Dr. Ivelina Stefanova Zaharieva

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsBiophysical Chemistry,Plant Physiology,Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
KeywordsX-ray spectroscopy of metalloproteins, oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II, chlorophyll fluorenscence, mathematical modelling, artificial photosynthesis

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBerlin
InstitutionFreie Universität Berlin
InstituteFachbereich Physik

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Holger DauFachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2007

Program(s)

2006Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2015Guiseppe Mattioli, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau, Leonardo Guidoni: Atomistic texture of amorphous manganese oxides for electrochemical water splitting revealed by ab initio calculations combined with X-ray spectroscopy. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2015, 10254-10267
2015Diego González-Flores, Irene Sánchez, Dr. Ivelina Zaharieva, Katharina Klingan, Jonathan Heidkamp, Dr. Petko Chernev, Dr. Prashanth W. Menezes, Prof. Dr. Matthias Driess, Prof. Dr. Holger Dau, Dr. Mavis L. Montero: Heterogeneous water-oxidation: surface activity versus amorphisation activation in cobalt phosphate catalysts. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2015, 2472-2476
2015Prashanth W. Menezes, Arindam Indra, Diego González-Flores, Nastaran Ranjbar Sahraie, Ivelina Zaharieva, Michael Schwarze, Peter Strasser, Holger Dau, Matthias Driess: High-performance oxygen redox catalysis with multifunctional cobalt oxide nanochains: morphology dependent activity. In: ASC Catal., 2015, 2017-2027
2015Amandine Guiet, Caren Göbel, Katharina Klingan, Michael Lublow, Tobias Reier, Ulla Vainio, Ralph Kraehnert, Helmut Schlaad, Peter Strasser, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau, Matthias Driess, Jörg Polte and Anna Fischer: Hydrophobic nanoreactor templating – A supramolecular approach to yolk@shell materials. In: Adv. Funct. Mater., 2015, 6228-6240
2015Ksenia Fominykh, Petko Chernev, Ivelina Zaharieva, Johannes Sicklinger, Goran Stefanic, Markus Döblinger, Alexander Müller, Aneil Pokharel, Sebastian Böcklein, Christina Scheu, Thomas Bein, Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing: Iron-doped nickel oxide nanocrystals as highly efficient electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting. In: ACS Nano, 2015, 5180-5188
2015Marcel Risch, Franziska Ringleb, Mike Kohlhoff, Peter Bogdanoff, Petko Chernev, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau: Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides: in-situ tracking of redox transitions and mode of catalysis. In: Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 661-674
2014Andreas Schöler, Ivelina Zaharieva, Sebastian Zimmermann, Mathias Wiechen, Anne-Marie Manke, Philipp Kurz, Christoph Plieth, Holger Dau: Biogenic manganese-calcium oxides on the cell walls of the algae Chara corallina: elemental composition, atomic structure and water-oxidation catalysis. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2014, 780-790
2014M. M. Najafpour, Atefeh N. Moghaddam, Holger Dau, Ivelina Zaharieva: Fragments of layered manganese oxide are the real water-oxidation catalyst after transformation of molecular precursor on clay. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 7245-7248
2014Seung Y. Lee, Diego González-Flores, Jonas Ohms, Tim Trost, Prof. Dr. Holger Dau, Dr. Ivelina Zaharieva, Prof. Dr. Philipp Kurz: Screen-printed Ca-birnessite electrodes for water oxidation at neutral pH and an „electrochemical Harriman series”. In: ChemSusChem, 2014, 3442-3451
2014Katharina Klingan, Franziska Ringleb, Dr. Ivelina Zaharieva, Jonathan Heidkamp, Dr. Petko Chernev, Diego Gonzalez-Flores, Dr. Marcel Risch, Dr. Anna Fischer, Prof. Dr. Holger Dau: Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides: Volume activity and proton transfer to electrolyte bases. In: ChemSusChem, 2014, 1301-1310
