Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Kunz

Former professor

Career

1976-1984 Studied chemistry at Clausthal University of Technology
1984-1988 Doctorate at the Institute of Chemical Technology and Fuel Engineering at Clausthal University of Technology
1989-1991 Academic Councillor at the Institute of Technical Chemistry at Brunswick University of Technology
1991-present Academic Councillor, Senior Academic Councillor, Academic Director at the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering at Clausthal University of Technology
1998 Habilitation in chemical engineering
2003 Appointment as Adjunct Professor

Fields of activity

Development of inorganic-organic polymer composites
Reaction engineering of microreactors for organic syntheses
Manufacturing techniques of membrane-electrode units for direct methanol fuel cells
Multiphase reactions under high pressures

Current research projects

DEMO-BioBZ

Part of the project is the scale-up of the catalytic coating of gas diffusion electrodes and their electrochemical evaluation in microbial fuel cells.

Metallo-FlowBat

Development of an iron-based flow battery with an aqueous alkaline electrolyte. The project includes the development of all components of the battery through to the production of a market-ready prototype