News and Updates

February 2026

-Neda Vardast joins us as new exchange PhD student. Welcome!

 

December 2025

-Our joint publication with the group of Prof. Schüth at MPI Mülheim is published in ChemSusChem

-Felix study about membrane degradation is published in ChemElectroChem

 

October 2025

-The group moves to the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien, where Christian starts a position as Assistant Professor - We are excited to join a faculty of so many amazing scientists!

-Javad Bakhtiari joins us as new PhD student. Welcome!

 

September 2025

-Anils study on electrolyte effects in electrochemical CO2 reduction is published in ACS Catalysis

-Zhijie Feng joins us as new PhD student. Welcome!

 

June 2025

-Christian is visiting University of Tokyo and presenting our work on electrochemical waste conversion.

-Adeels and Nawfels study on electrochemical Ti deposition is published in Applied Surface Science

 

May 2025

-Our collaborative study with Prof. Kleitz is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

 

March 2025

-Richards Paper describing a novel chemical recycling process is published in ChemSusChem

-We are delighted to have contributed LEIS measurments for this study of Prof. Waitukaitis in Nature

 

December 2024

-Our collaborative study with the group of Prof. Putz (MU Leoben) is published in Vacuum.

 

November 2024

-Jungyang Zhang joins us as PhD student. Welcome!

 

July 2024

-Matthias Paper about surface restructuring in OER catalysts is published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A

-Our collaborative study with the group of Prof. Roy (Lincoln University) is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

 

April 2024

-Styls and Adeels paper is published in Nanoscale

 

March 2024

-Matthias paper is published in ChemSusChem

 

Jan. 2024

-Our collaborative paper with the group of Prof. Kleitz is published in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

 

Jan. 2024

- The Conference of Applied Surface Technology (COAST) is taking place in May in Vienna! Come and visit us for news about our research and exciting speakers from the fields of catalysis, surface science and electrochemistry.

 

Jan. 2024

- We were granted a funding by FFG together with Protovation: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7148968397890924545/

 

Oct. 2023:

- Christian's review about waste upcycling is published in ChemCatChem:

 

Oct. 2023:

- Felix' review concerning membranes in Redox Flow batteries is published in Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews:

 

Jan. 2023:

- Christian is promoted Vice Chief Scientific Officer at CEST

 

Aug. 2022:

- Adeel's study regarding the electrodeposition of Zirconium is published in Frontiers in Chemical Engineering: 

 

Jan. 2022:

- We establish our research group at CEST Centre of Electrochemical and Surface Technology