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Ferdi Schüth

Ferdi Schüth

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
138
Citations
90655
World Ranking
221
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Ferdi Schüth is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research focuses mainly on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics prominently including Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ferdi Schüth include Jacopo De Bellis, Claudia Weidenthaler, Alexander Gunnarson, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Marc Ledendecker.

A number of papers published by Ferdi Schüth in recent years highlight their research interests and contributions:

  • Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades? (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Mechanochemical Synthesis of Catalytic Materials (2021, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • A Novel Electrode for Value-Generating Anode Reactions in Water Electrolyzers at Industrial Current Densities (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Stabilization of alkaline 5-HMF electrolytes via Cannizzaro reaction for the electrochemical oxidation to FDCA (2023, Green Chemistry)
  • Mechanocatalytic Room-Temperature Synthesis of Ammonia from Its Elements Down to Atmospheric Pressure (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • ChemSusChem

Ferdi Schüth received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2008, specifically in the Chemistry category.

Best Publications

  • Magnetic nanoparticles: Synthesis, protection, functionalization, and application

    An-Hui Lu;E. L. Salabas;Ferdi Schüth

  • Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Gerhard Ertl;Helmut Knözinger;Ferdi Schüth;Jens Weitkamp

  • Generalized synthesis of periodic surfactant/inorganic composite materials

    Qisheng Huo;David I. Margolese;Ulrike Ciesla;Pingyun Feng

  • Ordered mesoporous materials in catalysis

    Akira Taguchi;Ferdi Schüth

  • Organization of Organic Molecules with Inorganic Molecular Species into Nanocomposite Biphase Arrays

    Q. Huo;D. I. Margolese;U. Ciesla;D. G. Demuth;D. G. Demuth

  • Cooperative Formation of Inorganic-Organic Interfaces in the Synthesis of Silicate Mesostructures

    Alain Monnier;F. Schüth;F. Schüth;F. Schüth;Q. Huo;D. Kumar

  • Chemical and Physical Solutions for Hydrogen Storage

    Ulrich Eberle;Michael Felderhoff;Ferdi Schüth

  • Ordered mesoporous materials

    Ulrike Ciesla;Ulrike Ciesla;Ferdi Schüth;Ferdi Schüth

  • Nanocasting: A Versatile Strategy for Creating Nanostructured Porous Materials

    An-Hui Lu;Ferdi Schüth

  • Non-siliceous Mesostructured and Mesoporous Materials†

    Ferdi Schüth

  • Support Effect in High Activity Gold Catalysts for CO Oxidation

    Massimiliano Comotti;Wen-Cui Li;Bernd Spliethoff;Ferdi Schüth

  • Oil-water interface templating of mesoporous macroscale structures

    S. Schacht;Q. Huo;I. G. Voigt-Martin;G. D. Stucky

  • Endo- and exotemplating to create high-surface-area inorganic materials.

    Ferdi Schüth

  • High-temperature-stable catalysts by hollow sphere encapsulation.

    Pablo M. Arnal;Massimiliano Comotti;Ferdi Schüth

  • Handbook of porous solids

    Ferdi Schüth;K. S. W. Sing;J. Weitkamp

  • Design of solid catalysts for the conversion of biomass

    Roberto Rinaldi;Ferdi Schüth

  • Ammonia as a possible element in an energy infrastructure: catalysts for ammonia decomposition

    Ferdi Schüth;Regina Palkovits;Robert Schlögl;Dang Sheng Su

  • Nanoengineering of a Magnetically Separable Hydrogenation Catalyst

    An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Nina Matoussevitch;Helmut Bönnemann

  • Hollow Nano- and Microstructures as Catalysts

    Gonzalo Prieto;Harun Tüysüz;Nicolas Duyckaerts;Johannes Knossalla

  • Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose as the Entry Point into Biorefinery Schemes

    Roberto Rinaldi;Ferdi Schüth

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Schmidt
Wolfgang Schmidt Max Planck Society
Claudia Weidenthaler
Claudia Weidenthaler Max Planck Society
Roberto Rinaldi
Roberto Rinaldi Imperial College London
An-Hui Lu
An-Hui Lu Dalian University of Technology
Michael Felderhoff
Michael Felderhoff Max Planck Society
Bernd Spliethoff
Bernd Spliethoff Max Planck Society
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Klaus K. Unger
Klaus K. Unger Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Regina Palkovits
Regina Palkovits RWTH Aachen University
Harun Tüysüz
Harun Tüysüz Max Planck Society

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