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Thomas Turek is affiliated with Clausthal University of Technology in Germany. Their research encompasses various aspects of engineering and energy, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and catalysis.

The scientist's recent papers include studies on alkaline water electrolysis, electrolyte preparation for redox-flow batteries, and dynamic operating concepts for electrolyzers. Notable publications are:

  • Alkaline Water Electrolysis Powered by Renewable Energy: A Review (2020), published in Processes
  • Evaluation of Diaphragms and Membranes as Separators for Alkaline Water Electrolysis (2021), published in Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Preparation of Electrolyte for Vanadium Redox-Flow Batteries Based on Vanadium Pentoxide (2020), published in Energy Technology
  • Experimental evaluation of dynamic operating concepts for alkaline water electrolyzers powered by renewable energy (2021), published in Electrochimica Acta
  • Understanding the activity transport nexus in water and CO2 electrolysis: State of the art, challenges and perspectives (2021), published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Gregor D. Wehinger
  • Maik Becker
  • Bjarne Kreitz
  • Jens Osiewacz
  • Ulrich Kunz

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ChemElectroChem
  • Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Electrochimica Acta

Main fields of study reflect a strong orientation towards engineering and energy. Specific subfields include electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy and sustainability, catalysis, materials chemistry, and computational mechanics.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Fuel cells and related materials
  • CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
  • Catalysts for methane reforming
  • Catalytic processes in materials science
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications

Best Publications

  • Alkaline Water Electrolysis Powered by Renewable Energy: A Review

    Jörn Brauns;Thomas Turek

  • Chlor-alkali electrolysis with oxygen depolarized cathodes: history, present status and future prospects

    Imad Moussallem;Jakob Jörissen;Ulrich Kunz;Stefan Pinnow

  • Monoliths as multiphase reactors: A review

    Shaibal Roy;Tobias Bauer;Muthanna Al-Dahhan;Peter Lehner

  • Reactors for Fischer‐Tropsch Synthesis

    Robert Guettel;Ulrich Kunz;Thomas Turek

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis and Solid Catalysts

    Olaf Deutschmann;Helmut Knözinger;Karl Kochloefl;Thomas Turek

  • Hydrogen Crossover in PEM and Alkaline Water Electrolysis: Mechanisms, Direct Comparison and Mitigation Strategies

    P. Trinke;P. Haug;J. Brauns;B. Bensmann

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis and Solid Catalysts, 1. Fundamentals

    Olaf Deutschmann;Helmut Knözinger;Karl Kochloefl;Thomas Turek

  • The Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Esters to Alcohols

    T. Turek;D. L. Trimm;N. W. Cant

  • Materials, system designs and modelling approaches in techno-economic assessment of all-vanadium redox flow batteries – A review

    Christine Minke;Thomas Turek

  • Influence of process conditions on gas purity in alkaline water electrolysis

    Philipp Haug;Matthias Koj;Thomas Turek

  • Modeling and simulation of hydrogen injection into a blast furnace to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

    Can Yilmaz;Jens Wendelstorf;Thomas Turek

  • Comparison of different reactor types for low temperature Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: A simulation study

    Robert Guettel;Thomas Turek

  • Simultaneous catalytic removal of NO and N2O using Fe-MFI

    M. Kögel;R. Mönnig;W. Schwieger;A. Tissler

  • Process modelling of an alkaline water electrolyzer

    Philipp Haug;Bjarne Kreitz;Matthias Koj;Thomas Turek

  • Techno-economic assessment of novel vanadium redox flow batteries with large-area cells

    Christine Minke;Ulrich Kunz;Thomas Turek

  • Evaluation of Diaphragms and Membranes as Separators for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

    Jörn Brauns;Jonas Schönebeck;Mikkel Rykær Kraglund;David Aili

  • Zinc-air Batteries: Prospects and Challenges for Future Improvement

    Katrin Harting;Ulrich Kunz;Thomas Turek

  • Influence of acid pretreatment on ionic conductivity of Nafion® membranes

    Rafael Kuwertz;Carina Kirstein;Thomas Turek;Ulrich Kunz

  • Economics of vanadium redox flow battery membranes

    Christine Minke;Thomas Turek

  • Dynamic simulation of the CO2 methanation in a micro-structured fixed-bed reactor

    Bjarne Kreitz;Gregor D. Wehinger;Thomas Turek

  • Monolithic polymer/carrier materials: Versatile composites for fine chemical synthesis

    U. Kunz;A. Kirschning;H.-L. Wen;W. Solodenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Sundmacher
Kai Sundmacher Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Ingo Manke
Ingo Manke Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
David L. Trimm
David L. Trimm University of New South Wales
Wolfgang Schuhmann
Wolfgang Schuhmann Ruhr University Bochum
Gerhard Mestl
Gerhard Mestl Clariant (Switzerland)
Noel W. Cant
Noel W. Cant Macquarie University
Christina Roth
Christina Roth University of Bayreuth
Helmut Knözinger
Helmut Knözinger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Olaf Deutschmann
Olaf Deutschmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Martin Muhler
Martin Muhler Ruhr University Bochum

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