Current Research

-   Exploring the potential of iron powder as carbon-free energy and hydrogen storage
-   Experimental investigation of the oxidation and reduction behaviour of iron and iron oxide particles
-   Kinetic analysis and simulation

Education/Degrees

04/2018 – 10/2020	Master of Science Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Master thesis: Single droplet impingement of urea water solution on heated porous and coated surfaces
10/2018 – 12/2020	Supplementary Studies on Sustainable Development Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe
10/2014 – 03/2018	Bachelor of Science Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe Bachelor thesis: Mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy of porphyrinions

Work History

Since 12/2020	Research Associate in the field of chemical energy storage and exhaust gas aftertreatment Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe
02/2020 – 05/2020	Research Assistant, KIT, ITCP Chair Chemical Technology
04/2019 – 10/2019	Research Assistant, KIT, ITCP Chair Chemical Technology and Catalysis
03/2018 – 10/2018	Research Assistant, KIT, IPC Chair Physical Chemistry of Microscopic Systems

Honors

07/2022

Young Talent Award of the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2022

Publications

Micron-sized iron particles as energy carrier: Cycling experiments in a fixed-bed reactor
C. Kuhn, M. Kirn, S. Tischer, O. Deutschmann, Proc. Combust. Inst. 2024, 40, 105207.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105207

Iron as Recyclable Metal Fuel: Unraveling Oxidation Behavior and Cyclization Effects Through Thermogravimetric Analysis, Wide- Angle X-ray Scattering and Mössbauer Spectroscopy
C. Kuhn, A. Knapp, M. P. Deutschmann, J. Spielmann, S. Tischer, U. I. Kramm, H. Nirschl, O. Deutschmann, ChemSusChem 2024, 17, e202400351.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202481504

Iron as recyclable energy carrier: Feasibility study and kinetic analysis of iron oxide reduction
C. Kuhn, A. Düll, P. Rohlfs, S. Tischer, M. Börnhorst, O. Deutschmann, Appl. Energy Combust. Sci. 2022, 12, 100096.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaecs.2022.100096

Exploring the oxidation behavior of undiluted and diluted iron particles for energy storage: Mössbauer spectroscopic analysis and kinetic modeling
J. Spielmann, D. Braig, A. Streck, T. Gustmann, C. Kuhn, F. Reinauer, A. Kurnosov, O. Leubner, V. Potapkin, C. Hasse, O. Deutschmann, B. Etzold, A. Scholtissek, U.I. Kramm, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024, 26, 13049.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP03484D

Following the Structural Changes of Iron Oxides during Reduction under Transient Conditions
L. Braun, J. Spielmann, D. E. Doronkin, C. Kuhn, A. Maliugin, D. I. Sharapa, I. Huck, J. Bao, S. Tischer, F. Studt, O. Deutschmann, U. I. Kramm, J.-D. Grunwaldt, ChemSusChem 2024, e202401045.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401045

Single droplet impingement of urea water solution on heated porous surfaces
C. Kuhn, D. Schweigert, C. Kuntz, M. Börnhorst, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2021, 181, 121836.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121836

Kinetic modeling and simulation of high-temperature by-product formation from urea decomposition
C. Kuntz, C. Kuhn, H. Weickenmeier, S. Tischer, M. Börnhorst, O. Deutschmann Chem. Eng. Sci. 2021, 246, 116876.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.116876