Peer-reviewed articles and thesis work

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Here you will find JustH2Transit scientific articles

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2026:

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• ​Kalliotiura, P., Jokiaho, T., Antikainen, A., Lindroos, T., & Huttunen-Saarivirta, E. (2026). High-throughput method for alloy development towards hydrogen applications using directed energy deposition. Materials Today Communications, 115711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.115711

• Amankwaa, S., Prokofiev, J., Belikov, J., Srivastava, V., Ivask, A., Nefedova, A., Zhou, B., Liu M. & Polivtseva, S. S. (2026). Smart water, smart models: algorithmic assessment of water quality under evolving chemical and industrial stressors. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

• Arshad, N., Patel, G. H., Laasonen, E., Horttanainen, M., & Havukainen, J. (2026). Prioritizing hydrogen deployment across hard-to-electrify sectors based on system-level environmental performance. Energy Conversion and Management, 369, 122061.

• Mirshekari, B., Latypova, R., Moshiri, A., Kömi, J., Huttunen-Saarivirta, E., & Pallaspuro, S. (2026). Through-thickness microstructural effects on time-dependent hydrogen diffusivity in X70 pipeline steel. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 249, 155964.

• Salmi, J., Salmelin, M., Meriläinen, A., Gardemeister, L., Kosonen, A., Honkapuro, S., ... & Lindfors, A. V. (2026). Techno-economic feasibility of a renewable baseload power supply for data centers. Energy, 141024. 

• Soundararajan, C., Rantala, J., Nurmela, A., Moilanen, P., Pohjanne, P., & Huttunen-Saarivirta, E. (2026). Accelerated hydrogen embrittlement screening via Small Punch Test: Case study on X70 pipeline steel. Materials Performance and Characterization, 15(1), e20250068.

• ​Aho, N., Latypova, R., Ghosh, S., Kantanen, P., Somani, M., Kömi, J., & Pallaspuro, S. (2026). Hydrogen diffusion in 0.2–0.4 wt% carbon martensitic and martensitic-austenitic advanced high-strength steels. Next Materials, 10, 101485.

• Nur’aini, A., Laasonen, E., Järvinen, L., Ruuskanen, V., Koiranen, T., Kauranen, P., & Ahola, J. (2026). Investigation of the electrical performance of molten carbonate electrolysis under dynamic operation. Energy Conversion and Management, 350, 120927.

• Ojasalo, S., Antikainen, A., Nandy, S., Nurmi, V., Bojinov, M., Karastoyanov, V., & Huttunen-Saarivirta, E. (2026). High-temperature corrosion of steels by nitridation in ammonia: Degradation mechanisms and comparison between steel grades. Fuel, 419, 138872.

 

2025:

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• Lindqvist, S., Huttunen-Saarivirta, E., Moilanen, P., Pohjanne, P., Mirshekari, B., & Pallaspuro, S. (2025, July). Influence of Hydrogen on Low Temperature Fracture Toughness Behavior of Pipeline Steel X70 in Nordic Operation Conditions. In Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (Vol. 89084, p. V05AT06A024). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

• Pakarinen, J., Huttunen-Saarivirta, E., Pohjanne, P., Moilanen, P., Nandy, S., Ronevich, J. A., & San Marchi, C. (2025). Effect of Composition on Tensile Properties of AISI 316 Variants With Internal Hydrogen. In Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (Vol. 89084, p. V05AT06A008). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

• Dahiru, A. R., Vuokila, A., Laasonen, E., Laari, A., Koiranen, T., & Huuhtanen, M. (2025). Exploring Circularity in Sorption-Enhanced Methanol Synthesis: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment. Sustainable Energy & Fuels.

• Ibáñez-Rioja, A., Puranen, P., Järvinen, L., Kosonen, A., Ruuskanen, V., Hynynen, K., Ahola, J. & Kauranen, P. (2025). Baseload hydrogen supply from an off-grid solar PV–wind power–battery–water electrolyzer plant. Energy, 322, 135304.

• Iso-Oja, J., & Himanen, O. (2025). Life Cycle Emissions of Hydrogen Production Technologies in the Nordics​. European Journal of Energy Research, 5(5), 6-17.

