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Chemistry
Australia
2025

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
92
Citations
33991
World Ranking
230
National Ranking
17

Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
34426
World Ranking
1857
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Volker Hessel is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and works primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, notably Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Catalysis, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research interests cover a range of topics including Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Extraction and Separation Processes, and broader Chemistry and Chemical Engineering themes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Volker Hessel include:

  • Nam Nghiep Tran
  • Marc Escribà-Gelonch
  • Evgeny V. Rebrov
  • Nguyen Van Duc Long
  • Ian D. Fisk

Publication venues where Volker Hessel has frequently contributed include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Volker Hessel reflect ongoing research in green chemistry and sustainable technologies. These include:

  • Sustainability of green solvents - review and perspective, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Recent advances in CO2 hydrogenation to value-added products - Current challenges and future directions, 2021, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Photocatalytic activity of CuO nanoparticles for organic and inorganic pollutants removal in wastewater remediation, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Why turquoise hydrogen will Be a game changer for the energy transition, 2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Pretreatment and fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass: reaction mechanisms and process engineering, 2020, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering

Best Publications

  • Micromixers—a review on passive and active mixing principles

    Volker Hessel;Holger Löwe;Friedhelm Schönfeld

  • Chemistry in microstructured reactors.

    Klaus Jähnisch;Volker Hessel;Holger Löwe;Manfred Baerns

  • Applications of Continuous-Flow Photochemistry in Organic Synthesis, Material Science, and Water Treatment

    Dario Cambié;Cecilia Bottecchia;Natan J. W. Straathof;Volker Hessel

  • Chemical micro process engineering : fundamentals, modelling and reactions

    Volker Hessel;Steffen Hardt;Holger Löwe

  • Microreactors: New Technology for Modern Chemistry

    Wolfgang Ehrfeld;Volker Hessel;Holger Löwe

  • Novel Process Windows for Enabling, Accelerating, and Uplifting Flow Chemistry

    Volker Hessel;Dana Kralisch;Norbert Kockmann;Timothy Noël

  • Micro-structured reactors for gas phase reactions

    Gunther Kolb;Volker Hessel

  • Photochemical transformations accelerated in continuous-flow reactors : basic concepts and applications

    Y Yuanhai Su;Njw Natan Straathof;V Volker Hessel;T Timothy Noël;T Timothy Noël

  • Characterization of Mixing in Micromixers by a Test Reaction: Single Mixing Units and Mixer Arrays

    Wolfgang Ehrfeld;Klaus Golbig;Volker Hessel;and Holger Löwe

  • Liquid phase oxidation chemistry in continuous-flow microreactors

    Hpl Hannes Gemoets;Y Yuanhai Su;M Minjing Shang;V Volker Hessel

  • Novel process windows - gate to maximizing process intensification via flow chemistry

    V Volker Hessel

  • An optimised split-and-recombine micro-mixer with uniform ‘chaotic’ mixing

    F. Schönfeld;V. Hessel;C. Hofmann

  • Direct fluorination of toluene using elemental fluorine in gas/liquid microreactors

    K. Jähnisch;M. Baerns;V. Hessel;W. Ehrfeld

  • Plasma N2-fixation : 1900-2014

    BS Bhaskar Patil;Q Qi Wang;V Volker Hessel;J Lang

  • Steam gasification of biomass with subsequent syngas adjustment using shift reaction for syngas production: An Aspen Plus model

    Lpr Laxmi Pala;Q Qi Wang;GA Gunther Kolb;GA Gunther Kolb;V Volker Hessel

  • Gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid microstructured reactors : contacting principles and applications

    Volker Hessel;Panagiota Angeli;Asterios Gavriilidis;Holger Löwe

  • Laminar mixing in different interdigital micromixers: I. Experimental characterization

    V. Hessel;S. Hardt;H. Löwe;F. Schönfeld

  • Micro process engineering : a comprehensive handbook

    Volker Hessel;Albert Renken;Jaap C. Schouten;Jun-Ichi Yoshida

  • Recent advances in CO2 hydrogenation to value-added products — Current challenges and future directions

    Samrand Saeidi;Sara Najari;Volker Hessel;Karen Wilson

  • Chemical micro process engineering

    Volker Hessel

  • Passive micromixers for applications in the microreactor and μTAS fields

    S. Hardt;K. S. Drese;V. Hessel;F. Schönfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy Noël
Timothy Noël University of Amsterdam
Holger Löwe
Holger Löwe Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gunther Kolb
Gunther Kolb Fraunhofer Society
Evgeny V. Rebrov
Evgeny V. Rebrov University of Warwick
JC Jaap Schouten
JC Jaap Schouten Eindhoven University of Technology
Qiuwang Wang
Qiuwang Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Christophe A. Serra
Christophe A. Serra University of Strasbourg
Michael G. Debije
Michael G. Debije Eindhoven University of Technology
Asterios Gavriilidis
Asterios Gavriilidis University College London
Guoqing Guan
Guoqing Guan Hirosaki University

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