Publications by Andreas Züttel

Deep Eutectic Solvents Formed by Complex Hydrides: A New Class of Hydrogen‐Rich Liquid

Andreas Züttel, Thi Ha My Pham, Loris Giovanni Lombardo

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are novel mixtures that exhibit a significant depression in melting points compared to their individual components. This work finds that combining tetrabutylammonium borohydride (TBABH) with ammonia borane (AB) yields new, sta ...

Wiley2025

Surface chemistry of supported Ru nanoparticles investigated during CO2 hydrogenation by NAP-XPS

Andreas Züttel, Mounir Driss Mensi

In situ investigation of the surface composition of catalyst particles improves the understanding of the active species in heterogeneous catalysis. This study analyzed the surface chemistry of ruthenium nanoparticles supported on alumina during CO2 methana ...

2025

Selective light olefin synthesis with high ethylene abundance via CO2 hydrogenation over (Ga-In)2O3/SSZ-13 catalysts

Andreas Züttel, Mounir Driss Mensi, Laura Piveteau

Direct light olefin synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation is a new pathway to decarbonize the chemical industry. Inspired by the promising catalytic activity of Ga2O3-based catalysts in alkane dehydrogenation, this study reveals that optimizing Ga content in th ...

2025

Study on mechanisms of two-step hydrogen sorption in a MgH2–TiCrMnFeZr high-entropy alloy composite

Andreas Züttel

Benefiting from the effective catalytic effect of the TiCrMnFeZr HEA and the protective effect of MgH2, the MgH2-40 wt% TiCrMnFeZr composite exhibits superior hydrogen sorption in two steps. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2025

Functionalized Phenyl Methanaminium Salts Provide Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Andreas Züttel, Liping Zhong

One of the leading approaches to enhancing the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) involves passivating the perovskite surface and grain boundaries with large ammonium salts. Here, we report the synthesis of furan-, thiophene-, and s ...

2025

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

Andreas Züttel, Thi Ha My Pham, Loris Giovanni Lombardo

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

Selective electroreduction of CO2 to C2+ products on cobalt decorated copper catalysts

Andreas Züttel, Jie Zhang, Kun Zhao

Cu-catalyzed electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to multi-carbon (C2+) products is often plagued by low selectivity because the adsorption energies of different reaction intermediates are in a linear scaling relationship. Development of Cu-based ...

2024

Graphene membranes with pyridinic nitrogen at pore edges for high-performance CO2 capture

Andreas Züttel, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Kuang-Jung Hsu, Heng-Yu Chi, Marina Micari, Xuekui Duan, Shuqing Song, Luis Francisco Villalobos Vazquez de la Parra, Shiqi Huang, Shaoxian Li

Membranes based on a porous two-dimensional selective layer offer the potential to achieve exceptional performance to improve energy efficiency and reduce the cost for carbon capture. So far, separation from two-dimensional pores has exploited differences ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Development of Ti-Zr-Mn based AB 2 type metal hydrides alloys for an 865 bar two-stage hydrogen compressor

Andreas Züttel

This study reports the development of a new Ti-Zr-Mn-based AB 2 type hydrogen storage alloys for a two-stage metal hydride hydrogen compressor (MHHC). The hydrogen storage alloys are designed to compress hydrogen from 35 to 865 bar within a temperature dif ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Catalytic hydrogen combustion over supported metal catalysts; comparison and kinetic study

Andreas Züttel, Emad Oveisi, Mounir Driss Mensi, Cedric David Koolen

Catalytic H2 combustion (CHC) is an efficient way to mitigate H2 slip from industrial processes, overcoming the explosion and NOx emission risks. Although Pt-based catalysts are state-of-the-art catalysts, little is known about the CHC catalytic activity o ...

2024