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Aldo Steinfeld

Aldo Steinfeld

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Switzerland
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Switzerland
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
102
Citations
36426
World Ranking
57
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2013 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Aldo Steinfeld is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, specializing in engineering and materials science with a strong focus on chemical engineering. Their scholarly work is distributed across several related subfields, including biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research interests primarily encompass chemical looping and thermochemical processes, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, carbon dioxide capture technologies, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

Steinfeld has contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with researchers such as Brendan Bulfin, J. Madhusudhan Naik, Greta R. Patzke, Mario Zuber, and Sebastian Sas Brunser.

They have published in a variety of scientific venues, with repeated appearances in the Chemical Engineering Journal, Frontiers in Energy Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Cambridge Structural Database, and Solar Energy.

Their recent papers include:

  • Drop-in fuels from sunlight and air, 2021, Nature
  • A solar tower fuel plant for the thermochemical production of kerosene from H2O and CO2, 2022, Joule
  • Is your smart city inclusive? Evaluating proposals from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Experimental testing of a solar air cavity-receiver with reticulated porous ceramic absorbers for thermal processing at above 1000 °C, 2020, Solar Energy
  • High-Temperature Thermochemical Heat Storage via the CuO/Cu2O Redox Cycle: From Material Synthesis to Packed-Bed Reactor Engineering and Cyclic Operation, 2020, Energy & Fuels

Steinfeld's research output has garnered recognition through awards including the Heat Transfer Memorial Award given by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013 and being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Solar thermochemical production of hydrogen--a review

    Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Solar hydrogen production via a two-step water-splitting thermochemical cycle based on Zn/ZnO redox reactions

    A. Steinfeld;A. Steinfeld

  • Concentrating solar thermal power and thermochemical fuels

    Manuel Romero;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Syngas production by simultaneous splitting of H2O and CO2via ceria redox reactions in a high-temperature solar reactor

    Philipp Furler;Jonathan R. Scheffe;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Solar Thermochemical Process Technology

    Aldo Steinfeld;Robert Palumbo

  • Solar thermochemical splitting of CO2 into separate streams of CO and O2 with high selectivity, stability, conversion, and efficiency

    Daniel Marxer;Philipp Furler;Michael Takacs;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Amine-Based Nanofibrillated Cellulose As Adsorbent for CO2 Capture from Air

    Christoph Gebald;Christoph Gebald;Jan Andre Wurzbacher;Philippe Tingaut;Tanja Zimmermann

  • High-temperature thermal storage using a packed bed of rocks - Heat transfer analysis and experimental validation

    Markus Hänchen;Sarah Brückner;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Solar Thermochemical CO2 Splitting Utilizing a Reticulated Porous Ceria Redox System

    Philipp Furler;Jonathan Scheffe;Michael Gorbar;Louis Moes

  • Packed-bed thermal storage for concentrated solar power: Pilot-scale demonstration and industrial-scale design

    Giw Zanganeh;Andrea Pedretti;Simone Zavattoni;Maurizio Barbato

  • Oxygen exchange materials for solar thermochemical splitting of H2O and CO2: a review

    Jonathan R. Scheffe;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Lanthanum–Strontium–Manganese Perovskites as Redox Materials for Solar Thermochemical Splitting of H2O and CO2

    Jonathan R. Scheffe;David Weibel;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Drop-in Fuels from Sunlight and Air.

    Remo Schäppi;David Rutz;Fabian Dähler;Alexander Muroyama

  • Solar-processed metals as clean energy carriers and water-splitters

    A. Steinfeld;P. Kuhn;A. Reller;R. Palumbo

  • Production of solar hydrogen by a novel, 2-step, water-splitting thermochemical cycle

    Yutaka Tamaura;Aldo Steinfeld;Peter Kuhn;Köbi Ehrensberger

  • DESIGN ASPECTS OF SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING—A CASE STUDY: TWO-STEP WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE USING THE Fe3O4/FeO REDOX SYSTEM

    A. Steinfeld;S. Sanders;R. Palumbo

  • Optimum aperture size and operating temperature of a solar cavity-receiver

    Aldo Steinfeld;Markus Schubnell

  • CO2 capture from atmospheric air via consecutive CaO-carbonation and CaCO3-calcination cycles in a fluidized-bed solar reactor

    V. Nikulshina;C. Gebald;A. Steinfeld;A. Steinfeld

  • A Novel 50kW 11,000 suns High-Flux Solar Simulator Based on an Array of Xenon Arc Lamps

    Joerg Petrasch;Patrick Coray;Anton Meier;Max Brack

  • Thermodynamic Analysis of Cerium-Based Oxides for Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production

    Jonathan R. Scheffe;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Solar-driven gasification of carbonaceous feedstock-a review

    Nicolas Piatkowski;Christian Wieckert;Alan W. Weimer;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  • Separation of CO2 from air by temperature-vacuum swing adsorption using diamine-functionalized silica gel

    Jan Andre Wurzbacher;Christoph Gebald;Christoph Gebald;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Wojciech Lipiński
Wojciech Lipiński Australian National University
Sophia Haussener
Sophia Haussener École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Anke Weidenkaff
Anke Weidenkaff Technische Universität Darmstadt
Maria Elena Galvez
Maria Elena Galvez Universidad de Zaragoza
Manuel Romero
Manuel Romero Energy Institute
Alan W. Weimer
Alan W. Weimer University of Colorado Boulder
Martin Schneebeli
Martin Schneebeli WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Martin Roeb
Martin Roeb German Aerospace Center
Christian Sattler
Christian Sattler German Aerospace Center
Greta R. Patzke
Greta R. Patzke University of Zurich

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