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2026
17. H. Nishio, A. Ohno, N. Maeda, A. Beheshti Askari, K. Kahimura, T. Miyata, T. Shishido, T. Nogami, Y. Ezoe, Y. Yamada*
Submitted for publication
16. K. Naik, N. Maeda, Y. Okuyama, Y. Yamazaki, J. Hyodo*
Submitted for publication
15. N. Zhang*, K. Yang, A. Anzai, Y. Qian, N. Maeda, L. Li*, T. Toyao, K. Shimizu*
Submitted for publication
14. "In Situ and Operando Spectroscopy for CO2 Capture and Utilization Technologies"
A. Beheshti Askari, A. Al Abdulghani, D. Duijnstee, K. Shimizu, K. Jetsrisuparb, J. Knijnenburg, N. Maeda*
Chem. Eur. J., (2006), accepted for publication
13. "Nanocrystalline Iridium Oxide Stabilized by Magnesium-Titanium-Spinel as Active Acidic OER Catalyst"
T. Prolss, T Parzinger, A. Alkemper, A. Hutzler, A. Beheshti Askari, N. Maeda, J. Hofmann, T. Franken*
Adv. Energy Sustain. Res., 7, e70276 (2026): DOI: 10.1002/aesr.70276
12. "Recovering High-Temperature EXAFS Despite Debye-Waller Damping by Modulation-Excitation XAS"
D. Duijnstee, K. Kojima, T. Sugiyama, A. Beheshti Askari, A. Al Abdulghani, K. Shimizu, N. Maeda*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 130, 12975-12980 (2026): DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c05557
11. "Impurity Detection and Quantification in Polymer Films by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging and Multivariate Analysis"
A. Al Abdulghani, N. Maeda, G. Lambard, A. Fajar*
Anal. Chem., 98, 24070-24078 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6c01498
10. "Crystallographically Resolved Hydrogen Uptake Reponse in Palladium Nanopowders Revealed by Modulation-Excitation Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction"
K. Kojima, T. Sugiyama, K. Shimizu, S. Orimo, N. Maeda*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 17, 9381-9386 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c01616
9. "Heat-Induced Granular Motion in Quasi-Solid-State Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction"
B. Vrbica, Z. Zhang, A. Sen, A. Ohno, D. Inoue, D. Hashizume, N. Maeda, T. Fukui, T. Fukushima, Y. Yamada*
Chem. Eur. J., (2026), in press, DOI: 10.1002/chem.71429
8. "Interfacial Dynamics of Pt/TiO2 Encapsulation by Strong Metal-Support Interaction Under Repeated Redox Cycles"
A. Al Abdulghani, Y. Qian, A. Anzai, S. Shimoda, K. Shimizu, K. Kojima, T. Sugiyama, N. Maeda*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 130, 6928-6935 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c01787
7. "Redox-Half-Cycle Dynamics of NH3-SCR on Sulfate-Modified CeO2 Revealed by Modulation-Excitation Spectroscopy"
Y. Qian, J. Jorg, N. Zhang, X. Dou, A. Anzai, T. Toyao, T. Sugiyama, N. Maeda, K. Shimizu*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 130, 5429-5440 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c08692
6. "Bronsted Acid Sites in Zeolites Activate Ozone to Generate Reactive Oxygen Species for CO Oxidation"
L. Li*, A. Anzai, Y. Chen, S. Yasumura, N. Maeda, Y. Qian, S. Ren, N. Zhang*, Z. Zhao, T. Toyao, K. Shimizu*
Nature Commun., 17, 4814 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s4167-026-72877-9
5. "Continuous CO2 Capture and Selective Reduction to CO over Main Group Dual-Functional Materials"
S. Miyazaki, A. Anzai*, K. Nagai, T. Miyakage, K. Oguri, S. Mine, T. Toyao, Y. Kanda, N. Maeda, D. Meier, K. Shimizu*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 148, 12826-12838 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20974
4. "Modulation-Excitation Spectroscopic Analysis of Dynamic Behavior of Iodine in Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Film"
T. Yumine*, T. Kamijo, T. Sugiyama, N. Maeda*, A. Harata
J. Phys. Chem. C, 130, 3359-3365 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c08407
3. "Quadruple Switchable Catalysis: sp3 C-H Arylation, Aminomethylation, sp2 C-H Arylation, and Deiodination"
A. Sen, Y. Matsukawa, A. Muranaka, Y. Hatakenaka, A. Al Abdulghani, N. Maeda, A. Ohno, H. Baek, Y. Yamada*
ACS Catal., 16, 3782-3790 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c08315
2. "Upcycling Waste Polyoxymethylene to Value-added Chemicals Using Reusable Polymeric Acid Catalysts at ppm Levels"
A. Sen, A. Ohno, A. Chapman, Y. Xu, J. Zhang, N. Maeda, J. Carlson, Y. Yamada*
Green Chem., 28, 2814-2821 (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06065F
1. "Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 from Direct Air Capture to CO over Na-Promoted Pt Dual-Functional Material"
