi*, K. Thanner, R. Scipioni, D. D. Lecce, J. Hassoun, S. Dörfler, H. Altheus, S. Kaskel, C. Prehal, S. A. Freunberger,
Current status and future perspectives of Lithium metal batteries, Journal of Power Sources 2020, 480 (12), 228803

M. A. Hobisch, J. Phiri, J. Dou,  P. Gane, T. Vuorinen, W. Bauer, C. Prehal, T. Maloney,* and S. Spirk*,
Willow Bark for Sustainable Energy Storage Systems, Materials 2020, 13(4), 1016

C. Koczwara, C. Prehal, S. Haas, P. Boesecke, N. Huesing, O. Paris*,
Towards real-time ion-specific structural sensitivity in nanoporous carbon electrodes using in situ anomalous small angle x-ray scattering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11 (45), 42214

E. Mourad, Y. Petit, R. Spezia, A. Samojlov, F. Summa, C. Prehal, C. Leypold, N. Mahne, C. Slugovc, O. Fontaine, S. Brutti, S.A. Freunberger*,
Singlet oxygen from cation driven superoxide disproportionation and consequences for aprotic metal-O2 batteries, Energy and Environmental Science 2019, 12, 2559

C. Prehal, S.A. Freunberger*,
Li-O2 Cell-scale energy densities, Joule 2019, 3, 2, 321

P. Srimuk, J. Lee, Ö. Budak, J. Choi, M. Chen, G. Feng, C. Prehal, V. Presser*,
In Situ Tracking of Partial Sodium Desolvation of Materials with Capacitive, Pseudocapacitive, and Battery-like Charge/Discharge Behavior in Aqueous Electrolytes, Langmuir 2018, 34(44), 13132

N. Kostoglou, C. Koczwara, C. Prehal, V. Terziyska, B. Babic, B. Matovic, G. Constantinides, C. Tampaxis, G. Charalambopoulou, T. Steriotis, S. Hinder, M. Baker, K. Polychronopoulou, C. Doumanidis, O. Paris, C. Mitterer and C. Rebholz*,
Nanoporous activated carbon cloth as a versatile material for hydrogen adsorption, selective gas separation and electrochemical energy storage. Nano Energy 2017, 40, 49

C. Koczwara, S. Rumswinkel, C. Prehal, N. Jäckel, M. Elsaesser, H. Amenitsch, V. Presser*, N. Huesing*, O. Paris*,
In situ measurement of electrosorption-induced deformation reveal the importance of micropores in hierarchical carbons, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(28), 23319.

S. Choudhury, B. Krüner, P. Massuti-Ballester, A. Tolosa, C. Prehal, I. Grobelsek, O. Paris, L. Borchardt, V. Presser*,
Microporous novolac-derived carbon beads/sulfur hybrid cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries, Journal of Power Sources 2017, 357, 198

M. Kratzer, M. Rubezhanska, C. Prehal, I. Beinik, S. V. Kondratenko, Yu. N. Kozyrev, and C. Teichert*,
Electrical and photovoltaic properties of self-assembled Ge nanodomes on Si(001), Physical Review B, 2012, 86, 245320