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Citations
55240
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1033
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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Peter Wasserscheid is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and chemical engineering, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry, catalysis, and energy-related applications.

Their work covers several main topics including hybrid renewable energy systems, ionic liquids properties and applications, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, hydrogen storage and materials, fuel cells and related materials, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Wasserscheid include Nicola Taccardi, Patrick Preuster, Marco Haumann, Jörg Libuda, and Karsten Meyer.

Peter Wasserscheid has published extensively in various scientific venues. Notable publications venues where they have a significant presence include the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, The Cambridge Structural Database, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Catalysis Science & Technology, and ChemCatChem.

Recent papers by Peter Wasserscheid highlight work in the field of liquid organic hydrogen carrier systems and catalytic hydrogenation processes. Selected papers include:

  • Benzyltoluene/dibenzyltoluene-based mixtures as suitable liquid organic hydrogen carrier systems for low temperature applications, 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Benzyltoluene/perhydro benzyltoluene - pushing the performance limits of pure hydrocarbon liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) systems, 2022, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Hydrogenation of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds - a key process for future logistics of green hydrogen using liquid organic hydrogen carrier systems, 2021, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Highly efficient, low-temperature hydrogen release from perhydro-benzyltoluene using reactive distillation, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Glucose oxidation to formic acid and methyl formate in perfect selectivity, 2020, Green Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Ionic Liquids in Synthesis

    Peter Wasserscheid;Thomas Welton

  • Ionic Liquids-New "Solutions" for Transition Metal Catalysis.

    Peter Wasserscheid;Wilhelm Keim

  • Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs): Toward a Hydrogen-free Hydrogen Economy

    Patrick Preuster;Christian Papp;Peter Wasserscheid;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Deep desulfurization of diesel fuel by extraction with ionic liquids

    Andreas Bosmann;Leonid Datsevich;Andreas Jess;Andreas Lauter

  • Ionische Flüssigkeiten - neue 'Lösungen' für die Übergangsmetallkatalyse

    Peter Wasserscheid;Wilhelm Keim

  • Deep desulfurization of oil refinery streams by extraction with ionic liquids

    Jochen Eßer;Peter Wasserscheid;Andreas Jess

  • Seasonal storage and alternative carriers: A flexible hydrogen supply chain model

    M. Reuß;T. Grube;Martin Robinius;Patrick Preuster

  • A future energy supply based on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC)

    Daniel Teichmann;Wolfgang Arlt;Peter Wasserscheid;Raymond Freymann

  • Ethylene Tetramerization: A New Route to Produce 1-Octene in Exceptionally High Selectivities

    Annette Bollmann;Kevin Blann;John T Dixon;Fiona M Hess

  • Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers as an efficient vector for the transport and storage of renewable energy

    Daniel Teichmann;Wolfgang Arlt;Peter Wasserscheid

  • The prospect of hydrogen storage using liquid organic hydrogen carriers

    Phillimon M. Modisha;Cecil N. M. Ouma;Rudaviro Garidzirai;Peter Wasserscheid;Peter Wasserscheid

  • 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium ([bmim]) octylsulfate—an even ‘greener’ ionic liquid

    Peter Wasserscheid;Roy van Hal;Andreas Bösmann

  • Evaluation of Industrially Applied Heat‐Transfer Fluids as Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Systems

    Nicole Brückner;Katharina Obesser;Andreas Bösmann;Daniel Teichmann

  • Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. November 1959

    Peter Wasserscheid;Roy van Hal;Andreas Bösmann

  • Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysis: An Innovative Concept for Homogeneous Catalysis in Continuous Fixed-Bed Reactors

    Anders Riisager;Rasmus Fehrmann;Marco Haumann;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Chemistry: volatile times for ionic liquids.

    Peter Wasserscheid

  • Hydrogen Storage Technologies for Future Energy Systems

    Patrick Preuster;Alexander Alekseev;Peter Wasserscheid;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Supported ionic liquids: versatile reaction and separation media

    Anders Riisager;Rasmus Fehrmann;Marco Haumann;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Ionic Liquids in Catalysis

    Hans-Peter Steinrück;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Ionic Liquids in Chemical Engineering

    Sebastian Werner;Marco Haumann;Peter Wasserscheid

  • Enzyme catalysis in ionic liquids: lipase catalysed kinetic resolution of 1-phenylethanol with improved enantioselectivity

    Sonja H. Schöfer;Nicole Kaftzik;Peter Wasserscheid;Udo Kragl

  • Ionic Liquids in Catalysis

    Hans‐Peter Steinrueck;Peter Wasserscheid

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Steinrück
Hans-Peter Steinrück University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jörg Libuda
Jörg Libuda University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anders Riisager
Anders Riisager Technical University of Denmark
Rasmus Fehrmann
Rasmus Fehrmann Technical University of Denmark
Wilhelm Keim
Wilhelm Keim RWTH Aachen University
Andreas P. Fröba
Andreas P. Fröba University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andreas Görling
Andreas Görling University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wolfgang Arlt
Wolfgang Arlt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Robert Franke
Robert Franke Ruhr University Bochum
Philip St. J. Russell
Philip St. J. Russell Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

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