Publications and Patents

Hydrogen sensors and metal hydrides

Palladium-PTFE Metal–Polymer Nanocomposite Film Produced by Cosputtering for Hydrogen Sensing Applications. Bannenberg, L.J., Krishnan, G., Boshuizen, B. & Schreuders, H. (2025). ACS Applied Energy Materials

Optical Hydrogen Sensing Materials for Applications at Sub‐Zero Temperatures. Yuan, Z., Schreuders, H., Dankelman, R., Dam, B., & Bannenberg, L. J. (2025). Temperatures. Advanced Functional Materials, 2420087.

Tantalum-palladium alloy based optical micro-mirror hydrogen sensor Verhoeff, D. J., Schreuders, H., & Bannenberg, L. J. (2025). Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 428, 137229.

Thin Film TaFe, TaCo, and TaNi as Potential Optical Hydrogen Sensing Materials Bannenberg, Lars J., Isa M. Veeneman, Folkert IB Straus, Hsin-Yu Chen, Christy J. Kinane, Stephen Hall, Michel A. Thijs, and Herman Schreuders. ACS omega 9, no. 40 (2024): 41978-41989.

Design of a metal hydride-coated tilted fibre Bragg grating (TFBG) based hydrogen sensor (2024) Dissanayake, Kasun PW, H. Sandra Dewi, Herman Schreuders, Lars J. Bannenberg, and Roger M. Groves. Optical Sensing and Detection VIII, vol. 12999. SPIE, 2024.

Metal hydride hydrogen sensing materials from 28° C to 270° C (2024). Dewi, H. S., Dissanayake, K. P., Schreuders, H., Groves, R. M., & Bannenberg, L. J. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 84, 606-614.

Towards hydrogen fueled aircraft: metal hydrides for optical hydrogen sensors operating above room temperature. (2024) Dewi, H. S., Dissanayake, K. P., Schreuders, H., Bannenberg, L. J., & Groves, R. M. Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2024 (Vol. 12949, pp. 75-80). SPIE.

Structural and Optical Properties of Thin Film β‑Ta upon Exposure to Hydrogen to Asses Its Applicability as Hydrogen Sensing Material (2024), LJ Bannenberg, DJ Verhoeff, Nick Jonckers-Newton, Michel Thijs, Herman Schreuders. ACS Applied Nano Materials 7 (2), 1757-1766

Algorithm to suppress drift for micro-mirror and other intensity modulated hydrogen sensors (2024) LJ Bannenberg IEEE Sensors Journal 23 (24) 30720-30727

Completely elastic deformation of hydrogenated Ta thin films (2023) L.J. Bannenberg, L. Blom, K. Sakaki, K. Asano, H. Schreuders ACS Materials Letters 5 (4), 962-969

Tuning the Properties of Thin-Film TaRu for Hydrogen-Sensing Applications (2023) LJ Bannenberg, H Schreuders, N van Beugen, C Kinane, S Hall, B Dam ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (6), 8033-8045

Hydrogenation kinetics of metal hydride catalytic layers (2022) L.J. Bannenberg, B Boshuizen, F.A.A. Ardy Nugroho, H Schreuders ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tantalum‐Palladium: Hysteresis‐Free Optical Hydrogen Sensor Over 7 Orders of Magnitude in Pressure with Sub‐Second Response (2021) L Bannenberg, H Schreuders, B Dam Advanced Functional Materials 31 (16), 2010483

Suppression of the Phase Coexistence of the fcc–fct Transition in Hafnium-Hydride Thin Films (2022) LJ Bannenberg, H Schreuders, H Kim, K Sakaki, S Hayashi, K Ikeda, K. Asano, B. Dam The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, 10969-10974

Metal (boro-) hydrides for high energy density storage and relevant emerging technologies (2020) LJ Bannenberg, M Heere, H Benzidi, J Montero, EM Dematteis, S Suwarno, T Jaroń, M Winny, PA Orłowski, W Wegner, A Starobrat, KJ Fijałkowski, W Grochala, Z Qian, J-P Bonnet, I Nuta, W Lohstroh, C. Zlotea, O Mounkachi, F Cuevas, C Chatillon, M Latroche, M Fichtner, M Baricco, BC Hauback, A El Kharbachi. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45 (58), 33687-33730