S. Miyazaki, N. Maeda, A. Anzai*, S. Mine, T. Toyao, D. Meier, R. Selyanchyn, S. Fujikawa, Z. Maeno, K. Shimizu*
Chem.-Asian J., 21, e00923 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500923
2025
5. "Development of Modulation-Excitation Synchrotron Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering with Subnanometer Resolution"A. Al Abdulghani, Y. Yamada, J. Hyodo, T. Sugiyama*, N. Maeda*
J. Phys. Chem. C, 123, 14935-14940 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c03542
4. "CO2 Capture and Reduction to CO in the Presence of CO over In-Cs/ZrO2 Dual-Functional Materials"
Y. Xie, S. Miyazaki, L. Li, K. Li, F. Wang, A. Oda, A. Satsuma, A. Al Abdulghani, N. Maeda, A. Anzai*, T. Toyao, K. Shimizu*
ACS Catal., 15, 12048-12062 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c02675
3. "Surface Dynamics and Size Selectivity of Pt-catalyzed Methane Oxidation Probed by Modulation-Excitation X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy"
A. Al Abdulghani, Y. Qian, K. Shimizu, T. Sugiyama*, N. Maeda*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 16, 4474-4479 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00380
2. "Reaction Mechanism Revisited: Oxidation of Propylene on Supported Palladium Catalyst"
H. Mikami*, H. Tsuchiya, N. Maeda
Langmuir, 41, 11733-11736 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c01016
1. "Toward Low Temperature Regeneration of CO2 Capture Adsorbents: Functionalization of Polyethylenimine"
A. Al Abdulghani, F. Weisshar, J. Hack, A. Fajar, L. Guillaume, N. Maeda*
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 13, 6325-6332 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c01250
2024
1. “In situ/operando spectroscopic evidence on associative redox mechanism for periodic unsteady-state water–gas shift reaction on Au/CeO2 catalyst”N. Zhang, L. Li, Y. Jing, Y. Qian, D. Chen, N. Maeda, T. Murayama, T. Toyao, K. Shimizu*
J. Catal., 433, 115500 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115500
Before appintment at Kyushu University
Patent (国際特許)"Sorbent Materials for Carbon Dioxide Separation"
N. Maeda, F. Weisshar, J. Hack, A. Elkaz, J. Gnehm, D. Meier
WO2023/237579 A1
Peer-reviewd articles
42. “Investigation of CO2-Sorption Characteristics of Readily Available Solid Materials for Indoor Direct Air Capturing”
L. Baus, Sascha Nehr*, N. Maeda, Indoor Air, 2023, Article ID 8821044 (2023)
41. “In Situ Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopic Monitoring of Supercritical CO2 Extraction for Green Process Applications”
R. Sterchi, N. Maeda*, S. Keller,B. Zehnder*, D. M. Meier , Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 62, 3828-3832 (2023)
40. “Review on CO2 Capture using amine-functionalized materials”
J. Hack, N. Maeda*, D. Meier *, ACS Omega, 7, 39520-39530 (2022).
Selected as a supplementary journal cover art.
39. “Branched versus linear structure: lowering the CO2 desorption temperature of polyethylenimine functionalized silica adsorbents”
J. Hack, S. Frazzetto, L. Evers, N. Maeda*, D. Meier *, Energies, 15, 1075 (2022)
38. "Bifunctional electrochemical properties of La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8M0.2O3-δ (M= Ni, Fe, Mn, Cu): efficient elemental doping based on structural and pH dependent study" J. Cheng, P. Ganesan, Z. Wang, M. Zhang, G. Zhang, N. Maeda, J. Matsuda, M. Yamauchi, B. Chi, N. Nakashima*, Materials Advance, 3, 272-281 (2022)
37. “Adsorption states of N2/H2 activated on Ru nanoparticles uncovered by modulation excitation infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations”
D. Rocabado*, T. Noguchi, S. Hayashi, N. Maeda, M. Yamauchi*, T. Ishimoto*, ACS Nano, 15, 20079-29986 (2021).
36. “Operando Spectroscopic Monitoring of Active Species in CO2 Hydrogenation at Elevated Pressure and Temperature: Steady State versus Transient Analysis”
A. Gau, J. Hack, N. Maeda*, D. Meier*, Energy Fuels, 35, 15243-15246 (2021).
35. "Synergistic Effects of Bimetallic AuPd and La2O3 in the Catalytic
Reduction of NO with CO"
X. Wang, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, Catalysts, 311, 916 (2021).
34. "Toward Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Atmosphere: Lowering the Regeneration Temperature of Polyethylenimine-Based Adsorbents by Ionic Liquid" F. Weisshar, A. Gau, J. Hack, N. Maeda, D. M. Meier*, Energy & Fuels, 35, 9059-9062 (2021).
