Staff Profile

Ulrich Stimming is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Newcastle University. 

He is a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He is a Visiting Professor at Technical University Munich, Faculty of Computer Science. He is a member (Master) of the DeTao Academy, Shanghai, China 

He was a Chair of Physics at Technical University of Munich (TUM).  He was Scientific Advisor and Principal Investigator of TUM CREATE, Singapore.

He is the founder and Editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Fuel Cells-From Fundamentals to Systems”, VCH-Wiley. He is member of various national and international academic advisory committees and served on evaluation panels of the European Research Council (ERC).

He also coordinated for the Association of Leading Technical Universities in Germany (TU9) a research network of a total of 8 universities in electromobility between Germany and China, and was co-director of the Joint “Institute for Advanced Power Sources” of TUM and Tsinghua University from 2010-2014.

Work Experience:

▪   2016-present, Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

▪   2014-2016, Professor and Head of School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

▪   2012-2014, Principal Investigator and Scientific Adviser of TUM CREATE, Singapore

▪   2011-2012, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), TUM CREATE, Center for Electromobility, Singapore

▪   2010-2011, Member of the Governing Board, TUM CREATE, Centre for Electromobility, Singapore

▪   2010-2014, Carl v. Linde Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich

▪   2005-2008, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, ZAE Bayern

▪   1997-2011, Head of Institute of Division 1, Member of Board of Directors, Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, ZAE Bayern, Germany

▪   1997-2011, Full Professor (Chair), Department of Physics & Department of  Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany

▪   1991-1997, Full Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany

▪   1991-1997, Head of “Institute of Energy Process Engineering”, Institute Energy Process Engineering, Research Center Jülich (KFA), Germany

▪   1983-1991, Assistant, then Associate Professor Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA

Honors and Awards:

▪   Fellow of I.S.E., International Society of Electrochemistry, 2011

▪   Electrochimica Acta Gold Medal, By International Society of Electrochemistry, 2010

▪   Hellmuth Fischer Medal, By DECHEMA, Germany, 1998

Publications (Selected):

Approx. 300 publications in scientific journals and books (h index 66, >15,800 citations), 12 patents.

 ▪ J. Friedl, MA. Lebedeva, K. Porkyrakis, U. Stimming, TW. Chamberian: All fullerence-based cells for non-aqueous redox flow batteries. JACS, 140, 2018, 401-405. 

▪  J. Friedl, MV. Holland-Cunz, F. Cording, FL. Pfanschilling, C. Wills, W. McFarlane, B. Schricker, R. Fleck, H. Wolfschmidt, U. Stimming: Asymmetric polyoxometalate electrolytes for advanced redox flow batteries. Energy and Environmental Science, 11, 2018, 3010-3018.

▪  L. Seidl, N. Bucher, E. Chu, S. Hartung, S. Martens, O. Schneider, U. Stimming: Intercalation of solvated Na-ions into graphite. Energy and Environmental Science, 10, 2017, 1631-1642.

▪  L. Seidl, S. Martens, J. Ma, U. Stimming, O. Schneider: In-Situ scanning tunneling microscopy of the SEI formation on graphite electrodes for Li ion batteries. Nanoscale, 8, 2016, 14004-14014.

▪  S. Ramachandran, U. Stimming: Well to wheel analysis of low carbon alternatives for road traffic.  Energy and Environmental Science. 8, 2015, 3313-3324 

▪  T. Brülle, U. Stimming: Catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles on highly boron-doped and 100-oriented epitaxial diamond towards HER and HOR, Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 12883

▪  L. Wang, U. Stimming, M. Eikerling: Kinetic model of hydrogen evolution at an Array of Au-supported catalyst nanoparticles, Electrocatalysis 2010, 1, 60;

▪  H. Wolfschmidt, C. Baier, S. Gsell, M. Fischer, M Schreck, U. Stimming: STM, SECPM, AFM and Electrochemistry, Materials 3, 2010, 4196

▪  H. Wolfschmidt, D. Weingarth, U. Stimming: Enhanced reactivity for hydrogen reactions at Pt nanoislands on AU(111), CHemPhysChem 11, 2010, 1533

▪  C. Baier, U. Stimming: Imaging Single Enzyme Molecules under in-situ Conditions, Angewandte Chem.Int.Ed. 48, 2009, 5542

