Freie Universität Berlin (FU-Berlin)
Institut für Chemie und Biochemie (SupraFAB)
Altensteinstraße 23A
D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Office: 205
Mail: christian.halbig@fu-berlin.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 838 63201
Scientific
From 2D Materials to 3D Structures
Current Research Focus
Fundamental Aspects on the Formation, Structure and Functionalisation of oxo-functionalized Graphene and thereout derived Graphene
Ph.D. Thesis
Synthese und Charakterisierung von Uran-IV-Komplexen mit Chalcogenid-Liganden
Bachelor Thesis
Research Topics
Graphene Oxide
Graphene
Functionalization
Post-Processing
Application
Awards
Forum Junge Spitzenforschung 2025
Finalist and 4th place with “CompactWater”
Science & Startups Berlin 2025
Winner in the idea competition “100-to-100”
Tiburtius-Award 2019
3rd price for outstanding dissertation in Berlin
Curriculum Vitae
since 11/2021
PostDoc with focus on applied nanomaterials at FU Berlin, Germany
04/2019 – 11/2021
PostDoc at National University of Singapore (in the Lab of Prof. Dr. Slaven Garaj)
02/2017 – 12/2018
PhD-student in organic chemistry at FU Berlin, Germany
09/2014 – 02/2017
PhD-student in organic chemistry at Joint Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
04/2013 – 08/2014
Study of third subject at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg “Erweiterungsfach: Geographie”
10/2008 – 03/2013
Begin of studies at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg “Lehramt Gymnasium Biologie und Chemie”
Publications
- A. Dimiev*, C. E. Halbig*, A. Talyzin*
A critical review to avoid common misinterpretations in characterizing graphene oxide
Chem Rev. 2026, accepted - C. E. Halbig*, R. Zambare, B. Mukherjee, S. Garaj*
The multidiverse graphene oxide: How the fine structure affects structural analysis and performance in reverse osmosis membranes
Carbon Trends, 2025, 21, 100565. - X. Chen*, S. Wolff, S. Zuieva, R. Schusterbauer, R. Shaikh, C. E. Halbig, A. Habel, R. Gillen, K. C. Knirsch, I. Donskyi, S. Eigler, J. Maultzsch, A. Hirsch
Controlled Growth of Oligophenylene-Structures on Graphene for Facile Secondary functionalization.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35, 43, 2425776. - L. Merkel, C. Neumann, C. E. Halbig, A. Habel, X. Chen, A. Turchanin, S. Eigler*
Orthogonal Functionalization of Oxo-Graphene Nanoribbons.
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 21, 5, e20250482 - C. E. Halbig,* F. Fels, S. Wei, R. Schusterbauer, I. Donskyi, M. R. Heinrich*, S. Eigler
Controlled Growth of Oligophenylene-Structures on Graphene for Facile Secondary functionalization.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202504482. - L. Merkel, A. Setaro, C. E. Halbig, S. Shimizu, T. Yoshii, H. Nishihara, T. Hilal, G. Algra-Siller, C. Koch, S. Eigler*
Structural Model of Oxidatively Unzipped Narrow Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon 2024, 229, 119454. - F. Grote, B. I. Weintrub, M. Kreßler, Q. Cao, C. E. Halbig, P. Kusch, K. Bolotin, S. Eigler*
Evidence for Trans-Oligoene Chain Formation in Graphene Induced by Iodine
Small 2024, 20, 32, 2311987. - C. E. Halbig*, B. Mukherjee, S. Eigler, S. Garaj*
Origin of oxygen in graphene oxide revealed by 17O and 18O isotopic labelling.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11, 7431–7438. - R. Malhotra, C. E. Halbig, Y. F. Sim, C. T. Lim, D. T. Leong, A. H. Castro Neto*, S. Garaj*, V. Rosa*
Cytotoxicity survey of commercial graphene materials from worldwide.
npj 2D Mater. Appl. 2022, 6, 1 65. - M. Li, W.-W. Zuo, Q. Wang, K.-L. Wang, M.-P. Zhuo, H. Köbler, C. E. Halbig, S. Eigler*, Y.-G. Yang, X.-Y. Gao, Z.-K. Wang*, Y. Li, A. Abate*
Ultrathin Nanosheets of Oxo?functionalized Graphene Inhibit the Ion Migration in Perovskite Solar Cells.
Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 1902653. - P. Feicht*, J. Biskupek, T. E. Gorelik, J. Renner, C. E. Halbig, M. Mranska, F. Puchtler, U. Kaiser, S. Eigler*
Brodie or Hummers – Oxidation conditions determine the structure of graphene oxide.
Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 38, 8955-8959. - C. E. Halbig, R. Lasch, J. Krüll, A. Pirzer, Z. P. Wang, J. N. Kirchhof, K. I. Bolotin, M. R. Heinrich*, S. Eigler*
Selective functionalization of graphene at defect activated sites by arylazocarboxylic tert-butylesters.
