{"id":7021,"date":"2024-05-10T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/?page_id=7021"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:19:25","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/institute\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"intro-grid intro-grid--white\" dir=\"ltr\">\n    <div class=\"intro-grid__content\" dir=\"ltr\">\n        <h1 class=\"intro-grid__heading\">Reward for the efforts: awards and honours<\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"intro-grid__teaser\"><p>Our employees have received numerous awards for their scientific and technical work at the ZBT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"intro-grid__text\"><p>Of course, our goal is not to win as many great prizes as possible, but to deliver <strong>outstanding scientific work<\/strong> and provide helpful support in the research and development of pioneering technologies. But every now and then an award or commendation is a welcome <strong>recognition of our efforts<\/strong> and a motivation to continue to give our all for our partners and customers of today and the society of tomorrow. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <figure class=\"intro-grid__figure\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"intro-grid__image\" alt=\"the two sections of the ZBT - The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center, which are connected by a walkway\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zbt-taz-02-397-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n                    <\/figure>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"latest-award\" id=\"awards\">\n    <h2 class=\"latest-award__heading\">Our Awards<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"latest-award__grid\">\n                                            <div class=\"latest-award__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/top-cited-article-2025-award-for-zbt-doctoral-student\/\" target=\"\" class=\"award-card\" title=\"Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025\">\n                    <div class=\"award-card__header\">\n                <figure class=\"award-card__figure\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-1024x791.png\" class=\"award-card__logo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025-1320x1020.png 1320w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ACI-certificate-Top-Cited-Article-Award-2025.png 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"award-card__body\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__year\">2025<\/div>\n            <h4 class=\"award-card__title\">Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025<\/h4>\n            <p class=\"award-card__text\">Adib Caidi, ZBT, was honored by Wiley with the Top Cited Article Award 2025 of the journal Particle &amp; Particle Systems Characterization for his publication &#8220;Key Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties&#8221;.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"award-card__footer\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__action\">\n                <span class=\"award-card__more\">Read more<\/span>\n                <i class=\"award-card__arrow\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M435.3 267.3L446.6 256l-11.3-11.3-168-168L256 65.4 233.4 88l11.3 11.3L385.4 240 16 240 0 240l0 32 16 0 369.4 0L244.7 412.7 233.4 424 256 446.6l11.3-11.3 168-168z\"\/><\/svg><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"latest-award__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/ausgezeichnet-zbt-forscher-gewinnt-cenide-best-paper-award-2024\/\" target=\"\" class=\"award-card\" title=\"CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024\">\n                    <div class=\"award-card__header\">\n                <figure class=\"award-card__figure\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan-1024x730.jpg\" class=\"award-card__logo\" alt=\"Group photo with the winners of the CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024: from left to right, Thomas Lange, Adib Caidi, Amin S. Amin, Fatih \u00d6zcan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan-1320x942.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cenide-best-paper-award-lange-caidi-amin-oezcan.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"award-card__body\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__year\">2024<\/div>\n            <h4 class=\"award-card__title\">CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024<\/h4>\n            <p class=\"award-card__text\">Adib Caidi, ZBT, and Amin S. Amin, University of Duisburg-Essen, received the CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024 in the category \u201cFunctional materials for energy applications\u201d for their publication \u201cKey Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties\u201d.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"award-card__footer\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__action\">\n                <span class=\"award-card__more\">Read more<\/span>\n                <i class=\"award-card__arrow\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M435.3 267.3L446.6 256l-11.3-11.3-168-168L256 65.4 233.4 88l11.3 11.3L385.4 240 16 240 0 240l0 32 16 0 369.4 0L244.7 412.7 233.4 424 256 446.6l11.3-11.3 168-168z\"\/><\/svg><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"latest-award__item\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/zbt_ausgezeichnet-die-masterarbeit-unseres-activity-7251554623784652802-hr9j\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"\" class=\"award-card\" title=\"Award for Best Master&#039;s Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V.\">\n                    <div class=\"award-card__header\">\n                <figure class=\"award-card__figure\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Logo_DWV_RGB.png\" class=\"award-card__logo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Logo_DWV_RGB.png 645w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Logo_DWV_RGB-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"award-card__body\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__year\">2024<\/div>\n            <h4 class=\"award-card__title\">Award for Best Master&#039;s Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V.<\/h4>\n            <p class=\"award-card__text\">The master&#8217;s thesis of our research assistant Enado Pineti was honoured by the German Hydrogen Association as the best academic thesis of 2024.\r\n\r\nHis Master&#8217;s thesis titled &#8220;Herstellung und Optimierung edelmetallfreier Katalysatorschichten f\u00fcr die Anionenaustauschmembran-Wasserelektrolyse (AEM-WE) mittels korrosiver Abscheidung&#8221; (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&#8217;s category.