Rate My Professor Karolina Matuszek

Matuszek's research specializes in designing novel materials for renewable energy storage, particularly phase change materials operating at intermediate temperatures for applications like Carnot Batteries, enabling inexpensive, scalable, and reversible thermal energy storage from renewable sources. She has delivered breakthroughs, including the discovery of a trimodal thermal energy storage material published in Nature in 2024. Her expertise extends to ionic liquids for sustainable catalysis, electrolytes for aluminum batteries, and green ammonia synthesis. Key publications include 'Nitrogen reduction to ammonia at high efficiency and rates based on a phosphonium proton shuttle' (Science, 2021), 'Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency' (Nature, 2022), 'Phase change materials for renewable energy storage at intermediate temperatures' (Chemical Reviews, 2022), 'Unexpected energy applications of ionic liquids' (Advanced Materials, 2024), and 'Trimodal thermal energy storage material for renewable energy applications' (Nature, 2024). These works have garnered significant citations and appear in leading journals, underscoring her impact in advancing clean energy technologies. She supervises Honours, Master's, and PhD students in clean energy and green chemistry.