Reward for the efforts: awards and honours
Of course, our goal is not to win as many great prizes as possible, but to deliver outstanding scientific work and provide helpful support in the research and development of pioneering technologies. But every now and then an award or commendation is a welcome recognition of our efforts and a motivation to continue to give our all for our partners and customers of today and the society of tomorrow.
Our Awards
Awards
| Title | Year | Description | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025 | 2025 | Adib Caidi, ZBT, was honored by Wiley with the Top Cited Article Award 2025 of the journal Particle & Particle Systems Characterization for his publication “Key Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties”. | Adib Caidi | Read more |
| Award for Best Master’s Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V. | 2024 | The master’s thesis of our research assistant Enado Pineti was honoured by the German Hydrogen Association as the best academic thesis of 2024. His Master’s thesis titled “Herstellung und Optimierung edelmetallfreier Katalysatorschichten für die Anionenaustauschmembran-Wasserelektrolyse (AEM-WE) mittels korrosiver Abscheidung” (title translation: Production and optimisation of precious metal-free catalyst layers for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEM-WE) using corrosive deposition) was awarded in the Master’s category. | Enado Pineti, Research Assistant | Read more |
| CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024 | 2024 | Adib Caidi, ZBT, and Amin S. Amin, University of Duisburg-Essen, received the CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024 in the category “Functional materials for energy applications” for their publication “Key Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties”. | Adib Caidi | Read more |
| GVT project of the year | 2023 | Development of highly filled thin-walled plastic elements with improved heat transport properties in the corrosion area Prize winners: Dr. Marco Grundler (Group Leader Compound Technology, ZBT), Paul Stannek (Research Associate, ZBT) | Read more | |
| Otto von Guericke Prize 2021 | 2021 | IGF project Paper-based power distributors for PEM electrolysis Award winners: Dipl.-Ing. Franziska Bauer and Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Knohl (Papiertechnische Stiftung, Institut für Zellstoff und Papier), Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Hauser (Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (IFAM)), Dipl.-Ing. Wladimir Philippi and Dipl.-Phys. Sebastian Stypka (The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center) | Read more |