Angew. Chem. 2019, 58, 3559-5603. - K. W. Silverstein, C. E. Halbig, J. S. Mehta, A Sharma, S. Eigler*, J. M. Mativetsky*
Voltage-Reduced Low-Defect Graphene Oxide: A High Conductivity, Near-Zero Temperature Coefficient of Resistance Material.
Nanoscale 2019, 11, 3112-3116. - L. Han, Y. Sun, S. Li, C. Cheng, C. E. Halbig, P. Feicht, P. Strasser*, S. Eigler*
In-plane Carbon Lattice-defect Regulating Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide Production over Nitrogen-doped Graphene.
ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 1283-1288. - C. E. Halbig, O. Martin, F. Hauke, S. Eigler*, A. Hirsch*
Oxo-Functionalized Graphene – A Versatile for Alkylated Graphene Sheets by Reductive Functionalization.
Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 13348-13354. - S. Seiler, C. E. Halbig, F. Grote, P. Rietsch, F. Börrnert, U. Kaiser, B. Meyer,* and S. Eigler*
Effect of friction on oxidative graphite intercalation and high-quality graphene formation.
Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 836. - T. J. Nacken, C. E. Halbig, S. Wawra, C. Damm, S. Romeis, J. Walter, M. J. Tehrani, Y. Ishii, S. Eigler*, W. Peukert*
Structural factors controlling size reduction of graphene oxide in liquid processing.
Carbon, 2017, 125, 360-369. - P. Feicht, R. Siegel, H. Thurm, J. W. Neubauer, M. Seuss, T. Szabo, A. V. Talyzin, C. E. Halbig, S. Eigler, D. A. Kunz, A. Fery, G. Papastavrou, J. Senker, J. Breu*
Systematic evaluation of different types of graphene oxide in respect to variations in their in-plane modulus.
Carbon, 2017, 114, 700-705. - B. Butz*, C. Dolle, C. E. Halbig, E. Spiecker, S. Eigler*
Highly Intact and Pure Oxo-Functionalized Graphene: Synthesis and Electron-Beam-Induced Reduction.
Nahezu vollständig intaktes und sauberes oxo-functionalisiertes Graphen – Synthese und elektronenstrahlinduzierte Reduktion.
Angew. Chem., 2016, 128 (51), 16003-16006.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55 (51), 15771-15774. - H. Pieper, C. E. Halbig, L. Kovbasyuk, S. Eigler*, A. Mokhir*
Oxo-functionalized graphene as cell membrane carrier of nucleic acid probes controlled by aging.
Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22 (43), 15389-15395. - A. Naumov*, F. Grote, M. Overgaard, A. Roth, C. E. Halbig, K. Nørgaard, D. M. Guldi, S. Eigler*
Graphene Oxide: A One- versus Two-Component Material.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (36), 11445–11448. - S. M. Belade-Mousavi, S. Sadaf, L. Walder*, M. Gallei, C. Rüttiger, S. Eigler, C. E. Halbig
Poly(vinylferrocene) – Reduced Graphene Oxide as a High Power / High Capacity Cathodic Battery Material.
Adv. Energy Mater., 2016, 6, 1600108. - C. E. Halbig, T. J. Nacken, J. Walter, C. Damm, S. Eigler*, W. Peukert
Quantitative investigation of the fragmentation process and defect density evolution of oxo-functionalized graphene due to ultrasonication and milling.
Carbon, 2016, 96, 897-903. - S. Schindler, F. Vollnhals, C. E. Halbig, H. Marbach, H.-P. Steinrück, C. Papp*, S. Eigler*
Focused Electron Beam based Direct-Write Fabrication of Graphene and Amorphous Carbon from Oxo-Functionalized Graphene on Silicon Dioxide.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 2683-2686. - H. Chen, Y. Hou, C. E. Halbig, S. Chen, H. Zhang, N. Li, F. Guo, X. Tang*, N. Gasparini, I. Levchuk, S. Kahmann, C. O. R. Quiroz, A. Osvet, S. Eigler, C. J. Brabec*
Extending the environmental lifetime of unpackaged perovskite solar cells through interfacial design.
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 11604-11610. - R. Flynt*, W. Knolle, A. Kahnt, C. E. Halbig, S. Eigler, A. Lotnyk, T. Häuptl, A. Prager, B. Abel*
High quality reduced graphene oxide flakes by fast kinetically controlled and clean indirect UV-induced radical reduction.
Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 7572-7579. - H. Pieper, S. Chercheja, S. Eigler, C. E. Halbig, M. R. Filipovic, A. Mokhir*
Endoperoxides revealed as origin of toxicity of graphene oxide
Toxizität von Graphenoxid: Endoperoxide als Ursache.
Angew. Chem., 2016, 128, 413-416.
Angew. Chem. Int. E., 2016, 55, 405-407. - C. E. Halbig, P. Rietsch, S. Eigler*
Towards the Synthesis of Graphene Azide from Graphene Oxide.
Molecules, 2015, 20, 21050-21057.