Surface physics












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            * Surface physics
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            Physical and chemical processes on the surfaces of solids are the governing factors in mod

            nanotechnological applications in energy economy, chemical industry or environmental prote
            group of Surface Physics develops and applies refined experimental and theoretical methods
            understand surface physico chemical phenomena on the fundamental research level and applie

            in the development of new nanotechnologies, thus reaching out into the applied research do
            predominant research field is the development of catalysts for energy conversion in fuel c
            the group has been successfully optimizing the Platinum efficiency and minimizing the reso

            the advanced catalysts. The successes in the area of catalyst development result from a so
            foundation, which covers synthesis and characterization of novel nanostructured materials 

            of surface physico chemical phenomena down to atomic level. Other research topics due high
            the research and development of sensors of non electrical observables and development of s
            nanostructures. During last two years the surface physics laboratory is increasingly invol

            research and development in the field of hydrogen energy.

            The Surface Physics laboratory (SPL) commands a broad range of laboratory techniques inclu

            synchrotron beam line laboratory (the Materials Science Beamline, MSB) at the synchrotron 
            This research infrastructure (SPL MSB) is open to international user access as the Czech r
            laboratory in the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC ERIC). The Su

            group participates in a number of international and national collaborative scientific proj
            presently, also it is a coordinator of the OPVVV pre-application project “New generation o




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            * Selected outputs
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            • Faisal, F; Stumm, C; Bertram, M; Waidhas, F; Lykhach, Y; Cherevko, S; Xiang, F; Ammon, M

              M; Šmíd, B; Skála, T; Tsud, N; Neitzel, A; Beranová, K; Prince, KC; Geiger, S; Kasian, O
              T; Schuster, R; Schneider, MA; Matolín, V; Mayrhofer, KJJ; Brummel, O; Libuda, J: Electr
              catalysts for understanding electrocatalytic reactions in liquid electrolytes. Nat. Mate

              (2018).
            • Dvorak, F; Camellone, MF; Tovt, A; Tran, N-D; Negreiros, FR; Vorokhta, M; Skala, T; Mato
              I; Myslivecek, J; Matolin, V; Fabris, S: Creating single-atom Pt-ceria catalysts by surf

              decoration. Nature Commun., 7, Art. No. 10801 (2017).
            • Vayssilov, GN; Lykhach, Y; Migani, A; Staudt, T; Petrova, GP; Tsud, N; Skala, T; Bruix, 
              F; Prince, KC; Matolin, V; Neyman, KM; Libuda, J: Support nanostructure boosts oxygen tr

              catalytically active platinum nanoparticles. Nature Materials 10, 310–315, (2011).