• Jayawardhana, P., Kiehle, J., Calò, A., & Pongrácz, E. (2025). Hydrogen pipedreams or a new industrial revival: Industrial hydrogen demand by 2030 in Finland and Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 222, 115966.

• Khan, M. A., Rani, E., Huttula, M., & Singh, H. (2025). Eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles for enhanced degradation of industrial dyes and toxic compounds. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 138897.

• Latypova, R., Claeys, L., Verbeken, K., Depover, T., Kömi, J., & Pallaspuro, S. (2025). The effect of low-temperature tempering on hydrogen diffusion and trapping in direct-quenched martensitic steel. Procedia Structural Integrity, 68, 1115-1120.

• Latypova, R., Javaheri, V., Claeys, L., Verbeken, K., Depover, T., Kömi, J., & Pallaspuro, S. (2025). Effect of rapid tempering and cementite morphology on hydrogen diffusion and trapping in a medium-carbon advanced high-strength steel. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 326, 111376.

• McKee, M., Kutter, M., Wu, Y. Williams, H., Vaudreuil, M-A., Carta, M., Yadav, A.K., Singh, H., Masson, J-F., Lentz, D., Kühnel, M.F. & Kornienko, N. (2025). Hydrophobic molecular assembly at the gas-liquid-solid interface drives highly selective CO2 electromethanation. Nature Chemistry 17, 92-100.

• Nandy, S., Pallaspuro, S., Moilanen, P., Latypova, R., Suman, S., Pakarinen, J., Pohjanne, P., Kömi, J. & Huttunen-Saarivirta, E. (2025). Influence of gaseous hydrogen on the fatigue and fracture behaviour of martensitic and martensitic-austenitic ultrahigh-strength steels. Acta Materialia, 121119.

• Nur’aini, A., Laasonen, E., Ruuskanen, V., Koiranen, T., Kauranen, P., & Ahola, J. (2025). Comparative analysis of molten salt electrolytes for solid carbon production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 209, 115104.

• Nur’aini, A., Laasonen, E., Ruuskanen, V., Koiranen, T., Kauranen, P., & Ahola, J. (2025). Investigation of electrode material and applied current density in molten carbonate electrolysis. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 144, 792-805.

• Nur’aini, A., Laasonen, E., Charmforoushan, A., Ruuskanen, V., Koiranen, T., Mäkelä, J. M., & Ahola, J. (2025). Influence of dynamic operation on solid carbon production by molten carbonate electrolysis. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 99, 103139.

• Pauna, H., Kokkonen, T., Cavaliere, P., Bayat, M., Mirowska, A., Alatarvas, T., Huttula, M. & Fabritius, T. (2025). Hydrogen Direct Reduced Iron Melting in an Electric Arc Furnace: Benefits of In Situ Monitoring. Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 11(4), 4655-4667.

• Pöyhönen, S., Ibáñez-Rioja, A., Sakas, G., Kosonen, A., Ruuskanen, V., Kauranen, P., Ahola, J., Kiilavuo, J. & Krimer, A. (2025). Dynamic mass-and energy-balance simulation model of an industrial-scale atmospheric alkaline water electrolyzer. Energy, 322, 135602.

• Nieminen, G. S., & Laitinen, E. (2025). Understanding local opposition to renewable energy projects in the Nordic countries: A systematic literature review. Energy Research & Social Science, 122, 103995.​

• Rautioaho, A., Pauna, H., Jokinen, M., Seppälä, O., Busson, E., Sankowski, L., Visuri, V.-V. & Fabritius, T. (2025). Applicability of Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Industrial Flame Analysis with Hydrogen and Natural Gas Mixtures Based on Laboratory Study. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 100329.

• Sakas, G., Rentschler, P., Kosonen, A., Holtappels, P., Ruuskanen, V., Kauranen, P., Ahola, J. & Dittmeyer, R. (2025). Dynamic mass and energy balance model of a 50 kW proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system. Applied Energy, 382, 125199.

• Salmelin, M., Inkeri, E., Sridhar, A., Honkapuro, S., & Lassila, J. (2025). Effect of large-scale variable electric loads and operation strategy in decentralized electricity markets: Case of large electrolyzers. Energy, 139318.​

• Salmelin, M., Sridhar, A., Hosseinpour, N., Honkapuro, S., & Lassila, J. (2025). Optimizing solar farm locations for revenue and reduced electricity costs in deregulated electricity markets. Solar Energy, 300, 113802.

