Kai Sundmacher

17.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
547 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Kai Sundmacher is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sundmacher has authored 547 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Materials Chemistry, 146 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 137 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Sundmacher's work include Process Optimization and Integration (123 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (108 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (75 papers). Kai Sundmacher is often cited by papers focused on Process Optimization and Integration (123 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (108 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (75 papers). Kai Sundmacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Kai Sundmacher's co-authors include Teng Zhou, Tanja Vidaković‐Koch, Liisa Rihko‐Struckmann, Zhiwen Qi, Richard Hanke‐Rauschenbach, Zhen Song, Hannsjörg Freund, Kevin McBride, Ulrich Hoffmann and Keith Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sundmacher

523 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics

2017 325 citations Rafael B. Lira, Rumiana Dimova et al. profile →
Sustainability of green solvents – review and perspective

2021 258 citations Steffen Linke, Kai Sundmacher et al. Green Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Sundmacher Germany	58	4.1k	3.8k	3.5k	2.8k	2.8k	547	14.0k
Volker Hessel Netherlands	77	6.4k 1.6×	3.8k 1.0×	15.6k 4.5×	2.5k 0.9×	3.9k 1.4×	557	26.3k
Moses O. Tadé Australia	95	13.6k 3.3×	7.9k 2.1×	5.7k 1.6×	14.5k 5.1×	2.4k 0.8×	505	30.8k
Zhong Jin China	88	11.5k 2.8×	17.5k 4.6×	3.1k 0.9×	7.2k 2.5×	2.6k 0.9×	516	27.9k
Alexei A. Lapkin United Kingdom	46	2.9k 0.7×	860 0.2×	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	834 0.3×	201	7.6k
Hui Jin China	64	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	9.5k 2.7×	1.4k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	567	15.7k
Guy Marin Belgium	83	14.1k 3.5×	2.7k 0.7×	7.9k 2.3×	2.2k 0.8×	9.9k 3.5×	765	29.5k
Dionisios G. Vlachos United States	98	15.4k 3.8×	2.4k 0.6×	12.8k 3.7×	4.9k 1.7×	8.5k 3.0×	682	34.5k
Charles A. Eckert United States	63	2.8k 0.7×	992 0.3×	10.4k 3.0×	894 0.3×	3.9k 1.4×	273	18.5k
Ernesto G. Birgin Brazil	31	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	279 0.1×	1.4k 0.5×	114	11.8k
Zhenyu Li China	61	9.8k 2.4×	6.0k 1.6×	1.9k 0.5×	3.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	541	15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sundmacher

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Hutzler, Andreas, Thomas Böhm, Valentín Briega‐Martos, et al.. (2025). Unveiling Iridium Degradation Pathways during Intermittent Operation of a Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer. ChemRxiv.

Sundmacher, Kai, et al.. (2025). Graph neural networks embedded into Margules model for vapor–liquid equilibria prediction. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 599. 114520–114520.

Linke, Steffen, et al.. (2025). Chemical recycling of nylon 6 using ionic liquids: From solvent screening to techno-economic assessment. Separation and Purification Technology. 386. 136502–136502. 1 indexed citations

Παπακωνσταντίνου, Γεώργιος, et al.. (2024). Catalyst dissolution in PEM water electrolysis: Influence of time, current density and Iridium ion transport in single-pass and recirculation water flow modes. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124946–124946. 10 indexed citations

Sundmacher, Kai, et al.. (2023). Optimal design of a sector-coupled renewable methanol production amid political goals and expected conflicts: Costs vs. land use. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 44. 123–150. 7 indexed citations

Sundmacher, Kai & Dominique Thévenin. (2023). Direct numerical simulations of polypropylene gasification in supercritical water. Physics of Fluids. 35(6). 4 indexed citations

Rihko‐Struckmann, Liisa, et al.. (2023). Superstructure optimization of a microalgal biorefinery design with life cycle assessment‐based and economic objectives. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 17(6). 1515–1527. 2 indexed citations

Hamel, Christof, et al.. (2023). Optimal experimental design for the identification of a reaction kinetic model for the hydroaminomethylation of 1-decene in a thermomorphic multiphase system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 469. 143713–143713. 3 indexed citations

Marušič, Nika, Lado Otrin, Ziliang Zhao, et al.. (2022). Increased efficiency of charge-mediated fusion in polymer/lipid hybrid membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2122468119–e2122468119. 21 indexed citations

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Linke, Steffen, et al.. (2021). Computer-aided solvent screening for the fractionation of wet microalgae biomass. Green Chemistry. 23(24). 10014–10029. 12 indexed citations

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Song, Zhen, Jingwen Wang, & Kai Sundmacher. (2020). Evaluation of COSMO-RS for solid–liquid equilibria prediction of binary eutectic solvent systems. Green Energy & Environment. 6(3). 371–379. 56 indexed citations

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Marušič, Nika, Lado Otrin, Ziliang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Constructing artificial respiratory chain in polymer compartments: Insights into the interplay betweenbo₃oxidase and the membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(26). 15006–15017. 49 indexed citations

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Weber, Sebastian, R. Zimmermann, Xiaohui Huang, et al.. (2020). Porosity and Structure of Hierarchically Porous Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts for CO2 Methanation. Catalysts. 10(12). 1471–1471. 30 indexed citations

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Sundmacher, Kai, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous Heat and Mass Flow Optimization of a Distillation Column Applying the FluxMax Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 76. 337–342. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Min Hui, et al.. (2018). Transmembrane NADH Oxidation with Tetracyanoquinodimethane. Langmuir. 34(19). 5435–5443. 15 indexed citations

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Bystroň, Tomáš, Martin Veselý, Martin Paidar, et al.. (2018). Enhancing PEM water electrolysis efficiency by reducing the extent of Ti gas diffusion layer passivation. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 48(6). 713–723. 84 indexed citations

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Otrin, Lado, Nika Marušič, Tanja Vidaković‐Koch, et al.. (2017). Toward Artificial Mitochondrion: Mimicking Oxidative Phosphorylation in Polymer and Hybrid Membranes. Nano Letters. 17(11). 6816–6821. 104 indexed citations

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Sundmacher, Kai. (2012). Fuel cell engineering. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 2 indexed citations

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Heidebrecht, Peter, et al.. (2008). Conceptual Analysis of a Cyclic Water Gas Shift Reactor. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 6(1). 14 indexed citations

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Adityawarman, Dendy, et al.. (2004). Multidimensional Population Balance Modeling of Barium Sulfate Precipitation in Microemulsions. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 1 indexed citations

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