▪  P. Bele, H.Yano, H.Uchida, M.Watanabe, U.Stimming: STEM Image Analysis Unsing LAT Image Processing – Study on Pt3Co/CB catalysts prepared by nanocapsule method, Imaging & Microscopy 2009, 11, 34

▪  H. Wolfschmidt, R. Bußar, U. Stimming: Charge transfer reactions at nanostructured Au(111) surfaces: influence of the substrate material on electrocatalytic activity, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matters 2008, 20, 374127

 ▪  1979, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany

 ▪  1974, Diploma in Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany

• Friedl J, Pfanschilling FL, Holland-Cunz MV, Fleck R, Schricker B, Wolfschmidt H, Stimming U. A polyoxometalate redox flow battery: functionality and upscale. Clean Energy 2019, 3(4), 278-287.
• Hughes T, Stimming U, Friedl J. A Reduction-oxidation Flow Battery. United States, PCT/EP2017/059494, 2019.
• Stimming U, Wang J, Bund A. The Vanadium Redox Reactions – Electrocatalysis versus Non‐Electrocatalysis. ChemPhysChem 2019, 20(22), 3004-3009.
• Friedl J, Lebedeva MA, Porfyrakis K, Stimming U, Chamberlain TW. All fullerene-based cells for non-aqueous redox flow batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140(1), 401-405.
• Holland-Cunz M, Friedl J, Stimming U. Anion effects on the redox kinetics of positive electrolyte of the all-vanadium redox flow battery. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2018, 819, 306-311.
• Friedl J, Holland-Cunz MV, Cording F, Pfanschilling FL, Wills C, McFarlane W, Schricker B, Fleck R, Wolfschmidt H, Stimming U. Asymmetric polyoxometalate electrolytes for advanced redox flow batteries. Energy and Environmental Science 2018, 11(10), 3010-3018.
• Kunze-Liebhäuser J, Paschos O, Pethaiah SS, Stimming U. Fuel Cell Comparison to Alternate Technologies. In: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production. New York: Springer, 2018, pp.11-25.
• Holland-Cunz MV, Friedl J, Stimming U. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis in the All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery. In: 233rd ECS Meeting. 2018, Seattle, WA: The Electrochemical Society.
• Si H, Seidl L, Chu EML, Martens S, Ma J, Qiu X, Stimming U, Schneider O. Impact of the Morphology of V₂O₅ Electrodes on the Electrochemical Na⁺-Ion Intercalation. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2018, 165(11), A2709-A2717.
• Seidl L, Schneider O, Stimming U. In-Situ STM Studies on Li- and Na- Intercalation Batteries. In: 233rd ECS Meeting. 2018, Seattle, WA: The Electrochemical Society.
• Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Gu J-Y, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voitchovsky K, Krasnogor N. Isothermal folding of a light-up bio-orthogonal RNA origami nanoribbon. Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 6989.
• Torelli E, Kozyra JW, Gu JY, Stimming U, Piantanida L, Voïtchovsky K, Krasnogor N. Isothermal folding of a light-up bio-orthogonal RNA origami nanoribbon. In: 3rd Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop. 2018, Rome, Italy.
• Lin C-C, Lin W-H, Huang S-C, Hu C-W, Chen T-Y, Hsu C-T, Yang H, Haider A, Lin Z, Kortz U, Stimming U, Chen H-Y. Mechanism of Sodium Ion Storage in Na₇[H₂PV₁₄O₄₂] Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2018, 5(15), 1800491.
• Friedl J, Gu J, Stimming U, Horrocks BR. On the mechanism of scanning electrochemical potential microscopy. ChemElectroChem 2018, 5(1), 25-28.
• Holland-Cunz MV, Cording F, Friedl J, Stimming U. Redox flow batteries - Concepts and chemistries for cost-effective energy storage. Frontiers in Energy 2018, 12(2), 198-224.
• Zhang B, Gu J, Stimming U. SPM Imaging of DNA, Redox Proteins and Bacteria Spores Under in-Situ Conditions. In: 233rd ECS Meeting. 2018, Seattle, WA: The Electrochemical Society.
