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Felix N. Büchi is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on areas within engineering and energy, with a significant number of publications in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and energy engineering and power technology.

The scientist has contributed notably to the following main topics:

  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials

Felix N. Büchi's recent publications highlight ongoing research in electrolyzer technology, water electrolysis, and porous transport layers. Noteworthy papers include:

  • "Towards a generic understanding of oxygen evolution reaction kinetics in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Electrolyzer modeling and real-time control for optimized production of hydrogen gas," 2020, Applied Energy
  • "Ultrathin Microporous Transport Layers: Implications for Low Catalyst Loadings, Thin Membranes, and High Current Density Operation for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis," 2024, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Transient and Steady State Two-Phase Flow in Anodic Porous Transport Layer of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer," 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • "How the Porous Transport Layer Interface Affects Catalyst Utilization and Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis," 2023, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators in Büchi's research include Thomas J. Schmidt, Jens Eller, Federica Marone, Tobias Schuler, and Salvatore De Angelis.

The scientist publishes regularly in several key journals, demonstrating a focus on electrochemical and materials science topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Critical Review—Identifying Critical Gaps for Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis Development

    Ugljesa Babic;Michel Suermann;Felix N. Büchi;Lorenz Gubler

  • Operating Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Without External Humidification of the Reactant Gases Fundamental Aspects

    Felix N. Büchi;Supramaniam Srinivasan

  • Study of radiation-grafted FEP-G-polystyrene membranes as polymer electrolytes in fuel cells

    Felix N. Büchi;Bhuvanesh Gupta;Otto Haas;Günther G. Scherer

  • Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Durability

    Felix N. Büchi;Minoru Inaba;Thomas J. Schmidt

  • Investigation of the Transversal Water Profile in Nafion Membranes in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Felix N. Büchi;Günther G. Scherer

  • Anisotropic, effective diffusivity of porous gas diffusion layer materials for PEFC

    Reto Flückiger;Stefan A. Freunberger;Denis Kramer;Alexander Wokaun

  • Hierarchically Structured Porous Transport Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis

    Tobias Schuler;Joseph M. Ciccone;Bernd Krentscher;Federica Marone

  • Determination of Material Properties of Gas Diffusion Layers: Experiments and Simulations Using Phase Contrast Tomographic Microscopy

    Jürgen Becker;Reto Flückiger;Mathias Reum;Felix N. Büchi

  • Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis: Correlating Performance and Porous Transport Layer Structure: Part II. Electrochemical Performance Analysis

    Tobias Schuler;Thomas J. Schmidt;Thomas J. Schmidt;Felix N. Büchi

  • Progress in In Situ X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy of Liquid Water in Gas Diffusion Layers of PEFC

    Jens Eller;Tomas Rosén;Federica Marone;Marco Stampanoni

  • Characterization of perfluorosulfonic acid membranes by conductivity measurements and small-angle X-ray scattering

    J. Halim;F. N. Büchi;O. Haas;Manfred Stamm

  • Cation exchange membranes by pre-irradiation grafting of styrene into FEP films. I: Influence of synthesis conditions

    Bhuvanesh Gupta;Felix N. Büchi;Günther G. Scherer

  • Investigation of liquid water in gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells using X-ray tomographic microscopy

    Reto Flückiger;Federica Marone;Marco Stampanoni;Marco Stampanoni;Alexander Wokaun

  • Operational aspects of a large PEFC stack under practical conditions

    Paul Rodatz;Felix Büchi;Chris Onder;Lino Guzzella

  • Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis: Correlating Porous Transport Layer Structural Properties and Performance: Part I. Tomographic Analysis of Morphology and Topology

    Tobias Schuler;Ruben De Bruycker;Thomas J. Schmidt;Thomas J. Schmidt;Felix N. Büchi

  • Performance of Differently Cross‐Linked, Partially Fluorinated Proton Exchange Membranes in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Felix N. Büchi;Bhuvanesh Gupta;Otto Haas;Günther G. Scherer

  • In-situ resistance measurements of Nafion® 117 membranes in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    Felix N. Büchi;Günther G. Scherer

  • Saturation Dependent Effective Transport Properties of PEFC Gas Diffusion Layers

    Tomas Rosén;Jens Eller;Jinfen Kang;Nikolaos I. Prasianakis

  • Fuel-Cell Hybrid Powertrain: Toward Minimization of Hydrogen Consumption

    J. Bernard;S. Delprat;F.N. Buchi;T.M. Guerra

  • Improving water management in fuel cells through microporous layer modifications: Fast operando tomographic imaging of liquid water

    Yasutaka Nagai;Jens Eller;Tatsuya Hatanaka;Satoshi Yamaguchi

  • In Situ Membrane Resistance Measurements in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells by Fast Auxiliary Current Pulses

    Felix N. Büchi;Alois Marek;Günther G. Scherer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Schmidt
Thomas J. Schmidt Paul Scherrer Institute
Alexander Wokaun
Alexander Wokaun Paul Scherrer Institute
Günther G. Scherer
Günther G. Scherer International Society of Electrochemistry
Stefan A. Freunberger
Stefan A. Freunberger Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Bhuvanesh Gupta
Bhuvanesh Gupta Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Rüdiger Kötz
Rüdiger Kötz Paul Scherrer Institute
John Mantzaras
John Mantzaras Paul Scherrer Institute
Otto Haas
Otto Haas Paul Scherrer Institute
Thierry Marie Guerra
Thierry Marie Guerra University Polytechnic Hauts-de-France
Adam Z. Weber
Adam Z. Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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