Publications by Andreas Züttel

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Surface Reactions are Crucial for Energy Storage

Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron, Elsa Callini, Shunsuke Kato

Reactions between gas molecules, e.g. H-2 and CO2 and solids take place at the surface. The electronic states and the local geometry of the atomic arrangement determine the energy of the adsorbate, i.e. the initial molecule and the transition state. Here w ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015

Influence of Composition on Performance in Metallic Iron-Nickel-Cobalt Ternary Anodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

Lucas Yerly, Andreas Züttel, Kevin Sivula, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Florent Alexandre Boudoire, Elizaveta Potapova Mensi

Metallic electrodes based on iron, nickel, and/or cobalt have re-emerged as promising cost-effective anodes for the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER) due to their simplicity and their in situ formation of a highly active oxy-hydroxide surface cataly ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Interfacial Effect between Aluminum-Based Complex Hydrides and Nickel-Containing Porous Carbon Sheets

Andreas Züttel, Emad Oveisi, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Heena Yang, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko

Supported aluminum-based complex hydrides (alanates) were investigated in view of their interaction at the interface. Nickel-containing porous carbon sheets (Ni-PCSs) were combined with various alanates, resulting in a decrease of the decomposition tempera ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Parametric sensitivity in the Sabatier reaction over Ru/Al2O3 - theoretical determination of the minimal requirements for reactor activation

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Emanuele Moioli

The methanation of carbon dioxide is an option for chemical storage of renewable energy together with greenhouse gas reutilization because it offers a product with a high energy density. The reaction CO2 + 4H(2) CH4 + 2H(2)O is performed on a Ru/Al2O3 cata ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2019

Storage of Renewable Energy by Reduction of CO2 with Hydrogen

Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron, Elsa Callini, Shunsuke Kato, Marco Roman Holzer

The main difference between the past energy economy during the industrialization period which was mainly based on mining of fossil fuels, e.g. coal, oil and methane and the future energy economy based on renewable energy is the requirement for storage of t ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015

Electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO for selective reduction of CO2 to CO

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Kun Zhao, Emanuele Moioli

Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to valuable chemicals is a highly promising route to close the carbon cycle. Herein, Zn catalysts derived from electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO materials are presented as efficient CO2-to-CO catalysts. We found that ...

2020

Fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method for the investigation of the CO2 reduction reaction mechanism

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli

We present a new fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method by means of mass spectrometry (MS), which has approximately an order of magnitude faster sampling rate in comparison with a traditional gas chromatography. The method is presented and dis ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2018

Engineering Ru Nanoparticle Size and Metal-support Interactions for Enhanced Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion

Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Thi Ha My Pham, Zohreh Akbari

Catalytic hydrogen combustion (CHC) plays a crucial role in enhancing the safety and efficiency of fuel cells and electrolysers, thereby promoting the H2 economy. To increase the catalytic activity of supported metal particles for CHC, the active surface a ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2025

Experimental charge density of LiBD4 from maximum entropy method

Andreas Züttel, Philippe Mauron

We report on maximum entropy method study of the experimental atomic and ionic charges of LiBD4 in its low-temperature orthorhombic phase. Synchrotron radiation x-ray powder diffraction data, neutron powder diffraction data, and density functional calculat ...

2011

Future Swiss Energy Economy: The Challenge of Storing Renewable Energy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat

Fossil fuels and materials on Earth are a finite resource and the disposal of waste into the air, on land, and into water has an impact on our environment on a global level. Using Switzerland as an example, the energy demand and the technical challenges, a ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

The Effect of Y Content on Structural and Sorption Properties of A(2)B(7)-Type Phase in the La-Y-Ni-Al-Mn System

Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo

Metal hydrides are an interesting group of chemical compounds, able to store hydrogen in a reversible, compact and safe manner. Among them, A(2)B(7)-type intermetallic alloys based on La-Mg-Ni have attracted particular attention due to their high electroch ...

MDPI2023

Selective Borohydride Oxidation Reaction on Nickel Catalyst with Anion and Cation Exchange Ionomer for High-Performance Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells

Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Heena Yang, Thi Ha My Pham, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko

Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) operate with liquid H2O2 and a high-energy-density NaBH4 solution. A facile, direct synthesis method using a non-noble nickel catalyst for the DBFC anode is shown. The complex anode reaction with an anion-exchange iono ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

CO2 hydrogenation reaction over pristine Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Al2O3 supported Ru: Comparison and determination of the activation energies

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Noris André Gallandat, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli

Fe, Co, Ni and Cu are the main non-noble industrially significant catalysts in the CO2 and CO gas phase hydrogenation reaction towards hydrocarbons and alcohols. These catalysts are typically supported on metal oxides such as SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and ZnO, in ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2018

Crystal Structural Investigations for Understanding the Hydrogen Storage Properties of YMgNi4-Based Alloys

Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Heena Yang

The hydrogen storage properties and crystal structures of YMgNi4-based alloys, which were synthesized from (2 - x)YNi2 and xMgNi(2) (0.6

2020

Continuous production prototype for scaling up of graphene oxide/carbon nanotube composite synthesis towards efficient hydrogen storage

Andreas Züttel, Yudong Xue, Yunting Wang

A continuous production prototype for scaling up the synthesis of a graphene oxide/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (GO/MWCNTs) composite as a hydrogen storage material has been proposed in this study. This prototype consists of an automatic feeding and mixin ...

2024

Efficient Base-Metal NiMn/TiO2 Catalyst for CO2 Methanation

Andreas Züttel, Wei Chen, Emanuele Moioli

Energy storage solutions are a vital component of the global transition toward renewable energy sources. The power-to-gas (PtG) concept, which stores surplus renewable energy in the form of methane, has therefore become increasingly relevant in recent year ...

2019

Understanding the role of surface oxygen-containing functional groups on carbon-supported cobalt catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

Manhui Wei, Andreas Züttel, Kangning Zhao, Liping Zhong, Thi Ha My Pham, Youngdon Ko

Supported Co-based catalysts exhibit promising catalytic activities in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) during alkaline water electrolysis. Surface functionalization of the support modulates the dispersion of the catalysts and their interaction with the ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2023

Methanol production from CO(2)via an integrated, formamide-assisted approach

Gunay Imanzade, Jorge Gustavo Uranga, Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Aswin Gopakumar

The synthesis of fuels from CO2 has made tremendous progress in recent years, although practical applications remain limited. Herein, we describe a cyclic process that produces MeOH from CO(2)via formamide intermediates, which are initially reduced using N ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Renewable energy storage via CO2 and H-2 conversion to methane and methanol: Assessment for small scale applications

Andreas Züttel, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli

This study analyses the power to methane - and to methanol processes in the view of their efficiency in energy storage. A systematic investigation of the differences on the two production systems is performed. The energy storage potential of CO2 to methano ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Power plant units for CO2 neutral energy security in Switzerland

Andreas Züttel

A new concept based on Power Plant Units, able to deliver renewable energy on demand, for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Switzerland is presented. The technically realized efficiencies showed that complete electrification leads to ...

2024