• Salmelin, M., Sridhar, A., Karjunen, H., Honkapuro, S., & Lassila, J. (2025). Effect of wind turbine selection in newly built wind farms in decentralized electricity markets. 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) (pp. 1-9). IEEE.

• Salmelin, M., Sridhar, A., Karjunen, H., Honkapuro, S., & Lassila, J. (2025). Optimizing Wind Farm Locations for Revenue and Reduced Electricity Costs in Deregulated Electricity Markets. Renewable Energy, 124479, ISSN 0960-1481.

• Salmi, J., Salmelin, M., Meriläinen, A., Gardemeister, L., Kosonen, A., Honkapuro, S., Lassila, J., Ahola, J. & Lindfors, A. V. (2025). Techno-economic Feasibility of a Renewable Baseload Power Supply for Data Centers. Available at SSRN (preprint).

• Schroderus, J., Tervonen, P., Haapasalo, H. & Huttula, M. (2025). Renewable energy analysis for 2023 and estimate for 2030 in Finland. AIMS Energy, 2025, 13(5): 1273-1300. 

• Srivastava, V., Lappalainen, K., & Lassi, U. (2025). Ligninolytic Enzymes for Biofuel Applications. In Enzymes Applied in Biofuels Production: New Technologies and Innovation (pp. 105-119). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

• Weiss, R., Kanto, T., Kiviranta, K., Ikäheimo, J., & Kärki, J. (2025). Large scale power-to-X production enabling hydrogen valleys: A case study of future industrial hydrogen valley opportunity in Finland. Applied Energy, 388, 125596.

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2024:​

• Bezerra, L. S., Brasseur, P., Sullivan‐Allsop, S., Cai, R., da Silva, K. N., Wang, S., Singh, H., Yadav, A.K., Santos, H.L., Chundak, M., Abdelsalam, I., Heczko, V.J., Sitta, E., Ritala, M., Huo, W., Slater, T.J.A., Haigh, S.J. & Camargo, P. H. (2024). Ultralow catalytic loading for optimised electrocatalytic performance of AuPt nanoparticles to produce hydrogen and ammonia. Angewandte Chemie, 136(29), e202405459.

• Devi, A. A. S., Javaheri, V., Pallaspuro, S., & Kömi, J. (2024). The role of density functional theory in decoding the complexities of hydrogen embrittlement in steels. Physical Chemistry Chemical 26, 26222-26237.

• Laasonen, E., Nur’Aini, A., Charmforoushan, A., Ruuskanen, V., Niemelä, M., Koiranen, T., Ahola, J. & Mäkelä, J. M. (2024). Electrochemical CO2 conversion in eutectic Li-Ba and Li-Ca carbonate mixtures. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 19(5), 100555.

• Nguyen, V. H., Laari, A., & Koiranen, T. (2024). The effect of green hydrogen feed rate variations on e-methanol synthesis by dynamic simulation. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 212, 293-306.

• Nur’aini, A., Laasonen, E., Ruuskanen, V., Niemelä, M., Koiranen, T., Kauranen, P., & Ahola, J. (2024). An investigation of non-noble metal electrodes for carbon dioxide electrolysis in molten lithium carbonate. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 19(3), 100499.

• Pallaspuro, S., Fangnon, E., Aravindh, S.A., Claeys, L., Latypova, R., Yagodzinsky, Y., Aho, N., Kantanen, P., Uusikallio, S., Depover, T., Huttula, M., Poulumi, D. & Kömi, J. (2024). Mitigating hydrogen embrittlement via film-like retained austenite in 2 GPa direct-quenched and partitioned martensitic steels. Materials Science and Engineering, A, 908, 146872.

• Patel, G. H., Havukainen, J., Horttanainen, M., Soukka, R., & Tuomaala, M. (2024). Climate change performance of hydrogen production based on life cycle assessment. Green chemistry, 26(2), 992-1006.

• Rautioaho, A., Pauna, H., Visuri, V. V., Huttula, M., & Fabritius, T. (2024). Electric steelmaking process monitoring with optical emission spectroscopy–An in-depth review. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1309, No. 1, p. 012001). IOP Publishing.