\r\n<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"award-card__footer\">\n            <div class=\"award-card__action\">\n                <span class=\"award-card__more\">Read more<\/span>\n                <i class=\"award-card__arrow\"> <svg 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                      <option value=\"2023\" >2023<\/option>\n                                                                                            <option value=\"2021\" >2021<\/option>\n                                                                                            <option value=\"2017\" >2017<\/option>\n                                                                                            <option value=\"2015\" >2015<\/option>\n                                                                                            <option value=\"2013\" >2013<\/option>\n                                                            <\/select>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"award__filter filter\">\n                <input type=\"text\" name=\"search\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Find award\" id=\"filter\" \/>\n                <button type=\"button\" name=\"reset\" id=\"reset-search\" class=\"filter-button__reset\" aria-label=\"Reset\">\n                    <svg 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<thead>\n        <tr>\n            <th>Title<\/th>\n            <th>Year<\/th>\n            <th class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\">Description<\/th>\n            <th class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\">Winner<\/th>\n            <th><\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n                                                                    <tr>\n                <td class=\"w-1\/3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/top-cited-article-2025-award-for-zbt-doctoral-student\/\" title=\"Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025\" target=\"_self\">\n                        <span class=\"line-clamp-2 xl:line-clamp-3\">Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025<\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-52\">2025<\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">Adib Caidi, ZBT, was honored by Wiley with the Top Cited Article Award 2025 of the journal Particle &amp; Particle Systems Characterization for his publication &#8220;Key Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties&#8221;.<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">Adib Caidi<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/top-cited-article-2025-award-for-zbt-doctoral-student\/\" title=\"Wiley Top Cited Article Award 2025\" target=\"_self\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n                                                                    <tr>\n                <td class=\"w-1\/3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/zbt_ausgezeichnet-die-masterarbeit-unseres-activity-7251554623784652802-hr9j\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=member_desktop\" title=\"Award for Best Master's Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V.\" target=\"_self\">\n                        <span class=\"line-clamp-2 xl:line-clamp-3\">Award for Best Master&#8217;s Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V.<\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-52\">2024<\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">The master&#8217;s thesis of our research assistant Enado Pineti was honoured by the German Hydrogen Association as the best academic thesis of 2024.\r\n\r\nHis Master&#8217;s thesis titled &#8220;Herstellung und Optimierung edelmetallfreier Katalysatorschichten f\u00fcr die Anionenaustauschmembran-Wasserelektrolyse (AEM-WE) mittels korrosiver Abscheidung&#8221; (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&#8217;s category.\r\n<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">Enado Pineti, Research Assistant<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/zbt_ausgezeichnet-die-masterarbeit-unseres-activity-7251554623784652802-hr9j\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=member_desktop\" title=\"Award for Best Master's Thesis from the Deutschen Wasserstoff-Verband (DWV) e.V.\" target=\"_self\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n                                                                    <tr>\n                <td class=\"w-1\/3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/ausgezeichnet-zbt-forscher-gewinnt-cenide-best-paper-award-2024\/\" title=\"CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024\" target=\"_self\">\n                        <span class=\"line-clamp-2 xl:line-clamp-3\">CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024<\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-52\">2024<\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">Adib Caidi, ZBT, and Amin S. Amin, University of Duisburg-Essen, received the CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024 in the category \u201cFunctional materials for energy applications\u201d for their publication \u201cKey Control Characteristics of Carbon Black Materials for Fuel Cells and Batteries for a Standardized Characterization of Surface Properties\u201d.<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">Adib Caidi<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/ausgezeichnet-zbt-forscher-gewinnt-cenide-best-paper-award-2024\/\" title=\"CENIDE Best Paper Award 2024\" target=\"_self\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n                                                                    <tr>\n                <td class=\"w-1\/3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/neuartige-waermeuebertragerplatten-zbt-projekt-als-gvt-projekt-des-jahres-ausgezeichnet\/\" title=\"GVT project of the year\" target=\"_self\">\n                        <span class=\"line-clamp-2 xl:line-clamp-3\">GVT project of the year<\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-52\">2023<\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\"><\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">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)<\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/neuartige-waermeuebertragerplatten-zbt-projekt-als-gvt-projekt-des-jahres-ausgezeichnet\/\" title=\"GVT project of the year\" target=\"_self\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n                                                                    <tr>\n                <td class=\"w-1\/3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/bauteiloptimierung-von-duennwandigen-strukturen-fuer-den-hochtemperatureinsatz\/\" title=\"Otto von Guericke Prize 2021\" target=\"_self\">\n                        <span class=\"line-clamp-2 xl:line-clamp-3\">Otto von Guericke Prize 2021<\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n                <td class=\"w-52\">2021<\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\"><\/span><\/td>\n                <td class=\"hidden lg:table-cell\"><span class=\"lg:line-clamp-1 2xl:line-clamp-2\">IGF project Paper-based power distributors for PEM electrolysis\r\nAward winners: Dipl.-Ing. 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