Kubicek, Markus, Dr.

Education

Ph.D. Physical sciences, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2013
Lanthanum Strontium Cobaltite as Model System to Study Relationships of Surface Chemistry, Structure, and the Oxygen Exchange Kinetics
M.Sc. Technical chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2010

Publications

• Kubicek, M.; Schmitt, R.; Messerschmitt, F.; Rupp, J.L.M.
  Uncovering Two Competing Switching Mechanisms for Epitaxial and Ultra-Thin Strontium Titanate-Based Resistive Switching Bits
  ACS Nano, 9, 11, 10737 (2015)
• Messerschmitt, F.; Kubicek, M.; Rupp, J.L.M.
  How does Moisture affect the Physical Property of Memristance for Anionic-Electronic Resistive Switching Memories?
  Advanced Functional Materials, online (2015)
• Bork, A.H.; Kubicek, M.; Struzik, M.; Rupp, J.L.M.
  Perovskite La0.6Sr0.4Cr1-xCoxO3-δ Solid Solutions for Solar-Thermochemical Fuel Production: Strategies to Lower the Operation Temperature
  Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3, 15546 (2015)
• Messerschmitt, F.; Kubicek, M.; Schweiger S.; Rupp, J.L.M.
  Memristor Kinetics and Diffusion Characteristics for Mixed Anionic-Electronic SrTiO_3-δ: The Memristor-based Cottrell Analysis Connecting Material to Device Performance
  Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 47, 7448 (2014)
• Schweiger, S.; Kubicek, M.; Messerschmitt, F.; Murer, C.; Rupp, J.L.M.
  A Micro-Dot Multilayer Oxide Device: Let’s Tune the Strain-Ionic Transport Interaction
  ACS Nano, 8, 5, 5032 (2014)
• Kubicek, M.; Cai, Z.; Wen, M.; Yildiz, B.; Hutter, H.; Fleig, J.
  Tensile Lattice Strain Accelerates Oxygen Surface Exchange and Diffusion in La_1-xSr_xCoO_3-δ Thin Films.
  ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (4), 3276
• Fleig, J.; Kubicek, M.; Huber, S.; Ahrens, M.; Langer-Hansel, K.; Gerstl, M.; Hutter, H.
  Ion Transfer and Ion Transport in Thin Oxide Films Investigated by Complementary Tracer Diffusion and Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements.
  ECS Transactions 2012; 203
• Hagleitner, D. R.; Menhart, M.; Jacobson, P.; Blomberg, S.; Schulte, K.; Lundgren, E.; Kubicek, M.; Fleig, J.; Kubel, F.; Puls, C.; Limbeck, A.; Hutter, H.; Boatner, L. A.; Schmid, M.; Diebold, U.
  Bulk and Surface Characterization of In₂O₃ (001) Single Crystals.
  Phys Rev B 2012, 85
• Cai, Z. H.; Kubicek, M.; Fleig, J.; Yildiz, B.
  Chemical Heterogeneities on La_0.6Sr_0.4CoO_3-δ: Thin Films-Correlations to Cathode Surface Activity and Stability.
  Chem Mater 2012, 24, 1116
• Opitz, A. K.; Lutz, A.; Kubicek, M.; Kubel, F.; Hutter, H.; Fleig, J.
  Investigation of the Oxygen Exchange Mechanism on Pt | Yttria-stabilized Zirconia at Intermediate Temperatures: Surface Path versus Bulk Path.
  Electrochim Acta 2011, 56, 9727
• Kubicek, M.; Limbeck, A.; Fromling, T.; Hutter, H.; Fleig, J.
  Relationship between Cation Segregation and the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Kinetics of La_0.6Sr_0.4CoO_3-δ Thin Film Electrodes.
  Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2011, 158, B727
• Fleig, J.; Opitz, A.; Schintlmeister, A.; Kubicek, M.; Hutter, H.
  Monitoring Active and Resistive Zones of SOFC Cathodes by Voltage Driven Tracer Incorporation.
  ECS Transactions 2011, 35, 2217
• Kubicek, M.; Limbeck, A.; Fromling, T.; Hutter, H.; Fleig, J.
  Surface Cation Segregation and its Effect on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Mixed Conducting Electrodes Investigated by ToF-SIMS and ICP-OES.
  ECS Transactions 2011, 35, 1975
• Joo, J. H.; Merkle, R.; Maier, J.; Kubicek, M.; Januschewsky, J.; Fleig, J.; Oestereich, A.; Hlavathy, Z.; Hävecker, M.; Knop-Gericke, A.; Schlögl, R.
  XPS on Mixed Conducting Perovskites at Elevated Temperatures and Close-to-Ambient Gas Pressure.
  Diffusion Fundamentals 2010, 12, 67
• Januschewsky, J.; Kubicek, M.; Stoeger-Pollach, M.; Bernardi, J.; Fleig, J.
  Structural and Chemical Investigations of (La, Sr)CoO_3-δ Thin Film Electrodes Exhibiting Very Fast Oxygen Reduction Kinetics.
  ECS Transactions 2009, 25, 2397

Fellowships, Awards and Honors

Best Poster Award at Solid State Ionics 18 conference, Warsaw, Poland. 2011
Kubicek et al.: “The Relation between Oxygen Reduction Kinetics and Surface Chemistry of La_0.6Sr_0.4CoO_3-δ La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_1-xFe_xO_3-δ Thin Film Cathodes”

Research

Markus Kubicek was working on perovskite oxides and his research activities can be categorized in three main topics, whereby a certain overlap exists between the topics, which is utilized to find synergies to also advance in the respective other fields.

Resistive Switching and Memristors are especially promising for future high density, low energy memory applications. Here a perovskite oxide between two electrodes can be switched into two or more different resistive states. Fundamental questions are of interest, such as: What are the exact requirements for resistive switching? What different mechanisms for switching can be realized? What are the limits in size and power consumption for a memristive device?

The term “Solar to Fuel” is used for a two-step thermo-chemical cycling process, in which H₂O and CO₂ are converted by use of solar energy into H₂ and CO - higher energy compounds - which can then be chemically converted into liquid fuels. State-of-the-art in this novel and very promising energy technology is to use metal oxides such as CeO_x or FeO_x. However, perovskite oxides are very promising new materials for this application with the potential to improve the efficiency and reduce the necessary high cycling temperatures of the conversion process.

Understanding physics and chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces is crucial to engineer and advance properties of functional perovskite oxides. Interfaces and defects of perovskite oxides determine the kinetics and functionality of any electrochemical device based on them. Research interests here include thin film growth and -analytics, the oxygen exchange reaction, diffusion parameters of perovskite cations and anions, chemical changes at surfaces and interfaces with temperature, gas atmospheres, or voltage.