The commercial implementation of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE) is hampered, among other factors, by the high loadings required of the increasingly scarce platinum group metals to effectively catalyze the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
My research at the Electrochemical Energy Conversion Team, framed within the DFG SPP 2080 DynaKat project, devotes to:
1) The study of structure-performance relationships of noble metal-based alloys towards the OER: cooperation with Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt and Ulrike Krewer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
2) The use of in situ and in operando coupled electrochemical and surface characterization techniques: SFC-ICP-MS, SFC-DEMS
Other research interests encompass the implementation of earth-abundant catalysts for acidic water eletrolysis, noble metals recycling by advanced dissolution processes and ex-situ electrochemical and physical characterization techniques
C. Luan, D. Escalera-López, U. Hagemann, A. Kostka, G. Laplanche, D. Wu, S. Cherevko, T. Li*
ACS Catalysis
14
(2024)
12704-12716
D. Escalera-López,* C. Iffelsberger, M. Zlatar, K. Novčić, N. Maselj, C. V. Pham, P. Jovanovič, N. Hodnik, S. Thiele, M. Pumera, S. Cherevko*
Nature Communications
15
(2024)
3601
19. Towards Eco-friendly E-waste recycling: New perspectives on ozone-assisted gold leaching
K. Stojanovski,* V. Briega-Martos, D. Escalera-López, F.J. Gonzalez Lopez, M. Smiljanic, M. Grom, C. Baldizzone, N. Hodnik, S. Cherevko*
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research
5(5)
(2024)
2300116
M. Geuß,* M. Milosevic, M. Bierling, L. Löttert, D. Abbas, D. Escalera-López, V. Lloret, K. Ehelebe, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, S. Thiele, S. Cherevko*
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
170
(2023)
114510
M. Zlatar,* D. Escalera-López, M. Gamón Rodríguez, T. Hrbek, C. Götz, R.M. Joy, A. Savan, H. Phi Tran, H. Nhan Nong, P. Pobedinskas, V. Briega-Martos, A. Hutzler, T. Böhm, K. Haenen, A. Ludwig, I. Khalakhan, P. Strasser, S. Cherevko*
ACS Catalysis
13(23)
(2023)
15375-15392
L. Moriau,* K. Stojanovski, P. Jovanovič, D. Escalera-López, S. Cherevko, N. Hodnik
RSC Advances
13
(2023)
7980-7987
M. Zlatar,* D. Nater, D. Escalera-López, R.M. Joy, P. Pobedinskas, K. Haenend, C. Copéret, S. Cherevko*
Electrochimica Acta
444
(2023)
141982
R.A. Krivina, M. Zlatar, T.N. Stovall, G.A. Lindquist, D. Escalera-López, A.K. Cook, J.E. Hutchison, S. Cherevko,* S.W. Boettcher*
ACS Catalysis
13
(2023)
902–915
13. Heating up the OER: Investigation of IrO2 OER catalysts as function of potential and temperature
S. Czioska,* K. Ehelebe, J. Geppert, D. Escalera-López, A. Boubnov, E. Saraçi, B. Mayerhöfer, U. Krewer, S. Cherevko, J.-D. Grunwaldt*
ChemElectroChem
9(19)
(2022)
e202200514
12. Microkinetic analysis of the oxygen evolution reaction at iridium oxide including aging effects
J. Geppert, P. Röse, S. Czioska, D. Escalera-López, A. Boubnov, E. Saraçi, S. Cherevko, J.-D. Grunwaldt, U. Krewer*
Journal of the American Chemical Society
In Press
(2022)
11. Interrelations of oxygen evolution and iridium dissolution mechanisms
A. Lončar, D. Escalera-López, S. Cherevko* and N. Hodnik*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
4(12)
(2022)
e202114437
T. Weber, V. Vonk, D. Escalera-López, G. Abbondanza, A. Larsson V. Koller, M. J.S. Abb, Z. Hegedüs, T. Bäcker, U. Lienert, G. Harlow, A. Stierle, S. Cherevko, E. Lundgren, H. Over*
ACS Catalysis
11(20)
(2021)
12651–12660
A. Lončar, D. Escalera-López, F. Ruiz-Zepeda, A. Hrnjić, M. Šala, P. Jovanovič, M. Bele, S. Cherevko, N. Hodnik
ACS Catalysis
11(20)
(2021)
12510–12519
C.V. Pham*, D. Escalera-López, K. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, and S. Thiele*
Advanced Energy Materials
11(44)
(2021)
2101998
K. Ehelebe, D. Escalera-López, S. Cherevko
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
29
(2021)
100832
S. Czioska, A. Boubnov*, D. Escalera-Lopez, J. Geppert, A. Zagalskaya, P. Röse, E. Saraci, V. Alexandrov, U. Krewer, S. Cherevko* , and J.-D. Grunwaldt*
ACS Catalysis
11(15)
(2021)
10043-10057
D. Escalera-López,* S. Czioska, J. Geppert, A. Boubnov, P. Röse, E. Saraci, U. Krewer , J.-D. Grunwaldt, S. Cherevko*
ACS Catalysis
11(15)
(2021)
9300–9316
J. Knöppel, M. Möckl, D. Escalera-López, K. Stojanovski, M. Bierling, T. Böhm, S. Thiele, M. Rzepka, S. Cherevko
Nature Communications
12
(2021)
2231
P.K.R. Holzapfel, M. Bühler, D. Escalera-López, M. Bierling, F.D. Speck, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, C. van Pham* and S. Thiele*
Small
16(37)
(2020)
2003161
C.V. Pham,* M. Bühler, J. Knöppel, M. Bierling, D. Seeberger, D. Escalera-López, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, S. Cherevko, S. Thiele*
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
269
(2020)
118762
T. Weber, T. Ortmann, D. Escalera-López, M.J.S. Abba, B. Mogwitz, S. Cherevko, M. Rohnke, H. Over*
ChemCatChem
12(3)
(2020)
855-866
2014.10–2019.01 | PhD with Integrated Studies in Fuel Cells and their Fuels, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom |
2018.03–2018.07 | PhD Internship, NanoElectrochemistry and Sustainable Catalysis research group (NanoESC), University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
2013.09–2014.07 | Master's degree in "Electrochemistry. Science and Technology", University of Barcelona, Spain Research Topic: Electrochemical Deposition of magnetic alloys on self assembled monolayer modified electrodes for spintronic applications |
2009.09–2013.06 | Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain Bachelor's Thesis Topic: Synthesis and characterization of liquid single Crystal Elastomers as optical mechanotransducers |
2020.02 | First poster Award, SPP Dynakat Annual Status Meeting: Leipzig, Germany |
2016.07 | Royal Society of Chemistry Travel Award for PhD students and Early Career Scientists |
2014.07 | Extraordinary Award for Best Academic Record in Master's Degree: University of Barcelona, Spain |