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D-Index
51
Citations
8124
World Ranking
3945
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122

Simon Thiele publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simon Thiele sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 255 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Simon Thiele D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simon Thiele sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simon Thiele is affiliated with the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. Their research spans a broad range of topics within engineering and energy, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several papers published in prominent scientific journals. Key publications are:

  • "Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Essentials of High Performance Water Electrolyzers - From Catalyst Layer Materials to Electrode Engineering," 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "IrO2 coated TiO2 core-shell microparticles advance performance of low loading proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "On the limitations in assessing stability of oxygen evolution catalysts using aqueous model electrochemical cells," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Bipolar Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Water Electrolysis," 2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials

The main fields of study in their research are:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

Simon Thiele's work covers several key research topics such as:

  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including:

  • Thomas Böhm
  • Serhiy Cherevko
  • Jochen Kerres
  • Andreas Hutzler
  • Markus Bierling

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Electrochemistry Communications

Best Publications

  • Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

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  • Comprehensive investigation of novel pore-graded gas diffusion layers for high-performance and cost-effective proton exchange membrane electrolyzers

    P. Lettenmeier;S. Kolb;N. Sata;A. Fallisch

  • Essentials of High Performance Water Electrolyzers – From Catalyst Layer Materials to Electrode Engineering

    Chuyen Van Pham;Daniel Escalera-López;Karl Mayrhofer;Karl Mayrhofer;Serhiy Cherevko

  • IrO2 coated TiO2 core-shell microparticles advance performance of low loading proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers

    Chuyen Van Pham;Melanie Bühler;Julius Knöppel;Julius Knöppel;Markus Bierling;Markus Bierling

  • On the limitations in assessing stability of oxygen evolution catalysts using aqueous model electrochemical cells

    Julius Knöppel;Maximilian Möckl;Daniel Escalera-López;Kevin Stojanovski;Kevin Stojanovski

  • Direct deposition of proton exchange membranes enabling high performance hydrogen fuel cells

    Matthias Klingele;Matthias Breitwieser;Roland Zengerle;Simon Thiele

  • Three-Phase Multiscale Modeling of a LiCoO2 Cathode: Combining the Advantages of FIB–SEM Imaging and X-Ray Tomography

    Lukas Zielke;Tobias Hutzenlaub;Dean R. Wheeler;Chien-Wei Chao

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media Causes Iron Leaching from Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts.

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  • Bipolar Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Water Electrolysis

    Britta Mayerhöfer;Britta Mayerhöfer;David McLaughlin;David McLaughlin;Thomas Böhm;Thomas Böhm;Manuel Hegelheimer;Manuel Hegelheimer

  • Tailoring the Membrane‐Electrode Interface in PEM Fuel Cells: A Review and Perspective on Novel Engineering Approaches

    Matthias Breitwieser;Matthias Klingele;Severin Vierrath;Roland Zengerle

  • Morphological Evolution of Electrochemically Plated/Stripped Lithium Microstructures Investigated by Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography.

    Fu Sun;Lukas Zielke;Henning Markötter;André Hilger

  • Three-dimensional electrochemical Li-ion battery modelling featuring a focused ion-beam/scanning electron microscopy based three-phase reconstruction of a LiCoO2 cathode

    T. Hutzenlaub;S. Thiele;N. Paust;R. Spotnitz

  • A Combination of X‐Ray Tomography and Carbon Binder Modeling: Reconstructing the Three Phases of LiCoO2 Li‐Ion Battery Cathodes

    Lukas Zielke;Tobias Hutzenlaub;Dean R. Wheeler;Ingo Manke

  • Direct three-dimensional reconstruction of a nanoporous catalyst layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell

    Christoph Ziegler;Simon Thiele;Roland Zengerle

  • Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a LiCoO2 Li-Ion Battery Cathode

    Tobias Hutzenlaub;Simon Thiele;Roland Zengerle;Christoph Ziegler

  • Nano-morphology of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst layer—imaging, reconstruction and analysis

    Simon Thiele;Roland Zengerle;Christoph Ziegler

  • Study of the Mechanisms of Internal Short Circuit in a Li/Li Cell by Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography

    Fu Sun;Riko Moroni;Kang Dong;Henning Markötter

  • Platinum Dissolution in Realistic Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers

    Konrad Ehelebe;Konrad Ehelebe;Julius Knöppel;Julius Knöppel;Markus Bierling;Markus Bierling;Britta Mayerhöfer;Britta Mayerhöfer

  • FIB/SEM-based calculation of tortuosity in a porous LiCoO2 cathode for a Li-ion battery

    T. Hutzenlaub;A. Asthana;J. Becker;D.R. Wheeler

  • Evaluating Electrocatalysts at Relevant Currents in a Half-Cell: The Impact of Pt Loading on Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Konrad Ehelebe;Konrad Ehelebe;Dominik Seeberger;Dominik Seeberger;Mike T. Y. Paul;Simon Thiele;Simon Thiele

  • Multiscale tomography of nanoporous carbon-supported noble metal catalyst layers

    Simon Thiele;Tobias Fürstenhaupt;Dustin Banham;Tobias Hutzenlaub

  • Sulfur doped reduced graphene oxide as metal-free catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in anion and proton exchange fuel cells

    Matthias Klingele;Chuyen Pham;Koteswara Rao Vuyyuru;Benjamin Britton

  • Degradation of Li/S Battery Electrodes On 3D Current Collectors Studied Using X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography.

    L. Zielke;C. Barchasz;S. Waluś;F. Alloin

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Zengerle
Roland Zengerle University of Freiburg
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Serhiy Cherevko
Serhiy Cherevko Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jochen Kerres
Jochen Kerres Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg
Ingo Manke
Ingo Manke Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Steven Holdcroft
Steven Holdcroft Simon Fraser University
Peter Wasserscheid
Peter Wasserscheid University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
John Banhart
John Banhart Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Tanja Kallio
Tanja Kallio Aalto University
Gerald Urban
Gerald Urban University of Freiburg

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