• Singh, H., Veijola-Kara, M., Rani, E., Bezerra, L. S., Talebi, P., Sousa dos Santos, H. L., Patel, A.K., Huttula, M. & Camargo, P. H. (2024). Nickel Tellurate Nanorods and Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Nano Materials.

• Wang, S., Fernández-Catalá, J., Shu, Q., Huttula, M., Cao, W., & Singh, H. (2024). Insights into Ni 3 TeO 6 calcination via in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(46), 28913-28921.

• Wang, S., Lu, L., Rahemtulla, A., Huttula, M., Steinbrück, M., & Singh, H. (2024). Decoding the oxidation mechanism of Zircaloy-4 via in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and computational elucidation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 992, 174554.

• Wang, X., Zhang, M., & Cao, W. (2024). Chemical properties of superatomic Li 3 O clusters from a density functional theory perspective: formation of chloride and adsorption behavior on graphynes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(15), 11708-11714.

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Here you will find JustH2Transit related thesis work

 

​2026:​

• Reiman, Rudolf (2026). The dynamics of hydrogen discourse in Finland. Master’s Thesis. University of Oulu.

2025:

• Ahonen, E. (2025). Rectifier technologies influence on grid-side power quality in hydrogen electrolysis plants. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Eronen, A. (2025). Impact of high-power rectifiers on the power grid and the management of disturbances caused by them. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Hacklin, Lotta (2025). Life cycle climate impacts of Finland’s national hydrogen transmission network. Master’s Thesis. LUT University.

• Kas Aghaei Nahri, Misagh (2025). Environmental performance of sustainable aviation fuels. Master’s Thesis. LUT University. 

• Kukkola, M. (2025). Solar power plant under the power line. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Kinnunen, T. (2025). Design and Application of Backup Power Systems to Ensure Grocery Store Operations in Major Disruptions. Master's thesis. LUT University.               

• Lehikoinen, E. (2025). Process analysis of methanol production using syngas from biochar steam gasification. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Saarinen, Neea (2025). Environmental performance of maritime e-fuels based on life cycle assessment. Master’s Thesis. LUT University.

• Sayanno, Tasriba (2025). Environmental performance of Power-to-X fuels based on life cycle assessment. Master’s Thesis. LUT University.  

• Sepulveda, M. (2025). Biomethane and acidogenic potential of agri-food waste streams : towards the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Master's thesis. LUT University.      

• Tissera, Warnakulasuriya Ruvini Jesmine (2025). Water footprint and social implications of green hydrogen production: case study: Africa. Master’s Thesis. LUT University.        

• Zhao, Buyu (2025). The potential of small modular reactors in industrial decarbonization: case studies for SSAB, Outokumpu and Kokkola Industrial Park. Master’s Thesis. University of Oulu.              

 

2023-2024:

• Airaksinen, S. (2024). Oxide scale formation of stainless steel in transition of annealing and reheating towards fossil-free methods. Doctoral dissertation. University of Oulu.

• Balshakou, S. (2024), Production of fuel fractions from renewable ethene-propene mixture over Ni/HZSM-5. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Eszter Karpuz, E. (2024). 3D-process plant visualization tool testing and implementation for the P2X laboratory. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Harju, K. (2024). Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography analysis of power-to-X fuels. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Iso-oja, J. (2024). ​Comparative Life Cycle Emission Study of Selected Hydrogen Production Technologies. Bachelor's thesis, Aalto University.

• Laasonen, E. (2024). Production of elemental carbon via molten carbonate electrolysis: prospects and challenges. Doctoral dissertation. Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT.

• Ojasalo, S. (2023). High Temperature Corrosion of Steels by Nitridation in Ammonia. Master's thesis. Aalto University. 

• Sihvo, I-D. (2024). Carbon monoxide production from wood-based waste and municipal waste-based fractions towards P2X chemicals. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

• Vidana Arachchi, Geethike Ranga (2024) Life cycle cost analysis of hydrogen value chains in Finland. Master’s Thesis. LUT University.

• Leevi-Kalle Väisänen, L-K.(2024) Impacts of battery energy storage systems on transmission system congestion management. Master's thesis. LUT University. 

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