InstitutionDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
CountryGermany
Primary pathwayDAC: Removing CO₂ directly from ambient air using chemical sorbents or solvents.
Top lists, DACrank 96 by activity, rank 674 by citations (worldwide, 2026-11.4)
Career stageEminent
h-index54
Citations9,197
Publications597
Share of publications on CDR1.2%
TrajectoryStable
ProfilesORCID · OpenAlex

Metrics are OpenAlex author metrics across all fields; the census counts only the CDR-relevant papers since 2021 listed below. Corrections and removal: info@carbon-drawdown.de, done within five working days (privacy notice).

Papers counted in the census

7 CDR-relevant papers and preprints since 2021 count for the top lists, by pathway: DAC 6, Cross-cutting CDR 1. A paper tagged with two pathways counts in both lists. Preprint and journal version are merged where OpenAlex links them; where it does not, both appear.

YearPaperPathwayCitations
2025Powering Direct Air Capture: Overview of Existing Concepts and the Overlooked Role of Concentrated Solar Thermal TechnologiesDAC0
2025Powering Direct Air Capture: Overview of Existing Concepts and the Overlooked Role of Concentrated Solar Thermal TechnologiesDAC0
2024A techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the integration of direct air capture with hydrogen derivatives productionDAC7
2024Synergies between Direct Air Capture and Solar Hydrogen andFuel ProductionDAC0
2022Solar calcium looping cycle for CO2 capturing in a cement plant. Definition of process parameters and reactors selectionCross-cutting CDR35
2022Techno-Economic Assessment of the Integration of Direct Air Capture and the Production of Solar FuelsDAC21
2021Synergies between Direct Air Capture Technologies and Solar Thermochemical Cycles in the Production of MethanolDAC15

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