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Wolf Vielstich (born June 18, 1923 in Munich ) is a German electrochemist who taught as a professor at the University of Bonn from 1965 to 1988 ; from 1972 he was institute director there. The subjects of his research work include batteries and fuel cells as well as electrochemical principles and research methods . He is also known as the author of a textbook on electrochemistry .

Life

Vielstich studied physics in Göttingen and received his diploma in the group of Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer . He did his doctorate in Göttingen with Heinz Gerischer ; he designed and built a fast potentiostat . From 1958 he worked in Bonn. In 1960 Wernher von Braun offered him a leading position in the development of fuel cells for the Apollo program , which he did not accept in favor of his habilitation and an academic career. The habilitation took place in 1962 on the subject of fuel cells. At that time he also worked for Ruhrchemie AG, z. B. together with Eduard Justi on the subject of water electrolysis, but also on fuel cells and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis . From 1965 he held a professorship at the University of Bonn , from 1972 as head of the institute.

Wolf Vielstich's doctoral students include Joachim Heitbaum , Rudolf Holze and Wolfgang Schmickler . Petr Novák was a Humboldt Fellow at Vielstich from 1988–1989 .

After his retirement in Bonn in 1988 he worked at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos . From 1986 to 1993, Vielstich was the coordinator of the first European research project on direct methanol fuel cells .

Works (selection)

  • Fuel elements: modern methods for electrochemical energy generation , 1965
  • with Carl H. Hamann: Elektrochemie . 1st and 2nd edition in two volumes: Electrochemistry I: Conductivity, potentials, phase boundaries and electrochemistry II. Electrode processes, applied electrochemistry . 2nd edition 1988 3rd edition 1998, 4th edition 2005, second English edition (with Andrew Hamnett), 2007
  • with Joachim Heitbaum: Modern methods for studying electrode processes , 1974
  • with Arnold Lamm, Hubert Gasteiger and Harumi Yokokawa: Handbook of fuel cells , 2003

Vielstich has received 10 patents and is the author of over 250 publications. As of August 2019, 159 publications are recorded in the Scopus database , resulting in a Scopus h index of 40.

Awards

In 1998, Vielstich received the Faraday Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joachim Heitbaum, Wolf Vielstich: Modern methods for studying electrode processes . In: Angewandte Chemie . tape 86 , no. 21 . Wiley-VCH, November 1974, p. 756-770 , doi : 10.1002 / anie.19740862103 .
  2. ^ Helmut Schmidt, Wolf Vielstich: Electrochemical power sources today . In: Chemistry in Our Time . tape 6 , no. 4 . Wiley, August 1972, ISSN  0009-2851 , pp. 101-111 , doi : 10.1002 / ciuz.19720060402 ( wiley.com ).
  3. ↑ Rudolf Holze: The 80th birthday of Wolf Vielstich . In: Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry . tape 7 , no. 9 . Springer Nature, September 1, 2003, ISSN  1432-8488 , p. 517-517 , doi : 10.1007 / s10008-003-0386-8 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Michael Krausa: Tribute to Professor Wolf Vielstich on the occasion of his 75th birthday . In: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry . tape 461 , no. 1-2 . Elsevier, January 1999, ISSN  1572-6657 , p. 1-9 , doi : 10.1016 / S0022-0728 (98) 00240-X .
  5. ↑ Patent FR1212786 : Water Electrolyzers. Registered on July 17, 1958 , published on March 25, 1960 , inventors: Eduard Justi, August Winsel, Gerhard Grueneberg, Herbert Spengler, Wolf Vielstich. ‌
  6. ↑ Patent CA635934 : Water Electrolyzer. Published on February 6, 1962 , inventors: August Winsel, Wolf Vielstich, Eduard Justi , Herbert Spengler, Gerhard Gruneberg. ‌
  7. ↑ a b c d Editorial Team - Wolf Vielstich. In: Handbook of Fuel Cells> Editorial Team> Editors-in-Chief> Wolf Vielstich. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, accessed on August 18, 2019 (English).
  8. ^ Chemistry Tree - Wolf Vielstich Family Tree. In: Chemistry Tree - The Academic Genealogy of Chemistry Researchers. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Prof. Petr Novák. (PDF) In: LESTUDIUM Conferences, Towards Futuristic Energy Storage 2020, Confirmed Speakers. LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, 2019, accessed on September 18, 2019 .
  10. ^ Rudolf Holze: The 90th birthday of Wolf Vielstich . In: Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry . tape 17 , no. 7 . Springer Nature, July 2013, ISSN  1432-8488 , p. 1791–1792 , doi : 10.1007 / s10008-012-1984-0 .
  11. ↑ Wolf Vielstich: Fuel elements: modern processes for electrochemical energy generation (=  monographs on "Angewandte Chemie" and "Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik") . No. 82 ). Verlag Chemie, Weinheim / Bergstr. 1965, OCLC 6155750 .
  12. ↑ Carl H. Hamann, Wolf Vielstich: Elektrochemie II: Electrode processes, applied electrochemistry. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1981, ISBN 3-527-21081-4 .
  13. ↑ Carl H. Hamann, Wolf Vielstich: Electrochemistry I: Conductivity, potentials, phase boundaries. 2nd, revised edition. VCH, Weinheim 1988, ISBN 3-527-21100-4 .
  14. ↑ Carl H. Hamann, Wolf Vielstich: Elektrochemie . 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto 1998, ISBN 3-527-27894-X ( table of contents online at the Joint Library Network GBV [PDF]).
  15. ↑ Carl H. Hamann, Wolf Vielstich: Elektrochemie . 4th, completely revised and updated edition. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2005, ISBN 978-3-527-31068-5 .
  16. ^ Carl H. Hamann, Andrew Hamnett, Wolf Vielstich: Electrochemistry . 2nd, completely revised and updated ed. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-527-31069-2 ( table of contents online at the joint library network GBV [PDF]).
  17. ↑ Joachim Heitbaum, Wolf Vielstich: Modern Methods for the Study of Electrode Processes . In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English . tape 13 , no. 11 . Wiley-VCH, November 1974, ISSN  0570-0833 , p. 683-696 , doi : 10.1002 / anie.197406831 ( wiley.com ).
  18. ^ Wolf Vielstich, Arnold Lamm, Hubert Andreas Gasteiger, Harumi Yokokawa: Handbook of fuel cells: fundamentals, technology, and applications . Wiley, Chichester, England; New York, NY 2003, ISBN 0-471-49926-9 , doi : 10.1002 / 9780470974001 (e-book: Wiley Interscience, 2010, OCLC: 838938503, ISBN 9780470741511 ).
  19. ↑ Wolf Vielstich - Publications. In: Chemistry Tree - The Academic Genealogy of Chemistry Researchers. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Mehrstich, Wolf. In: Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details. Elsevier BV, accessed August 18, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Mark Symes MRSC: The Faraday Medal. In: Awards & funding> Faraday Medal. Royal Society of Chemistry RSC, 2018, accessed August 18, 2019 .
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SURNAME Multi-stitch, wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electrochemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich