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Louis Schlapbach

Louis Schlapbach

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Materials Science

D-Index
75
Citations
31865
World Ranking
3384
National Ranking
59

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
29730
World Ranking
5146
National Ranking
112

Overview

Louis Schlapbach is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research broadly spans engineering and energy fields, with a particular focus on integrating renewable energy systems and optimizing energy processes.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

The main topics addressed in Schlapbach's publications involve:

  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Schlapbach has contributed to published works in the journal Frontiers in Energy Research, with these recent papers:

  • Future Swiss Energy Economy: The Challenge of Storing Renewable Energy, 2022, Frontiers in Energy Research
  • Power plant units for CO2 neutral energy security in Switzerland, 2024, Frontiers in Energy Research

The frequent coauthors associated with their research include:

  • Andreas Züttel
  • Paul W. Gilgen
  • Noris Gallandat
  • Paul J. Dyson
  • Shin-ichi Orimo

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen-storage materials for mobile applications

    Louis Schlapbach;Louis Schlapbach;Andreas Züttel

  • Scanning field emission from patterned carbon nanotube films

    L. Nilsson;O. Groening;C. Emmenegger;O. Kuettel

  • Hydrogen storage in carbon nanostructures

    A. Züttel;P. Sudan;Ph. Mauron;T. Kiyobayashi

  • Field emission properties of carbon nanotubes

    O. Gröning;O. M. Küttel;Ch. Emmenegger;P. Gröning

  • Electrochemical Storage of Hydrogen in Nanotube Materials

    C. Nützenadel;A. Züttel;D. Chartouni;Louis Schlapbach

  • Self-Restoring of the Active Surface in the Hydrogen Sponge La Ni 5

    H. C. Siegmann;L. Schlapbach;C. R. Brundle

  • Complete Fermi surface mapping of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x(001): Coexistence of short range antiferromagnetic correlations and metallicity in the same phase

    Philipp Aebi;Jürg Osterwalder;P. Schwaller;Louis Schlapbach

  • Hydrogen in the mechanically prepared nanostructured graphite

    S. Orimo;S. Orimo;G. Majer;T. Fukunaga;A. Züttel

  • Electron affinity and work function of differently oriented and doped diamond surfaces determined by photoelectron spectroscopy

    L. Diederich;O.M. Küttel;P. Aebi;L. Schlapbach

  • Electron field emission from phase pure nanotube films grown in a methane/hydrogen plasma

    Olivier M. Küttel;Oliver Groening;Christoph Emmenegger;Louis Schlapbach

  • Synthesis of carbon nanotubes over Fe catalyst on aluminium and suggested growth mechanism

    C. Emmenegger;J.-M. Bonard;P. Mauron;P. Sudan

  • The influence of cobalt on the electrochemical cycling stability of LaNi5-based hydride forming alloys

    Daniel Chartouni;Felix Meli;Andreas Züttel;Karl Gross

  • Patterned Films of Nanotubes Using Microcontact Printing of Catalysts

    H. Kind;J.-M. Bonard;C. Emmenegger;L.-O. Nilsson

  • Mechanically milled Mg composites for hydrogen storage the transition to a steady state composition

    Karl J. Gross;Peter Spatz;Andreas Züttel;Louis Schlapbach

  • Hydrogen adsorption on sp 2 -bonded carbon: Influence of the local curvature

    P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning;M. Bielmann;P. Mauron

  • Hydrogen atoms cause long-range electronic effects on graphite

    P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning;P. Schwaller;L. Schlapbach

  • The activation of FeTi for hydrogen absorption

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  • Hydrogen sorption by carbon nanotubes and other carbon nanostructures

    A Züttel;Ch Nützenadel;P Sudan;Ph Mauron

  • Modification of the micro- and nanotopography of several polymers by plasma treatments

    Martine Collaud Coen;Roland Lehmann;Pierangelo Groening;Louis Schlapbach

  • New structure results for hydrides and deuterides of the hydrogen storage material Mg2Ni

    J Schefer;P Fischer;W Hälg;F Stucki

  • AgO investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy: Evidence for mixed valence

    M. Bielmann;P. Schwaller;P. Ruffieux;O. Gröning

  • Mapping the local Young's modulus by analysis of the elastic deformations occurring in atomic force microscopy

    M Heuberger;G Dietler;L Schlapbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Züttel
Andreas Züttel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Roman Fasel
Roman Fasel Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Thomas Greber
Thomas Greber University of Zurich
Oliver Gröning
Oliver Gröning Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Pascal Ruffieux
Pascal Ruffieux Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
H. Berger
H. Berger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Giovanni Dietler
Giovanni Dietler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kazuo Kadowaki
Kazuo Kadowaki University of Tsukuba
Shin-ichi Orimo
Shin-ichi Orimo Tohoku University
Jean-Marc Bonard
Jean-Marc Bonard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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