General Info
Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Pretschuh
Chair: Chair of Physical Chemistry
Start: 07/2021
End: 06/2024
Candidate profile: Industrial energy engineering researcher focused on solid oxide electrolysis material chemistry and performance.
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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail
Long-Term Stable Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells for the Efficient Production of Hydrogen
SOEC material and design optimisation for efficient, stable hydrogen production.
Supervisors / Mentors
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Roland Brunner
Materials Centre Leoben
Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Edith Bucher
Chair of Physical Chemistry, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
🎯Targets
- Synthesise and characterise novel SOEC anode materials.
- Understand material-morphology-electrochemistry relations.
- Develop long-term stable, high-performance SOEC design concepts.
🏁Milestones
- Electrochemical characterisation of first SOEC with novel anode completed.
- Comprehensive characterisation of novel anode material completed.
- Enhanced morphology SOEC characterised.
- Improved long-term SOEC performance demonstrated.
🧩Work Packages
- Literature review and benchmark characterisation.
- Anode material synthesis and characterisation.
- Porous electrode/cell preparation and testing.
- Structure-property investigation and design guideline development.
- Dissemination and thesis integration.
Context H₂-C
- Contributes to efficient hydrogen production technologies and SOEC deployment pathways.