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Werner Lehnert is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has an extensive background in engineering and energy research with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and energy engineering and power technology.

The main fields of study covered by Lehnert's research include:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

Subfields of study explored in their work are:

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

The predominant research topics in Lehnert's publications address:

  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques

Several frequent coauthors contribute regularly to their research, including:

  • Meital Shviro
  • Martin Müller
  • Marcelo Carmo
  • Fabian Scheepers
  • Steven Beale

The primary publication venues for Lehnert's scientific papers encompass:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
  • Applied Energy

Recent papers by Werner Lehnert include the following:

  • "Exploring the Interface of Skin-Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting," 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Temperature optimization for improving polymer electrolyte membrane-water electrolysis system efficiency," 2020, Applied Energy
  • "Composition-Dependent Morphology, Structure, and Catalytical Performance of Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide as Highly-Efficient and Stable Anode Catalyst in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis," 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Improving the Efficiency of PEM Electrolyzers through Membrane-Specific Pressure Optimization," 2020, Energies
  • "Constructing a Multifunctional Interface between Membrane and Porous Transport Layer for Water Electrolyzers," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Diffusion media materials and characterisation

    M. F. Mathias;J. Roth;J. Fleming;W. Lehnert

  • Investigation of water evolution and transport in fuel cells with high resolution synchrotron x-ray radiography

    I. Manke;Ch. Hartnig;M. Grünerbel;W. Lehnert

  • OpenPNM: A Pore Network Modeling Package

    Jeff Gostick;Mahmoudreza Aghighi;James Hinebaugh;Tom Tranter

  • Modelling of gas transport phenomena in SOFC anodes

    W. Lehnert;J. Meusinger;F. Thom

  • A review of cell-scale multiphase flow modeling, including water management, in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

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  • Performance enhancement of PEM electrolyzers through iridium-coated titanium porous transport layers

    Chang Liu;Marcelo Carmo;Guido Bender;Andreas Everwand

  • Cross-sectional insight in the water evolution and transport in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    Christoph Hartnig;Ingo Manke;Robert Kuhn;Nikolay Kardjilov

  • Composition‐Dependent Morphology, Structure, and Catalytical Performance of Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide as Highly‐Efficient and Stable Anode Catalyst in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

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  • Mechanical failure and mitigation strategies for the membrane in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

    Diankai Qiu;Diankai Qiu;Linfa Peng;Xinmin Lai;Meng Ni

  • Membrane electrode assemblies for high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells based on poly(2,5-benzimidazole) membranes with phosphoric acid impregnation via the catalyst layers

    Christoph Wannek;Werner Lehnert;Jürgen Mergel

  • A review of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel-cell (HT-PEMFC)-based auxiliary power units for diesel-powered road vehicles

    Yongfeng Liu;Yongfeng Liu;Werner Lehnert;Werner Lehnert;Holger Janßen;Remzi Can Samsun

  • Investigation on the influence of channel geometries on PEMFC performance

    J. Scholta;G. Escher;W. Zhang;L. Küppers

  • Combined neutron radiography and locally resolved current density measurements of operating PEM fuel cells

    Ch. Hartnig;I. Manke;N. Kardjilov;A. Hilger

  • Modeling of Mass and Heat Transport in Planar Substrate Type SOFCs

    T. Ackmann;L. G. J. de Haart;W. Lehnert;D. Stolten

  • Quasi–in situ neutron tomography on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks

    I. Manke;Ch. Hartnig;M. Grünerbel;J. Kaczerowski

  • Exploring the Interface of Skin-Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Chang Liu;Meital Shviro;Aldo S. Gago;Sarah F. Zaccarine

  • Three-dimensional study of compressed gas diffusion layers using synchrotron X-ray imaging

    C. Tötzke;C. Tötzke;G. Gaiselmann;M. Osenberg;J. Bohner

  • Temperature optimization for improving polymer electrolyte membrane-water electrolysis system efficiency

    Fabian Scheepers;Markus Stähler;Andrea Stähler;Edward Rauls

  • Redistribution of Phosphoric Acid in Membrane Electrode Assemblies for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

    Christoph Wannek;Irene Konradi;Jürgen Mergel;Werner Lehnert

  • In-situ two-phase flow investigation of different porous transport layer for a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer with neutron spectroscopy

    Olha Panchenko;Elena Borgardt;Walter Zwaygardt;Franz Josef Hackemüller

  • Investigation of water droplet kinetics and optimization of channel geometry for PEM fuel cell cathodes

    Nawaz Akhtar;Arshad Qureshi;Joachim Scholta;Christoph Hartnig

  • CO2 reduction on Pt electrocatalysts and its impact on H2 oxidation in CO2 containing fuel cell feed gas – A combined in situ infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and fuel cell performance study

    T. Smolinka;M. Heinen;Y.X. Chen;Z. Jusys

  • Design and test of a 5kWe high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell system operated with diesel and kerosene

    Remzi Can Samsun;Joachim Pasel;Holger Janßen;Werner Lehnert;Werner Lehnert

  • Characterization of water transport in gas diffusion media

    Christian Quick;Dietrich Ritzinger;Werner Lehnert;Christoph Hartnig

  • Local Structural Characteristics of Pore Space in GDLs of PEM Fuel Cells Based on Geometric 3D Graphs

    Ralf Thiedmann;Christoph Hartnig;Ingo Manke;Volker Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef Stolten
Detlef Stolten RWTH Aachen University
Ingo Manke
Ingo Manke Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
John Banhart
John Banhart Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Volker Schmidt
Volker Schmidt University of Ulm
Liangfei Xu
Liangfei Xu Tsinghua University
Joachim Scholta
Joachim Scholta Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg
Jianqiu Li
Jianqiu Li Tsinghua University
Minggao Ouyang
Minggao Ouyang Tsinghua University
Svitlana Pylypenko
Svitlana Pylypenko Colorado School of Mines
Dieter Richter
Dieter Richter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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