Metal Hydride Based Optical Hydrogen Sensors (2020) LJ Bannenberg, C Boelsma, K Asano, H Schreuders, B Dam Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 89 (5), 051003

Metal Hydrides and Related Materials. Energy Carriers for Novel Hydrogen and Electrochemical Storage (2020) A El Kharbachi, EM Dematteis, K Shinzato, SC Stevenson, LJ Bannenberg, M Heere, C Zlotea, P Á Szilágyi, J-P Bonnet, W Grochala, DH Gregory, T Ichikawa, M Baricco, BC Hauback The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (14), 7599-7607

Optical thin-film hydrogen sensing material based on tantalum or other group V element alloy (2020) LJ Bannenberg, H Schreuders (patent)

Metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterials for plasmonic ultrafast hydrogen detection (2019) F.A.A. Nugroho, I. Darmadi, L. Cusinato, A. Susarrey-Arce, H. Schreuders, L.J. Bannenberg, A. Bastos da Silva Fanta, A. Kadkhodazadeh, J.B. Wagner, T.J. Antosiewicz, A. Hellman, V.P. Zhdanov, B. Dam, C. Langhammer Nature materials 18 (5), 489-495

Optical hydrogen sensing beyond palladium: Hafnium and tantalum as effective sensing materials (2019) LJ Bannenberg, C Boelsma, H Schreuders, S Francke, NJ Steinke, B. Dam Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 283, 538-548

Direct Comparison of PdAu Alloy Thin Films and Nanoparticles upon Hydrogen Exposure (2019) L.J. Bannenberg, F.A.A. Nugroho, H. Schreuders, B. Norder, T.T. Trinh, N.J. Steinke, A.A. van Well, C. Langhammer, B. Dam ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (17), 15489-15497

Hafnium—an optical hydrogen sensor spanning six orders in pressure (2017) C Boelsma, LJ Bannenberg, MJ Van Setten, NJ Steinke, AA Van Well, B. Dam Nature communications 8, 15718

Impact of nanostructuring on the phase behavior of insertion materials: The hydrogenation kinetics of a magnesium thin film (2016) L.J. Bannenberg, H. Schreuders, L. van Eijck, J.R. Heringa, N.J. Steinke, F. Mulder, B. Dam, A.A. van Well The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 (19), 10185-10191

Neutron Reflectometry

Understanding the Role of Hydrogen and Oxygen in Electronic Phase Changes of Nickelates Guasco, Laura, Rebecca Pons, David Cortie, Lars J. Bannenberg, Peter Wochner, Eberhard Goering, Peter Nagel et al. Advanced Functional Materials (2024): 2419253.

The completely renewed and upgraded neutron reflectometer at the TU Delft Reactor Institute (2023) L.J. Bannenberg, R. Bresser, P. van der Ende, M. van Exter, W. van Goozen, F. Naastepad, M.A. Thijs, M.N. Verleg, C.F. de Vroege, R. Waaijer, A.A. van Well The Review of scientific instruments 94 (11), 113901

Hydrogen Absorption into Copper-Coated Titanium Measured by In Situ Neutron Reflectometry and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (2023) A Situm, B Bahadormanesh, LJ Bannenberg, F Ooms, HA Feltham, G Popov, M Behazin, LV Goncharova, JJ Noël Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 (4), 041503

in-situ 3He neutron spin filters at JCNS, status and updates (2023) E Babcock, Z Salhi, A Feoktystov, LJ Bannenberg, SR Parnell, D Alba Venero, V Hutanu, H Thoma, J Xu, P Pistel, J Damean, A Ioffe, S Mattauch Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2481 (1), 012009

