Robert Alink

782 total citations
15 papers, 639 citations indexed

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Robert Alink is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Alink has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 639 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Alink's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (6 papers). Robert Alink is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (6 papers). Robert Alink collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Canada. Robert Alink's co-authors include Dietmar Gerteisen, Henning Markötter, Jan Haußmann, Ingo Manke, Joachim Scholta, M. Oszcipok, John Banhart, H. Riesemeier, Tobias Arlt and Christian Tötzke and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Robert Alink

15 papers receiving 633 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Alink Germany	10	608	462	262	117	42	15	639
Takashi Sasabe Japan	13	879 1.4×	655 1.4×	382 1.5×	158 1.4×	46 1.1×	47	919
Matthias Messerschmidt Germany	10	442 0.7×	318 0.7×	206 0.8×	79 0.7×	42 1.0×	16	508
K. S. Chen United States	6	951 1.6×	779 1.7×	349 1.3×	200 1.7×	82 2.0×	8	1.0k
Patrick Antonacci Canada	8	483 0.8×	381 0.8×	204 0.8×	91 0.8×	47 1.1×	11	509
Andrew Shum United States	12	594 1.0×	338 0.7×	221 0.8×	95 0.8×	70 1.7×	17	672
Daniel Muirhead Canada	13	552 0.9×	453 1.0×	197 0.8×	84 0.7×	76 1.8×	24	597
Mohamed El Hannach Canada	11	395 0.6×	250 0.5×	208 0.8×	63 0.5×	90 2.1×	17	481
Mathias Reum Switzerland	7	326 0.5×	224 0.5×	136 0.5×	39 0.3×	45 1.1×	9	342
Yafei Chang China	11	598 1.0×	451 1.0×	134 0.5×	87 0.7×	102 2.4×	13	650

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Heizmann, Philipp A., Carolin Klose, Robert Alink, et al.. (2025). Back to black: utilizing unsupported Pt for thin cathodes in PFSA-free PEM fuel cells. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 9(20). 5619–5626. 3 indexed citations

Alink, Robert, et al.. (2020). Full Parametric Study of the Influence of Ionomer Content, Catalyst Loading and Catalyst Type on Oxygen and Ion Transport in PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers. Molecules. 25(7). 1523–1523. 55 indexed citations

Alink, Robert, et al.. (2016). Analyzing the influence of high electrode potentials on intrinsic properties of catalyst coated membranes using impedance spectroscopy. Journal of Power Sources. 327. 526–534. 7 indexed citations

Alink, Robert & Dietmar Gerteisen. (2014). Coupling of a continuum fuel cell model with a discrete liquid water percolation model. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39(16). 8457–8473. 15 indexed citations

Markötter, Henning, Jan Haußmann, Robert Alink, et al.. (2014). Influence of local carbon fibre orientation on the water transport in the gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Electrochemistry Communications. 51. 133–136. 28 indexed citations

Alink, Robert & Dietmar Gerteisen. (2013). Modeling the Liquid Water Transport in the Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Using a Water Path Network. Energies. 6(9). 4508–4530. 25 indexed citations

Haußmann, Jan, Henning Markötter, Robert Alink, et al.. (2013). Synchrotron radiography and tomography of water transport in perforated gas diffusion media. Journal of Power Sources. 239. 611–622. 92 indexed citations

Markötter, Henning, Jan Haußmann, Robert Alink, et al.. (2013). Influence of cracks in the microporous layer on the water distribution in a PEM fuel cell investigated by synchrotron radiography. Electrochemistry Communications. 34. 22–24. 98 indexed citations

Alink, Robert, et al.. (2013). The influence of porous transport layer modifications on the water management in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 233. 358–368. 85 indexed citations

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Friedrich, K. Andreas, Jan Haußmann, Henning Markötter, et al.. (2013). Self-Supporting Microporous Layers (MPLs) for PEM Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions. 58(1). 1391–1399. 5 indexed citations

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Markötter, Henning, Jan Haußmann, Robert Alink, et al.. (2013). Investigation of Fuel Cell Materials and Liquid Water Transport by Means of Synchrotron Imaging. ECS Transactions. 45(29). 195–202. 3 indexed citations

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Markötter, Henning, Robert Alink, Jan Haußmann, et al.. (2012). Visualization of the water distribution in perforated gas diffusion layers by means of synchrotron X-ray radiography. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37(9). 7757–7761. 87 indexed citations

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Haußmann, Jan, et al.. (2012). Influence of the MPL on PEM fuel cell performance. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Alink, Robert, Dietmar Gerteisen, & Walter Mérida. (2011). Investigating the Water Transport in Porous Media for PEMFCs by Liquid Water Visualization in ESEM. Fuel Cells. 11(4). 481–488. 44 indexed citations

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Alink, Robert, Dietmar Gerteisen, & M. Oszcipok. (2008). Degradation effects in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks by sub-zero operation—An in situ and ex situ analysis. Journal of Power Sources. 182(1). 175–187. 91 indexed citations

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