33. "Support Effect of Metal−Organic Frameworks on Ethanol Production through Acetic Acid Hydrogenation" S. Yoshimaru, M. Sadakiyo*, N. Maeda, M. Yamauchi, K. Kato and J. Pirillo, ACS Appl. Interface, 13, 19992-20001 (2021).
32. "Bimetallic AuPd@CeO2 Nanoparticles Supported on Potassium Titanate Nanobelts : A Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Reduction of NO with CO" X. Wang, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, A. Baiker*, Catal. Lett., 151, 2483-2491 (2021).
31. "Influence of the Support in Aqueous Phase Oxidation of Ethanol on Gold/Metal Oxide Catalysts Studied by ATR-IR Spectroscopy under Working Conditions" A. Waheed, X. Wang, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, T. Ishida*, T. Murayama, M. Haruta, A. Baiker*, Catal. Commun., 148, 106183 (2020).
30. "Potassium Titanate Nanobelts : A Unique Support for Au and AuRh Nanoparticles in the Catalytic Reduction of NO with CO" X. Wang, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, A. Baiker*, ChemCatChem, 13, 438-444 (2020).
29. "Strong activity enhancement of the photocatalytic degradation of an azo dye on Au/TiO2 doped with FeOx" A. Waheed, Q. Shi, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, Z. Qin, G. Li, A. Baiker*, Catalysts., 10, 933 (2020).
28. "Support Effects in Iridium-catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol Studied by Modulation-excitation Attenuated Total Reflection IR Spectroscopy" S. Ito, X. Wang, A. Waheed, G. Li, N. Maeda*, D. Meier, S. Naito, A. Baiker*, J. Catal., 393, 42-50 (2020).
27. "CO2-free Energy System—Polymer Electrolyte Alcohol Electro-synthesis Cell with a Low Iridium Content Anode Based on in situ Growth Method" J. Cheng, M. Higashi, N. Maeda, J. Matsuda, M. Yamauchi, N. Nakashima*, Electrochem. Acta, 361, 137078 (2020).
26. "Structure and Catalytic Behavior of Alumina Supported Bimetallic Au-Rh Nanoparticles in the Reduction of NO by CO" X. Wang, H. Wang, N. Maeda*, A. Baiker*, Catalysts, 9, 937 (2019).
25. "Surface Processes Occurring during Aqueous Phase Ethanol Reforming on Ru/TiO2 Tracked by ATR-IR Spectroscopy" A. Waheed, X. Wang, N. Maeda*, S. Naito, A. Baiker*, Appl. Catal. A, 581, 111-115 (2019).
24. " Hydrogenation of Acetophenone on Pd/Silica−Alumina Catalysts with Tunable Acidity: Mechanistic Insight by In Situ ATR-IR Spectroscopy" M. Chen, N. Maeda, A. Baiker*, J. Huang*, ACS Catal., 8, 6594-6600 (2018).
23. "Striking Activity Enhancement of Gold Supported on Ti-Al Mixed Oxide by Promotion with Ceria in the Reduction of NO with CO" X. Wang, X. Wu, N. Maeda*, A. Baiker*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 209, 62-68 (2017).
22. "Synergistic Effects of Au and FeOx Nanocomposites for Catalytic NO Reduction by CO" X. Wang, N. Maeda*, A. Baiker*, ACS Catal., 6, 7898-7906 (2016).
21. "Insight into the mesoporous FexCe1-xO2-δ catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3: Regulable structure and activity " H. Wang, Z. Qu*, H. Xie, N. Maeda, L. Miao, Z. Wang, J. Catal., 338, 56-67 (2016).
20. " Influence of support acidity on the performance of size-confined Pt nanoparticles in the chemoselective hydrogenation of acetophenone " Z. Wang, K.-D. Kim, C. Zhou, M. Chen, N. Maeda, Z. Liu, J, Shi, A. Baiker, M. Hunger, J. Huang*, Catal. Sci. Tech., 5, 2788-2797 (2015).