Versatile pressure and temperature controlled cell for neutron reflectometry and small-angle neutron scattering (2023) LJ Bannenberg, M van Exter, MN Verleg, B Boshuizen, SR Parnell, MA Thijs, H Schreuders Journal of Neutron Research, 1-13

Completely elastic deformation of hydrogenated Ta thin films (2023) LJ Bannenberg, L Blom, K Sakaki, K Asano, H Schreuders ACS Materials Letters 5 (4), 962-969

Tuning the Properties of Thin-Film TaRu for Hydrogen-Sensing Applications (2023) LJ Bannenberg, H Schreuders, N van Beugen, C Kinane, S Hall, B Dam ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (6), 8033-8045

Anti-bacterial efficacy via drug-delivery system from layer-by-layer coating for percutaneous dental implant components (2019) ED de Avila, AGB Castro, O Tagit, BP Krom, D Löwik, AA van Well, LJ Bannenberg, CE Vergani, JJJP van den Beucken Applied Surface Science 488, 194-204

Comparison of PdAu Alloy Thin Films and Nanoparticles upon Hydrogen Exposure (2019) L.J. Bannenberg, F.A.A. Nugroho, H. Schreuders, B. Norder, T.T. Trinh, N.J. Steinke, A.A. van Well, C. Langhammer, B. Dam ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (17), 15489-15497

Hafnium—an optical hydrogen sensor spanning six orders in pressure (2017) C Boelsma, LJ Bannenberg, MJ Van Setten, NJ Steinke, AA Van Well, B. Dam Nature communications 8, 15718

Photochromic materials and oxyhydrides

Aliovalent Calcium Doping of Yttrium Oxyhydride Thin Films and Implications for Photochromism (2022) D Chaykina, I Usman, G Colombi, H Schreuders, B Tyburska-Pueschel, L.J. Bannenberg, B. Dam The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (34), 14742-14749

Influence of Crystal Structure, Encapsulation, and Annealing on Photochromism in Nd Oxyhydride Thin Films (2022) D Chaykina, F Nafezarefi, G Colombi, S Cornelius, LJ Bannenberg, B Dam The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (4), 2276-2284

Battery and electrochemical energy storage materials

Revealing Local Diffusion Dynamics in Hybrid Solid Electrolytes. S Zhang, LF Mueller, L Macray, M Wagemaker, LJ Bannenberg. (2025) ACS Energy Letters

Enhancing Zn Deposition Reversibility on MXene Current Collectors by Forming ZnF₂‐Containing Solid‐Electrolyte Interphase for Anode‐Free Zinc Metal Batteries. C. Chen, R. Guo, S. Ganapathy, B. Terpstra, H. Wang, Z. Lei, F. Ooms, B. Boshuizen, M. Wagemaker, L.J. Bannenberg, X. Wang. (2025) Small 2407226

Elucidating the Impact of Functional Additives on the Structure and Ion Dynamics of Hybrid Solid Electrolytes. S Zhang, Y Li, LJ Bannenberg, M Liu, M Wagemaker, S Ganapathy. (2025) Advanced Energy Materials, 2406003

High‐Rate Polymeric Redox in MXene‐Based Superlattice‐Like Heterostructure for Ammonium Ion Storage Chen, C., Quek, G., Liu, H., Bannenberg, L., Li, R., Choi, J., … & Wang, X. (2024). Advanced Energy Materials, 14(42), 2402715.

The lasting impact of formation cycling on the Li-ion kinetics between SEI and the Li-metal anode and its correlation with efficiency (2024) Shengnan Zhang, Yuhang Li, Lars J Bannenberg, Ming Liu, Swapna Ganapathy, Marnix Wagemaker. Science Advances 10 (3), eadj8889

High dielectric filler for all-solid-state lithium metal battery (2024) C. Wang, M. Liu, L.J. Bannenberg, C. Zhao, M. Thijs, B. Boshuizen, S. Ganapathy, M. Wagemaker Journal of Power Sources 589, 233768

Enhancing pseudocapacitive intercalation in Ti3C2Tx MXene with molecular crowding electrolytes (2023) C Chen, A de Kogel, M Weijers, LJ Bannenberg, X Wang 2D Materials 11 (1), 015001

