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Citations
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181
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Peter Strasser is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and energy. Their research predominantly focuses on electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work covers multiple research topics including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrochemical analysis, catalytic processes in materials science, and ionic liquids properties and applications.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Electrolysis of low-grade and saline surface water, 2020, Nature Energy
  • In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, 2020, Nature
  • A comparative perspective of electrochemical and photochemical approaches for catalytic H2O2 production, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe-NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, 2022, Nature Catalysis

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues such as Malte Klingenhof, Fabio Dionigi, Xingli Wang, Wen Ju, and Thomas Merzdorf, reflecting a consistent pattern of cooperative research activities.

Frequent venues for publication include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Nature Communications, ACS Catalysis, and both editions of Angewandte Chemie, indicating engagement with a variety of respected platforms in the field.

Peter Strasser's contributions also extend into authorship of book publications. Titles include:

  • Kritik der Spiritualität - Warum uns die Welt nicht genug ist, published by Schwabe Verlag eBooks in 2020
  • Die Sprengkraft des Humanismus, published by Verlag Karl Alber in 2021

Best Publications

  • Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core–shell fuel cell catalysts

    Peter Strasser;Peter Strasser;Shirlaine Koh;Toyli Anniyev;Jeff Greeley

  • Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) on Ru, Ir, and Pt Catalysts: A Comparative Study of Nanoparticles and Bulk Materials

    Tobias Reier;Mehtap Oezaslan;Peter Strasser

  • The Mechanism of Water Oxidation: From Electrolysis via Homogeneous to Biological Catalysis

    Holger Dau;Christian Limberg;Tobias Reier;Marcel Risch

  • Particle Size Effects in the Catalytic Electroreduction of CO2 on Cu Nanoparticles

    Rulle Reske;Hemma Mistry;Farzad Behafarid;Beatriz Roldan Cuenya

  • Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis

    Chunhua Cui;Lin Gan;Marc Heggen;Stefan Rudi

  • Highly selective plasma-activated copper catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

    Hemma Mistry;Ana Sofia Varela;Cecile S Bonifacio;Ioannis Zegkinoglou

  • Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Environments – Reaction Mechanisms and Catalysts

    Tobias Reier;Hong Nhan Nong;Detre Teschner;Robert Schlögl

  • Understanding activity and selectivity of metal-nitrogen-doped carbon catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO 2

    Wen Ju;Alexander Bagger;Guang-Ping Hao;Ana Sofia Varela;Ana Sofia Varela

  • Oxygen Evolution Reaction Dynamics, Faradaic Charge Efficiency, and the Active Metal Redox States of Ni–Fe Oxide Water Splitting Electrocatalysts

    Mikaela Görlin;Petko Chernev;Jorge Ferreira de Araújo;Tobias Reier

  • Engineering the electronic structure of single atom Ru sites via compressive strain boosts acidic water oxidation electrocatalysis

    Yancai Yao;Sulei Hu;Wenxing Chen;Zheng-Qing Huang

  • Electrolysis of low-grade and saline surface water

    Wenming Tong;Mark Forster;Fabio Dionigi;Sören Dresp

  • Direct Electrolytic Splitting of Seawater: Opportunities and Challenges

    Sören Dresp;Fabio Dionigi;Malte Klingenhof;Peter Strasser

  • In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution

    Fabio Dionigi;Zhenhua Zeng;Ilya Sinev;Thomas Merzdorf

  • NiFe‐Based (Oxy)hydroxide Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Non‐Acidic Electrolytes

    Fabio Dionigi;Peter Strasser;Peter Strasser

  • Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: A Classification Problem.

    Alexander Bagger;Wen Ju;Ana Sofia Varela;Peter Strasser

  • Electrocatalysis on bimetallic surfaces: modifying catalytic reactivity for oxygen reduction by voltammetric surface dealloying.

    Shirlaine Koh;Peter Strasser

  • Reversible amorphization and the catalytically active state of crystalline Co3O4 during oxygen evolution

    Arno Bergmann;Elias Martinez-Moreno;Detre Teschner;Petko Chernev

  • The Stability Challenges of Oxygen Evolving Catalysts: Towards a Common Fundamental Understanding and Mitigation of Catalyst Degradation.

    Camillo Wolfgang Spöri;Jason Tai Hong Kwan;Arman Bonakdarpour;David P. Wilkinson

  • Nanostructured electrocatalysts with tunable activity and selectivity

    Hemma Mistry;Hemma Mistry;Ana Sofia Varela;Stefanie Kühl;Peter Strasser

  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.

    Hong Nhan Nong;Hong Nhan Nong;Lorenz J. Falling;Arno Bergmann;Malte Klingenhof

  • Exceptional size-dependent activity enhancement in the electroreduction of CO2 over Au nanoparticles.

    Hemma Mistry;Rulle Reske;Zhenhua Zeng;Zhi-Jian Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Heggen
Marc Heggen Forschungszentrum Jülich
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Ruizhi Yang
Ruizhi Yang Soochow University
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jan Rossmeisl
Jan Rossmeisl University of Copenhagen
Holger Dau
Holger Dau Freie Universität Berlin
Hyung Suk Oh
Hyung Suk Oh Korea Institute of Science and Technology

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