19. " Insight into the Mechanism of the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Isotope-Modulated Excitation IR Spectroscopy " N. Maeda*, F. Meemken, A. Baiker*, ChemCatChem, 5, 2199-2202 (2013).
18. "Selectivity-Controlling Factors in Catalytic Methanol Amination Studied by Isotopically-Modulated Excitation IR Spectroscopy" N. Maeda*, F. Meemken, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, ACS Catalysis, 3, 219-223 (2013).
17. "Molecular insight into Pt-catalyzed chemoselective hydrogenation of an aromatic ketone by in situ modulation-excitation IR spectroscopy" M. Chen, N. Maeda, A. Baiker*, J. Huang*, ACS Catalysis, 2 (9), 2007-2013 (2012).
16. "Spectroscopic detection of active species on catalytic surfaces: steady-state versus transient method" N. Maeda, F. Meemken, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, CHIMIA, 66 (9), 664-667 (2012).
15. "Platinum-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation: spectroscopic evidence for O-H-O hydrogen bond interaction between substrate and modifier" F. Meemken, N. Maeda*, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51 (33), 8212-8216 (2012).
14. "NOx storage reduction over M/MgAl2O4 (M = Pt, Pd, and Rh): A comparative study" S. Roy, N. van Vegten, N. Maeda, A. Baiker*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 119-120, 279-286 (2012).
13. "Heterogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral alkenoic acid: origin of rate and enantioselectivity enhancement by amine addition" F. Meemken, N. Maeda*, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, ACS Catalysis, 2 (3), 464-467 (2012).
12. "Heterogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of activated ketones: mechanistic insight into the role of alcohol products by in situ modulation-excitation IR spectroscopy" N. Maeda*, S. Sano, T, Mallat, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (6) 4182-4188 (2012).
11. "Asymmetric hydrogenation on chirally modified Pt: Origin of hydrogen in N-H-O interaction of cinchonidine and ketone" N. Maeda*, K. Hungerbühler, A. Baiker*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (49) 19567-19569 (2011).
10. "Influence of Ba precursor on structural and catalytic properties of Pt-Ba/alumina NOx storage-reduction catalyst" N. Maeda, A. Urakawa*, R. Sharma, A. Baiker*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 103 (1-2) 154-162 (2011).
9. "Surface Reactions on Pt during NOx Storage-Reduction Studied by Polarization-Modulation Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy " N. Maeda, A. Urakawa*, A. Baiker*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1 54-58 (2010).
8. "Support effects and chemical gradients along the catalyst bed in NOx storage-reduction studied by space- and time-resolved in situ DRIFTS" N. Maeda, A. Urakawa*, A. Baiker*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (38) 16724-16735 (2009).
7. "Influence of Pt-Ba Proximity on NOx Storage-Reduction Mechanisms: A Space- and Time-Resolved In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Study" N. Maeda, A. Urakawa*, A. Baiker*, Topics in Catalysis, 52 (13) 1746-1751 (2009).
6. "Space- and Time-Resolved Combined DRIFT and Raman Spectroscopy: Monitoring of Dynamic Surface and Bulk Processes during NOx Storage-Reduction " A. Urakawa*, N. Maeda, A. Baiker, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47 (48) 9256-9259 (2008).
5. "H2O-tolerant monolithic catalysts for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen" N. Maeda, T. Matsushima, M. Kotobuki, T. Miyao, H. Uchida, H. Yamashita, M. Watanabe*, Applied Catalysis A: General 370 (1-2) 50-53 (2009). P a g e | 7
4. "Performance of Pt-Fe/mordenite monolithic catalysts for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in a reformate gas for PEFCs" N. Maeda, T. Matsushima, H. Uchida, H. Yamashita, M. Watanabe*, Applied Catalysis A: General 341 (1-2) 93-97 (2008).
3. "Formation of acetaldehyde and acetonitrile by CH4-CO-NO reaction over silica supported Rh and Ru catalysts" N. Maeda, T. Miyao, S. Naito*, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 147 589-594 (2004).
2. "Cationic Rh-catalyzed CO insertion into surface carbonaceous species formed by the decomposition of methane in the presence of nitric oxide" N. Maeda, T. Miyao, S. Naito*, Catalysis Letters 91 (3-4) 175-179 (2003).
1. "Marked role of carbon monoxide in the formation of benzene during CH4-CO reaction over Rh/SiO2 catalysts" N. Maeda, M. Miyauchi, T. Miyao, S. Naito*, Catalysis Letters 84 (3-4) 245-249 (2002).