Interfacial Designs of MXenes for Mild Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Storage (2023) R Guo, C Chen, LJ Bannenberg, H Wang, H Liu, M Yu, Z Sofer, Z Lei, X Wang Small Methods, 2201683

Li5NCl2: A Fully-Reduced, Highly-Disordered Nitride-Halide Electrolyte for Solid-State Batteries with Lithium-Metal Anodes (2023) V Landgraf, T Famprikis, J de Leeuw, LJ Bannenberg, S Ganapathy, M. Wagemaker ACS Applied Energy Materials 6 (3), 1661-1672

Design and characterization of 2D MXene-based electrode with high-rate capability (2021) X Wang, L Bannenberg MRS Bulletin 46 (8), 755-766

Solar energy materials

Metastable Oxygen-Induced Light-Enhanced Doping in Mixed Sn–Pb Halide Perovskites (2024) Nespoli, Jasmeen, Matthijs Mugge, Lara M. van der Poll, Snigdha Lal, Bahiya Ibrahim, Bart Boshuizen, Valentina M. Caselli, Arjan J. Houtepen, Lars J. Bannenberg, and Tom J. Savenije. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 45 (2024): 30860-30870.

Unraveling the Positive Effects of Glycine Hydrochloride on the Performance of Pb–Sn‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells (2024) Kessels, Lana M., Willemijn HM Remmerswaal, Lara M. van der Poll, Laura Bellini, Lars J. Bannenberg, Martijn M. Wienk, Tom J. Savenije, and René AJ Janssen. Solar RRL 8, no. 21: 2400506.

Development and Characterization of N₂O-Plasma Oxide Layers for High-Temperature p-Type Passivating Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells (2024) Libraro, Sofia, Lars J. Bannenberg, Theodosios Famprikis, David Reyes, Julien Hurni, Ezgi Genc, Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Franz-Josef Haug, and Audrey Morisset. “Development and Characterization of N2O-Plasma Oxide Layers for High-Temperature p-Type Passivating Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, no. 36: 47931-47943.

Temperature‐Dependent Interplay between Structural and Charge Carrier Dynamics in CsMAFA‐Based Perovskites (2024) Jiashang Zhao, Xiaohui Liu, Zijin Wu, Bahiya Ibrahim, Jos Thieme, Geert Brocks, Shuxia Tao, Lars J Bannenberg, Tom J Savenije. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (13), 2311727

Understanding and mitigating resistive losses in fired passivating contacts: role of the interfaces and optimization of the thermal budget (2023) S Libraro, A Morisset, J Hurni, E Genç, L Antognini, LJ Bannenberg, T Famprikis, C Ballif, A Hessler-Wyser, F-J Haug Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 263, 112591

Crystallization Process for High-Quality Cs0.15FA0.85PbI2.85Br0.15 Film Deposited via Simplified Sequential Vacuum Evaporation (2023) J Yan, J Zhao, H Wang, M Kerklaan, LJ Bannenberg, B Ibrahim, TJ Savenije, L Mazzarella, O Isabella ACS Applied Energy Materials

Charge Carrier Dynamics in Co-evaporated MAPbI3 with a Gradient in Composition (2023) J Zhao, J Li, X Liu, LJ Bannenberg, A Bruno, TJ Savenije ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 (6), 7049-7055

In Situ Reflectometry and Diffraction Investigation of the Multiscale Structure of p-Type Polysilicon Passivating Contacts for c-Si Solar Cells (2022) A Morisset, T Famprikis, FJ Haug, A Ingenito, C Ballif, LJ Bannenberg ACS applied materials & interfaces 14 (14), 16413-16423

Magnetic materials and other publications

Observation of a giant Goos-Hänchen shift for matter waves S McKay, VO de Haan, J Leiner, SR Parnell, RM Dalgliesh, P Boeni, LJ Bannenberg, Q Le Thien, DV Baxter, G Ortiz, R Pynn (2025). Physical Review Letters 134 (9), 093803

Distortion and Destabilization of Mg Hydride Facing High Entropy Alloy Matrix (2024) Asano, Kohta, Lars J. Bannenberg, Herman Schreuders, Hirotada Hashimoto, Shigehito Isobe, Yuki Nakahira, Akihiko Machida, Hyunjeong Kim, and Kouji Sakaki. “Distortion and Destabilization of Mg Hydride Facing High Entropy Alloy Matrix.” ACS Applied Energy Materials 7, no. 24: 11644-11651.

