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Mária Minichová from the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (Czech Republic) will focus on high-throughput synthesis of model electrocatalyst libraries for LOHC fuel cells. Mária will investigate the synthesized libraries using physico-chemical characterization tools (laser profilometry, SEM, TEM, XPS, etc.) and carry out electrochemical measurements using scanning electrochemical flow cells.

Pascal Kaiser, who received his Master of Chemistry from the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), will support the interdisciplinary research project to investigate catalyst layers by using our gas diffusion electrode (GDE) setup. The focus of his research will be on advanced catalyst support materials. Thereby, the structure-performance relationship will be investigated to gain deeper insights into mass transport phenomena in catalyst layers for low Pt metal PEMFC.

More details can be found at Chemistry of Materials: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02048

More details can be found online - https://www.ise-online.org/

More details can be found online -
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/noble-metals-dissolved-without-aqua-regia/4012369.article

He joined our group at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in 2017 and was part of the CREATE project. After the move to Erlangen, his main task concentrated on identifying stable catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolyzer testing. He also developed interests in various other fields of degradation pathways, as well as high throughput synthesis approaches.

We wish Florian all the best for the future.