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Klaus-Dieter Kreuer

Klaus-Dieter Kreuer

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
31738
World Ranking
5422
National Ranking
394

Klaus-Dieter Kreuer publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus-Dieter Kreuer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 149 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Klaus-Dieter Kreuer D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus-Dieter Kreuer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Klaus-Dieter Kreuer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, contributing to research primarily in the fields of engineering and energy. Their work is notably concentrated in electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, and automotive engineering.

The scientist's research topics extensively cover fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and conducting polymers and applications.

Recent publications by Klaus-Dieter Kreuer include:

  • All-Hydrocarbon MEA for PEM Water Electrolysis Combining Low Hydrogen Crossover and High Efficiency, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Suppressing vanadium crossover using sulfonated aromatic ion exchange membranes for high performance flow batteries, 2020, Materials Advances
  • Fast and Selective Ionic Transport: From Ion-Conducting Channels to Ion Exchange Membranes for Flow Batteries, 2021, Annual Review of Materials Research
  • The alkali degradation of LDPE-based radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes studied using different ex situ methods, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Sulfonated Poly(Phenylene sulfone) blend membranes finding their way into proton exchange membrane fuel cells, 2023, Journal of Power Sources

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Klaus-Dieter Kreuer include Giorgi Titvinidze, Andreas Münchinger, Torben Saatkamp, Carolin Klose, and Severin Vierrath. These collaborations suggest a broad network within their research community, supporting interdisciplinary work.

The main publication venues for their work are Advanced Energy Materials and RSC Advances, with additional publications found in the Journal of Power Sources, Materials Advances, and the Annual Review of Materials Research.

Best Publications

  • On the development of proton conducting polymer membranes for hydrogen and methanol fuel cells

    K.D. Kreuer

  • Proton Conductivity: Materials and Applications

    Klaus-Dieter Kreuer

  • Proton-conducting oxides

    K. D. Kreuer

  • Transport in proton conductors for fuel-cell applications: simulations, elementary reactions, and phenomenology.

    Klaus-Dieter Kreuer;Stephen J Paddison;Eckhard Spohr;Michael Schuster

  • On the development of proton conducting materials for technological applications

    K.D Kreuer

  • Aspects of the formation and mobility of protonic charge carriers and the stability of perovskite-type oxides

    K.D Kreuer

  • Vehicle Mechanism, A New Model for the Interpretation of the Conductivity of Fast Proton Conductors

    Klaus-Dieter Kreuer;Albrecht Rabenau;Werner Weppner

  • Proton conducting alkaline earth zirconates and titanates for high drain electrochemical applications

    K.D. Kreuer;St. Adams;W. Münch;A. Fuchs

  • Alkaline stability of quaternary ammonium cations for alkaline fuel cell membranes and ionic liquids.

    M. G. Marino;K. D. Kreuer

  • Imidazole and pyrazole-based proton conducting polymers and liquids

    K.D. Kreuer;A. Fuchs;M. Ise;M. Spaeth

  • The mechanism of proton conduction in phosphoric acid

    Linas Vilčiauskas;Mark E. Tuckerman;Gabriel Bester;Stephen J. Paddison

  • On the complexity of proton conduction phenomena

    K.D Kreuer

  • Ion Conducting Membranes for Fuel Cells and other Electrochemical Devices

    Klaus-Dieter Kreuer

  • About the Choice of the Protogenic Group in PEM Separator Materials for Intermediate Temperature, Low Humidity Operation: A Critical Comparison of Sulfonic Acid, Phosphonic Acid and Imidazole Functionalized Model Compounds

    M. Schuster;T. Rager;A. Noda;K. D. Kreuer

  • Short-side-chain proton conducting perfluorosulfonic acid ionomers: Why they perform better in PEM fuel cells

    K.D. Kreuer;M. Schuster;B. Obliers;O. Diat

  • Intermediate temperature proton conductors for PEM fuel cells based on phosphonic acid as protogenic group: A progress report

    H. Steininger;M. Schuster;K. D. Kreuer;A. Kaltbeitzel

  • A Critical Revision of the Nano-Morphology of Proton Conducting Ionomers and Polyelectrolytes for Fuel Cell Applications

    Klaus-Dieter Kreuer;Giuseppe Portale

  • The diffusion mechanism of an excess proton in imidazole molecule chains: first results of an ab initio molecular dynamics study

    W Münch;K.-D Kreuer;W Silvestri;J Maier

  • Electroosmotic drag in polymer electrolyte membranes: an electrophoretic NMR study

    M Ise;K.D Kreuer;J Maier

  • Sulfonated Poly(phenylene sulfone) Polymers as Hydrolytically and Thermooxidatively Stable Proton Conducting Ionomers

    Michael Schuster;Klaus-Dieter Kreuer;Henrik T. Andersen;Joachim Maier

  • Proton mobility in oligomer-bound proton solvents: imidazole immobilization via flexible spacers

    M. Schuster;Wolfgang H. Meyer;Gerhard Wegner;H. G. Herz

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Maier
Joachim Maier Max Planck Society
Werner Weppner
Werner Weppner Kiel University
Wolfgang H. Meyer
Wolfgang H. Meyer Max Planck Society
Stephen J. Paddison
Stephen J. Paddison University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Patric Jannasch
Patric Jannasch Lund University
Giuseppe Portale
Giuseppe Portale University of Groningen
Gerhard Wegner
Gerhard Wegner Max Planck Society
Lutgard C. De Jonghe
Lutgard C. De Jonghe University of California, Berkeley
Rotraut Merkle
Rotraut Merkle Max Planck Society

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