Regular biography
Andreas Züttel is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the CHEM department. His research focuses on materials for renewable energy, with affiliations to the Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER) and the School of Basic Sciences (SB). He teaches courses such as Thermodynamics of Energy Conversion and Storage (ChE-414), which covers energy conversion systems and their thermodynamic principles. His academic profile includes supervision of PhD students and past students, with contact details available at andreas.zuettel@epfl.ch.
Scholar-generated biography
Andreas Züttel is a researcher at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with expertise in Physics and chemistry, particularly in the areas of Hydrogen and Hydrides. His work focuses on the development of materials for hydrogen storage, including complex hydrides and carbon nanostructures. Züttel has published extensively on hydrogen storage methods, the properties of LiBH4, and the synthesis of carbon nanotubes. His research also explores the electrochemical storage of hydrogen and the application of hydrides in hydrogen storage and compression. His contributions highlight the potential of hydrogen as a future energy carrier.