Dr.-Ing. Patrick Schühle, Akad. Rat

Group Leader:

Catalytic Systems for Chemical Energy Storage

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Short CV

• 02/2024-07/2024: Visiting researcher at University of Cape Town (South Africa), Catalysis Institute
  
• Since 01/2024: Head of BMBF junior research group “FAIR-H2”
  
• Since 10/2021: Head of research group „Catalytic Systems for Chemical Energy Storage“ at the Chair for Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  
• 09/2021: Graduation as Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing. with distinction)
  
• 04/2017-09/2021: PhD Student at the Chair for Chemical Reaction Engineering in cooperation with Energie Campus Nürnberg
  
• 10/2015-02/2016: Industrial research stay at Sartorius Stedim Biotech in Aubagne, France
  
• 10/2014-02/2017: Master’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  
• 10/2010-07/2014: Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. Bachelor thesis in cooperation with Bayer-Technology-Services

Research field

Applications

• Chemical hydrogen storage in dimethyl ether, formic acid and LOHC
• Hydrogen and syngas production from waste biomass
• Catalytic dehydrogenation in gas and liquid phase
• Renewable synthesis and reforming of C1-chemicals and derivatives

Materials

• Phosphorous containing heterogeneous catalysts (e.g. Metal phosphides)
• Indium oxide-based catalysts
• Catalytic active coatings

Methods

• Synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts
• Investigation of catalysts under technical reaction conditions
• Design and investigation of innovative catalytic reactors
• Catalyst analysis by several techniques, such as TPD, TPR, N2-Sorption,
• TGA, XPS, SEM-EDX, TEM, XRD
• Process simulation (e.g. Aspen Plus) and techno-economic evaluation

Publications