Molecular Arrangement and Thermal Properties of Bisamide Organogelators in the Solid State (2023) E Ghanbari, A Krishnamurthy, SJ Picken, EA Klop, LJ Bannenberg, … Langmuir 38 (50), 15782-15795

Field-induced vortex-like textures as a probe of the critical line in reentrant spin glasses (2020) N Martin, LJ Bannenberg, M Deutsch, C Pappas, G Chaboussant, … Scientific Reports 11 (1), 20753

Evolution of helimagnetic correlations when approaching the quantum critical point of (2020) C Pappas, AO Leonov, LJ Bannenberg, P Fouquet, T Wolf, F Weber Physical Review Research 3 (1), 013019

Skyrmions and spirals in MnSi under hydrostatic pressure (2019) LJ Bannenberg, R Sadykov, RM Dalgliesh, C Goodway, DL Schlagel, … Physical Review B 100 (5), 054447

Multiple low-temperature skyrmionic states in a bulk chiral magnet (2019) LJ Bannenberg, H Wilhelm, R Cubitt, A Labh, MP Schmidt, … npj Quantum Materials 4 (1), 11

Magnetization and ac susceptibility study of the cubic chiral magnet LJ Bannenberg, F Weber, AJE Lefering, T Wolf, C Pappas Physical Review B 98 (18), 184430

Evolution of helimagnetic correlations in with doping: A small-angle neutron scattering study LJ Bannenberg, RM Dalgliesh, T Wolf, F Weber, C Pappas Physical Review B 98 (18), 184431

New magnetic phase of the chiral skyrmion material Cu2OSeO3 F Qian, LJ Bannenberg, H Wilhelm, G Chaboussant, LM Debeer-Schmitt, … Science advances 4 (9), eaat7323

Spin textures induced by quenched disorder in a reentrant spin glass: Vortices versus “frustrated” skyrmions I Mirebeau, N Martin, M Deutsch, LJ Bannenberg, C Pappas, … Physical Review B 98 (1), 014420

1.5 GPa compact double-wall clamp cell for SANS and NSE studies at low temperatures and high magnetic fields R Sadykov, C Pappas, LJ Bannenberg, RM Dalgliesh, P Falus, … Journal of Neutron Research 20 (1-2), 25-33

Reorientations, relaxations, metastabilities, and multidomains of skyrmion lattices LJ Bannenberg, F Qian, RM Dalgliesh, N Martin, G Chaboussant, … Physical Review B 96 (18), 184416

Magnetic fluctuations, precursor phenomena, and phase transition in MnSi under a magnetic field C Pappas, LJ Bannenberg, E Lelièvre-Berna, F Qian, CD Dewhurst, … Physical Review Letters 119 (4), 047203

Universality of the helimagnetic transition in cubic chiral magnets: Small angle neutron scattering and neutron spin echo spectroscopy studies of FeCoSi LJ Bannenberg, K Kakurai, P Falus, E Lelièvre-Berna, R Dalgliesh, … Physical Review B 95 (14), 144433

Magnetic relaxation phenomena in the chiral magnet : An ac susceptibility study LJ Bannenberg, AJE Lefering, K Kakurai, Y Onose, Y Endoh, Y Tokura, … Physical Review B 94 (13), 134433

Extended skyrmion lattice scattering and long-time memory in the chiral magnet LJ Bannenberg, K Kakurai, F Qian, E Lelièvre-Berna, CD Dewhurst, … Physical Review B 94 (10), 104406