• Friedl J, Stimming U. The Influence of Water on the Double-Layer Capacitance of an Ionic Liquid. In: 233rd ECS Meeting. 2018, Seattle, WA: The Electrochemical Society.
• Sun C, Chen L, Shi S, Reeb B, Lopez CA, Alonso JA, Stimming U. Visualization of the diffusion pathway of protons in (NH₄)₂Si_0.5Ti_0.5P₄O₁₃ as an electrolyte for intermediate temperature fuel cells. Inorganic Chemistry 2018, 57(2), 676-680.
• Chen H-Y, Friedl J, Pan C-J, Haider A, Al-Oweini R, Cheah YL, Lin M-H, Kortz U, Hwang B-J, Srinivasan M, Stimming U. In situ X-ray absorption near edge structure studies and charge transfer kinetics of Na_6[V₁₀O₂₈] electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19(4), 3358-3365.
• Santos-Beneit F, Gu J-Y, Stimming U, Errington J. ylmD and ylmE genes are dispensable for growth, cross-wall formation and sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae. Heliyon 2017, 3(11), e00459.
• Kozyra J, Ceccarelli A, Torelli E, Lopiccolo A, Gu JY, Fellermann H, Stimming U, Krasnogor N. Designing uniquely addressable Bio-orthogonal Synthetic Scaffolds for DNA and RNA Origami. ACS Synthetic Biology 2017, 6(7), 1140-1149.
• Friedl J, Stimming U. Determining Electron Transfer Kinetics at Porous Electrodes. Electrochimica Acta 2017, 227, 235-245.
• Seidl L, Bucher N, Chu E, Hartung S, Martens S, Schneider O, Stimming U. Intercalation of solvated Na-ions into graphite. Energy and Environmental Science 2017, 10(7), 1631-1642.
• Friedl J, Markovits I, Herpich M, Feng G, Kornyshev A, Stimming U. Interface between an Au(111) Surface and an Ionic Liquid: The Influence of Water on the Double-Layer Capacitance. ChemElectroChem 2017, 4(1), 216-220.
• Ramachandran S, Yao Z, You S, Massier T, Stimming U, Wang C-H. Life cycle assessment of a sewage sludge and woody biomass co-gasification system. Energy 2017, 137, 369-376.
• Stich J, Ramachandran S, Hamacher T, Stimming U. Techno-economic estimation of the power generation potential from biomass residues in Southeast Asia. Energy 2017, 135, 930-942.
• Seidl L, Martens S, Ma J, Stimming U, Schneider O. In-Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of the SEI Formation on Graphite Electrodes for Li⁺-Ion Batteries. Nanoscale 2016, 8(29), 14004-14014.
• Chen HY, Bucher N, Hartung S, Li L, Friedl J, Liou HP, Sun CL, Stimming U, Srinivasan M. A Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Core with Graphene Oxide Nanoribbon Shell as Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2016, 3(20).
• Fink H, Friedl J, Stimming U. Composition of the Electrode Determines Which Half-Cell’s Rate Constant is Higher in a Vanadium Flow Battery. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2016, 120(29), 15893-15901.
• Asen L, Ju W, Mostafa E, Martens S, Heiz U, Stimming U, Schneider O. Electrodeposition of Pt - Rare earth alloys as ORR catalysts for fuel cells. In: PRiME 2016/230th ECS Meeting. 2016, Honolulu, HI: Electrochemical Society Inc.
• Martens S, Ispas A, Asen L, Seidl L, Stimming U, Schneider O, Bund A. Influence of fluid dynamics on the electrochemical deposition of tantalum. In: ECS Transactions. 2016, Madeira, Portugal: Electrochemical Society Inc.
• Haider A, Ibrahim M, Bassil BS, Carey AM, Viet AN, Xing XL, Ayass WW, Minambres JF, Liu RJ, Zhang GJ, Keita B, Mereacre V, Powell AK, Balinski K, N'Diaye AT, Kupper K, Chen HY, Stimming U, Kortz U. Mixed-Valent Mn₁₆-Containing Heteropolyanions: Tuning of Oxidation State and Associated Physicochemical Properties. Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55(6), 2755-2764.
• Wang HY, Chen HY, Hsu YY, Stimming U, Chen HM, Liu B. Modulation of Crystal Surface and Lattice by Doping: Achieving Ultrafast Metal-Ion Insertion in Anatase TiO2. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8(42), 29186-29193.