2014Denys Shevchenko, Magnus F. Anderlund, Stenbjörn Styring, Holger Dau, Ivelina Zaharieva, Anders Thapper: Water oxidation by manganese oxides formed from tetranuclear precursor complexes: The influence of phosphate on structure and activity. In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 11965-11975
2013Dr. Arindam Indra, Dr. Prashanth W. Menezes, Dr. Ivelina Zaharieva, Elham Baktash, Johannes Pfrommer, Dr. Michael Schwarze, Prof. Dr. Holger Dau, Prof. Dr. Matthias Driess: Active mixed-valent MnOx water oxidation catalysts through partial oxidation (“corrosion”) of nanostructured MnO-particles. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 13206-13210
2013Elham Baktash, Ivelina Zaharieva, Marc Schröder, Caren Goebel, Holger Dau, Arne Thomas: Cyanamide route to calcium-manganese oxide foams for water oxidation. In: Dalton Trans, 2013, 16920-16929
2013Arno Bergmann, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau, Peter Strasser: Electrochemical water splitting by layered and 3D cross-linked manganese oxides: correlating structural motifs and catalytic activity. In: Energy Environ. Sci, 2013, 2745-2755
2013Subrata Kundu, Florian Felix Pfaff, Enrico Miceli, Dr. Ivelina Zaharieva, Dr. Christian Herwig, Dr. Shenglai Yao, Dr. Erik R. Farquhar, Dr. Uwe Kuhlmann, Dr. Eckhard Bill, Prof. Dr. Peter Hildebrandt, Prof. Dr. Holger Dau, Prof. Dr. Matthias Driess, Prof. Dr. Christian Limberg, Dr. Kallol Ray: Synthesis and characterization of a high–valent mixed metal [CuIII(µ–O)2NiIII]2+ core involving nucleophillic oxo groups. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2013, 5622-5626
2012Marcel Risch, Denys Shevchenko, Magnus F. Anderlund, Stenbjörn Styring, Jonathan Heidkamp, Kathrin M. Lange, Anders Thapper, Ivelina Zaharieva: Atomic structure of cobalt-oxide nanoparticles active in light-driven catalysis of water oxidation. In: Int. J. Hydr. Energy, 2012, 8878-8888
2012Vasilij Goltsev, Ivelina Zaharieva, Petko Chernev, Margarita Kouzmanova, Hazem M. Kalaji, Ivan Yordanov, Vassilena Krasteva, Vladimir Alexandrov, Detelin Stefanov, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Reto J. Strasser: Drought-induced modifications of photosynthetic electron transport in intact leaves: analysis and use of neural networks as a tool for a rapid non-invasive estimation. In: Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2012, 1490-1498
2012Julian Geshev, Andre Gündel, Ivelina Zaharieva, J. E. Schmidt: Edge atoms effects on the perpendicular anisotropy of ultrathin magnetic layers. In: Appl. Phys. Lett, 2012, 132407-132407
2012Ivelina Zaharieva, Petko Chernev, Marcel Risch, Katharina Klingan, Mike Kohlhoff, Anna Fischer, Holger Dau: Electrosynthesis, functional, and structural characterization of a water-oxidizing manganese oxide. In: Energy Environ. Sci, 2012, 7081-7089
2012Mathias Wiechen, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau, Philipp Kurz: Layered manganese oxides for water-oxidation: Alkaline earth cations influence catalytic activity in a Photosystem II-like fashion. In: Chem. Sci, 2012, 2330-2339
2011Ivelina Zaharieva, Jorg M. Wichmann, Holger Dau: Thermodynamic Limitations of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation at High Proton Concentrations. In: Tthe Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011, 18222-18228
2009Vasilij Goltsev, Ivelina Zaharieva, Petko Chernev, Reto J. Strasser: Delayed fluorescence in photosynthesis. In: Photosynthesis Research, 2009, 217-232
2008Michael Haumann, Alexander Grundmeier, Ivelina Zaharieva, Holger Dau: Photosynthetic water oxidation at elevated dioxygen partial pressure monitored by time-resolved X-ray absorption measurements. In: Prog. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2008, 17384-17389