We, the researches of AG Rameshan, are interested in catalytic processes on heterogeneous catalyst surfaces.

The ERC project TUCAS started in 2017 and was initially part of our research group „Electrocatalysis at Surfaces“ at the Institute of Materials Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology. In October 2022, we moved to Leoben, where we are now a part of the Chair for Physical Chemistry at the Montanuniversity Leoben. Specifically, TUCAS deals with perovskite materials, their surfaces, and ways to influence their properties (like stability and activity) by various measures: doping, pre-treatment (in different atmospheres), polarisation, exsolution of nanoparticles…

These perovskite materials are especially interesting, as they show great potential in processes relating to renewable energy production and chemical energy storage.

In 2022, TUCAS+CO2 was approved by the ERC (as Proof of Concept Grant). This extension of our fundamental research project TUCAS aims to extend the results towards industrial applications.

We use a wide range of lab-based and Synchrotron based techniques (in-situ spectroscopies) as well as theoretical simulations to study and characterise the properties of our samples.

June 2025

David Zwigl, who did the practical work for his “vorwissenschaftliche Arbeit (VWA)” with us in 2024, was presented with an award for said excellent VWA by the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) and the Fachverband der Chemischen Industrie Östereichs (FCIO).
Congratulations!!!

May 2025

Tobi leaves for a two-month scientific stay in Thailand. We wish you save travels and an exciting adventure ahead!

March 2025

Jessi finished her second Master’s degree at the JKU!
Wohoo!

Flo’s beamtime proposal for the DESY was granted. Hamburg, we will see you in June.

TUCAS Fact of the ... 404—Time range not found

Here, we will regularly present funny and/or interesting facts – on occasion maybe even a dad-joke-y quote (not to name names but probably by Florenz).

TUCAS Fact #35:
2025 is most likely the last “square year” (452) for many of us. To live to see the next one (462, which is 2116), children born this year would have to reach their 91st birthday. On this note, happy New Year!

TUCAS is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement no. 755744.

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