• Ju WB, Valiollahi R, Ojani R, Schneider O, Stimming U. The Electrooxidation of Formic Acid on Pd Nanoparticles: an Investigation of Size-Dependent Performance. Electrocatalysis 2016, 7(2), 149-158.
• Chen HY, Al-Oweini R, Friedl J, Lee CY, Li L, Kortz U, Stimming U, Srinivasan M. A novel SWCNT-polyoxometalate nanohybrid material as an electrode for electrochemical supercapacitors. Nanoscale 2015, 7(17), 7934-7941.
• Ostermayr C, Stimming U. Electrocatalytic activity of Platinum submonolayers on defect-rich Au(111). Surface Science 2015, 631, 229-234.
• Al-Sayed H, Knoll A, Stimming U. Multiscale study of electrochemical energy systems. In: Alkire, RC; Bartlett, PN; Lipkowski, J, ed. Electrochemical Engineering Across Scales. Wiley, 2015, pp.263-322.
• El-Sayed H, Knoll A, Stimming U. Multiscale Study of Electrochemical Energy Systems. In: Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering. Wiley, 2015, pp.263-321.
• Ju WB, Brülle T, Favaro M, Perini L, Durante C, Schneider O, Stimming U. Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite: Preparation, Reactivity and Stability. ChemElectroChem 2015, 2(4), 547-558.
• Herpich M, Friedl J, Stimming U. Scanning electrochemical potential microscopy (SECPM) and electrochemical STM (EC-STM). In: Kumar, Challa S.S.R, ed. Surface Science Tools for Nanomaterials Characterization. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015, pp.1-67.
• Hartung S, Bucher N, Chen H-Y, Al-Oweini R, Sreejith S, Borah P, Yanil Z, Kortz U, Stimming U, Hoster HE, Srinivasan M. Vanadium-based polyoxometalate as new material for sodium-ion battery anodes. Jounal of Power Sources 2015, 288, 270-277.
• Ramachandran S, Stimming U. Well to Wheel Analysis of Low Carbon Alternatives for Road Traffic. Energy & Environmental Science 2015, 8(11), 3313-3324.
• Chen H-Y, Wee G, Al-Oweini R, Friedl J, Tan KS, Wong CL, Kortz U, Stimming U, Srinivasan M. A Polyoxovanadate as an Advanced Electrode Material for Supercapacitors. ChemPhysChem 2014, 15(10), 2162-2169.
• Ma J, Seidl L, Ju W, Mostafa E, Asen L, Martens S, Stimming U, Schneider O. Applications of Ionic Liquids in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. ECS Transactions 2014, 64(4), 407-423.
• Pethaiah SS, Sasikumar G, Chan SH, Stimming U. Development of a novel cost effective methanol electrolyser stack with Pt-catalyzed membrane. Journal of Power Sources 2014, 254, 161-167.
• Friedl J, Al-Oweini R, Herpich M, Kortz U, Stimming U. Electrochemical studies of tri-manganese substituted Keggin Polyoxoanions. Electrochimica Acta 2014, 141, 357–366.
• Ju W, Favaro M, Durante C, Perini L, Agnoli S, Schneider O, Stimming U, Granozzi G. Pd Nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen-doped HOPG: New Insights into the Pd-catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Electrochimica Acta 2014, 141, 89-101.
• Al-Oweini R, Bassil B, Friedl J, Kottisch V, Ibrahim M, Asano M, Keita B, Novitchi G, Lan Y, Powell A, Stimming U, Kortz U. Synthesis and Characterization of Multinuclear Manganese-Containing Tungstosilicates. Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 53(11), 5663-5673.
• Friedl J, Stimming U. The Importance of Electrochemistry for the Development of Sustainable Mobility. In: Energie Forschung und Konzepte. 2014, pp.44-57.
• Friedl J, Bauer C, Rinaldi A, Stimming U. Electron transfer kinetics of the VO²⁺/VO₂₊-reaction on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2013, 63, 228-239.
• Friedl J, Stimming U. Model catalyst studies on hydrogen and ethanol oxidation for fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta 2013, 101, 41-58.